Word: arguments
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Damman also remembers one round of contract negotiations when she witnessed a heated argument between Gerald Shea, one of the local's original organizers, and the lawyer for a hospital. In every contract, Shea tries to insert a preamble stating that the goal is to maintain "the highest standards of patient care delivery in meeting the needs of the community." He also argues for insertion of an equal opportunity clause, which adds to the traditional prohibitions of discrimination on the grounds of race, sex and religious belief, the categories of political belief, sexual preference or marital status. "The lawyer kept...
Although it is my personal view that the weight of the argument: lies decisively on the side of withdrawal, I acknowledge that there is room for disagreement regarding the potential benefits of progressive employment practices, the importance of American investment and technology to South Africa, the usefulness of a positive American example to other firms, and other points discussed in your report of last April. Of crucial importance, however, is an argument to which your report gives a passing allusion, but no refutation: the effect of American investments in South Africa on American foreign policy...
...there is another side to this argument, also, I should like to hear it. I said that in my last letter, too; if this one also goes unanswered, I shall know what to conclude. Roger G. Tobin...
...much time were spent on inflation and the plummeting U.S. dollar as on the Middle East, maybe we wouldn't be in such a mess. The meeting at Camp David is like going next door to help settle a domestic argument while your own house is burning down...
...support the U.S. argument, officials in Washington showed reporters a copy of an early version of one provision that they said was to have been published as a supplementary agreement and that seemed to uphold the U.S. position on the issue. Complained Begin: "Let me respectfully say that they shouldn't have done that. It's not proper to show to the media texts that have not been approved." But he didn't budge on the settlements, which the U.S. has repeatedly declared to be "illegal." To put further pressure on Begin, the U.S. withheld a letter promising that...