Word: argumentative
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...small crowd gathered. A well-dressed Liberian man stepped in and said his piece: "He's from outside, let him take our message to the west. That's what we want." "We do?" asked the policeman. "We want people to know our sentiment," said the man. His argument seemed to calm the policeman. He handed me the poster. "Okay," he said, sharply, and then marched off again in search of other misdemeanors. The well-dressed man smiled at me and shook my hand. I thanked...
...existing condition--fibrocystic, or "lumpy," breasts, which my doctor had known about and assured me are common and not precancerous. I believe the insurer used the condition as an excuse to reject my coverage. The company argued that I had been dishonest by not disclosing the condition. The argument cost me $50,000 and immeasurable psychic pain...
...This is the night!" Becker recalls. "I'm officially out, no way back, and I'm celebrating with my buddies, and we drink and drink. I have a big argument with her, and she goes crazy and I go crazy, and I say, 'This is a very important day of my life. On this night, I don't want to fight; it's not allowed.' But she went on and I went on, and I drink more. I was crazy...
...wasn’t until 1997—when the technology for human cloning seemed within reach—that the social and ethical debate was seriously joined. Abortion and euthanasia are also difficult issues, but at this point the detailed positions on them have been thought through, and arguments detailed enough to withstand some questioning can be referred to by shorthand. The ethical debate on cloning isn’t settled—in fact, the opposing camps aren’t even fully formed—and unlike the definition of “blastocyst...
...When each speaker had finished their presentation, Nye offered Summers the chance to respond to Meltzer. With a smile on his face Summers called aspects of Meltzer’s argument factually inaccurate and dissected its failures...