But if Mr Arafat dies or becomes incapacitated, the no-partner argument falls.
Once debt-ridden Italy was included, there was no argument for excluding high-spending Greece, he adds, and Athens adopted the euro two years after the 11 founding members.
But there is no argument that anti-cancer research has been a boon for patients.
Yet (again, aside from Sumner) no free-market thinkers or politicians made this argument even in the depths of the 2009 contraction.
No one seemed to eliminate the lightly-discussed argument that Congress had the power to pass the law under its broad taxing authority.
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Informed sources whispered that it would be "highly unusual" for such a delicate matter not to be run across Stormont's second biggest party - but no-one could be induced to take this argument on to the airwaves.
In a statement, pesticide manufacturer Bayer CropScience said the failure to reach agreement showed that there was "no convincing argument against the continuing use of neonicotinoid-based products".
By some calculations although there's some scientific argument over this each acre of no-till land in Iowa captures about a ton of carbon dioxide from the air each year.
Some members of Congress believe deeply in the moral-commitment argument, but others are no doubt impressed by the sight of literally dozens of military organizations lobbying Capitol Hill to block the increase.
As Pfizer and Merck defend themselves against lawsuits related to those drugs, having that kind of the argument--from the FDA, no less--could be very useful.
But there is no argument that slow growth has hit tax revenues - and that, in turn, has almost certainly led to a situation in which Mr Osborne is either going to have to abandon his promise to have the stock of debt falling in 2015, or announce fresh spending measures or tax rises for the next two years.
There was no real science on the anti-cancer side of the smoking argument.
No, Mr Osborne's argument is much more straightforward - and all-encompassing.
He will get no argument on that score from Sri Lanka coach Moody - who hinted too that he would like to see extra provision for the availability of a full 100 overs in the event of bad weather, rather than always trying to shoe-horn a result into one day.
The argument holds no weight with Professor Gareth Williams, whose book - Angel of Death - charts the history of smallpox.
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Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said it had "yet to be proven" whether a police log of an argument between the ex-chief whip and officers outside No 10 was true.
There is no doubt that lengthy argument about disputed facts in oral hearings would be counter-productive.
She'll get no argument from Dave Ignizio, who owns Square Records, a vinyl-record shop in the hip Highland Square district of Akron, Ohio.
My problem with the argument that Dead Space 3 is no longer true to its survival-horror roots is simply this: Dead Space was never really that much of a survival horror game to begin with.
There is no good argument for the state and local tax deduction, which effectively subsidizes other big-spending, big-taxing jurisdictions.
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Others could give conflicting views--no man gets to be among the richest in the world without leaving room for argument.
Yield variations aside, there's no room for argument over the harsh economic reality of selling GM crops into a reluctant market - and some GM farmers are having second thoughts.
The argument against is that there may be few or no natural buyers for the bonds - which could leave George Osborne with egg on his face, unable to sell the bonds at an acceptable price.
He also clashed with the BBC's John Humphrys over the No camp's argument that under AV some people's votes are counted more than others - due to the way second preference votes are redistributed.
Seymour Martin Lipset, a world-class sociologist and no liberal (he was closely associated with the American Enterprise Institute), advanced the argument most cogently some years ago.
Given all the real economic problems we truly must address now, there is no legitimate argument for even considering Social Security modifications until the economy is fully back on its feet and long-term costs and revenues can be more accurately projected.
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