Word: argumentative
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...comprehensive and thorough account, but it also means that the continuing problems with the Sanskrit department are discussed three times. The problem, though, is that these issues have little to do with meritocracy or worldliness, and the Kellers have to stretch to maintain the focus on their argument...
...background read for anyone looking more closely at any one facet of the University (such as the difficulties of the Visual and Environmental Studies Department or the colossal failure of the Universitys Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP)). Despite the problems the Kellers have making everything fit within their argument, Making Harvard Modern uses thorough and solid research to tell a fascinating story...
...their government’s policies and actions (critical not meaning unsupportive, but unwilling to accept on blind faith). I don’t have to know the exact battle plans, the sites of surprise attacks before they happen or the locations of secret missile bases. However, the argument that national security prevents my knowledge (and the public’s) of American military action in all cases is highly flawed...
...years ago. It is true that there was some local unrest at the appearance of American soldiers in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War, but many were convinced that the American military presence was needed to defend them from the imminent threat posed by Iraq. In Pakistan, no such argument can be made. The Pakistani government has offered its cooperation out of necessity, since any rejection would have been met with American fury and the possibility of punitive strikes...
...universal keycard access is that access will, ironically, reduce students’ safety on campus. Opponents believe that Houses should be a refuge for their residents, and that access to them by all Harvard students would compromise [their safety]. This weekend’s alleged incident makes a compelling argument that safety is more compromised by interhouse restrictions than it would be by universal key card access. Harvard students fear the incursions of outside criminals more than the criminality of their fellow students. Furthermore, universal keycard access would prevent those not in the College community from entering the Houses, since...