Word: basic
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...concrete posts in front of Sackler are not products of Le Corbusier's fascination with basic geometric forms (that's the Carpenter Center, remember). They are portions of a never-built overpass that would have connected Sackler to the Fogg. Since the Cambridge City Council nixed the plan, you will have to risk your life crossing Broadway, one of several streets in Cambridge where drivers have no concept of the the speed limit...
Even if you have no intention of leaving a country's capital, tote along a few basic supplies. If you want to read a book in your own language, bring it with you. If you plan to record the visit with your camera, bring film. If you | are used to smoking mild cigarettes, bring them. If you plan to do a lot of walking in new shoes, pack some bandages. All these things are available -- but not everywhere and not always...
Milkovich read Diadiun's article as an accusation of perjury. Diadiun argues that it is not about perjury but about the responsibility of an educator to set a moral example and to take responsibility for his actions. Even the basic facts remain in dispute. The coach says he shrugged at a decision disqualifying one of his wrestlers; the writer claims the coach made "wild gestures," thereby precipitating the melee...
...issues in this case, though, have less to do with legal hairsplitting than with basic sentiments about the value of free expression and the press. A belief in the virtue of an unshackled and vigorous press means recognizing that the leeway demanded by free debate will sometimes allow writers to overreach their knowledge, or even to trample the truth. However, if one believes that uninhibited speech is dangerous or that the press too frequently serves up sensationalistic trash, one takes the opposite view...
...represent a group of lawyers that is adding a Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution. For $20,000, your product can be included as a basic human right in one of the ten currently planned amendments. For $40,000, you can have an amendment of your own. For $60,000, the Constitution will ban rival products...