Word: reprimanding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...characteristically, a great deal of trouble outside the bank. In his liquefied and wholly improbable French accent, he delivers a severe reprimand to the beggar and his "minkey," informing them that they constitute a commercial enterprise and require a license. Since this all takes place while the bank is being robbed, it is subsequently suggested to Clouseau by his chief inspector that the beggar may well have been a lookout. Dumbfounded, Clouseau does not mention that while the robbers made their getaway, he picked up a stray bit of currency that the brigands had dropped from the bundle and even...
Question: During the trial of a case by Attorney Alpha, Attorney Beta saw Alpha having a drink in a bar with one of the jurors in the case. The ethical obligation of Attorney Beta, who was not involved in the case, was to 1) keep this knowledge confidential; 2) reprimand Alpha for drinking in a public place with a juror; 3) inform the judge trying the case of this incident; 4) warn Alpha and the juror not to talk further to each other. Answer...
...five judges will now have to decide whether Wendt is guilty. If convicted, he could face ouster from the ministry. His fate is in the hands of Bishop Creighton, who is more likely to issue a reprimand at most, since he did not favor the firing of charges in the first place. Actually, Creighton is so sympathetic to the women's cause that he is practicing discrimination in reverse. Last month he announced that he would henceforth refuse to ordain all males in his diocese until the Episcopal Church opened the priesthood to women...
...Unlike Dutch or West German soldiers, they are prohibited from wearing their hair long or engaging in any kind of political activity. Corporal punishment has been abolished, but the men are subjected to harsh discipline: an occasional kick in the pants from a sergeant is still used as a reprimand...
...elsewhere, the Kennedys will get the University to do their dirty work of muzzling the community groups. Bok's apparently naive comments berating neighborhood associations for working against the archives--something almost everyone in the community has endorsed--could simply be Harvard's first outward reaction to a Kennedy reprimand to "get with it or lose your site...