Word: argument
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dodge's brief for the Arboretum further accuses the Corporation of falling to keep the Arboretum an "independent and separate institution," a requirement he infers from the original trust. To this argument Farr counters that "the Arboretum has never been an object or end in itself...
Considering the argument that Friday night is a work night, the report asks rhetorically "are not the hours of 4-7 p.m. work hours also...
...plan advanced by Conlon Associates Ltd. of California for two-step U.S. recognition of Communist China and the "Republic of Taiwan" does not present devastatingly new policy or argument. What is unusual is that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should raise the issue of recognition without jeopardizing the political future of any "recognition" advocates. Senator Fulbright, who seemed to be praising with faint damns, called the private agency's report "thought-provoking," adding, "I do not believe that the United States should recognize Communist China at the present time...
...whiskey for the man who could think of a new name." Pitt tries to prove his point by quoting students who usually complain that "there are not enough people like themselves, rather than the reverse." Yet, if the students themselves seem to prefer homogenity to heterogeneity, Pitt's argument loses its validity. Winn asserts that Penn has "less conformity than you'll find in other Ivy colleges," but he nearly defeats his own point when he says "You can't tell a Wharton student from a College...
...same attitude of non-interference extends to the faculty, in practice almost as much as in theory. Individualism never strays far from the minds of the Administration. Bradley concludes the argument for freedom of action and thought with an explanation of the University's ability to attract and hold good men without paying high salaries. "At other places there is always a pattern you have to live in. Penn is very individualistic; if a man does a good job and maintains his contacts, he is safe here...