Word: behavior
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...player doesn't act like a good citizen or sportsman, doesn't stay in shape, refuses to play or otherwise breaches the contract. Teams often argue without success that this provision covers a host of sins, but Paul Weiler, a sports law professor at Harvard Law School, says behavior that prompts an indictment is probably just the type of bad citizenship contemplated in the language. Unless Bonds is convicted, though, "I doubt [the Giants] would enforce it," Weiler explains, because "Bonds is in his last year, and his income potential in terms of the fans he can draw...
...country needs to subscribe to American democratic principles to be civilized. It is reminiscent of 19th century Europeans who equated civilization with Christianity. Not all Christians are nice people, and not all democracies are nice places to live. In fact, some of them may even show unusually aggressive behavior toward others-in the name of democracy, of course, just as was done in the name of Christianity in the past. Avelino Sousa-Poza Phalaborwa, South Africa...
Those bothered by the sense that Russia was starting to throw its weight around were told to relax. Russia, Medvedev said, wanted to be recognized as a major economic and political power "not by the use of force but by the example of our own behavior and achievements." Any concerns about the way Russia sets about business and politics, Medvedev said, stemmed from "a lack of communication," rather than anything Russia did. But those worried by Russia's use of its energy resources as a political weapon - ask the Ukrainians or Belarusians about that - were granted little comfort. The days...
...enrollment this year can be attributed to students interested in economics as a secondary, but not primary, concentration, according to Stock.The Faculty’s Educational Policy Committee has yet to examine non-departmental proposals, including ones for archaeology, global health, health policy, and mind, brain, and behavior. The EPC will begin reviewing these proposals in early February, but secondary fields in those areas will not be available for June 2007 graduates.“We don’t necessarily want students to be planning their lives around this,” Kenen said of secondary fields...
...networks are actually held responsible for any obscene behavior in the stands, it could cost them. Janet Jackson's notorious "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show cost CBS and its affiliates $550,000 in fines. The network will have a five-second delay for this year's halftime show, which the NFL is also reviewing ahead of time more carefully...