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Trichopoulos said his research team was able to obtain statistically valid mortality rates over a period of just six years, since the subjects chosen were all over...
...that concerned with race. His basis for this? Discussions in two focus groups in which 1 of 19 participants was black. And his readiness to gloss over some of the Republicans' rhetorical excesses is troubling. The 1988 Bush campaign's Willie Horton attack ads, for instance, raised a valid issue, he says, and were not racist. Writes Wattenberg: "If he had been white and looked like a thug--which Horton did--his photograph would [still] have been used...
...served in a history course, for instance, with a similar yet more engaging twist. Moreover, what purpose is served when Government 10: Public & Private--An Introduction to Political Philosophy, shares more than two-thirds of its reading syllabus with Moral Reasoning 50, but fails to qualify as a valid substitution...
...Perot said that his supporters have submitted at least 95,000 registrations to the California Secretary of State, which would qualify his Reform Party for the 1996 California presidential ballot. Perot maintains that his organization will win places on the ballots in other major states. "If the registrations are valid, then Perot is clearly well on his way to forming a new national political party," says TIME's Laurence Barrett. "California was his toughest test logistically, from both the number of people he needed to sign on, and the amount of time he had to do it. He'll find...
...when moral and religious arguments have unfortunately fallen by the wayside, this argument is an important one to make. For people who refuse to accept the immorality of homosexuality, a utilitarian argument that addresses the possible consequences of homosexual acts may have more persuasive power. Just because a valid argument is presented in a controversial or arguably sensationalist manner does not take away its legitimacy...