Word: logicality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...difference in rulings points to the power of societal assumptions, rather than strictly legal logic, in judicial decisions. There was a consistent body of judicial reasoning and precedent that yielded each of the contradictory rulings. The difference, however, was an assumption--in this case the stigma attached to a certain disease--which swayed the calm courtroom logic...
Testing, for drugs or AIDS, becomes yet another strategy of intimidation in the power dynamic between employers and employees. There is no call for alcohol testing at business lunches or meetings between high-level diplomats. The logic of screening makes the body a site for a conflict of interests...
...Hundreds upon hundreds of familes of color have moved to lily white communities," he said. "The logic of people is to seek housing wherever...
Reagan's political logic is all too patent. Spending money to help victims reveals that drug abuse is a terrible disease. Spending it to catch pushers, on the other hand, shows that there is an enemy to be conquered...
Unfortunately -- unfortunately for Palestinians, Israelis and assorted innocents who wander into the crossfire -- the logic fails. To understand why, one must start by asking, Who are the terrorists? The major sponsors of Middle East terror are Iran, Syria and Libya. And its major practitioners are Islamic fundamentalists, pro-Syrian nationalists and Palestinian extremists. These groups and states are distinguished not just by their choice of means but by the nature of their end. And their end is not peace with Israel. It is peace with no Israel...