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Example sentences for: rigor

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Critics revel in his elegant deflation of bunk theories, finding in his work "qualities in increasingly short supply in academic circles: old-fashioned moral rigor and plain old common sense" (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). Some regret that Rosenbaum does not proffer his own theory clarifying the mysterious origins of Hitler's evil.
"We must be irreproachable in raising the problem of human rights in developing countries by defending them with great rigor in our own," Jospin said.
Other interview shows may retain a smoother veneer of Socratic dialogue, but the emphasis on maintaining a civilized atmosphere actually dulls the intellectual rigor of the discussion.
The WP 's longtime foreign affairs op-ed columnist Stephen S. Rosenfeld, an advocate of U.S. intervention in Kosovo, has the intellectual rigor to nonetheless play out the arguments against the unilateral presidential commitment of forces there.
Steven E. Landsburg continues to astound by insisting that logical rigor requires binary choices.