Word: argumentative
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...think we have a compelling argument about why this case is without merit legally,” said University spokesperson Joe Wrinn...
...find language that includes enough patience to keep the Europeans from opposing the U.S. or abstaining in the Security Council--and enough of an ultimatum to keep Washington from bolting the U.N. and acting alone. Evidence that Iraq is harboring or helping terrorists gives the U.S. another argument in the battle of the wordsmiths--and could also provide another rationale for an invasion if weapons of mass destruction are counted, found or removed. "Are we throwing everything against the wall?" asked a White House official, who then answered his own question. "We're throwing everything on the wall and connecting...
...only behind closed doors that lawmakers and Bush aides feel it is safe to debate the implications of waging war against a country that has not first attacked the U.S. or its interests. As Rice briefed a group of House members last week, a Democrat challenged her argument for a pre-emptive strike. By that reasoning, he said, we should have invaded the Soviet Union in 1948 to keep them from getting nuclear weapons. "In light of 50 years of bondage of Eastern Europe," Rice replied, "that was probably a reasonable thing...
...resolution aiming to "call Saddam's bluff" on inspections. While not enthusiastic about a U.S.-British attack without U.N. approval, he asked delegates to support Blair as he wrestles with hard choices - "If he was not there to [unite America and Europe], I doubt if anyone else could." His argument was perfectly tuned to his audience in a way Bush has seldom managed outside the U.S. It won a delirious ovation, and Blair some freedom to maneuver. That was a gift the Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, who opens his party's conference this week, could only envy...
...Contrary to the Commonwealth’s argument, the Supreme Judicial Court has not overruled Brandano or decided the constitutional question left open in Brandano,” he wrote in his decision...