Word: offends
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much. And to anyone who has ever worked with Masten, studied with him, heard him speak at professional events, exchanged writing with him or sat down in his office, the notion that this individual is dicey as either scholar or citizen is so contrary to the evidence as to offend judgment...
...course, nearly everyone polled was in favor of freedom of speech, the press, religion, association and all that yada. Get down to the specifics, however, and it's a little different: 53 percent were against displaying art that may offend; 47 percent would ban songs with distasteful lyrics and 49 percent want a constitutional amendment to ban flag-burning ? which, last time the courts checked, was a form of free speech...
...quite smell the "apathy in the air" noticed by your staff reporter when I see more than 100 students at a Thursday night debate for those who would represent on the Undergraduate Council. The odor that does offend is that of slighting the students who made the effort to be involved and informed by writing the presence of more than half of them out of existence, thereby perhaps exacerbating the problem of any apathy in the population that reads this newspaper...
...system has diminished students' inclination to use discretion when letting people in the houses. Most students, when swiping people in, do not think about whether the person is authorized to enter. Alternatively, we may feel obligated to let anyone in to our house because we do not want to offend others by questioning them and asking for IDs. If the campus had universal access, students would not be put in such situations because everyone who was authorized to enter the houses would be able to do so. Students would be better able to recognize those who are not authorized...
Although Toomey said he does not see the death penalty as a "cure-all," he said he views it as the best available method for dealing with repeat offenders. Rather than allowing sexual predators and violent criminals to return to their home communities and offend again, Toomey said, the legislature should take responsibility...