There is no sign yet that improper pressure was applied.But what about the broader question, of whether Mr Kelly was right to speak out?
There may be no proof, as yet, of improper conduct by anybody in the government, but the story has drawn attention to this government's character; to its psychological flaws, let us call them.
Yet this "improper" offering, which often replaces the time-honored pre-calculus mathematics preparation, deprives many students from obtaining the solid foundation and enrichment they would otherwise have gotten to then further pursue the study of mathematics and other related fields.
While shareholder litigation by pension funds was already on the rise, the WorldCom case is expected to spawn a new wave of lawsuits, against the company and against those who brought about one of the biggest cases yet of improper bookkeeping.
The asterisk * refers to the following footnote by the translator (p. 9): Tho' this instance will serve to explain the meaning of the Author, yet 'tis very improper, because 'tis utterly impossible to give a Man that is born Blind, the least notion or idea of Light or Colours.
Shareholder proposals that are not "significantly related" to a company's business are supposedly improper, yet the SEC and courts routinely approve shareholder proposals that are primarily political in nature and have little if anything to do with the corporation's business (such as proposals regarding universal health care legislation).
"JP Morgan employees knew the firm was potentially violating the FCPA yet persisted with the improper hiring program because the business rewards and new deals were deemed too lucrative".
The academy revoked an Oscar nomination for best original song for "Alone Yet Not Alone," citing improper campaigning.
Just because they can't fully speak yet, don't use improper grammar.
In their letter, the critics said that members of Congress made almost four times the median income of typical male workers and that this was "an especially improper time for yet another Congressional pay grab".
