Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Commoner also has an argument ready for those who would accuse him of being a "spoiler" in the presidential race--that is, of drawing votes away from the Democratic party and thus guaranteeing a Reagan win. Suppose you are a voter concerned about growing militarism in the world, he says. Suppose you cast your vote for Carter because you have weighed the risks and decided that Carter would be a bit less likely to get America involved in a war. Well, says Commoner, that may be the case (though he doesn't see that much difference between Carter and Reagan...
...Archibald MacLeish's brilliant verse flows from the lips of two metaphysical actors who, perched high upon some ethereal stage, create their own sideshow, transforming one man's life into a carnival of anguish and despair. And all to prove a point. As they banter and rage, their tedious argument of insidious intent leads to an over-whelming question, the ultimate question...
...argument in this report ultimately rebounds on itself. If liberal arts in fact forms the foundation of the humanistic appreciation alumni need to confront what Bok calls "a world amply stocked with anxiety and disillusion...," then it is the essential preface to professional education. It cannot be the last and least priority of Harvard's president. Yet Bok's ordering of goals--cast in the 1978-79 report as a pitch for the Capital Fund Drive to finance Harvard's new directions--leads Harvard faculty and money away from direct encouragement of the liberal arts. It is not that...
...allied argument for not supporting the U.S. was that the events in Iran and Afghanistan were outside of their purview?that they were not covered by the terms either of the NATO alliance or the American defense treaty with Japan. Technically, this is true, but events far distant from Europe or East Asia may still profoundly affect the security of those regions. Referring to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Carter last week said that unless the allies "stand united [and] take firm action to show the Soviets that they will suffer because of it, that might lead to increasing encroachment...
This largely buried argument is all that connects the book's welter of anecdotes. A Chicago teen-ager named Harold Rubin is limned practicing self-abuse over photographs of nude women. He is joined in the narrative by the newly married Hugh Hefner, who wanders the streets and gazes at apartment windows where women might appear. Hefner makes room later for John Bullaro, a married Los Angeles insurance executive who bicycles to Venice Beach on Sundays to ogle sunbathers...