ten, acceptance of these new acquisitions depends on the status of the discoverer.

I am drawn to this definition because it does not situate rhetorical power within a specific medium of communication (e.g., print or speech); rather it highlights the relationship between rhetoric and knowledge production and meaning-making, not just as a mechanism for persuasion.

proven

historical and con-temporary examples,

Burke, 1969

by the middle classlargely in the eighteenth century

We recognize, as with religious rituals, that news changes little and yet isintrinsically satisfying; it performs few functions yet is habitually consumed

not as a mundane fact but as divinely inspired for the purposesof spreading the Christian message farther and faster, eclipsing time and tran-scending space, saving the heathen, bringing closer and making more probablethe day of salvation.

Almighty himself had constructed the railroad for missionary purposes

godly understanding

heathen community

"He's taken a few of them, but he's not getting them every day," Panetta said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

"His denial of Russian hacking during the Presidential campaign flies in the face of the strong consensus of our intelligence agencies, and indicates a willingness to ignore the hard truth when it conflicts with his own interests or predilections," California Rep. Adam Schiff, the leading Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said in an email.Trump has requested a focused briefing on North Korea, the official said.

WALLACE:  I just want to ask you about your skepticism about the intelligence community.  You are getting the presidential daily brief --   TRUMP:  Yes. WALLACE:  -- only once a week.   TRUMP:  Well, I get it when I need it.   WALLACE:  But is there some skepticism?   TRUMP:  First of all, these are very good people that are giving me the briefings.  If something should change from this point, immediately call me.  I’m available on one minute's notice.   I don't have to be told -- you know, I’m like a smart person.  I don't have to be told the same thing and the same words every single day for the next eight years.  It could be eight years -- but eight years.  I don't need that.   But I do say if something should change, let us know.  Now, in the meantime, my generals are great, are being briefed.  Mike Pence is being briefed, who is, by the way, one of my very good decisions.  He's terrific.  And they're being briefed.  And I’m being briefed also.   But if they're going to come in and tell me the exact same thing that they told me, you know, that doesn't change necessarily.  There might be times where it might change.  I mean, there will be some very fluid situations.  I'll be there not every day but more than that.   But I don't need to be told, Chris, the same thing every day, every morning, same words.  Sir, nothing has changed.  Let's go over it again.  I don't need that.  

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Pipeline spills 176,000 gallons of crude into creek about 150 miles from Dakota Access protest camp. http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/12/pipeline-spills-176000-gallons-of-crude-into-creek-about-150-miles-from-dakota-access-protest-camp.html … #NoDAPL

Pipeline 150 miles from Dakota Access protests leaks 176,000 gallons of oil

Pipeline 150 miles from Dakota Access protests leaks 176,000 gallons

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Pipeline spills 176,000 gallons of crude into creek about 150 miles from Dakota Access protest camp Tom DiChristopher | @tdichristopher Monday, 12 Dec 2016 | 2:28 PM ETCNBC.com

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It’s not yet clear why electronic monitoring equipment didn’t detect the leak, Owen told the Asssociated Press.

Wendy Owen, a spokeswoman for Casper, Wyoming-based True Cos., which operates the Belle Fourche pipeline, told CNBC.

Wendy Owen, a spokeswoman for Casper, Wyoming-based True Cos., which operates the Belle Fourche pipeline, told CNBC.

North Dakota officials estimate more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil leaked from the Belle Fourche Pipeline into the Ash Coulee Creek.

State environmental scientist Bill Suess says a landowner discovered the spill on Dec. 5 near the city of Belfield, which is roughly 150 miles from the epicenter of the Dakota Access pipeline protest camps.

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