Playing posh English was fun for a day, but we were happy to return to a reality where we could bear our shoulders and speak improperly and not pay through the nose for a cup of tea.
The report found that inspectors at airports often failed to provide certified translators for asylum seekers who did not speak English, improperly notified consulates about the identity and detention of immigrants seeking asylum, and in 14 cases mistakenly concluded that travelers who expressed a credible fear of persecution were not entitled to apply for asylum.
He was the first director to listen closely to the gentle crack in that well-bred speaking voice ("improperly placed," according to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts), and to register the wicked elongation of her vowels: "Oh now, don't say you can't go," a scarlet-clad Grace tells Ray Milland in "Dial M for Murder," lowering that final syllable into a two-toned croon.
It was Cole's right to suggest that staff members were acting improperly (although people I spoke to dispute the notion that they did).
Mr. Kills Straight spoke movingly of Sioux bodies dumped into mass graves, improperly buried, leaving survivors unable to mourn.
In their complaint, the players, who each were suspended for six games, allege that the arbitrator, Harold Henderson, failed to report his ruling within the specified time, spoke to an N.F.L. lawyer without their lawyers present and improperly placed the burden of proof on the players instead of the league.
In some cases, money was lent improperly, exacerbating current losses, according to UBS employees in the region close to the situation, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because of a company policy against speaking to the news media.
Mr. Ashcroft, the former senator from Missouri, spoke as the Senate Judiciary Committee seemed badly frayed along party lines, with several Democratic senators harshly questioning their former colleague about whether his conservative views would improperly influence his actions at the Justice Department on civil rights and other issues.
The art dealer spoke to the German newspaper Der Spiegel, claiming that he had nothing to do with the acquisition of the art, which many believe was improperly acquired by the Nazis during World War II.
Thus, attorneys said, jurors were improperly swayed by the testimony of laymen — including Gaye's former wife, Janis Gaye, who could not read music but nevertheless spoke to similarities between the songs.
