Word: demoulin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parliamentary debate, there is no nationwide annual resolution and debaters learn the topic only 10 minutes before they start speaking, Chris DeMoulin, president of the American Parliamentary Debate Association and a senior at Swarthmore College said. "Everyone can heckle--that's the best part," he added...
Though the atmosphere of the tournament was friendly and humorous rather than contentious, DeMoulin said, this sort of rapid adlibbing requires considerable powers of oratory...
Swirling histrionics arise from the most sober-sounding topics, like the one argued in the fifth round: "Armed neutrality is ineffectual at best." Off-the-cuff military analyses? No, Swarthmore's Grant Oliphant and Chris DeMoulin want to argue pop psychology. Speaking first, Oliphant launches an elaborate attack on stoicism, celibacy, alienation and the jut-jawed manner of one of his tournament hosts. Oliphant's rhetorical ripostes ("Will we sentence ourselves to joyless purgatory?") and practiced voice glow with persuasive charm...
Oliphant and DeMoulin win, decisively, over Kidd and Smith. "Awesome!' cries DeMoulin afterward, his trophy in hand. "I am psyched." JJ. Gertler, a formidable Amherst also-ran, is chatting "Don't you want to be in politics, J.J.?" friend asks. "Oh, my gracious, I hope not," he says. "We hope not too," chimes a passing victor, and Gertler, only momentarily speechless, manages a game smile...