Word: argumentative
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...focusing his pitch on limited missile defense against "rogue" nations. He even laid out the somewhat improbable scenario of a missile-defenseless U.S. being intimidated by some Third World bully from staying out of a regional conflict for fear of being attacked. The Europeans are unlikely to swallow that argument from a nation whose current secretary of state once warned North Korea's Kim Jong Il that if he even threatened the U.S. with nuclear weapons, he'd be "turned into a charcoal briquette." But, Rumsfeld was prepared to use that awareness, too, warning the Europeans that without a missile...
...Lewis is wary of this argument...
...This plan also creates a broad and strong constituency for economy in government. Any new spending proposal would encounter the argument that it would reduce the rebate kitty by that amount and cost the average family a specific number of dollars...
...popular support, to avoid being removed from office. But instead of allowing him to prevail in these tainted hearings, after which the democratic system could digest the votes of the various Senators and eventually throw them out of office, Filipinos decided to take to the streets. But this argument is flawed: Filipinos in fact are among the most patient people in Asia. The original People Power revolution, for example, was the culmination of more than two years of anti-Marcos street rallies. The second interpretation of events is that the people were driven by moral indignation. The forces of righteousness...
...William Blake. I LOVE BLAKE. [I don't!] But quality that high is rare. We take a book out of the library and read the marginalia, often surly and stupid, of anonymous strangers. THANKS A HEAP! The fun, though, is to respond to them, by which we perpetuate the argument and extend the text. BACK TO HIS THESIS, AT LAST? [you're welcome...