Word: argumentative
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According to LaGrassa, Robinson and Jakes “were believed to be acquaintances” and had an argument on the night of the murder...
...band. Furthermore, student athletes in the Ivy League have demonstrated a commitment to academics simply by choosing an academically top-tier school. A football player who only really wants to play in the NFL doesn’t go to Harvard, he goes to Florida. And the argument that Harvard seeks out athletes and not those who have excelled in other areas is also false—a serious flutist would be just as inclined to go to Juilliard, and may not have had their sights set on Harvard from day one. Thus Harvard, in accepting such a student, might...
McNamara looked delighted with the Hollywood version of his argument with Admiral George Anderson in which he shouted not to open fire on Soviet ships approaching the American naval quarantine...
...right when he said on Sept. 17 that there has been an alarming increase in anti-Semitism the world over, particularly in the Arab and Muslim world, and all efforts should be made to resist this evil trend. But to equate this ugly, violent development with a serious political argument against the perceived injustices directed at an entire Palestinian population by a democracy and strong American ally is irresponsible. In a similar vein, Summers’ own logic of actions that are in effect, if not in intent, anti-Semitic can actually be used to describe America?...
Bush claims that action against Iraq would strengthen America’s efforts to fight terror, but such an argument is difficult to believe. Even the U.S., with its stratospheric spending on military and intelligence, has limited resources; a war against Iraq would require a large proportion of those resources that would be better employed searching for al Qaeda. America also has a limited supply of international goodwill; many other nations are still unhappy about the proposed action against Iraq, and the U.S. needs their cooperation in intelligence gathering and operations against al Qaeda more than it needs their support...