Word: interpretive
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...chore and the Democrats are still arguing among themselves over how tough to be on Bush. Liberal lions like Sen. Ted Kennedy want to fire away at the president on the economy. Pragmatists like House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt are a little more gun-shy, fearing that voters would interpret an attack on W as an attack on patriotism...
...loved one's value. Many regard it as a substitute for the millions they think they may have got in court, had the liability not been capped. When the total comes out to be underwhelming, these families take it personally. There's a fundamental clash between the way they interpret the purpose of the fund and the way the government sees...
...loved one's value. Many regard it as a substitute for the millions they think they may have got in court, had the liability not been capped. When the total comes out to be underwhelming, these families take it personally. There's a fundamental clash between the way they interpret the purpose of the fund and the way the government sees...
...Younger Muslims are far more individualistic in the way they interpret the Koran, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're any less devout," says Mustapha Oukbih, a 36-year-old journalist who lives and works in the Hague. The Dutch website Maghreb.nl, for example, has hosted chat rooms to discuss whether it's okay for Muslim newlyweds to have oral sex. "They want to decide for themselves how to live their lives," Oukbih says. This emphasis on personal choice is providing many Muslims with a new vision of politics...
...replacing a three- or four-member subcommittee with an investigator, the Ad Board risks making its fact-finding proceedings even less even-handed. The use of a single investigator gives immense influence to one person to determine and interpret the facts. Although students in cases where investigators are appointed will now be allowed the opportunity to address the Ad Board directly in their defense—an opportunity it inexplicably denies to students in cases where the facts are determined by subcommittee—the resulting process is far from equitable...