Word: logicality
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Indeed, the Cold War logic of nuclear deterrence still applies, though in a much more limited context. If countries like Iraq, North Korea and China know that the U.S. is watching them and is willing to contemplate nuclear retaliation, they will be much less willing to start a war. If anything can possibly be more effective than the actual use of nuclear weapons, it is the threat of their use. As long as aggressive nations believe that the U.S. is serious—and by all indications, President George W. Bush and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld are deadly serious?...
Message machines have their own ineluctable logic, even when they're malfunctioning. As Hughes says, changing hearts and minds in the Arab world will take years. But at home, the energy task force is a bigger headache. "This isn't about p.r.," Hughes and others keep saying. "It's about principle." Time to oil the machine...
...there are few valid arguments as to why we should be involved in this fight; the justifications offered in support of marijuana prohibition crumble under scrutiny. Rhetoric has eclipsed logic, and the debate over the decriminalization of marijuana has devolved into a farce of political grandstanding and exploitation...
...Harvard Coalition for Drug Policy Reform is dedicated to reversing this trend by bringing logic and science to the forefront of federal drug policy. We believe that current discourse on the issue ignores the critical question of what is more harmful to society: marijuana or the battle to eradicate it. We also believe that an appeal to the facts answers this question conclusively...
...which way is Kumar's logic leaning? He won't say, but the wind may have started to turn in Fiorina's favor. In HP's latest earnings announcement, quarterly profit was a whopping three times last year's level, thanks largely to strong Christmas sales of cameras and printers. Hewlett seized upon that, saying it showed how well HP can do on its own, but others were pleasantly surprised--and more inclined to give Fiorina the benefit of the doubt...