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I disagree with Mr. Wong, but I do not propose to refute him point by point.
Still, Ms. O'Harra's effective drilling is evident, especially, with Bob Jaffe, arguing persuasively as Undershaft, and Heidi Schreck, as Barbara, trying to refute him.
If the biological scientist says that it is against human nature to do these things, we have it in our hands to refute him on the spot.
Now refutations may be true as well as false: for whenever it is possible to demonstrate something, it is also possible to refute the man who maintains the contradictory of the truth; e.g. if a man has stated that the diagonal is commensurate with the side of the square, one might refute him by demonstrating that it is incommensurate.
When in 1568 a set of theses was presented at Heidelberg by the English Puritan George Withers, who affirmed both the presbyterian system of church government (assemblies of elected representatives) and the practice of excommunication, Erastus drew up 100 theses (later reduced to 75) to refute him.
The book was not explicitly directed against Erasmus, but no one doubted that its intention was to refute him, his biblical prefaces, and the new Collegium trilingue as well.
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While searching for Him, we search for ourselves; while refuting Him, we refute ourselves; while mocking Him, we mock ourselves — the choice is ours.
While searching for Him, we search for ourselves; while refuting Him, we refute ourselves; while mocking Him, we mock ourselves the choice is ours.
A neurologist diagnosed a rare inner-ear disorder, but a high-resolution CAT scan eventually refuted him.
When I was researching my book, I came across plenty of academic historians who were dismissive about David Barton in private; but few were willing to go public, or to invest the effort in refuting him in detail.
When asked a prickly question about the failure of so many high-technology deals, Ms. Fiorina deftly used the politician's trick of agreeing with her inquisitor and then refuting him.
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