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Discover LudwigThe phrase "argued encouraged" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be a combination of two separate verbs that do not logically connect in this form.
Example: "The committee argued that the new policy encouraged innovation."
Alternatives: "contended that it promoted" or "asserted that it fostered".
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Prohibition, they argued, encouraged cooperation with organized crime and contempt for the law.
Asia's economic problems, he argued, encouraged the growth of the doctrine in South Korea, though he claims it ignores the poor and needy.
While some may argue that having too much transparency can lead to political gridlock, Eisen firmly believes that openness "gets things done". He told the story of working on the Dodd Frank bill and described the experience as "lawmaking in an atmosphere of extraordinary openness". Being transparent, Eisen argued, encouraged public buy-in, which has made the law more difficult to reverse.
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Formulaic media coverage, she argued, encourages us to be spectators at a pantomime of powerlessness.
Such an endowment, it is argued, encourages corruption, undermines institutional development, pushes the value of a currency uncompetitively high and cannot support long-term growth because the reserves eventually run out.
The hack, we're told, was in retaliation for SB1070, the Arizona immigration law which many have (rightly) argued encourages racial profiling.
This focus is lopsided, Lantos argues, encouraging a physician to try — without much oversight or risk of penalty — a new therapy based merely on his "own imperfect hunches".
Such "bite size" science, they argue, encourages results to be communicated faster, written more concisely and read by editors and researchers more easily, leading to a more lively exchange of ideas.
Why, some argue, encourage untrained tourists to spend thousands of dollars to go on one of these trips when far more good could be accomplished using that money to, say, hire trained local workers?
The current system, he argues, encourages dodgy behaviour from Democrats and Republicans alike, and so should be reformed: "If we can succeed in keeping the public spotlight on the debate, then the pressure will build to come out with something positive".Maybe.Maybe
The Clinton plan, they say, borrowed their rhetoric of market-based competition, but it added elements such as caps on insurance premiums, the alliances (which they consider too large and regulatory), and certain tax provisions (which, they argue, encourage neither employers nor employees to be sensitive to health-care costs).
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