Word: whims
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...list goes on. Iraq's judiciary clearly is not independent ? the Shi'a-led council of ministers has appointed and removed the tribunal's judges according to political whim. Saddam's trial was conducted inside the Green Zone, protected by American forces and paid for by American money. The U.S. Department of Justice was integral to the prosecution's investigation and training the tribunal's judges and lawyers...
...mathematician to a dysfunctional kid genius to a dead child psychologist.But after nearly two decades, my name—unique spelling and all—is something that has become a part of who I am. A name isn’t something that should be changed on a whim or disregarded, and it’s surely not something that should be “phased out.”But that’s exactly what the NCAA is trying to do to our beloved football division. Because when Appalachian State beat the University of Massachusetts last weekend...
Remember your parents’ baseball? Kids could once spend an afternoon at the ballpark on a whim and some pocket change. Now, they almost have to choose between paying for a ticket and paying for college. Money in the game was running wild before, but the Red Sox’s splash has set an appalling new precedent that all fans will come to rue. Well done, baseball; you are managing to take the nation out of the national pastime...
...Canton, Miss., couple roadtripped to this weekend’s Harvard-Yale Game—on a whim. Tom Butchart, who orders college football jerseys from time to time, purchased a Harvard one recently. When his wife, Diane, saw her husband’s shirt, she made fun of him “trying to be intelligent.” So Diane aligned herself with Yale and together they decided to venture North for the game. Their trip has brought them local fame and for Diane, a ring. When Diane saw a ring she liked at a Charles Street antique...
Rozier and Smith both submitted their photos on something of a whim after seeing an announcement encouraging Leverett’s hidden photographers to send images in for the show. Pan had heard of it through his tutor, Laura M. Bacon ’02, who’d done a little pitch for it at their first entryway meeting...