Mr. Podesta, now Mrs. Clinton's campaign chairman, said the appeal of taking action without Congress is hard to resist.
Greek historiography had defined ways of depicting history: one could analyze events in plain terms, set the scene with personalities, or heighten the dramatic appeal of human action.
Pagels may also underestimate the audience appeal of pure action: it's possible for a popular narrative to be susceptible to an allegorical reading and still be engaging mostly for its spectacle.
But she also added an important new justification that much more accurately communicates the appeal of affirmative action to universities: selective universities are partly in the business of training a leadership corps for society, and a society with racial and ethnic tensions can benefit tremendously from having an integrated leadership.
The deepening division between rich and poor (or salary between chief executive and blue-collar worker), the continuing appeal of affirmative action and multiculturalism to liberals and the relative absence of democratic social foresight and planning all pointed to basic and unresolved dilemmas.
There is frequently a dimension of advocacy in the contemplation of nature, evident both in "Birdwatchers," which ends with an appeal for action on behalf of the Guarani, and "The Cove," Louie Psihoyos's indignant and forceful documentary about the slaughter of dolphins near the Japanese town of Taiji.
"You should pass this jobs plan right away," the president declared over and over in his 32-minute speech, in which he eschewed his trademark soaring oratory in favor of a plainspoken appeal for action, stiffened by a few sarcastic political jabs.
For Descartes, it is not clear how one can explain human behavior at all if there is no causal connection between matter and mental substance unless one is willing to appeal to actions of a God to bridge this metaphysical divide.
Table 2 Types of Expositions Types of Expositions Communicative purpose Schematic structure Exposition (analytical) To have readers think in a certain way Background ^ statement of position ^ series of arguments ^ reinforcement of position Exposition (hortatory) To have readers take a certain action Appeal for action ^ arguments (suggested actions) ^ reinforcement of appeal.
They, with Das, are members of the three-man panel that hears appeals of disciplinary action by the commissioner.
