Argument:1. Democracy promotion also became a core element of George W. Bushs National Security Strategy of 2002 , and has been a key motivating factor in President Obamas response to the Arab Spring , where the US has supported democratic forces against dictators such as Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Colonel Gaddafi of Libya .
2. The US under Obama has also provided leadership in the UN Human Rights Council -LSB- 12 -RSB- , and holds governments to account through The Bureau of Democracy , Human Rights and Labour -LRB- DRL -RRB- , which also forges and maintains global partnerships to promote human rights and democracy .
3. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the victory of liberal democracy over communism have provided the US with more impetus to actively promote democracy , human rights and international norms and law .
4. Under President Clinton , the Leahy Amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act of 1998 and the Religious Persecution Act of the same year demonstrated this change in priorities .
5. -LSB- 13 -RSB- U.S. Department of State , Human Rights .
6. , Accessed 14 May 2011 .
7. -LSB- 13 -RSB- -LSB- 12 -RSB- Brookings , U.S. Leadership at the U.N. Human Rights Council : A Foreign Policy at Brookings Event , February 2010 .
8. , Accessed 14 May 2011 .
Claim: The US has used its power to promote democracy, human rights and international law


Sentences: 1. The majority of parents are unable to afford private education and it is unfair to condemn children to a second rate education because of their parent 's earning power .
2. Selection creates the opportunity for talented but financially unprivileged children to access academically excellent schools .
3. For example in Northern Ireland , which has a system of differentiated education consisting of grammar schools , secondary moderns and no independent schools , 42 % of students from the lower income groups go to university , compared with only 28 % from similar income groups in England .
4. This creates a more mobile society in which your ability matters more than how well-off your parents are .
What claim can be made from these sentences?
Selection bypasses discrimination by social background and can help with social mobility


This House believes that God exists
Claim: Even without proof of God's existence people still believe, pray, and feel their lives are given meaning through faith.


Question:
Summarize the argument implied by these sentences. 1. People who have the misfortune to live in badly-run or totalitarian states still deserve our help when disaster strikes .
2. Debt-relief is one way for the international community to make sure they are not oppressed from without -LRB- by debt charges -RRB- as well as from within .
3. Totalitarian governments may also be more willing to accept aid if it comes with debt relief .
Answer:
People who have no power over their government do not deserve to suffer for that government’s corruption


Question: What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?
1. Around the world there are an estimated 158 million working children , who often need to work to contribute to their family 's livelihood .
2. In the UK it is estimated that sending a child to public school costs up to 1,200 pounds a year .
3. Children living in poverty in the US are 6.8 times more likely to have experienced child abuse and neglect .
4. While attendance might not be a sufficient condition for academic success , it is certainly a necessary one , and the very first step toward it .
5. Some parents might be tempted to look at the short-term costs and benefits .
6. Sending a child to school might be an opportunity cost for the parents as lost labor inside or outside the homes -LRB- especially in the third world -RRB- the household , or as an actual cost , as paying for things like supplies , uniforms or transportation can be expensive .
7. Parents on welfare benefits are the most likely to need the extra inducements .
8. They generally tend to be less educated and oftentimes be less appreciative of the long-term value of education .
9. In the late 90 's , 42 % of people on welfare had less than a high school education , and another 42 % had finished high school , but had not attended college in the US .
10. Therefore they need the additional and more tangible , financial reasons to send their children to school .

Claim: Parents on welfare are more likely to need the incentives to take on the costs of sending children to school.


Question:
Summarize the argument implied by these sentences. 1. Its roots have been traced back to the 16 century Vatican , where Pope Leo X taxed licensed prostitutes .
2. A sin tax is a term often used for fees tacked on to popular vices like drinking , gambling and smoking .
3. Given the success achieved with uprooting this societal vice , which on a number of counts is similar to the unhealthy food one - immense health costs linked to a choice to consume a product we should employ this tried and true strategy to combat the obesity epidemic .
4. More recently , and with greater success , US federal cigarette taxes were shown to have reduced consumption by 4 % for every 10 % increase in the price of cigarettes .
5. The report states that Researchers found that , incremental increases in price of unhealthy foods resulted in incremental decreases in consumption .
6. In fact , a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine followed 5000 people for 20 years , tracking food consumption and various biological metrics .
7. Thus leaning on the successful tradition of existing sin taxes and research that points out the potential for success of a similar solution in this arena , it should be concluded that a fat tax is an important part of a sensible and effective solution to the obesity epidemic .
8. In other words , when junk food cost more , people ate it less .
Answer:

There is ample precedent in the form of other “sin” taxes