Word: moralizes
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...article Posner points out the improbable evolution of our conception of juries. As first conceived, jurors had the advantage of first-hand knowledge of the participants and served as good representatives of the moral sense of the community. This was the meaning of "a jury of ones peers...
...never heard of the Institute of Moral and Political Law, and we don't know what happened to the appointed director, but we trust Mr. Dorland to keep us informed on this monstrous conspiracy...
Because one senior drank underage she caused the serious injury of a house painter. On a school trip to Montreal in the eighth grade, this woman-who appears so upright and moral now-drank one sip of beer. She was immediately suspended from school. While she was home for three days, she decided, instead of seriously contemplating her transgression, to sunbathe. One of the men who was painting her house at the time noticed and fell from a ladder, breaking his leg. At least she feels bad about...
These crimes may seem minor, but just what is aminor moral offense...
Like the coke dealer I just mentioned, many ofour less "moral" admits continue their anticsafter they matriculate. They may even get a littleworse. Imagine if the Evening With Champions guyswere caught in the admissions process. Or anyonewho has ever committed date rape. Or that guy whonever holds the elevator for me in LeverettF-tower...