Word: argumentatively
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...Chinese Ba after one very frustrating fall semester my freshman year. Then I imagined the brutal beating my GPA would’ve probably received with one more semester of that difficult language, and the regret swiftly—and thankfully—dissipated. But Zakaria’s argument that countries like China and India will begin playing exceedingly significant economic and cultural roles on the world stage still sticks with me. Zakaria, the prominent Newsweek foreign affairs columnist, argues in “The Post-American World” that the United States’ position as sole...
...ridicule the drugged-out, sex-crazed disillusionment that permeates their lyrics and sends hipster students into a swoon. On “Stay Positive,” the Brooklyn band presents some of their most exciting and universal material to date. The new record may not end the continuing argument over the band’s merits, but it should be enough to quiet some of their critics. At the very least, they’ve crafted one of the most enjoyable albums of the summer. The Hold Steady have built up and filled out their sound with varying levels...
...shift can also affect how a campaign chooses to devote its resources and time on the trail. During the Democratic primaries, some of Hillary Clinton's senior advisers made a case for downplaying or even skipping Iowa, based on the argument that early voting would limit the importance of winning that state. "Iowans will not be the first to vote," Clinton's deputy campaign manager Mike Henry wrote in a memo...
...candidates prepare for their first debate Sept. 26, the Obama camp remains confident it can win an argument about who can deliver change. As Plouffe puts it: "No matter how many times McCain and Palin use the word change or try to reinvent their own records, one thing stays the same: when it comes to the economy, education, Iraq or the special-interest stranglehold on Washington, they are both stubborn defenders of the past eight years, and they both promise more of the same...
...powerful argument in a Democratic year. It's the argument Obama has been making for months. But it's not yet a winning argument...