Word: properness
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...even though the U.S. has refused to classify the prisoners as POWs, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfield has stated that the detainees are being treated according to Geneva Convention standards. Reports say that Secretary of State Colin L. Powell has advocated their classification as prisoners of war. This proper classification will reduce international pressure on the U.S. By calling the Guantanamo detainees “unlawful combatants,” the U.S. lends more credence to the belief that the U.S. makes its own laws and does not follow the international community’s established norms...
...Nude Olympics held at Princeton was originally started by a group of students who wanted to protest the university’s decision to admit women. Since then men and women have greeted the first snowfall without proper attire in joyful harmony. Unfortunately for Carswell Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah, the Nude Olympics were recently banned from campus due to the number of cases of alcohol poisoning surrounding the event...
...needs to maintain its credibility on the international stage and handle international criticisms appropriately. The proper classification of the detainees as prisoners of war will ensure that the prisoners are treated justly, and the ban on photograph releases will maintain the dignity of the prisoners. If these measures are not taken, America’s foreign support is sure to grow weak. The U.S. must act as a benevolent captor, not a retributive or malicious one, if it wishes to maintain the moral high ground...
...actually worth it? Perhaps. If heads weren’t turning before, they certainly are now. And with the proper marketing and media strategy, they might even transform their fall from social grace into quite a cushy book deal. For just as Harvard protects its students from the harsh consequences of the real world, the real world shields its high-profile criminals from their punishment with publicity and money...
...across the world and, sometimes, simply to revitalize themselves after years of service. While professors have a duty to pass on their knowledge to undergraduates, at a research university they are also expected to create original scholarship and publish prodigiously. These duties need not be mutually exclusive, and with proper planning, departments should be able to accommodate both professors and students...