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by thephoenix » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:01 pm
The recently negotiated North American Free Trade Agreement among Canada, Mexico, and the United States is misnamed, because it would not result in truly free trade. Adam Smith, the economist who first articulated the principles of free trade, held that any obstacle placed in the way of the free movement of goods, investment, or labor would defeat free trade. So since under the agreement workers would be restricted by national boundaries from seeking the best conditions they could find, the resulting obstruction of the flow of trade would, from a free-trade perspective, be harmful.
The argument proceeds by
(A) ruling out alternatives
(B) using a term in two different senses
(C) citing a nonrepresentative instance
(D) appealing to a relevant authority
(E) responding to a different issue from the one posed

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by Phirozz » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:47 pm
IMO A
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by subgeeth » Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:31 am
IMO D but I am confused with C too eventhough I chose D
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by Phirozz » Tue Apr 06, 2010 1:51 am
@thephoenix

whats the OA ?
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by Pdgmat2010 » Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:42 am
IMO C , nailbiting wait for the OA.. am sure mine's wrong..
btw, what does 'using a term in two different senses mean'?
which term are we talking about here? Free Trade?
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by thephoenix » Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:17 am
Phirozz wrote:@thephoenix

whats the OA ?
sorry for the delay OA is D
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by Pdgmat2010 » Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:05 am
hi thephoenix,
could you break it down for us pls?
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by ssgmatter » Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:41 am
It is D as Adam is consider the relevant authority...i did this purely by method of POE...

Any thoughts???

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by harshavardhanc » Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:16 am
were they testing our vocabulary here?


Verb: appeal (one of the meaning)
Cite as an authority; resort to
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Harsha
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by Testluv » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:25 am
were they testing our vocabulary here?
Yep. But vocabulary is just another thing the LSAT likes to test more often than the GMAT. Here, the GMAT testmakers would be more likely to use the phrase "rely on" or "refer to" or "cite". Many LSAT CRs are tough because of the vocabulary.

GMAT CRs (especially those that come AFTER the old paper tests) are less likely to rely on vocab to make a CR question tough. GMAT CRs will almost always get their toughness from the ideas rather than the vocab.
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by joseph32 » Mon May 16, 2016 12:07 am
I'm going with D. No confidence on my answer. Can anyone tell OA?
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