Word: polemicize
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He is equally impatient with computer deism, vomiting forth the new program music in demotic algebra, as with the auto-intoxicating retrograde "modernism" of emotional self-indulgence. He especially abhors the composer-as-publicist, who spins a new notation and broadside for each new work, who strews the years with...
This argument contains a measure of truth. It is also true that in many cases the massed forces of dissent-as at most of last week's rallies mourning the Kent State four-have demonstrated a commendable restraint in not letting verbal protest build into violence. The fact remains...
If this were all, Boyle's book would be merely a timely polemic on an important and fashionable topic. But Boyle, a staff member for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, is more than an enraged critic. He is an accomplished journalist-naturalist with a curious blend of love, knowledge and perspective that...
It took Urtain barely 17 seconds to belt his first professional opponent through the ropes. Since then, he has averaged about five minutes to a knockout, or slightly less than two rounds per fight. In so doing, he has generated a furious debate between those who regard his opponents as...
But the book's primary value is not as a warning to those who already share Cowan's sentiments. The same subjective passion that may flaw the book as history makes it a uniquely persuasive political statement. The Making of an Un-American owes its uniqueness as a polemic to...