We have a moral authority and it should not be misused by dictators for their own aims.
There are times when ironic is right but too often it is misused, as in this typical example from the paper: "Santini's Tottenham won 2-0 at Nottingham Forest, ironic really with the north London club having a big interest in Forest's Republic of Ireland midfielder Andy Reid... " (not that sport are the only, or biggest, offenders).
"I always get asked this but it's just like with any new technology – of course they can be misused.
The charges followed a report in June by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) that Obeid "misused his position as an MP" to lobby ministerial colleagues and a senior public servant over retail leases in which his family had a secret stake.
I could do without the semicolon, possibly because I misused it in my 20s.
Belated attempts by the government to call it the "abolition of the spare room subsidy" should be treated with the contempt they deserve beef wellington Beeton, Mrs (Isabella Mary Beeton, 1836-65) authof of The Book of Household Management begs the question This phrase is almost invariably misused: it means assuming a proposition that, in reality, involves the conclusion.
According to reports, Charney was asked to leave after engaging in conduct that violated the company's sexual harassment and anti-discriminatory policy and misused company assets for personal and non-personal business reasons.
The donors, who bankroll 40% of the government's budget, have said they will withhold some aid until it is clear it is not being misused.
An HSBC spokesman told the Guardian: "We are continuing to review the allegations in the indictments against certain Fifa executives and others, to ensure that our services are not being misused for financial crime".
In letters to the Internal Revenue Service and Congress, Greenpeace said Soon may have misused the grants from the Koch foundation by trying to influence legislation.
She has also endured an unrelenting campaign aimed at trying to link her with a former boyfriend who allegedly misused trade union funds in the mid-1990s.
