Word: argumentative
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...Clair argued in 1974 in front of the Supreme Court for Nixon's right to withhold tapes of his Oval Office conversations under the doctrine of executive privilege. The Court unanimously disagreed in St. Clair's argument in the decision in United States v. Nixon...
That presence, invisible but real, is my best argument for why place matters. Online learning may someday enhance the lives of millions of people who might not otherwise have access to education. This is an unquestionable good, but it is no substitute for the real thing. The distance deprives the learning of part of its intangible essence: history, beauty, continuity, the reassuring fastness of centuries-old bricks. “Distance learning” may be an inevitable part of the future, but the keepers of this great old college must safeguard our ties to the past, our beautiful walls...
...This argument places trust in the market to set fair wages...
...importance of the marketplace in determining wages was the University? and the first committee? main argument against imposing a living wage, Price says...
...Given the fact that Harvard recruited athletes while Radcliffe did not, women were additionally disadvantaged by the argument that women’s athletics was not serious or developed enough to warrant equal access to athletic resources...