Word: argumentation
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...massacre at Columbine High School and other school shootings in Oregon and Alabama cry out for introspection that should end in action, not argument. Children in the United States are nine times more likely to be killed by gunfire than what the combined probability is in the next top 25 industrial nations. Thirteen American children die in gun-related incidents daily. It is time to take decisive steps to curb this trend before more of our children are caught in the crossfire...
...Another argument for smaller blocking groups is to prevent large single-interest groups--such as football players--from blocking together, Rampell said...
Rampell called this argument "preposterous," however, saying that few sports have 16 first-years each season. He said a small blocking group size would increase the number of blocking groups whose members are from a single team...
...additional assistance coming from the U.N. and International Red Cross. Most of the major humanitarian agencies are still not present there for political reasons. The U.S. policy directive seems to be that the real help will come only after the Yugoslav President Milosevic is replaced. The logic of this argument is hard to comprehend if one thinks of a humane need to help the refugees and of a political reasoning that an opposition to a government needs certain means to overturn the regime...
...also attacked a theory offered by several New Haven Police Department detectives that he killed Jovin in a crime of passion after an argument...