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Our guys have been great about the rules and we’re adjusting.
The NBA’s week of controversies show how hard life is outside of the bubble | Ben Golliver | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostMy rule of thumb is that if it cooks quickly at a high heat on the stovetop, it will cook quickly under the high heat of a broiler, too.
General rules and guidelines are not likely to be the way to go, she says.
New technology can get inside your head. Are you ready? | Laura Sanders | February 11, 2021 | Science News For Students
He went back and forth over the legislature’s proposed vaccination rules and has struggled to convince teachers and administrators to reopen schools.
California’s Gavin Newsom Will Likely Face A Recall Election — But He’ll Probably Survive It | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | February 10, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightNextdoor would not comment on individual users but emphasized the site has rules in place against profanity, over-posting, and personal disputes.
Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Our Duty Is to Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive | Ayaan Hirsi Ali | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.
rule 16(c) was a proposed change in the rules at the 1976 Republican Convention.
The rule of law, you see, buckles, bends and sometimes crumbles under the weight of racism, sexism, and classism.
What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face? | Goldie Taylor | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis rule over the country came to an end in 1979 when the director of the KCIA shot Park and his bodyguard to death at dinner.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea | Rich Goldstein | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll elements of expression modify each other, so that no mere rule can cover all cases.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickAs a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinHe set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneHence arise factions, dissensions, and loss to their religious interests and work; and these intruders seek to rule the others.
This impulse to extend rule appears more plainly in many of the little ceremonial observances of the child.
Children's Ways | James Sully
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