Word: shedding
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Legal procedures in a democratic society are not ends in themselves, but are legitimated only by the justice of the substantive results they render. Legal procedures are seldom if ever truly sufficient to rectify past wrongs, especially when blood has been shed. But when the sanctions associated with these legal procedures offer no meaningful promise of deterring individuals from future wrongs, they become a mockery of the ideal of justice rather than the best that justice can provide under less than ideal circumstances. The probability that Sharon will remain in the Israeli Cabinet, and that the furor over the Commission...
Hart made his announcement on the steps of his own state capitol in Denver. Just as Mondale must transcend his reputation as a Big Government liberal, Hart has been working during his eight years in the Senate to shed some of the ideological baggage associated with the ill-fated McGovern campaign. He is included in the somewhat nebulous group known as "neo-liberals," who stress the need for a pragmatic approach by business, labor and Government to adapt the economy to an era of high technology. The theme of the election, he said on a campaign swing through Mississippi after...
...convincing margin of victory wasn't the only source of satisfaction for the Crimson Earlier in the day. Harvard Captain Greg Olson, who recently shed his cast after suffering a broken ankle in December, played in the J V game against Brown...
...symbol of love and tolerance." Yehuda expressed his hope that the current national debate would not lead to "the destruction of the Third Temple," a term that Israelis sometimes use for their 35-year-old state. Later, when Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren told the gathering, "Our hands did not shed this blood," a Haifa man, Meir Gabai, shouted at him, "You shed this blood!" and others in the crowd called out, "Begin is responsible!" At that point, Olga Greenzweig, the victim's mother, got up and asked that everyone stop the shouting. She also asked the Chief Rabbi to please...
...Genesis 9:6, God is quoted as saying to Noah, "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed...