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Once again, Myles places the “culture of adversarialism” on the existence of unions which, for anyone with any vague understanding of American history, is simply false.
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Contrast that to the mainstream media, a profession that somehow managed to combine adversarialism with selective credulity and enshrine that as an ideal stance to have.
Maybe if McChrystal had read General William Tecumsah Sherman… 2010
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And they work because few in those fields mistake adversarialism for skepticism which is the single biggest fault by modern journalism today.
Maybe if McChrystal had read General William Tecumsah Sherman… 2010
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Also, people who work in systems tend to have a host of professional allegiances which trump the protections of due process and adversarialism.
Amy Bach: Willingham Prosecutor's Lack of Doubt Too Extreme 2009
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The recent Supreme Court holding that a criminal defendant may be competent to stand trial, but not sufficiently competent to defend oneself, might also be cited as a slight step away from strict adversarialism if youwill.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Footnote You Wouldn’t Want To See in a Court Opinion: 2009
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Maybe this should be the route to follow, because we cannot allow ourselves to return to the days of the late 80s and early 90s when adversarialism was the order of the day in the labour market.
Budget Vote Speech by Minister of Labour, Membathisi Mdladlana 2008
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When the well-meaning no-faulters tried to take adversarialism out of the divorce process, to make it friendly, it failed.
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Meanwhile, adversarialism went right back into the property and custody battles.
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Respectful and responsible adversarialism is Americanized into what I, as a lover of cowboy movies, call
Earl Pomerantz: "The American Legal System - Not My Favorite" 2008
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Outside, adversarialism can be a disaster for both civility and truth.
The O.J. Legacy 2008
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