Word: topicalism
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After asking Hasan if he was enrolled in the class, Dershowitz said the question did not pertain to the topic of yesterday’s lecture on torture...
Dershowitz also said he had not yet been approached by students to discuss the topic in a formal manner...
...seems particularly unusual that this habit should be so prevalent at Harvard—a place where the majority of students are able to offer rational and valuable views on any topic raised in discussion. They have the education, the resources and the level of instruction necessary to transform their ideas into winning arguments. All that is required is that they deliver them in an eloquent and clear manner. Yet so often this manner is sacrificed to “umms,” “errs,” and of course, the ubiquitous “like...
...remove Iraq's Saddam Hussein from power. Arab leaders will surely try to focus the conversation on the exploding Israeli-Palestinian conflict. With Zinni heading to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Cheney can argue that the Administration is on the case and move on to the topic of Iraq...
...serial dog poisonings have become a topic of obsessive speculation. Last year, Hong Kong University sociology postgraduates used the case in a criminal behavior course. Even a Swedish animal law expert, Helena Striwing, has become involved. She suggests the killer's target is not dogs. "He wants to hurt people," she says. "He is motivated to target and hurt the dog owners for some reason, to create misery." To that end, police offer a more prosaic premise. According to Skinner, the killer is likely annoyed by dog droppings along the footpath. "It's more probably a revenge thing," he says...