Word: speciousness
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...alive today, his ascetic devotion to the poor, sick and oppressed might have led him to progressive politics and the ideals of the Democratic Party. Though Republicans may jeer at Cuomo's sudden secularization of a saint and dismiss his remarks about Darwinism as the origin of the specious, Democrats hope that the erudite comparison will serve them well in drawing the battle lines for the fall campaign...
This reasoning couldn't be more specious. When two men are pointing guns at each other, they are hardly likely to consider it defensive when one of them starts edging behind a pillar. The benefits that a "star wars" defense could bring exist only if the system is already in place and works...
Rights-based 'criticisms of affirmative action are not new, nor are they specious. Recent years have witnessed heightened debate from those who believe society can never deviate from absolute race-and sex-blind treatment--even to reverse the effects of past discrimination...
...with the highest grades, but, as the admissions office constantly points out, there are more important goals than assembling a class that will get straight A's. And given the tests' notorious imprecision and variability, relying too heavily on minute 10-point variations in Achievement scores is even more specious. Far more helpful would be to move emphasis from the SAT even more to the high school record, and thus perhaps slow the nationwide--and increasingly lucrative--SAT tutoring...
...Draper Laboratories, which only helps devise the guidance systems for certain missiles. Nuclear bombs are not built within city limits: no explosive or radioactive materials are used. Supporters counter that Cambridge will be a safer place to live because it somehow would be lowered on the Soviet hit list--specious logic since Cambridge would still be in the backyard of hi-tech Boston...