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Strawman

The first of the series of DoD requirements that led to Ada (Woodenman, Tinman, Ironman, Steelman). Strawman was produced by the HOLWG in Apr 1975.

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Strawman argument: deliberately misrepresenting another's argument and then attacking the misrepresentation.

Introducing standardized critical thinking skills to Ontario high school students

I am tempted to label the Thermidor thesis as a sort of strawman argument, but the fact that so many pundits still rely on it today makes me bite my tongue.

Making sense of economic policy after the revolution

In both cases, I found myself confronting an interesting situation: the necessity of the gun control crowd to fight against strawman arguments.

Take a shot at a strawman

The strawman is a performance and incentive framework, developed with general practice in mind, that has been taken up by the ministry.

Clinical integration - what will it mean for nurses? Primary health care nurses must understand what clinical integration means and how it will affect their practice

His broad reliance on the term "capitalism" is a frustrating habit resembling the creation of a strawman.

McChesney critique mired in Marxist ideology

Strawman, its newest unfiltered cider, is tart and earthy, made from a blend of European-grown apples, presented in a 750-ml.

A sip of ciders

We developed the strawman, a financial model that would make this come to life and laid that on the table.

Secrets of private-sector ACO innovation: what Blue Shield of California's Juan Davila knows

uk and complete the online form before installing their strawman by 8.

All set for scary day in Golcar

I have never heard anyone connect wealth creation with matter creation, but it's certainly an interesting strawman that the author knocks down.

"The myths of wealth" get people talking

In what may be the most celebrated and influential devastation of a strawman in modern political science, V.

Lessons and issues

Furthermore, the case law confirms that one spouse is a separate entity from a TBE, and can, therefore, transfer property to the marital unit without the use of a strawman, as explicitly held in the 1939 Florida Supreme Court decision of Johnson v.

Tenants by the entirety

These accounts, they claim, are in a third-party's name, a "strawman," that they can access, which they commonly refer to as "freeing money from the strawman.