"I understand that certain actions have consequences.
Some fear that certain actions are little more than publicity-seeking.
What a coach and a recruit have to know is that certain actions can put an entire program at risk".
I've no inherent objection to the death penalty; I concur that certain actions are so evil that whoever commits them deserves death by command of the state.
Meanwhile, the deontological perspective asserts that certain actions – like killing an innocent person – are just wrong, even if they have good consequences.
It is hard to trust anything after such an attack, because trust is based on a certain presumptive morality, a sense that certain actions are simply outside the bounds of human behavior or imagination.
The board took no ownership over that decision in its statement, saying only that it "recommended that certain actions be taken with regard to management involved in the Williams contract termination".
The report also added that certain actions, like indiscriminate clearing of mangrove forests, had escalated the city's flood risk and lead to a three-fold increase in run-off.
President Obama's nominee for attorney general, Loretta Lynch, in her first Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, admitted that certain actions taken by the CIA constituted torture and were illegal.
Investors are realizing that certain actions taken by their fund managers, as well as by their fellow shareholders, can have a huge effect on how much tax they owe.
