Nor do many have a good record of managing public accounts for the general good.
Some will be achieved, and they will bring general good, despite the sound of hobby-horses being mounted.
And the criminal justice system will have to work out how to balance victims' sentiments with the general good.
They also checked for general good order, assessed welfare facilities and checked for whether personal protective equipment, such as head gear, was being used appropriately.
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At least instead of it going to media companies and to bloviating political fixers like Karl Rove, left to the taxman it goes to the general good.
Given the tendency in our society to complexity rather than to simplicity, and given the power of special interests versus the general good, a clean, elegant solution won't come easy.
Many scientists, physicists in particular, now upload drafts of their papers into public archives paid for by networks of universities for the general good. (The most popular is known as arXiv, the middle letter being a Greek chi.) Here, manuscripts are subject to a ruthless process of open peer review, rather than the secret sort traditional publishers employ.
The evidence in general is good, not great, and the evidence for unapproved uses is downright bad, which is to say, nonexistent.
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said on Monday that these instances "don't do the image of the league or football in general any good".
Also, our bodies are in general pretty good at repairing any damage we do to them, which would complicate things for anyone trying to make a cancer-inducing weapon.
The Secretary-General: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
UN: TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT HEADQUARTERS, 22 MARCH 2001
The basic notion is relatively uncontroversial: although some countries remain worried about giving the Fund new powers, there is a strong consensus that international capital flows to developing countries, which have increased fourfold since 1991, are in general a good thing.
You know, it's not good for General Motors, it won't be good for Delphi and it certainly won't be good for the union.
Taxpayers in general get a good deal because churches contribute towards their schools' upkeep.
These 10 traits are good general models to follow and I enjoyed the article.
"The patient's general conditions are good, which allowed us to release her, " her website reported on Thursday.
As I pointed out this time last year, increasing expectation of life is, in general terms, good news for us as individuals.
This seems like a good general principle for categorizing group expenses.
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There is no doubt that long prison sentences make the general public feel good over the short term, but the costs of incarceration go on for the long term.
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Taking this opportunity, we express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his good offices mission, as approved by the Security Council, and for the efforts aimed at finding a mutually agreed solution.
Joining the Secretary-General and the other CEB members in congratulating Ms Bachelet on her appointment, the Director-General underscored that good coordination and cooperation will be the key to the success of UN-Women.
Wrapping them up warmly for their trip to a general hospital, much good-natured kidding went on.
General Motors got some good news Friday: its first investment grade credit rating since going bankrupt in 2009.
These days AMRs balance sheet looks as good as General Motors, and its in a stock buy-back mood, too.
While some pays off handsomely, there is a general consensus that a good portion of that money is being squandered.
And in general we are only good at considering immediate consequences, while being very, very bad at considering later consequences.
People living in London and south-east England recorded the highest percentages of "very good" or "good" general health, and those in Wales and north-east England the lowest.
But my frustration with this has always been I don't think Alberto Gonzales has been a good attorney general, but I think the case against him is so incredibly flimsy.
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