Word: argumentativeness
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...party that could not afford much TV time (the Democrats, according to Lerner) now has the same opportunity as the wealthy party. Voters have been exposed to the full impact of the two personalities; and the side-by-side comparisons has killed Nixon's experience argument, he said...
...personal flamboyance of a Khrushchev, Macmillan, Nehru or Nkrumah. Secretary of State Christian Herter and U.N. Ambassador James Wadsworth doggedly maintain the U.S. position in debates, but have shown little inclination for genial politicking in the Delegates Lounge. The U.S. aloofness was a deliberate and official policy. The argument: with the heavy agenda of the 15th General Assembly, the U.S. hoped to set a lofty example of hard work...
...face perspiring in the glaring lights, Gaitskell said grimly that he had read that this whole argument was not about defense at all but about his leadership. Amid whistling, booing and stamping, Gaitskell said that the leadership of the Labor Party is finally determined by the members who sit in the House of Commons, and that "the vast majority of Labor M.P.s are opposed" to neutralism and had made this clear to the men and women who voted for them. The hall was in uproar, but Gaitskell's voice went plowing on: "Do you think we Labor M.P.s...
...explain De Gaulle's plans for building up the six-nation European Community at NATO's expense and for establishing his own, $1.3 billion nuclear defense force independent of NATO. Adenauer wants no part of plans that would weaken NATO, and he produced a powerful argument: a private letter from President Dwight Eisenhower warning that any change in the structure of NATO might lead the U.S. to reconsider its commitment to keep U.S. troops stationed in Western Europe...
Because educational institutions are not normally subject to suit in Massachusetts, the plaintiff's case will rest on an unusual legal argument, the Boston paper reported...