Word: argumentive
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...playing field. But it's been a happy ending for Obama: in some places, his campaign is outspending McCain's by more than 8 to 1 on TV ads. First McCain undermined his "ready from day one" message by selecting Sarah Palin as his running mate. Now the argument that he's the candidate of steady leadership is turned upside down. The Republican has been as moody as Hamlet, with shifting policy proposals, fickle themes and muddled attacks. Since McCain has never been a party-establishment favorite, it's surprising how little carping and ship-jumping there has been...
...unengaged voters get clued in. "If they had asked me, I would have suggested not to run it," Jewett said. "It's hard to say exactly how it will pan out. It did bring the scandal to more people's attention." Georgetown linguistics professor Deborah Tannen, author of The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words, says political apologies are rarely perceived as genuine, leaving in question their impact...
...these waves of people who wrote as through it were perfectly natural to use horror, or fantasy, or sci-fi approaches and themes in mainstream stories, or vice versa. It seems to me that you get the best of both worlds in that way. And in fact, the ultimate argument I would make is that there is essentially just one world if you're talking about good fiction...
...Well, for a while we had an ongoing discussion about whether or not I was going to get Botox. He's a doctor so he's always concerned. He considers that a medical procedure; I was making the argument that something done in a mall next to a Cinnabon can't truly be dangerous. But just between the two of us, he thinks of me as a youthful person. I guess that makes me feel more youthful. I hardly ever do complain [about my age] because I think that's one of the things you should not do. But when...
...stories, we’re part of the audience. And even though we don’t bother to learn their name or face, sometimes we can’t help but cock an ear. Once in a while, when half of a phone conversation wafts by or an argument rages on, I, for one, can’t help but pause, listen... and judge...