Word: progressiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unwarranted assumption comes off better than the equivocator. He would deal with our question on Hume not by baffling the grader or by fencing with him but like this: "It is absurd to discuss whether Hume is representative of the age in which he lived unless we note the progress of that age on all fronts. After all, Hume did not live in a vacuum...
...assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...
...would extinguish all the violence in the North. The test is whether killings like the ones last week are seen as political events or as mere criminal acts. If the established paramilitary groups on either side join in the violence, then the extremists will have succeeded in derailing any progress toward reconciliation...
This time around, Kevin has drained off the water to reveal the American West, post-nuclear war and winter. It's a surprisingly lush wasteland where every vestige of human progress has been destroyed--everything, that is, except for domesticated horses, line dancing, and Tom Petty. Oh, and electricity seems to have hung on, too. Wind and water power feed walled settlements where the remnants of humanity live like 19th century pioneers...
...view-points at their discussions. Nevertheless, the dialogue has shown little productivity. Writing in The New York Times, Felicia R. Lee described a recent town meeting in Akron, Ohio, as a "serial monologue, an airing of grievances and personal perspectives"--not the sort of gathering that leads to much progress...