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Finally, after all those months, I got a 2-paragraph reply from Randy, employing the unprepared debater's trick of refuting one tangential point, and ignoring the rest of the positions presented:
Fish and Fritz -- finally, somebody down there gets it (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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With a college debater's tenacity and a showman's flair, the Adams Morgan resident has a grand old time surprising and infuriating his friends, his enemies and, for added spice, his employers.
Andrew Sullivan: The latest pick for Tina Brown's Daily Beast 2011
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Fifth, Bryce's claim that climate science is not settled is more of a debater's point than a real argument.
Jeffrey Sachs: The Murdoch Legacy Jeffrey Sachs 2011
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Fifth, Bryce's claim that climate science is not settled is more of a debater's point than a real argument.
Jeffrey Sachs: The Murdoch Legacy Jeffrey Sachs 2011
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This wingnut political debater's response was "What's a neocon?"
Edwards Coins New Phrase For Escalation: "The McCain Doctrine" 2009
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Brzezinski: Theoretically, from a debater's point of view, the argument you have laid out is correct.
Nathan Gardels: Brzezinski: Obama Must Press Agreement on Israelis and Palestinians 2008
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It comes to the crass debater's topic of "giving aid and comfort to the enemy," a tactic raised to the level of judicial demagogy.
David Bromwich: Justice Isn't Justice If It Only Applies to Your Friends 2008
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In essence, he asks every U.S. soldier and Marine in Iraq to be the last man to die for a debater's point.
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Anyone opposing their policies in these arenas while adopting the Republican language frames commits debater's suicide i.e. "so you're in favor of leaving children behind?",
A Pledge 2007
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But let me see if I can give you a real i.e. not an NFL high school debater's answer.
Everyone Knows This is Now Here James Killus 2007
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