Word: straightforwardness
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...much agreement there would be in the cases you would pick for the court to hear and the cases I would pick,” Breyer said. He added that because of the specificity of the criteria used by the court, choosing which cases to review is fairly straightforward. The main criterion used by the court is whether a case would give “the country a uniform interpretation of federal law,” Breyer said. “We are not an error-correcting court.” Breyer also shed light into the justices?...
...melodic punk promises to please. With a wide range of new and old songs, from angry sounding numbers with angry lyrics to happier songs with angry lyrics, everyone should find a beat hard to resist and a message hard to ignore. Major MajorMajor Major is probably the most straightforward rock group on campus right now. “We don’t do the punk thing,” says Socrates R. Cruz ’06, who characterizes the band’s influences as “mainly” U2, Radiohead, and Pink Floyd. Their sound...
...certain sense, it was very clear and straightforward,” says Gordon, who moved to Duke and then returned to Harvard...
...underpinning for stocks' strong performance, global bulls say, is straightforward. Economic growth continues to be strong in places where it has been buoyant for several years (the U.S., China and India) and is finally picking up in places where it had been notably absent?Japan and parts of "old" Europe. In Germany, Europe's largest economy, the Ifo Business Climate Index, a key indicator of economic health, reached a 15-year peak last month. Moreover, earnings and corporate balance sheets around the world are as healthy as they have been in years. In Japan, corporate profits have climbed for four...
...ready to be supportive and listen, and we show perpetrators that we will not challenge their behavior. The skill and knowledge to change a culture that tacitly condones sexual violence are things we can all participate in learning. It is not intuitive, and it is not straightforward. But it is vitally important.The alleged rape at Duke should remind us of the importance of Take Back The Night (April 10-14). We spend 51 weeks of the year in a culture that tacitly condones sexual violence. We make the time and the space one night, Monday April 10, for a former...