Word: willfullness
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In 1786 Massachusetts "decriminalized" fornication, substituting a fine for criminal indictment; in time even that was rarely collected. The law against missing church on Sunday was not seriously enforced after the 1780s; by the 1790s there were only half as many prosecutions a year for religious offenses as before the...
Hemingway seems understandably comfortable in the role of Chris. Too comfortable, at times; she simply walks through many of the scenes, saucereyed, plopping her lines into the laps of others. But her acting improves when she's in good company; she's fine in the rape scene, where Chris Sarandon...
There is now little doubt that the Cambodian government is one of the most brutal, backward and xenophobic regimes in the world. Cambodians themselves refer to the Khmer Rouge simply as "the Organization." Refugees who have managed to flee to Thailand -often after days and weeks of walking through thick...
OSHA AS ESTABLISHED still might have served fairly and effectively to protect the workers for whose lives and health it was responsible. OSHA inspectors were empowered to visit workplaces without prior notice, making inspections in the event of an accident, the filing of a valid worker complaint, or at random...
Full Share. What the case really boils down to, said Browning, is the matter of intent: "Whether the defendant was in that bank voluntarily and whether she acted ... with a general willful criminal intent." In making up their minds, Browning urged the jurors not to place too much weight on...