Word: argumentative
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...That argument seemed to be born out by an agreement Wednesday that will enable the jury to more exactly delineate the separate scope of each defendant's guilt; the defense and prosecution agreed to allow the jury to consider lesser charges, including criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter, when considering each officer's case. The officers have all been charged with second-degree murder. This proposal, which was greeted with relief by the officers' families and general approval from the legal community, leaves the door wide open for Carroll to take the brunt of the blame while allowing the other three...
...council erupted into cheers when Frank X. Leonard '01 restated Shumsky's argument...
...members also supported their decision with the argument that They Might Be Giants has a rather similar sound to the Violent Femmes, the band at last year's Springfest...
...best argument anyone can think of for the Senior Gift is "You should establish a habit of giving for your lifetime." It seems like the act of writing a check to Harvard is simple enough that I could just do it when I became old and rich, without any practice. But Harvard feels I might be an irresponsible, undirected old wealthy person, so I need conditioning. It also, incidentally, recommends that I spend five minutes a day playing pinochle, wearing gigantic sunglasses and talking about the Washington Senators, just so other habits of being elderly are familiar when the time...
...basic argument goes like this: McCain's campaign-finance rebellion--and the force of the Republican reaction against him--was a seismic shock that knocked him free from G.O.P. orthodoxy. And so he attacks Republican pork-barrel projects, questions the need for increased military spending, worries about the gap between rich and poor, and supports new health-care entitlements (insurance for children, a prescription-drug benefit) and even, in the vaguest of terms, universal health care. McCain has also been butting heads with Bush on the question of tax cuts--arguing that the truly conservative position is to keep...