Word: argumentive
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...ahistorical” work. In a 90-minute solo appearance at Emerson Hall, Dershowitz extended his public assault on Carter’s book “Palestine: Peace not Apartheid,” which was released in November. He criticized the book’s argument and called Carter’s writing irresponsible, saying that the situation in Israel could not be compared with state-sponsored racism in South Africa, and that blame for instability in the region rested squarely with the Palestinians. “Jimmy Carter was warned in advance that this would be misunderstood...
That, in fact, is the argument that was made regarding the hip-hop discussion when it made its rounds at Harvard last week. The popular documentary “Beyond Beats and Rhymes,” directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Byron Hurt, was shown to a packed crowd on this very campus and featured a number of the industry’s biggest names weighing in on the topic of hip-hop. Not surprisingly, we, as overzealous Harvard students, turned out in droves. But in places outside of liberal college campuses, the ‘issue?...
...propelled by rising wages and more jobs. The Conference Board's index increased to 112.5 from 110.2 last month, and the percentage of those saying jobs are hard to get fell to its lowest level since August 2001. That news seems to bolster Bernanke's upbeat view, and his argument that consumers are the ``mainstay'' of an economy heavily dependent on their spending...
...address his disregard for logic. Lacaria argues that because there was no radical feminism in the 19th century South, there could not have been problems of gender. This argument only needs to be written explicitly to expose its incoherence. More importantly, however, gender was a crucial part of how people, especially Southern male politicians, understood the political climate of antebellum America...
Consider only this brief passage by H.W. Bellows, one of the most important advocates of James K. Polk’s invasion of Mexico. The passage summarizes a common pro-war argument of the time: “Mexico will ultimately fall a political prey, not to force, but to a superior population, insensibly oozing into her territories, changing her customs, and out-loving, out-trading, exterminating her weaker blood.” Who can read this passage and remain oblivious to the intersection of gender, politics, and territorial expansion? I hope that I won’t need...