Word: discussants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long run the expert in the use of unwarranted assumptions comes off better than the equivocator. He would deal with our question on Hume not by baffling the grader or by fencing with him but like this: "It is absurd to discuss whether Hume is representative of the age in which he lived unless we note the progress of that age on all intellectual fronts. After all Hume did not live in a vacuum...
...this point our assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...
Wednesday's general strike is to coincide witha meeting of the Organization of American Statesin Washington to discuss the Panamanian situation...
...addition, the administration has met with the faculty every afternoon since Principal Edward Sarasin took sick to discuss the problem. The high school's faculty also met with the panel last week...
...They do their own stunts, and they do them without Annette." On monitors, TV's Huxtable clan explains how a sitcom is shot, while patriarch Cosby dresses up in various sports uniforms and shouts, "I'm goin' to Disney World!" Beatty explains set design, Lucas and two mechanical friends discuss post-production, Gibson and Herman demonstrate sound editing, Midler stars in a short comedy with lots of sets and stunts. At the end, Eisner and Mickey Mouse invite the audience to watch previews of Disney summer films. Eisner wears a Mickey Mouse watch. Mickey wears a Michael Eisner watch. Everything...