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Last week, a set of point-counterpoint posts by myself as well as Spencer Lepler touched off some-more calls for demonstrate marks in GGW's criticism threads.
Was the lack of express tracks a lack of foresight? - Greater ... admin 2009
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Last week, a set of point-counterpoint posts by myself as well as Spencer Lepler touched off some-more calls for demonstrate marks in GGW's criticism threads.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Greg Aiello, the NFL's senior vice president of public relations, said in a written statement: Despite the inaccurate characterizations of Wednesday's bargaining meeting, out of respect to the collective bargaining process and our negotiating partner, we are going to continue to conduct negotiations with the union in private and not engage in a point-counterpoint on the specifics of either side's proposals or the meeting process.
Union memo calls league's rookie-pay proposal overly restrictive Mark Maske 2011
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Greg Aiello, the NFL's senior vice president of public relations, said in a written statement Thursday: Despite the inaccurate characterizations of Wednesday's bargaining meeting, out of respect to the collective bargaining process and our negotiating partner, we are going to continue to conduct negotiations with the union in private and not engage in a point-counterpoint on the specifics of either side's proposals or the meeting process.
Thursday's NFL bargaining session canceled Mark Maske 2011
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Heated point-counterpoint segments are now common across TV as a handy way to convert any issue into harrumph-filled theatrics.
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Like gun control or abortion, the death penalty issue likely won't ever be solved with data or by point-counterpoint.
Paul Heroux: The Death Penalty: Questionable Evidence for Deterrence Paul Heroux 2011
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However, despite the point-counterpoint, there are moments when a concept is introduced into the conversation that resonates in a fresh way.
Marcia G. Yerman: Do Americans Really Have to Choose between Health and Energy? Marcia G. Yerman 2011
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V. Raman describes in these pages how Hinduism's overarching regard for beauty and the arts has helped it avoid a point-counterpoint between the different forms of knowledge that science and religion convey.
Krista Tippett: Reconciling Science and Religion: How Did These Great Minds Do It? 2010
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It's a point-counterpoint strategy, image and text, narrative and teaching, that creates the rhythm that moves the reader through the book.
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It's a point-counterpoint strategy, image and text, narrative and teaching, that creates the rhythm that moves the reader through the book.
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