Word: orality
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...Court is in Session," you state that the court "will hear testimony in coming weeks" in a wide variety of cases [The World, Oct. 20]. You should know better. The Supreme Court hears oral argument on legal issues only. Any testimony--which is defined as fact- based information offered under oath or through documents--takes place in the trial court. By the time a case reaches the Supreme Court, only legal matters are at issue. You should 'fess up to your mistake or, as we judges like to say, issue an erratum (yes, we do make mistakes) in your next...
...Rolos with a cup of black coffee. Favorite dish? Beef with Chinese bitter melon and black bean sauce. Call me precocious, but the real term for me is “nontaster.”As a nontaster, I belong to about 25% of the population who have muted oral sensory experiences. Among other things, it means that I cannot taste a chemical called propylthiouracil (PROP), a compound similar to those found in plants of the mustard family. Sensitivity to PROP is a genetically determined trait. For nontasters like me, a slip of paper soaked in PROP tastes like, well...
...opens with the assertion: "The current downturn is the first post World War II recession that has its roots in widespread moral failure." It's an interesting, if debatable contention, but equally interesting is the authorities Levine cites as he makes his argument: the Jewish torah, the mishna (transcribed oral law), talmud, the work of medieval jurists like Maimonides, and host of rabbinical opinions (responsas) ever since. Levine is an Orthodox rabbi as well as a prof, and his institution is Yeshiva University. The book is titled Judaism and Economics; and his article's title is "The Recession...
...ruling, the Second Circuit Court essentially calls for the Commission to choose "between allowing any free use of any expletive no matter how graphic or gratuitous, or else adopting a (likely unconstitutional) across-the-board prohibition against expletives." The Supreme Court - should it decide to address the case after oral arguments - will have to decide if the FCC has the right to enforce its new policy under federal communication...
...talk” that follows every episode. The characters are incredibly one-dimensional, the dialogue is unnatural, and the acting is atrocious. Take Grace, for example, the abstinent and devout Christian who asks, as Ricky licks cookie dough off her fingers, “Does this count as oral?” Or take Amy’s dad, a creepy, tactless adulterer who asks his daughter, “Do you really want to go to school with a bunch of sluts?” as Amy chooses whether to go to a school for pregnant girls. The awkward...