That requires recognition of our ambivalence toward technology, a move away from our superspecialization of technologists and nontechnologists and toward a clearer understanding of technology as a most important servant of man.
"If such an important public servant, who is an example for his fellow citizens, is not punished for the crime against which we are struggling so hard, then we feel bad," said the new Minister of Justice, Jaime Giraldo Angel.
An important civil servant, he had worked hard and passionately on various initiatives.
To one group they are "the police". To another they are "the cops". The police are an expression of citizenship and order, important servants of the community.
The politician added that the victim's family members had told local authorities that the deceased was related to "somebody important"—a civil servant in Veracruz, a state known for its high levels of corruption and drug-related crimes.
The verdicts on Wednesday also will be an important milepost for the civil servants, the guardians of the Union's treaties who have long struggled for greater relevance.
As a soloist with Diaghilev's company, he created the leading role in Nijinska's Train Bleu (1924) and an important role (one of two Servants) in George Balanchine's Prodigal Son (1929).
The matter, depending on which side is doing the talking, is either an important example of holding public servants accountable for truth-telling or a silly waste of public tax money.
Civil servants have an important role to play in offering objective advice on the feasibility and risks of proposed policies but, ultimately, they too work within the constraints of a pressured policy environment.
There was an important group of top Nigerian civil servants and lawyers who pressed strongly for preserving unity, and whose influence was paramount.
