Carrier replied with a letter of 2,000 words that moves from solicitousness ("I am writing this time to convey the concern of myself and numerous colleagues") to brute candor ("There is absolutely no scientific basis for your position") to self-regard ("I have also enclosed an excerpt from my forthcoming book summarizing the current science on this subject").
And remind me again the basis for your position that the ongoing CO2 rise will have no ill effect, assuming you still believe that.
"And remind me again the basis for your position that the ongoing CO2 rise will have no ill effect, assuming you still believe that". quake, do you always think in such simple black-white terms?
"Why have a work group if its conclusions are not going to be the basis for the position paper?" she said in an interview.
What if we assume that such conditions do not exist?" "Why would we want to do that?" "I want to get to the real basis for the position you take".
He describes himself as pro-life, argues that Roe v. Wade should be replaced with state abortion regulations, and cites the science he studied amid a legislative debate over embryonic stem cell research as the basis for his position.
Elements within Congress, the news media and various human rights groups have for years been trying to demonize China, pointing to China's military modernization, human rights record, crackdown on domestic dissent and so on as the basis for their position.
Federal prosecutors had said they needed to discuss the wiretap evidence during the bail hearing, apparently as a basis for their position that Mr. Giordano posed a danger to the public and a risk of flight and should therefore be denied bail.
The basis for his position is that limited human foresight, imprecision in language, and constraints on legislative resources make it likely that a generally worded statute will not accurately capture legislative purposes or intentions across the varied of situations that lie ahead.
"The sponsors will establish the basis for their position in an appropriate manner and will not litigate the issue in the media as the company has chosen to do," Mark Neporent, senior managing director and chief operating officer of Cerberus, said in a statement.
Although many are skeptical of that rationale, there is some basis for his position.
