Word: logics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cuts too slight a figure to qualify as a force of nature, but his spirit is startling: a fierce competitiveness that is manifested as a subtle calm, a passionate transcendence. It is evident in his gestures. His fine-fingered hands do not punch out arguments; rather they escort logic through tangles of confusion, gently prodding reason his way. Perhaps Sonia Ho is right to be hushed, for her son's genius emanates from the depths of his family's experiences, and it is not quite Asian to make a display of one's legacies. But she is also right...
...years ago, and was immediately struck by his quiet confidence. "I thought that here was someone to pay attention to." Reporter Alice Park, who conducted the bulk of the interviews with Ho (by phone, E-mail and at his lab), was equally impressed: "I like his serenity and his logic...
...electing the running-mates who proposed the most attractive positions? The staff attempt to resolve this dilemma by suggesting that students weighed the benefits of electing running-mates with a unified agenda against the positive aspects of more splitting the tickets to encourage "openness on the council." This tortued logic is utterly ridiculous...
These programs are defended because their mode of discrimination is meant to counteract a supposed greater evil. It is argued that anti-minority prejudice will never realistically be eliminated and so, from a pragmatic standpoint, the equally inequitable remedy should be tolerated. Even from a detached perspective, the logic of this reasoning seems questionable. Why should we sanction one injustice to fight another...
...been a Marxist state, America undoubtedly would have opposed the invasion and transformed it into a pressing global issue. But true to the Cold War pattern, the atrocities committed by America's right-wing and reactionary allies were ignored or even encouraged and praised using twisted anti-communist logic. For example, the Reagan administration pretended that the rape, torture and murder of civilians ranging from students to nuns in El Salvador was merely a legitimate attempt to resist Soviet encroachment in the Western hemisphere. These myths were also propagated by the mass media...