His exhortation was interpreted literally, and within a fortnight practically every member of the football team appeared in corduroy trousers.
6. Organize a debate between classmates representing both the Originalists (those who believe the Constitution should be interpreted literally) and the Living Constitutionalists.
This does not mean that the law must be interpreted literally if to do so would defeat the clear purpose of the statute.
Reluctant to accept the conservatives' insistence that the Bible be interpreted literally and that women submit to their husbands and be barred from serving as pastors, the moderates have set up seminaries and a religious publishing house.
"If Komiyama's isn't allowed, then everybody's isn't allowed," said Valentine, who noted that Kevin Brown, Hideo Nomo and Byung Hyun Kim have deliveries that violate the rule if it is interpreted literally.
One important school of Koranic scholarship, Mutazilism, held 1,000 years ago that the Koran need not be interpreted literally, and even today Iranian scholars are surprisingly open to critical scholarship and interpretations.
The former is embedded in a work's structure, whereas the latter typically operates at the level of words and sentences that are understood by audiences or readers to carry meanings different from the words themselves when interpreted literally.
Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Georgian style became popular, as did an opulent Classical style used for major public buildings; these styles were interpreted literally, although with adjustments such as verandahs that accounted for the Australian climate.
The problem of wealth was disturbing to the pistic Christians, who interpreted literally the command of Christ to the rich young man who wanted to be saved, "sell what you have and give to the poor".
