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...reader can comprehend the nature of the argument. Within each point, the author is required to marshal evidence to convince the reader that the thesis of the essay is perfect. In the case of the weary workers, for example, the author might cite personal discussions, even if the vulgar language contained therein, i.e., "My job sucks," would not typically be suitable for an essay...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: The Perfect Essay | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

Making the closing argument, Jones assailed Fortier and his wife Lori, another prosecution witness. He apologized for playing the tapes, which were "vulgar and appalling." It was necessary, he said, because "what we basically have here with the Fortiers is the prosecutorial equivalent of Eliza Doolittle being made over into the Henry Higgins of the fbi and My Fair Lady has become My Fair Witness." Another defense lawyer, Christopher Tritico, asked why PETN, the explosive material found on McVeigh's clothes, was not discovered elsewhere. "The government didn't give you any PETN from McVeigh's car," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MERITS OF THE CASE | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...viewing public continues to erode--just this past February the networks' share of the total viewing audience dropped 4.6% from a year ago, continuing a two-decades-long decline. But whatever Ellen's fate with the Nielsens, television's treatment of sexuality is likely to continue becoming increasingly frank, vulgar or immoral, depending on one's vantage point and what, of course, one is viewing (Chicago Hope? Married...With Children? A made-for-TV movie starring Tori Spelling as a hooker?) The medium--and America--has patently come a long way from the 1952-53 season, when the cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: ROLL OVER, WARD CLEAVER | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...tell the truth." Indeed, the screenplay's climax has President Sam Parr confessing to the nation during a debate, "Yes, I diddled that cow!" Buoyed by his honesty, voters re-elect him in a landslide. "Maybe you're right," Eszterhas responds when asked if his script is just too vulgar ever to be made, "but I hope it has something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ACTING PRESIDENTS | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...find the hypocrisy itself more offensive than the similarly-vulgar names because we, as blacks, refuse to remember how it feels to be on the receiving end. We refuse to put ourselves in the other person's shoes--shoes comparable to those about which we constantly complain...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: The Name Game | 4/12/1997 | See Source »

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