Word: properer
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...intent on convening a national debate about the proper place of God in public life, discretion is no virtue. Judge Moore has been exuberantly defying court orders regarding the Ten Commandments since his early days as a judge in Etowah County when he defended his right to display a homemade rosewood plaque in his courtroom. That crusade helped him get elected as Alabama's chief justice in 2000, so it should have surprised no one when he wheeled the 5,280-lb. monument of the Commandments into the courthouse rotunda in a midnight ceremony and then forced a showdown...
Medication without proper treatment is another form of institutionalizing our children. In a society that demands fast results, we prescribe a pill for every psychological disorder. This only masks the symptoms, however, without dealing with the root causes of a disorder, and it fails to teach children how to cope effectively. Freely prescribing drugs is detrimental not only to children's futures but also to our society. GRACE KONG New York City...
...glass fishbowl with a plastic alligator that you can take home with you. Whenever anybody orders Trash Can Punch or Swamp Water, the waitress brings it to the table while blowing a whistle. Usually, at that point, the restaurant starts cheering again, and it’s proper Southern etiquette to invite the waitress to share the drink. If you’re not in the mood for something served in a bucket, there are slightly smaller options—still served in Mason jars, though—such as Plantation Punch and the bright blue Carolina Cooler, as well...
...Business’s etiquette dinner for the past three years and has worked with the Quad Houses to spread her gospel of courtesy down Garden Street. According to Ms. Mannersmith, the best way to strut your stuff etiquette-wise is to err on the side of the proper and polite to “make sure those Yalies can’t say anything bad about anything...
Illingworth’s former colleagues coaxed him back to Harvard for a proper good-bye that recognized the former dean’s love of the arts...