Word: mannered
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...really appreciated the realistic view on the challenges of peacekeeping,” she said. Malcorra said she was pleased with the success of the event. “At the end of the day, we are an organization that is alive and is rethinking itself in a constant manner,” she said. “Engaging in a dialogue with the broader society is critical.” —Staff writer Evan T. R. Rosenman can be reached at erosenm@fas.harvard.edu...
While agreeing with the general sentiment, I take issue with the staff editorial about the Supreme Court’s finding in Herring v. U.S. Again, though I agree with the main idea, which is that the court is taking drastic and controversial steps against the exclusionary eule, the manner in which this editorial is presented characterizes the decision as more extreme and far-reaching than it actually...
...time when investors around the world are having doubts about India's standards of corporate governance, the manner in which the Rajus managed to forestall questioning by SEBI raises questions about the government's earnestness to bring the guilty to justice. SEBI's lawyer told the Supreme Court earlier this week that the regulatory body issued summons to Ramalinga Raju to appear before it in Hyderabad on Jan. 9, two days after Raju publicly confessed to falsifying the company's profits. But that same day, Raju surrendered to state police and once he was in custody, SEBI investigators couldn...
...inauguration of an American president bears all the signs of fine constitutional craftsmanship. As a people, we explicitly mandate that the president-elect assume his or her finely detailed duties at a precise time, on a specific day, and in a prescribed manner. The unambiguous character of our language has always rendered the recurrent execution of these commands—what Ronald Reagan characterized in his 1981 inaugural address as “nothing less than a miracle”—an awe-inspiring spectacle of constitutional clockwork...
...Brant, however, ruled that while selling books is constitutionally protected, the city reserves the right to implement time, place, and manner restrictions, and identified a 50-cent peddler’s permit that would allow Kibler to continue his business. According to O’Brien, Kibler soon left the bookstand...