Word: erraticism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
From a legal standpoint, this distinction is crucial. As law professor Michael Krauss of George Mason University in Virginia points out, "We never judge negligence in hindsight. We always judge it in foresight." And you can make a good case that the Virginia Tech cops and other employees who knew...
This bombshell occupies only five pages, but it gives Rajmohan Gandhi enough material for his book's redeeming feature-namely, the clear depiction of the tensions between Gandhi's erratic emotional compass and his unswerving moral one. For despite the occasional salacious lapses, the overarching principle that infused Gandhi's...
HELP WANTED: Pastor's wife. Must sing, play music, lead youth groups, raise seraphic children, entertain church notables, minister to other wives, have ability to recite Bible backward and choreograph Christmas pageant. Must keep pastor sated, peaceful and out of trouble. Difficult colleagues, demanding customers, erratic hours. Pay: $0.
Neither is the havoc that global warming may be inflicting on the cherry blossoms. This has been the warmest winter on record in Tokyo, and, perhaps not coincidentally, March 20 was also the third-earliest blossoming ever recorded in the capital. Because cherry trees require a period of cold weather...
On a more practical level, turning arrests into gung-ho combat raids increases the risk for everyone involved. There are no federal training requirements for SWAT teams—despite the Fed’s role in distributing used army equipment—and therefore training is erratic. More importantly...