Word: properly
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Christopher Nelson, 44, a vice president of a Japanese consulting firm in Virginia, was unruffled at the Manassas battle, as was proper for a Union officer sent down from Washington to view the fighting from a distant hill. He wore dark blue woolen trousers, suspenders, an officer's jacket, a sword and a Colt .44-cal. Army-model revolver of the type issued to officers before 1862 --in all, about $500 worth of gear. His interest was in the historical significance of the battle, which saw the first appearance of rifled cannons and the first movement of troops into battle...
When President Reagan nominated William Rehnquist as Chief Justice and Antonin Scalia to replace him as Associate on the Supreme Court, he explained that he wanted judges who would be "attentive to the rights specifically guaranteed in our Constitution and the proper role of the courts in our democratic system." On the surface that remark certainly seemed both reasonable and moderate, a respectful back-to-basics prescription for the high court. To a host of legal scholars, Democratic politicians and aroused liberals who saw beneath the surface, however, the words meant something else altogether. The President, these critics complained...
Such "infamous" policy decisions, declared Meese, amply prove that some < judges have been using the Constitution "as a charter for judicial activism on behalf of various constituencies." The proper role for the judiciary, he said in a climactic scold, is to guard the Constitution, not tamper with...
...there was some confusion." In fact, Juror Miriam Sanchez was so confused by the instructions that she reportedly told news people after the verdict that she had wanted an award of $300 million but had agreed to $1 because she believed Judge Leisure could amend it upward to a proper sum. She was mistaken: though judges often lower damages if they are not warranted by the evidence, they cannot increase them...
...problem in Sudan is internal. As an expression of our goodwill, we made meetings between warring Sudanese factions possible. Because we are neighbors, all major political and social disturbances overflow into Ethiopia. We think the proper solution for Sudan is to address its fundamental problems. We are perfectly willing to develop good relations between our two countries...