steelman
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steelmen
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When you steelman an argument, you make the strongest possible case in favor of it.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
You may be tempted to strawman arguments you naturally disagree with, but you will become a better philosopher when you steelman those arguments instead.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
This week the West Coast's Edgar F. Kaiser, the most impatient steelman of them all, broke the industry's united front and announced that he was ready to sign a separate peace with the Steelworkers.
From Time Magazine Archive
But another steelman holds that this offers business an ideal opportunity for boring from within.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the ship Chief Bender, Mohawk and steelman extraordinary, talked to the Shed and to one Charley Red Fox.
From Space Tug by Leinster, Murray
Meanwhile, the steelmen take pride in keeping the plant running.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2014
Although the proposals were less than steelmen wanted, they generally applauded the measures.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the biggest reason for the profit surge was the rapid series of price hikes that steelmen imposed after Government controls were lifted in April 1974.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whatever the outcome of the wage negotiations, steelmen face equally formidable long-term problems.
From Time Magazine Archive
While earnings dropped year after year and the industry lagged in modernization, steelmen kept rewarding stockholders at the same level in order to present an outward picture of stability.
From Time Magazine Archive
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