Word: argumentatively
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...seats away from an intense conversation is good stuff. And, while we're on dining hall conversation topics, I'd also like to offer my appreciation for the folks who talk about really random stuff in really loud voices. The other day I overheard a very heated argument about the origin of the word pencil. Hmmm. That's great procrastinating trivia. I appreciate...
Bolek Z. Kabala (Opinion, May 8) correctly points out that evidence surrounding the greenhouse effect is not wholly conclusive, yet his article is more ad hominem attack on Al Gore than substantive argument. He ignores the harmful effects of depleting the ozone layer, acid rain, and the estimated 64,000 deaths each year from air pollution, according to a study done by the Natural Resources Defense Council, not to mention the environmental destruction due to strip mining, deforestation and oil extraction...
...respond to Microsoft's counteroffer by May 17, and Judge Jackson has indicated that he would like to wash his hands of the penalty phase of the trial by the end of May. Microsoft will counter that timetable, according to reports, claiming they need more time to prepare an argument against any plan that involves a breakup...
...things: No outbursts of emotion would be tolerated; and the audience shouldn't impute opinions from the judges' questions, since justices often play devil's advocate when hearing an appeal. Still, there was little surprise that the Miami family appeared a little muted after the 90 minutes of oral argument. "I think they expected that their argument that a six-year-old can seek political asylum would have been more sympathetically received by the court," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett from Atlanta. "Instead, it encountered more scrutiny and skepticism than they were prepared for. At the same time...
...expression? The jury is still out on effectiveness; a 1998 study by the National Association of Elementary School Principals found that barely half (52 percent) of principals in schools with mandated uniforms reported improved academic performance. There are detractors, including some parents and students in Philadelphia, who turn the argument on its head, believing that enforcement of a dress code will actually distract from the business of learning. And then there are those education analysts who have raised fears that uniforms could in fact accentuate the chasm between the haves and the have-nots. "It's very hard, especially...