Word: miscreant
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Undoubtedly, Tasering a miscreant student is better than shooting him, but the former can still be a horrific abuse of power. NLWs should be used with great caution for the purpose of avoiding further violence. They should not be an easy way for the police to avoid tiresome negotiation...
...back to something Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told his interrogators: that Zacarias Moussaoui wasn't reliable enough, that he wasn't part of the Sept. 11 plot. Look at the care the others took to remain secret, not draw attention to themselves, to even play the role of the miscreant to keep anyone of suspecting their real thinking and intentions. Now look at Zacarias Moussaoui's behavior - the one that led to his arrest, and the one in court. You don't think Khalid Sheikh Mohammed didn't have a point when he said my son was unpredictable...
...could such a high-profile case have been handled so sloppily? Certainly Martin, a lawyer for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), was never meant to be a player. In court documents filed after the blowup, prosecutors painted her as a misguided "miscreant" with only a bit part in the government's case preparation--arranging witness interviews and retrieving aviation documents for prosecutors. A former flight attendant who followed her father into law, Martin developed a reputation for tenaciousness both at the TSA and, before that, at the Federal Aviation Administration, where she started working even before she graduated from...
...nation of increasing morality, the breaking of laws is beginning to have ethical, rather than legal, implications. At Harvard, however, traditional adolescent attitudes prevail. Here is the home of the morally void miscreant who hesitates to transgress not because of broad social implications, but for fear of personal consequences. For all you soulless, fun-loving spirits, this is for you: FM’s guide to Punishment at Harvard. What happens if I steal large portions of food/ silverware from the dining hall? According to Jami M. Snyder, a HUDS spokesperson, a first offense (such as the stealing...
PROMISE A politically connected, boastful man who liked to headline his dispatches "Headquarters in the Saddle." Lee called him a "miscreant...