Word: rationale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The best-known propagator of the theory that history has an "end," meaning its fulfillment in an ideal political system, was Karl Marx. He believed the contradictions of all previous societies would be resolved by the emergence of a Communist utopia. Marx borrowed his concept from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel...
The court ruled that even if Masson did not say those words, Malcolm's inventions were permissible because they did not "alter the substantive content" of what he actually said, or were a "rational interpretation" of his comments. Judge Alex Kozinski fiercely dissented: "While courts have a grave responsibility under...
Guided by what many say is supreme confidence in his approach, Bok stands by his conclusions, even--and often especially--when they are criticized. And Bok, after 18 years in office, is so protective of his decisions precisely because he approaches them with a rigid commitment to rational analysis.
Bok's faith in his own impartial thoroughness, many say, makes him lose patience with those who he feels have not put in the same effort, or those who he thinks fail to present a rational and dispassionate case.
"I suppose ultimately...there will have to be some sort of resolution about what you do about library space in an age when the books being produced by the publishers exceed any rational ability to provide space for them," Maher said.