Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...argument against renaming the library states, "All claims against Charles Engelhard are based on a single article from the now-defunct Ramparts magazine; no confirmation of the smears made against him has been forthcoming simply because none exists...
...assembly argument against allowing students to take drama courses for credit cites financial constraints in creating drama courses and the several extra-curricular opportunities for students interested in becoming involved in dramatics...
...mentions that California is seeking federal funding to support a TM program in the prisons. I hope the agencies involved will consider the case of Malnak vs. Yogi in New Jersey, 1977, in which it was determined that TM was based on religious doctrine. I have no argument with the teaching of religious principles to rehabilitate criminals-indeed a Christian conversion would produce the same results-but feel no religion should be taught with the tax support and approval of Government. If Transcendental Meditation is to be taught in the prisons, then its adherents should foot the bill...
...argument that Playboy is not in itself exploitative but only contributes to exploitative attitudes shows little sensitivity toward the problems of sexism in America, where it is, in fact, the sexist attitudes that keep women from full economic, social, and political equality with...
...soliciting models. Yet, it is not simply the degree of sexism in Mr. Chan's advertisement to which we object; rather, it is that the ad would involve The Crimson in soliciting women for a magazine that has played a major role in America's degradation of women. The argument that subscription ads solicit readers and should therefore be treated the same as Chan's ignores the distinction between the production and distribution of the magazine. Chan's ad would have influenced the editorial content of Playboy, involving The Crimson as an intermediary in the production of an exploitative pictorial...