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  2. Straw man - Wikipedia

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    A steel man argument (or steelmanning) is the opposite of a straw man argument. Steelmanning is the practice of applying the rhetorical principle of charity through addressing the strongest form of the other person's argument, even if it is not the one they explicitly presented. Creating the strongest form of the opponent's argument may involve ...

  3. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer - Wikipedia

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    Sawyer. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952), also commonly referred to as the Steel Seizure Case or the Youngstown Steel case, [1] was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that limited the power of the president of the United States to seize private property. The case served as a check on the most far-reaching ...

  4. Wikipedia:Writing for the opponent - Wikipedia

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    Writing for the opponent consists in accepting they may have another perspective on a matter and explaining their point of view as fairly and accurately as possible. Writing for the opponent, also known as steelmanning, is the process of explaining another person's point of view as clearly and fairly as you can, even if you strongly disagree ...

  5. 1952 steel strike - Wikipedia

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    The 1952 steel strike was a strike by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) against U.S. Steel (USS) and nine other steelmakers. The strike was scheduled to begin on April 9, 1952, but US President Harry Truman nationalized the American steel industry hours before the workers walked out. The steel companies sued to regain control of their ...

  6. Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers - Wikipedia

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    Congress of Industrial Organizations, Steel Workers Organizing Committee. Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (AA) was an American labor union formed in 1876 to represent iron and steel workers. It partnered with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee of the CIO, in November 1935. Both organizations disbanded May 22, 1942, to form ...

  7. U.S. Steel - Wikipedia

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    United States Steel Corporation, more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations primarily in the United States of America and in Central Europe. The company produces and sells steel products, including flat-rolled and tubular products for ...

  8. Homestead Steel Works - Wikipedia

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    Homestead Steel Works was a large steel works located on the Monongahela River at Homestead, Pennsylvania in the United States. The company developed in the nineteenth century as an extensive plant served by tributary coal and iron fields, a railway 425 miles (684 km) long, and a line of lake steamships. The works was also the site of one of ...

  9. Iron triangle (US politics) - Wikipedia

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    The result is a three-way, stable alliance that sometimes is called a "sub-government" because of its durability, impregnability, and power to determine policy. [19] An iron triangle relationship can result in regulatory capture, the passing of very narrow, pork-barrel policies that benefit a small segment of the population. The interests of ...