Word: waywardly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...penalize corporate executives who diddle with their books. "They have to know we are serious," says a top adviser, "so that people don't think: 'give them two months, they're Republicans, then we can start doing this again." The president is likely to call for criminal penalties for wayward executives and offer more money for the Securities and Exchange Commission to help hunt down the swindle-doers...
Doctors still have a lot to learn in their efforts to restore the wayward defenses of patients with autoimmune disorders. Last week's results suggest, however, that they are well on their...
Lawyers representing the victims are working hard to crack each diocese's many-layered defenses, in part by showing that church officials responsible for supervising wayward priests also effectively control the corporations and entities that own church property. In a Miami case, the archdiocese claimed that it had no control over a parish school where a teacher molested a student. But attorney Weil showed that the diocese controlled not only curriculum and teacher appointments but also scheduling for the school conference rooms. The church settled before the case went to trial. "This is akin to a private getting caught...
...from the ruling Millennium Democratic Party, which is praying the saga won't cloud December presidential elections. Koreans, though, are getting used to this. A son of former President Kim Young Sam was sentenced to two years in prison for corruption. Kim the elder can only look at his wayward scions and wonder where it all went wrong, while Koreans look at their former hero President Kim and wonder much the same thing...
...While wayward monks have shaken the faith of many, Sanitsuda draws consolation from several encouraging trends. Modern, socially engaged monks, such as noted author and Sangha member Phra Paisan Visalo, serve as role models for some, working with civic groups to try and steer Thailand's often greed-driven development onto a more just, equitable and environmentally friendly path. Among the middle class, there has been a remarkable rise in the popularity of meditation retreats. And Professor Sunthorn Narangsri of Chulalongkorn University's Buddhist Studies Center says the monk police have also proved surprisingly effective...