When engaging in public discourse with someone who disagrees with you, one should employ all of the following strategies except ______.

a. seeking out common ground
b. thoughtful consideration of the other person’s viewpoint
c. acknowledging how that person’s viewpoints have been shaped by past experience and
affiliations
d. listening to the other person’s arguments solely in order to refute him or her


d. listening to the other person’s arguments solely in order to refute him or her

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Rita checked her e-mail this morning and grew angry that she received so many commercial messages and advertisements. The people who sent her these messages have engaged in _________

Fill in the blanks with correct word

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In The Big Heat, gangster's moll Debbie redeems herself by ________

A) saving Bannion's life B) committing herself to charity C) deciding not to go through with the planned heist D) committing murder

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