Word: betraying
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...states, including Texas and Oklahoma. More than 400 cases of monocytic Ehrlichiosis, nine of them fatal, have been documented since the mid-'80s. Unfortunately the two species of Ehrlichia are sufficiently distinct from each other so that the existing test for the monocytic disease will not always betray the presence of the granulocytic...
Such an analysis inevitably elicits the shrill accusation of "sour grapes." Of course the winners in an election will pursue policies which advance their own interests and hurt those of the opposition. And the small-government, tax-cutting Republican neophytes would betray their supporters if they did any favors for the "welfare bureaucracy" so often excoriated in their campaign ads. Yet when conservatives seek to undercut the very means of political competition itself--to systematically cut off their ideological opponents from access to advocacy--there is good reason for alarm. Bewildered by attacks on all sides, American liberals need...
...trip." When word came that the first releases would not be made until late in the evening, Milosevic became visibly enraged. "Those bloody liars," he said of the leaders in Pale. "They are a disgrace, those bloody bastards. I told them I would kill them all if they betray me on this. I will get the hostages out if it's the last thing I do, Mr. Frasure, believe...
Perhaps here I betray my Jeffersonian political leanings, but I suspect that many people feel strongly that the danger of an entrenched and all-powerful judiciary lies in its tendency toward indifference and corruption. The reasons why power inspires indifference and fatuousness is a matter for political scientists and is beyond the scope of this article. Nonetheless, one should note that the legal system is often criticized for being too far removed from basic ideas of fairness and simple justice. If juries were eliminated the system would only become more arcane and technical...
...concerned when I read that individuals who are supposedly the best and the brightest, the future leaders of society, blatantly steal large amounts of money and betray their friends' trust. Embezzlement, shoplifting, cheating on exams and lying all act to undermine the general welfare. I don't want to preach, but I want to conclude with this thought: if you can't act honestly for unselfish reasons, do it for selfish ones. Do it because it will help to make your life and your society better in the long...