Word: essayed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...your Essay you refer to the "principle of indirect responsibility" and conclude, "The report is about the treacherous and devious mind. And it says as clearly as may ever be said that we know what we know, and what we know, we act on - or do not." What are the implications for the majority of Israelis, who, knowing the findings of the commission, continue to support Begin and Sharon...
Regarding your Essay "The Baby in the Factory" [Feb. 14], it should be noted that in the 15th century four out of five babies died before the age of two. Abortion was unthinkable. In the 20th century, human life is cheap. The problem in the case of Baby Doe does not arise from surrogate parenthood or test-tube pregnancies. It is that the achievements of medical science have given us an attitude of "If not this baby, then another." There are simply too many humans to care about one life...
...most insightful of the four short essays in the third, entitled "The Second Imperial Requiem, "Galbraith provides the not-so-new but always refreshing argument countering extremists on both sides of the spectrum who rally against U.S./U.S.S.R. neo-imperialism. He notes that an irrational reactionary rivalry between the two powers, not quest for world domination, dictates the sometimes dangerous foreign ventures, and that any such attempts at imperialism are doomed to failure. The reason is that self-determination governs the priorities of all nations, including those of the Third World, and that Eastern and Western dominance are equally repugnant...
...plan out production and to some extent anyway, prices, he argues that government planning would only be a minor change and a great improvement over the current system. The most controversial of his proposals is the call for price and income policies or controls yet his defense in this essay is quite unconvincing. He notes that "much arguments to the contrary, a strong income and price policy served the United States well during the Second World War...it served again in the Korean War and for Richard Nixon...Each time, inflation resumed when the controls were lifted...
Most expos sections will hold a one-hour mandatory lecture on plagarism next week Freshmen will also receive a small take-home exercise in which they will be asked to denote all necessary documentation for a sample essay...