Word: arguments
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...Your Essay includes the following statement: "Since tests proved that it took at least 2.3 seconds to operate the bolt action on Oswald's rifle, Oswald obviously could not have fired three times-hitting Kennedy twice and Connally once-in 5.6 seconds or less." This argument, which has appeared in many publications since the assassination, is faulty, and I am surprised that I haven't seen it refuted before this. Assuming that the bolt of Oswald's rifle can, in fact, be operated in 2.3 seconds, then Oswald definitely could fire 3 shots in less than...
...nation last week offered a vibrant welcome to an Asian statesman who stands to lose more than an argument if the U.S. reneges on its commitments across the Pacific. Only ten months after a resounding election victory, President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines flew to Washington for a state visit that meant far more to him, and his hosts, than the usual red-carpeted round of pleasantries. For Marcos, it represented a threefold opportunity - to renew a long-standing bond of friendship with the U.S., to make a case for increased U.S. aid to bail out his stagnating econ...
Black Africa's Image. Basic to Verwoerd's policies is the argument that black Africans cannot govern themselves, much less the whites. It is an argument that most white South Africans are more than ready to believe. Every time there is a crisis in the Congo or bloodshed in Nigeria, the whites nod knowingly and tell each other that "you can't expect anything else from the bloody kaffirs." Kwame Nkrumah's tyrannical rule over Ghana was hailed as proof that Africans were still too uncivilized to run their own affairs, but when he was overthrown...
This kind of indignant Congressional reaction against judicial "interference" has been commonly cited as an argument against the Supreme court taking a broad stand against HUAC at the present time. Congress can by a variety of means put serious limitations on the authority of the Federal courts, and it is suggested that by holding HUAC unconstitutional the Supreme Court would solidify Congress behind the committee while at the same time hamper its own effectiveness...
Panic Peddlers. After the constitutional issue, the most powerful surface argument concerns the pocketbook. "This is largely an economic issue," says Republican Craig Hosmer of California, who opposed Title IV. "A home is the only major asset most people have. Whether it is a fact or not, people fear that when Negroes move in, property values go down...