Word: logical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this logic alone will not appease the consciences of the staff, who are determined to wage war on the elitism they perceive in school choice and in the idea of private school itself. To this I have two responses: First, that the staff's arguments are far more patronizing than any private-school elitism; and second, that education necessarily requires a positive view of hierarchy and the acceptance of a certain kind of elite. If the staff disagrees, they should be attending state colleges, not the most selective private college in the country...
Muhammad's logic is akin to claiming that because you have Jewish friends, you couldn't possibly be anti-Semitic. And that's a crock...
...argue with their logic -- if you accept their premises. God, Allah, is testing us, and we mustn't interfere. If Kali misses, fine. If it doesn't, well, that's part of Her bigger plan. Maybe we've messed up Earth so badly that it's time to start over. Remember that old saying of Tsiolkovski's: 'Earth is the cradle of humankind, but you cannot live in the cradle forever.' Kali could be a sign that it's time to leave...
Gore says the jobs-vs.-environment argument is based on the same flawed logic that caused American businesses to disregard business guru W. Edwards Deming's seminal ideas on quality in past decades. "American manufacturers assumed that market forces had already perfectly balanced quality against cost and that any improvements would hurt the bottom line," says Gore. "Deming took his ideas to the Japanese, who proved that you could simultaneously improve quality and profits and proceeded to steal markets from American companies." Gore argues that Bush is now making the same mistake with pollution. The Japanese, already more energy efficient...
...prove that something ought to be done while it was impossible to do it. This was probably very bewildering to his brother politicians, for politicians always whitewash what they do not destroy. But, for all that, this inconsistency beat the politicians at their own game, and this abstracted logic proved most practical after all. For, when the chance did come to do something, there was no doubt about the thing to be done. The thunderbolt fell from the clear heights of heaven...