Whether the demotions were justified is a matter of debate here.
Mayor Anthony A. Williams said this evening that the police had acted with appropriate force when challenged today, and that the mass arrests of peaceful protesters the night before were justified as a matter of prudence.
Vienna regards the CHRB's decision – justified as a matter of public interest – to allow the likes of the Stronach Group to operate both Santa Anita and Golden Gate Fields in San Francisco, and the same land development company to purchase the ill-fated pairing of Hollywood Park and Bay Meadows, as a significant factor in the closure of the last named tracks.
The storm of recriminations that followed was fierce - whether it was justified is a matter of opinion - and the Scottish fans desperately craved some sort of reaction from their team in Rome.
Although the latter may appear more high-minded, neither can be justified as a matter of policy.
Professional women's divisions have had to make do with modest budgets and salaries that barely covered basic living expenses, which decision makers justified as a matter of economics.
The ultimate bar to a successful prosecution is the universal defense that all police officers give to justify a killing no matter how outrageous.
The second question asks us to justify a distinction between matters of whim, such as the choosing of chocolates, and matters of weighty reasons, such as those involved in moral choice.
Later, when we sat with gold pens and signed documents reversing the transfers, we all maintained that the old mutations had been justified when made, a matter of rationalizing boundaries, of defending against ownership ceilings, if there should ever be real land reforms.
He could keep arguing that military action was justified no matter how immediate a threat Saddam Hussein posed, and put off an examination and possible overhaul of America's intelligence operations for another year.
