Word: bounds
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...offend Jews and Christians in both Israel and America; unlike Jyllands-Posten, which ran the cartoon to spark discussion about self-censorship of Islam, these newspapers often print their anti-Semitic material out of sheer anti-Semitism. This entire debacle highlights the problems that arise when a movement, bound together by a dogmatic faith, faces the seeming horror of a pluralistic democracy in which everyone has the right to blaspheme, offend, and shock others. To repress speech in the interest of curtailing blasphemy would be to subscribe to a particular religious dogma, which a liberal, secular government ought never...
...prosecutor, a cooperating witness had delivered 15 kilograms of cocaine and $15,000 to Nguyen's home last Thursday, and the two air marshals "had agreed to use their official positions as air marshals to bypass security at Bush Intercontinental Airport and smuggle the cocaine aboard a flight bound for Las Vegas." First assistant US Attorney Don DeGabrielle said, "We expect and demand that our law enforcement officials will themselves abide by the laws that they are sworn to uphold. The abuse of the badge will not be tolerated." The two men are not yet required to enter pleas...
Narrated by an aged Briony, the novel expertly alternates between different characters’ perspectives, delicately yet incisively, delving into the psyches of the wronged and war-bound Robbie and his faithful Cecilia, of a young impetuous Briony and her repentant older counterpart—the wartime nurse who abandons her intellectual pursuits and undergoes “a stripping away of identity” as penance for her crime...
...personal legacy is very bound up with the whole legacy of the feminist movement which was much, much broader than the book,” Cott said...
...Bettis, the Hall of Fame-bound fullback may soon be looking for a new line of work after ending his 13-year football career with a Super Bowl victory in his hometown of Detroit. But unlike Swann, it won't be in politics. "No way, not at all! I've got no interest," declared Bettis inside the celebratory locker room, where he lingered long after most of his teammates had left the stadium...