Word: logical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this logic shows that a diversity of backgrounds is precisely what The Crimson is aiming for, hoping that this type of diversity will lead to a more interesting and balanced editorial page, filled with a variety of ideas. Moreover, this logic indicates that The Crimson is more interested in appearing diverse, hoping that such an appearance will provide more legitimacy in the eyes of its readers, than in actually being diverse...
...Some have subscribed to the faulty train of logic that because the Quad is nice it is not in Timbuktu. Yale may also be nice but that doesn't necessarily mean it is in close proximity to the Harvard Yard...
...logic, the nation of Eritrea (pop. 3 million) should not exist. The secessionist province's independence fighters ought never to have defeated Ethiopia in their 30-year-long struggle. They were outmanned, outgunned, abandoned or betrayed by every ally; their cause was hopeless. They won by force of character, a unity and determination so steely not all the modern armaments, superpower support or economic superiority of Ethiopia could withstand it. The spirit that saw the Eritreans through 10 years in the trenches of their mountain redoubt at Nakfa has built them a nation from scratch, since independence was finally consummated...
...more than $20, but in the rest of the world the figure is $6 or $7, and as little as $2 or $3 in Germany, home of Adidas and Puma. That's why Nike has made soccer the focus of an unprecedented assault. The logic is simple. Soccer is the world's sport, and the company can't have any credibility as a sports brand unless it is a factor in the game. "Our goal is to be the world leader in football by 2002, the next World Cup," says Sandy Bodecker, who runs the soccer division...
...problem with this kind of logic, however, is its depressing reductionism. It recapitulates in all seriousness the geneticist's old witticism that a chicken is just an egg's way of making another...