Word: argument
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...technologically advanced nation, in a position to help others achieve sustainable development; the country also has a moral responsibility to do so. After all, the U.S. consumes a disproportionate amount of the world's resources and has inflicted more than its share of environmental damage. But perhaps the strongest argument for American leadership on the environment is an idealistic one. Ronald Reagan loved to sing paeans to America's unique role as "a city on a hill" -- an inspiring model of democracy and free enterprise. Now that much of the world seems to be moving in a democratic direction...
Gorbachev also contends that the future of well-managed reform depends on the party continuing to run the show, an argument that would surely bring a smile to the face of just deposed East German party leader Egon Krenz. "Preserving the vanguard role for the party, from our point of view, is extremely necessary, especially in the time of perestroika," insists candidate Politburo member Yevgeni Primakov. "The party is the only consolidating force in our society, and in our federation...
...this the place to settle the argument about whether the country is actually becoming more polarized along economic lines. Democrats worry that the "middle class," as defined in terms of income, is shrinking. Republicans say that if it is, it's because so many people are getting rich. These debates could continue forever without any certain conclusion...
PROPONENTS of randomization have resorted to hackneyed generalizations to support their argument. Their reasoning on this issue is both misguided and divisive...
That's not his job, some say. He is president of all of Harvard University, not just the undergraduates, the argument goes. I'll go a step further: Bok is president of the Harvard alumni. He is a cocktail man, giving public appearances toward the ultimate goal of raising private funds. He is all too ready to recognize us after we graduate from the college. He will listen to us when we have money, not when we are undergraduates on financial aid. I personally no longer feel that Bok is my president...