Word: properly
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Alarcon: Yes, in terms of the proper role that the church should have in a lay society. I mean in terms of practicing religion, promoting certain values of spirituality, of human kindness, of human solidarity. I think that would be a positive development. But we cannot go back to the time when one particular religion had the dominant role, because that is a way to discriminate against others. The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing...
...competition," says Peter Schneider, head of Disney's theatrical division. "Good product will out." What is indisputable is that Disney and Livent have brought good--maybe great--product to Broadway even as they have helped introduce the fusty old business to the modern world. And for that, the only proper response from a theatergoer is "Bravo...
Blair himself insists that his aides call him Tony. Will English schoolchildren in history classes now be referring to one of his predecessors as Sir Tony Eden? I hope not. Sir Anthony Eden was my idea of a proper British Prime Minister. His policies weren't much to speak of, but at least he looked and sounded the part. The same was true of Harold Macmillan, another stiff old bird who mumbled through his mustache and never heard of anyone getting in touch with his inner self. Any aide who referred to that Prime Minister as Hal would presumably have...
...word usage issue came up a while ago when The Crimson used the word "normalcy" in a headline. One reader questioned the usage, asking whether the word "normalcy" is a proper one. It is. According to William Safire's "New Political Dictionary," the word first came into general use in the presidential campaign of Warren Harding in 1920 (the word itself dates back to at least 1857), and is generally accepted in newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. Since The Crimson's usage is backed up by an authority such as Safire (whose language...
What follows, as is proper with such a tale, is as traditional as Kabuki drama. There are arrogant Spaniards who need shooting and a 20-year-old American beauty named Amelia, a professional mistress, who needs career counseling. But Theodore Roosevelt, it should be said, does not make an appearance--a sign of restraint that justifies the author's high reputation...