Word: professors
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Judges like to say they are searching for "neutral principles" to decide cases. But the overall effect of the ideological inconsistencies on both sides was to cast doubt that the court was blindly administering justice. Says University of Virginia constitutional law professor A.E. Dick Howard: "It certainly invites you to read this as a results-driven opinion...
...While Professor Otnes says she wasn't referring to any particular Christmas gifts, I had a feeling the tampons one participant in her survey received from a grandmother might have informed her opinion. Or maybe it was the woman who sent her sister a bag of Doritos and an opened...
...Since Professor Otnes has seen it all--from kids who receive generic items out of "gift closets" to manipulative givers whose cards say "Call me the minute you get this!"--I hoped she would support my plan this season to cut off my family entirely...
That shamed me into considering milder solutions, like gift certificates. "Recipients say they like them," Professor Otnes reports, citing research. And for those really hard-to-buy-for people, like every member of my family? Give them experiences instead of merchandise, she offers. Take them out to dinner or a play. This provides the added benefit of being a gift that you, the giver, can horn...
...that doesn't work, Professor Otnes suggests that a popular way to get rid of bad gifts is to recycle them. I, for instance, have other brothers who like steak...