It is convenient for many of the Europhiliacs to dismiss much of what Christopher Booker writes as polemical, that is when they are not in total denial mode. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
Hence his criticism at this period was, as he himself has styled it, "polemical" and. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
You think I engage in polemical exaggeration?. From Wordnik.com. [Race, Class, and Reconciliaton] Reference
In his private life he seemed to have been most lovable and estimable, although some of his writings, according to Julian, were "polemical" and "acrid in tone.". From Wordnik.com. [CyberBrethren-A Lutheran Blog] Reference
"I think Mitchell wrote it with a kind of polemical purpose in mind, which was to warn against the dangers of the too-available divorce, and that theme didn't appeal to me," Mr. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
His other works are chiefly polemical, against the. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
All this adds to the bulk of his polemical writings. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
Besides the polemical and spiritual works of St. Paulinus of. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
In style they are verbose and heavy and very frequently polemical. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
It tends to be passive toward friends and polemical toward enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Dirty Secret] Reference
His works, mainly expository and polemical, have not been collected. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
With every good wish for your further success in the regions of polemical science. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
Hall with an ingenuity and eloquence such as no polemical writer has ever surpassed. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Now, in polemical science we have these two ways of considering the action of forces. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
His polemical and friendly letters are lasting monuments of his integrity and talents. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
There was the danger that such a story, even in his deft hands, would be creaky and polemical. From Wordnik.com. [David Grossman: 'I cannot afford the luxury of despair'] Reference
It is not being rude or polemical to correct a public misunderstanding of a scientific theory. From Wordnik.com. [Victor Stenger: Ignoring Scientific Errors] Reference
Sam Harris is compact, reserved and, despite the polemical tone of his books, friendly and mild. From Wordnik.com. [The God Debate] Reference
We shall not, therefore, discuss the complex polemical problems which a hyperbolic State suggests. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
But mark well the deductions, when we interpret this mathematical language in correct polemical terms. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
Yet strangely enough, it doesn't feel angry or polemical or (and this is open to debate) mean-spirited. From Wordnik.com. [Too Funny- Or Too Far?] Reference
What I'm asking, without any polemical point or stance, is that we consider the cost of any type of energy. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
It is the undue humility of some and the arrogance and polemical tendency of others that prevent good general conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Conversation What to Say and How to Say it] Reference
Disgusted apparently with our merriment and frivolity, Miss Spight, shortly after we started, introduced a polemical discussion. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
If so, it would appear to betoken some doubt in his mind as to his brother aldermen consenting to print such a polemical discourse. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
His inward excitement is shown by the vehemence and ruggedness of expression which now and henceforth marked his polemical writings. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
Own, my friend, that the soberest casuist would see double under the inebriating effects produced by so mixing his polemical liquors. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
Jacob, the more ardent and polemical, insisted on the communal authorship of the poetry of the people; ballad or song ‘sings itself.’. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series] Reference
Nevertheless in recent years the group has become less polemical and more substantive and its reports usually have detail worth looking at. From Wordnik.com. [David Isenberg: How Far They've Come, How Far They Have To Go] Reference
But a senior official said the Catholic leadership was only interested in engaging with "noble atheism or agnosticism, not the polemical kind". From Wordnik.com. [Pope Benedict XVI flies in amid row over aide's race remarks] Reference
A 2000 show of DNA-related art was largely polemical -- paintings condemning genetically modified foods -- and about as subtle as a baseball bat. From Wordnik.com. [Truth, Beauty And The Double Helix] Reference
LB: I didn't want to make a show that was particularly polemical but yes, I did want to make a show that raises the question of 'what makes good art?'. From Wordnik.com. [Marina Cashdan: Liverpool Biennial Director Lewis Biggs on Why Conceptualism Is Out and Materiality Is In] Reference
In the fiercely polemical '60s, she made her name attacking the reigning critics of the day, with special contempt for The New York Times's Bosley Crowther. From Wordnik.com. [The Passion Of Pauline] Reference
The papers in this country have traditionally been politically partisan, which makes for a much more combative, polemical style of press -- which can be a great strength. From Wordnik.com. [Rethinking The Media Rules] Reference
Described as a "perverse polemical polymath", Calembour published over 42 books and 2,100 academic articles during his brief career before succumbing to liver failure in 2008. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Calembouria (in collaboration with Anthony Metivier)] Reference
But as the first are daily yielding before the persevering attacks of the mathematician, so I doubt not polemical science will soon overcome the various problems which may arise. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
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