Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beggars asking for some kindly doctor's or hospital's noblesse oblige," says Uwe Reinhardt, professor of political economy at Princeton University. Of the industrialized nations, only South Africa and the U.S have not made an effort to extend coverage to all their citizens. If compassion were not an argument for remedying that dreadful situation, economics might be. At present the costs of the uninsured are hidden and spread unevenly in the form of higher insurance premiums and general medical costs. Bad debts and uncompensated care totaled an estimated $8 billion last year...
However, the Board of Assessors, which assesses property for tax purposes, did not place much credit on the club's argument. In fact, Assessor Faith McDonald said of the club's claims, "Evidentally, we didn't pay them any attention." She added, "What you get may not be what you want...
...course, I don't want to be injudicious in my analysis of Goodwin, but he seems to have provided a defense of my less-than-informed opinion in the course of making his argument about Johnson's sanity. While supposedly a raving lunatic over Vietnam and Robert Kennedy, Johnson was also mysteriously able to navigate through Congress the most impressive legislative agenda of any president in American history. Case closed...
...rules, designed by Neill Buchanan, the team's founder and coach, allow judges to decide whether any given argument follows the stated topic of debate. He said debaters had begun preparing arguments in advance, then stretching the assigned topics...
...debaters may choose to discuss one of two topics or resolutions per round. The "government" team bases its argument on the resolution chosen, while the opposition team must respond with an impromptu argument...