Word: seriousness
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Others may argue that the person's identity shouldn't matter, because everyone is equal before the law and entitled to equal protection. But even in a plea bargaining situation, knowledge of the defendant's background is essential to the realization of justice. Even in cases less serious than manslaughter, such as simple robbery, identity is crucial. While a person's innocence or guilt should be decided without reference to personal history, the punishment should take into account various factors in the person's past, such as whether this was the first or tenth offense or, in the case...
...rhetorical level at which the campaign has been conducted? We are a long way, certainly, from the intellectual intricacies of the Lincoln- Douglas debates (which, incidentally, occurred in a senatorial, not a presidential, election). But even the crudest gestures, if unpacked with care, will be found to contain some serious intent...
...needed to be said. "And the last thing in the world that I am is anti-intellectual. Even in the most high-spirited, somewhat simplifying formulations in some of those essays -- after all, I was in my 20s and full of combative spirit -- I was defending a much more serious approach." She did not declare that art has no moral purpose, she sighs. Her point was merely that art and morality are not the same thing, that their interactions are complex. As for equating high and popular culture, she explains, "I made a few jolly references to things in popular...
Confronted by the Customs agents in Tampa last week, one of the financiers could not believe at first that the agents were serious. Taking the arrest routine for a stag-party prank, he began to laugh as the cuffs snapped closed, and he shouted, "All right! Let's party...
Money is perhaps the most serious obstacle for older students, who are often ineligible for college scholarships because of their part-time status. Increasingly, companies are filling the gap, subsidizing at least part of their employees' education costs. At R.I.T., 70% of the students in the continuing-education program get corporate support...