For adults, a rarefied, focused argument is a happy one because it requires far fewer mental gymnastics.
She delivered a sharp and relentlessly focused argument against Mr. Romney and Mr. Gingrich, suggesting their previous support for a health care mandate would keep them from being able to take on Mr. Obama as forcefully as necessary.
'Daptone Gold' Part greatest-hits compilation, part rarities collection, "Daptone Gold" presents what might be the most focused argument yet for the mission of Daptone Records, a Brooklyn indie label dedicated to rugged retro-soul.
For the sake of robust debate, we will distinguish between constructive, focused argument and smear tactics.
This is not just a story about individual priests and instances of malfeasance; it is, instead, a focused and concerted argument against a host of precepts and behaviors and theological positions fundamental to the Roman Catholic Church.
Labour In will be focusing arguments on the strong social dimension of the EU, which has meant robust collaborative protection of workers' rights and quality of life.
Consistent with either efficient self-selection or focus arguments, partnerships that contractually limit their scope of operations tend to have superior industry-adjusted operating performance.
By focusing arguments on some supposed danger to girls and women, opponents of the ordinance can claim a high moral ground on gender, but the truth is the opposite.
As already noted, Augustine flirted with Academic skepticism, and one of his first extant works, Contra Academicos (circa 386 C.E). is a focused, if at times idiosyncratic argument against Academic skepticism.
Make a tight, focused, compelling argument.
The significance of argument-2 need not deflect one from a focus on argument-1 (on arguments in the premise-and-conclusion sense), but it does mean that one must pay close attention, in the course of analyzing and assessing instances of argument-1, to "argumentation" understood in the argument-2 sense.
