Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Fang Chien, who teaches a section of Historical Study A-14, "Tradition and Transformation in East Asia: Japan," said she stressed the opportunity for peer review at the WritingCenter. Chien said she is "hoping to get morethought, more thinking ahead, [and] more planningabout the argument" in her student's papers...
...cannot accept the argument that banning kegs will automatically turn students to hard liquor and off-campus drinking spots. If it does so, we indeed have a serious problem, but even then the solution is surely not to condone huge amounts of beer. Unfortunately, the law does not permit us to utilize alcohol as the organizing motif of social life, and this is particularly true for freshmen, all of whom are underage...
...clash over tactics obscured the argument about the merits of reform. The Democratic bill, co-sponsored by Byrd and Oklahoma's David Boren, would limit both spending by candidates and donations from their supporters. Republicans normally raise more money for Senate candidates than do Democrats, and they have no intention of relinquishing their advantage. Says Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell, who has raised $1 million for his 1990 re-election: "We have done a better job of fund raising, and we're damn proud...
They can rest easier now. Last week the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected Falwell's argument in terms that decisively reaffirmed First Amendment protections. Falwell had argued that "outrageous" parody like Hustler's should not be given the protection that more conventional satire and cartooning deserved. But while acknowledging that the ad was "gross and repugnant in the eyes of most," Chief Justice William Rehnquist said for the court that to define and penalize the outrageous would require some very fine judgments, allowing jurors to award damages on the basis of their personal taste or "their dislike of a particular...
...Thomas bared their claws and other whatnot. Referring to no one in particular, Witt observed, "I think every man prefers looking at a well-built woman to someone else who is the shape of a rubber ball." Thomas declared, "I think I have a great body." But the silly argument dissolved into stark drama. Thomas stumbled to a stunned third and Witt...