Word: argumentativeness
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...This is illogical. We will both die.” The scorpion responds, “I can’t help it. It is my character.” This anecdote foreshadows the plot of the movie while making an adventure narrative into the basis for a philosophical argument...
...easy issue. Republicans would focus on it because they think they can win by opposing it, confident that the “reciprocal trust between state and nation” is so thoroughly shot that a cry of “socialism” will settle any argument. Democrats will have the difficult task of convincing voters that government can do something right. But what a great task. Economists from all over the political map acknowledge that the private insurance market doesn’t work. Government insurance programs like Medicare are efficient, effective, and popular. Healthcare is a perfect...
...education ought to train him or her to survive and succeed in life. Yet one might easily find himself or herself in a situation where all the liberal arts in the world avail nothing,” Melendez wrote.Studies on the frequency of cheating at American universities provide another argument for an honor code system. According to a 1993 study by Donald L. McCabe and Linda K. Trevino, students at non-honor code colleges self-reported a higher incidence of academic dishonesty than their peers at honor code institutions.Bean said that in his experience, cheating was more of a problem...
...countries need to look beyond their borders to solve problems within their borders. With a global economy it is impossible to isolate the U.S. in a utopian bubble of prosperity, and the mass migration we see today is the best proof of that point.But another, more insidious, argument prevalent at Harvard is that global challenges are too big and complex to tackle, and that conflicts closer to home have to be fixed first. We have to focus on the most immediate and tangible issues, people say, if a movement is to be successful. The dilemma is that there are always...
...insists, must ... get ready to fight against Soviet or Soviet-inspired thrusts in several areas at once-the Persian Gulf, Central America, Africa and Central Europe ... 'WE MUST BE ABLE TO DEFEND OURSELVES IN WARS OF ANY SIZE AND SHAPE AND IN ANY REGION.' Some critics counter with the argument that the U.S. cannot police the world and that such simultaneous wars are not likely. The fact is that U.S. weakness makes them much likelier. Moreover, Weinberger insists, military planners can no longer assume that a conventional war would last only 60 to 90 days before ending or going nuclear...