Word: subjecting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...debates, on the subject of whether Bush should be elected president, were based on the Oxford format, in which each debater speaks for seven minutes on the resolution at hand. After the first minute, anyone can rise to ask the speaker a question. This goes on for five minutes, with the last minute reserved for the speaker...
Mass tort cases are a relatively new and increasingly important field. Dalkon Shield was one of the first such cases and helped establish U.S. legal precedent on the subject...
...Clinton and Gore have had "no comprehensive energy policy," and yet it is Bush who has no long-term plan. The Bush website offers detailed positions on 23 different issues, from abstinence to taxes, but not a word on oil or gas. (Bush has scheduled a speech on the subject for this week...
...takes some kind of undaunted courage to write triumphalist history in an age of revisionism and rigid identity politics. America's Industrial Revolution, once celebrated by statesmen and poets alike, differs markedly from a subject like World War II, with its clear consensus about good and evil. Ambrose's latest saga is not a historical blame game played by today's rules. Still, the author has more respect for the past than to pretend that the transcontinental railroad could have been built without financial corruption, treacherous working conditions, the blood and sweat of scoundrels and bigots, and the killing...
...contrast, seminars foster an environment conducive to student-faculty relationships, not only because of their small size, but also because of their focus on discussion. The pass/fail grading scheme gives students the freedom to focus entirely on learning and experimenting within the subject. In short, seminars are a refreshing alternative to the usual first-year fare...