Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Johnson's down fall showed once again how an en trenched President could be defeated over a deeply emotional issue. For another, Richard Nixon's own obvious determination to end the war, regardless of his timetable, had made opposition to the war far more respectable. To many people, the argument is no longer really over victory or defeat, patriotism or dishonor, but rather over when the U.S. withdraws and what concessions, if any, it can get in return. Timing, of course, could make a major difference to the U.S.'s future position in Asia...
...relevant to depict a passionate kiss or a nude figure," moviemakers should do so. After all, the commission noted, Indian directors never hesitate to feature bump-and-grind girly dances so provocative that they "may almost be called the performance of a unilateral act of coitus." The argument impressed few Indians; in a recent poll, 75% opposed kissing and nudity in films-this in the land of the Kama Sutra and the world's most erotic temple carvings. Buddha himself helps explain such contradictory attitudes toward sex. Like St. Augustine, he spent his youth exulting in the pleasures...
Cultural Evolution. This position rests on the argument that, some 25,000 to 100,000 years ago, modern man, Homo sapiens, was developed by biological evolution. Since then, goes the theory, cultural evolution has taken over...
...opposite side of the argument is that culture itself is genetic-that is, hereditary. "What I am trying to say," explains the author, "is that what people call social behavior always has a biological basis. The character of individuals, families, groups, classes, nations -right underneath these things are the biological foundations." Biological evolution has not been replaced by cultural evolution; it is actually responsible...
...fielded the question aboutprotests being relevant as best she could. But the argument with the wife seemed to forebode ill for her question to the husband...