Word: publicizers
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...undoubtedly worthy choices, but they do not have the cache of the University’s recent speakers, and it would be ungrateful of us not to appreciate our speakers on the basis of their cultural significance alone. Regardless of whether his speech inspires students to go into public service or is just interesting, the fact that Justice Souter is coming to speak at Commencement should make all seniors proud...
...punishment does not fit the crime. Those who experience felony often feel threatened—whether during a burglary or a street robbery—but it’s unacceptable for citizens to immediately react with violence. Such mentality leads to a Wild West attitude, when the general public has more freedom to shoot and kill than the trained police...
...very least the case will serve as a cautionary tale. "In many instances where there's been a fatality and there has been an investigation, the doctors have been reprimanded by the board, licenses have been suspended or revoked, but every one of these instances reminds the public and physicians of the risks," says Sack. "Will that be enough? For some it will, and for some...
...that people would realize that just because a drug is prescribed doesn't mean it's safe. It's only safe in a context, and once you change that context and you start to mix it with other pills and alcohol, it's not going to be safe. The public needs education, and I think physicians, when they realize the risks, are much less likely to be pressured into prescribing them when they're inappropriate or, more importantly, prescribing things without adequate supervision...
...doesn't take much for cooks to become obsessed with competition. The dining public already tends to think in sports terms anyway. Every city magazine has a "best of" issue whose every category is hotly debated. The stars the local paper gives out make or break restaurants by telling uncertain diners with limited money to spend where they can blow it with the minimum risk. Chefs like to say that they just want to feed people, or, more wussily still, "make my guests happy." But the truth is that they got into the business because they were creative and driven...