Word: reproachful
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...press. The rage of many in the Muslim world over the printing and reprinting of these blasphemous cartoons threatens those very freedoms. Regardless of the content of a cartoon, pamphlet, drawing, or any form of expression, citizens must be at liberty to herald their deepest beliefs without fear of reproach or censorship from government. A democracy thrives only with a vibrant marketplace of ideas that allows citizens to frankly discuss their convictions without fear of censorship. Instead, these riots show a widespread refusal to allow socially or religiously unpopular speech, which suggests a deeply ingrained incompatibility toward basic democratic freedoms...
...American citizens to choose their majors and occupations. At the center of a democratic government is the notion of liberty and choice— the liberty to say what one wishes, to believe what one wishes, to profess what one wishes—all without fear of governmental reproach. In that vein, this legislation should not have the power to effectively make such a normative judgment through its allocation of Federal Pell grants...
...beyond the superhuman pressures and expectations of the movement. King's formidable armor wore down in midlife, draining assurance from his glib mantra as a young scholar that many great men of religion had been obsessed with sex--St. Augustine, St. Paul, Martin Luther, Kierkegaard, Tillich--and his self-reproach spilled over when Coretta underwent surgery for an abdominal tumor on Jan. 24. He disclosed to her the one mistress who meant most to him since 1963--with intensity almost like a second family even though she lived in Los Angeles--a married alumna of Fisk, of dignified bearing like...
McCormick and the Conservancy learned the hard way that charity is no longer beyond reproach. Corporate America has been penned in by new regulations imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, but the nonprofit sector faces few rules for disclosing financial health, paying executives or explaining spending. But in the postscandal era, state and federal lawmakers are pushing for stricter standards of governance for nonprofits...
...operating today. I think that environment is much more constrained in terms of the latitude we give ourselves in our behavior - post-Jayson Blair. Maybe that's the line of demarcation.? It's a new era in journalism, he says, and people reporting the news have to be above reproach when it comes to dealing with their sources...