Similar remarks can be made about non-contentious juristic activities, such as the drafting of contracts, as these are carried out with the aim of avoiding litigation and putting the party in the best position possible should a controversy arise. As James Donovan [12: unpaged] put it, ‘You...
So if Laurent’s English errors are the result of translating everything he says in English from French, and if the French don’t use the present continuous tense, then why does Laurent nearly always speak English using the present continuous tense? Doesn’t make sense does it! It seems ob...
A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; They were involved in a violent argument Argument A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; The argument over foreign aid goes on and on Argument A summary of the subject or ...
Deconstruction, in this sense, does not mean "dismantling and replacing" or "de-constructing and re-constructing" (Jackson and Mazzei, 2012: 15). It is a tool that facilitates the possibilities for the stories of each teacher to go far beyond the pages of this manuscript. Butler's (1999)...
What Does Arnault Say to Critics? In 1989, when Arnault emerged victorious from his highly contentious takeover of LMVH, he was asked about his reputation as the wolf in cashmere. He replied that his rival "was an excellent manager, but there is one big difference" that sets them apart:...
Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions. Actions, every one of which is very disputable. Disputable Disputatious; contentious. Disputable...
This may have always been an unrealised dream, but that dream has never felt so distant to me – a child of five in 1992 – as it does this morning. But we need not be hopeless. We can get shit done. We can take our fear, our hurt, our anger, and we can channel it into ...
Such investigations, while vital to pro- tecting domestic industry from unfair competition, often become highly contentious. The ITC took evidence from expert witnesses on the various ways in which such in- vestigations are conducted elsewhere and the account- ability structures that underpin them. ...
Adams did reference the contentious citybudget negotiation processon the horizon. “During the budgetary aspect of it, the speaker has a role; we have a role,” he said. “But at the end of the day, our primary role is to uplift working class people in the city.”—Emily Ngo ...
we mean that information must be true or correct in order to be information – information is truth-constituted. False information is not information, but misinformation or disinformation. The paper develops this theory and then discusses four contentious issues – information as objective rather than...