| 单词 | incorrigible |
| 例句 | Part of the problem is that he is incorrigibly dishonest, insisting he has seen and done things he cannot possibly have. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Trying to extinguish the spark of the rest—the merely incorrigible, those holding on to civilization by a thread—itself feels like a monstrosity. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The horse had proved fairly useful as a stakes horse, but he was an incorrigible rogue at the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey sits next to her, still facing the field and the incorrigible sheep. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps the woman had wed a seaman of incorrigible appetites and hated the reminder—Cora didn’t know the source of her animus, or care. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z According to Burr, the immediate incident only proved that Hamilton’s libelous ways were incorrigible. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z To the contrary, he enjoyed tipping a glass now and then and was an incorrigible ham. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had explained to his mother, when she asked him to say grace, that like his father before him he was an incorrigible agnostic and suspected God was a hoax. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Fernanda had not counted on that nasty trick of her incorrigible fate. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A recurrent theme was of “hard-boiled, but not incorrigible inmates who somehow came around under the compassionate, but firm hand of the warden.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Paul Giamatti on winning form as an incorrigible romantic in this elegant comedy. This week's new films 2011-01-22T00:06:21Z The humor tends towards dark, but it's buoyed by the Bluths' greatest attribute: they are incorrigible. America is stuck in a state of Arrested Development 2013-05-24T14:00:00Z After her mother had Vera legally declared “incorrigible,” she spent some time in a juvenile detention facility and eventually made her way to New York City. Review | Forget about 007. This heroine has her own brand of spycraft. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Brown created one of its most popular characters in Cotton, a devout Christian and incorrigible gossip who worked in the local laundromat and assessed her neighbors with a sharp eye and equally sharp tongue. June Brown, ‘EastEnders’ icon Dot Cotton, dies at 95 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z It also bears the signature excesses and lapses of Hollywood’s most incorrigible director of megabudget action pictures. REVIEW: "Transformers: Age of Extinction" Is Bot-Sh*t Crazy 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Greene and Yorke were incorrigible, and their male confidence in their entitlement seems limitless; in a disenchanted world, sex could be counted on. The Love-Charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War – review 2013-01-18T09:00:02Z Precocious, pretentious and incorrigible, he took Oscar Wilde as his role model and doted on the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Ben Sonnenberg, Founder of Literary Journal, Dies at 73 2010-06-26T01:00:00Z Isaacson showed Jobs as an incorrigible perfectionist who often demonstrated cruel disregard for others. ‘Becoming Steve Jobs,’ by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Connolly is incorrigibly childish, in other words – and more like a toddler than an adolescent. Comedy gold: Billy Connolly's Billy and Albert 2012-05-17T14:32:23Z It was hard, at first, to warm to Barker, an incorrigible liar inflated by self-regard, who refused to choose between all the women in his life. The poems and punch-ups of By Grand Central Station 2013-03-06T19:29:01Z Robert De Niro, too, could receive a supporting actor nod for his quirky role as an incorrigible gambler. Oscars 2013: Runners and riders 2012-12-23T00:07:44Z At school, he was dreadfully shy and suffered from a stammer, but was also an incorrigible show-off. Rupert Graves: 'Genuinely, it helps in this business being called Rupert' 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Braxton, playing alto, soprano, sopranino and baritone saxophones, brings his usual incorrigible insight. Playlist: Hard-Swinging Sounds, With the Help of Friends 2013-08-16T19:26:20Z Not good advice for politicians, I'd have thought, but the neon is incorrigibly excitable. 100 years of neon 2011-08-27T23:05:03Z Mr Kahneman was introverted, formal and pessimistic, and worked conventional hours; Tversky was extroverted, informal and incorrigibly optimistic, keeping the hours of a bat. Thinking about thinking 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Several dozen of the playful if incorrigibly hierarchical monkeys live atop Mount Takao, in Tokyo prefecture’s northwest corner, about an hour from Shinjuku by train. Fawning over fauna: A guide to Tokyo’s menagerie of animal cafes 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Balance may or may not be the key to a happy life — I’ve seen plenty of full-throttle hedonists and incorrigible workaholics who are doing just fine — but it’s definitely the foundation of a great cocktail. The Tipsy Diaries: 3 Cocktails That Share an Exquisite Secret 2011-01-06T22:30:13Z The poor guy is an incorrigible follower of the law’s letter. In Julian Barnes’s New Novel, a Teacher’s Pet Becomes Obsessed 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z In her last decades, Taylor made films only as a visiting dignitary, vacationing from her good works, her incorrigible celebrity. Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79: Actress Defined Modern Fame 2011-04-14T08:35:00Z All those closeups of himself looking incorrigible, or lapping up the adoration of others, or getting down to business with women young enough to be his great-granddaughters – these were staged and approved by him. You're so vain! The phenomenon of the self-loving actor-director 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z After a consultation the doctor privately announced to Nijinsky's wife, the incorrigible Romola de Pulszky, that her husband was incurably mad. Nijinsky by Lucy Moore – review 2013-05-01T13:00:01Z Having consorted with so many mythomaniacs, he has ended as an incorrigible fantasist. Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Celebrity by Michael Munn ? review 2012-05-17T12:35:57Z He was incorrigible when he got to the encores. Juan Diego Fl?rez - review 2011-01-21T18:07:28Z Ondaatje loves people who are incorrigible, who know how to live slightly outside the law and who have, in Lester Bangs’s phrase, some Looney Tunes in their souls. A Mother Keeps Wartime Secrets in Michael Ondaatje’s New Novel 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z A passionate pamphleteer and an incorrigible lobbyist, her protests helped change Audubon’s leadership and its policy on birds of prey. The Long History of Those Who Fought to Save the Animals 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z He proposes marriage, and Wharton, describing a dinner at the Marvell family home, takes another opportunity to fillet her protagonist, even as she keeps us hooked on Undine’s magnificent, incorrigible selfishness. What Edith Wharton Knew, a Century Ago, About Women and Fame in America 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z As an incorrigible sweet tooth, I especially perked up when the owner of the Nelson Brothers Cafe declared in a video that the place was famous for its pie. A Taste of History in the South, and a Hint of Home in New York 2010-09-08T03:00:00Z Was Stillman such an incorrigible optimist that he was willing to overrule Austen on the question of love? Whit Stillman Pays a Visit to Jane Austen 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z “Underlying the irruptive element of danger and incorrigible gaiety . . . was a fundamental vulnerability.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z They command relaxation, managing somehow to slow the heart rates of even the most incorrigible multitaskers. A Plush Hideway in the Florida Keys 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z The League of Shadows had an al-Qaida-ish lust to destroy what they saw as an incorrigibly corrupt Gotham, while The Dark Knight's Joker embodied chaos, which Freeman calls "a quality I associate with the right". Morgan Freeman: Obama, Mandela, Batman and me 2012-07-12T19:00:01Z I am incorrigibly nosy, and reading essays is a socially acceptable outlet for it. Have we forgotten how to read critically? 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z In old age he became "an incorrigible raconteur" who would claim to recognize his own exploits in the 007 stories. UK spies spill secrets in official history of MI6 2010-09-21T15:31:00Z He was a firm believer in human perfectibility, which is one of the convictions that would put him on a collision course with Luther, committed to the incorrigible depravity of human nature. Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z But writing them off as attention seekers or movement jackers — or dismissing them as incorrigible — is misguided. I grew up surrounded by toxic masculinity, but I evolved: We have to give people a chance to grow 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z How football saved my relationship with Dad Topics: Fatherhood, Football, , As a kid I watched football with my dad, an inveterate Texan and incorrigible Oilers fan. My father, the woman 2012-06-15T23:30:00Z For Polanski, the crux of the book is an experiment set up to test whether human beings are innately good or – as the events of the 1940s suggested – incorrigibly evil. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z An incorrigible mugger, he changes expression from print to print. Art Review: Pride of Place, Brighter Than Ever 2011-02-18T00:30:05Z In his speech, the incorrigible, estimable artist Grayson Perry encouraged the anoraks and nerds of the classical music world to keep on being, well, anoraks and nerds. Grayson Perry dons his anorak at the Royal Philharmonic Society awards 2010-05-11T21:20:00Z We dog people are incorrigible, so after dutifully reading the first few essays in Claire Messud’s new book in order, I of course skipped ahead to the one titled “Our Dogs.” Claire Messud Looks Back on Life, and the Art That Shaped Her 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Will incorrigible musician Antoine keep his day job as a teacher? Critics Picks: Ted Hiebert's photos, 'Treme,' 'High Noon' 2012-09-19T19:05:04Z No wonder people see her as the ever “incorrigible one.” Hillary: The perfect one 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The important word here is “might,” because I’m an incorrigible tinkerer. Tinker and tailor your way to a hearty French shepherd’s pie 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Rossellini’s dog Morsi, who was billed as Pan in her 2018 stage piece “Link Link Circus,” — and who turns out to be an incorrigible chaser of chickens — grabs a bit of spotlight here, too. Socially Distant, Except for the Dogs, Sheep and Chickens 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z And that he is the villain, his behavior is incorrigible and that he is someone that should be behind bars and is viewed with suspicion . "LOTR" stars reunite for "Moriarty," in which Sherlock Holmes' nemesis is "justified in everything" 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z In this incorrigibly subtle novel, Tóibín is writing for “people on whom nothing is lost.” Colm Tóibín’s ‘Nora Webster’: A masterful portrait of a grieving woman finding herself And there are some things that don’t necessarily benefit from being pulled into Mann’s incorrigible mythmaking. Review | Sally Mann: A great artist who loves tumbling into trouble 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z But I prefer another organizing principle, my own, based not on the theories but the thinkers: let us name these three types “incorrigible eccentrics,” “delusional hermits” and “oh, no.” Essays That Make Sense of the Infinite and the Infinitesimal 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z He played the incorrigible rich kid Jean-Ralphio in the sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” and a pushy spin doctor in the management consultant drama “House of Lies.” Ben Schwartz, the Voice of ‘Sonic the Hedgehog,’ Hits the Arcade 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Hardcore locals, he said, were incorrigible: “It’s like dealing with warlords.” California's surf wars: wave 'warlords' go to extreme lengths to defend their turf 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Timberlake is an instinctive and jovial performer—a lovable and incorrigible ham. The Corporate Optimism of Justin Timberlake at Last Night’s Oscars 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z And he kept running away for three years off and on until they said he was incorrigible, and they sent him back to the reservation — whereupon he returned to his original culture. A Conversation Between Philip Caputo and William Least Heat-Moon 2013-07-11T18:37:57Z But in 2004, when doctors told Sontag she had a particularly incorrigible form of blood cancer, her sense of exceptionalism deserted her, and that upset her terribly. Review: In ‘The Violet Hour,’ Great Writers Facing the Inevitable 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z His chief weakness, perhaps, is an incorrigible fondness for epigrams and authorial aperçus. David Stacton: the method man 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z Like you, Charlie, I dislike the ideas of incorrigible pedants – I imagine them with wheedling voices and maybe leatherette patches on their sports jacket elbows – who pick up writers on their grammatical solecisms. Is good grammar still important? 2013-05-11T23:06:18Z If eating humans wasn't incorrigible enough, the show employs the genre to tap into our deeper fear of each other and community where close proximity is forced. "Yellowjackets": Eat or be eaten? It's called being a team player 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z He was always a beaming, cherubic, endlessly charming, endlessly garrulous man: actor, producer, director, world-class networker and committee man, an establishment heavyweight and incorrigible wearer of the Garrick Club salmon-and-pink tie. Richard Attenborough's death: a sad day for the British film industry 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z At one point Jones was so incorrigible that one of his four wives cleared the liquor from their home and hid all the car keys so he could not go for more. Country singer George Jones dead at 81 2013-04-26T15:12:10Z Whiteman, an incorrigible clown looking very much like Oliver Hardy, hardly gives the impression of a sophisticated musician and an inspired conductor, but he unquestionably was. ‘King of Jazz’ now playing — once again — in living Technicolor 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z In fact, almost as antique as newspapers these days is the fictive depiction of the hard-boiled editor, sometimes played as an all-bark, no-bite softie and other times as an incorrigible schemer. All the Editors That Are Fit to Spoof 2011-08-10T21:16:38Z “The question before the court is: Is he incorrigibly violent? Is that a characteristic that cannot be controlled? And that’s why you have to look at his history.” What were the Capitol rioters thinking on Jan. 6? 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Long before he attained vast wealth and far-reaching fame, Donald J. Trump left an indelible impression in the prosperous Queens neighborhood where he evolved from a mischievous, incorrigible boy into a swaggering young man. Confident. Incorrigible. Bully: Little Donny was a lot like candidate Donald Trump 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The summer of my surgery, I was incorrigibly sad and in too much agony to eat, sleep or shower independently, much less dress up, wear makeup or smile. What Megan Fox Taught Me About the Power of Subversive Girls 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z “I think that’s why he thought that white people … were incorrigible,” she explained to Als. Toni Morrison on Her Last Novel and the Voices of Her Characters 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z “How easily the water followed its incorrigible way,” he thinks, while he must pursue his own path — or not. Review | ‘Small Things Like These’ reads like a Christmas classic 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Predictably, the incorrigible Ford and Huston yield the best wild-men-at-war stories, but the steady and responsible Wyler and Stevens are the guys you’d rather have sharing your foxhole. Books of The Times: Mark Harris’s ‘Five Came Back’ Covers Auteurs in Combat 2014-03-02T23:09:53Z The problem here is Nézet-Séguin, and the incorrigible fussiness in his conducting. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Of course we came to know and love him as the incorrigible loose cannon of Baltimore homicide. When good TV goes bad: how The Wire lost its spark 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Their recent album, “Afraid of Heights,” has a slick production veneer that keeps their Pixies-brand harmonies and incorrigible D.I.Y. energy intact. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Sept. 5-11 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z At the center of this dark carnival is that criminal mastermind and incorrigible ladies man. Review: Mack the Knife would approve of Seattle Shakes' sharp 'Threepenny Opera' 2011-02-22T04:48:04Z I am an incorrigible nerd, and the child of similarly unapologetic nerds. Carolyn Hax: Advice from readers on raising children, recognizing weight loss 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The language barrier forced Mr. Meehan and Ms. Ahrens to depend on translators to shape the dialogue and lyrics, and in doing so, rein in their own tendencies as incorrigible perfectionists. A Hit in Germany, a ‘Rocky’ Musical Aims at Broadway 2012-12-05T17:01:32Z He has grays in the famous goatee now, a faint tan line beneath his chain necklace and a pair of hulking middle-finger rings that do not slow his incorrigible fist-bumping. Guy Fieri, Elder Statesman of Flavortown 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z In three earlier books she expounded her conviction that Islam, her family’s religion, was incorrigibly flawed. Thoughts on its future 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Seven girls from Ballet Academy East will appear in the production, as well as six boys from the Ailey school and Ballet Tech, including the two boys alternating as Fritz, Marie’s adorable, incorrigible younger brother. This Year’s ‘Nutcracker’ Kids: Taller, Older and Savoring It All 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z He is also an incorrigible jerk and a punk, and, when you get right down to it, as a cat, is a preposterous object to have around the house. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I’ve got a bad feline about this 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The sinking turned American opinion against the Germans — demonstrating, for some, the incorrigible treachery of the “Pirate Huns” — and became a rallying cry when America finally entered the war in 1917. Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake,’ About the Lusitania 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z She comes off as the world’s most Machiavellian principal, but she ultimately needs the talents of the best and the brightest—and most incorrigible and least submissive—in order to keep her own position. The Apocalypse Will Be Like High School 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Reworkings and recycling are unsurprising in Hindi cinema; in the 70s, Bollywood film and music directors were seen to be incorrigible plagiarists of Hollywood movies and American pop tunes. Amit Chaudhuri: 'How I learned to love Bollywood' 2013-07-25T19:00:01Z He was tagged as an incorrigible philistine and worse. Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Kingdom of Speech’ Takes Aim at Darwin and Chomsky 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Almost as entertaining was the temper tantrum reel, where the pros yanked off their mics, quit the show and stomped out on their incorrigible partners. 'Dancing with the Stars' recap: 10th anniversary special 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z “He always thought I was an incorrigible optimist. So he was genuinely astonished,” Bird would later say. Behind ‘Oppenheimer,’ a Prizewinning Biography 25 Years in the Making 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Pfizer actually promoted the illegal uses while under probation for illegal activities related to Lipitor and later promoted illegal uses for a similar drug, Lyrica, while under the Neurontin agreement! See: incorrigible. 6 ways Big Pharma manipulates consumers 2013-04-28T13:00:00Z The young Elliott was incorrigibly attracted to anything new: he attended the first American performance of the Rite of Spring, in 1924. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z Having signed a bipartisan package of bills, Newsom will ask voters to approve billions of dollars aimed at alleviating California’s seemingly incorrigible homelessness crisis. California expands paid sick days and boosts health worker wages 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z He’s an incorrigible hustler, just making moves to get him through the day. Review: A spot-on tribute to 'Halloween,' 'Friday the 13th'-era horror franchises 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Yale Law School, the instigator of the boycott, is among those that see the rankings as incorrigible. Elite Law Schools Boycotted the U.S. News Rankings. Now, They May Be Paying a Price. 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z He spent millions of dollars investigating allegedly corrupt Democratic campaign fundraising even as he was an incorrigibly corrupt fundraiser himself and delivered openly for those who funded him. Trump's congressional hit men: House Republicans recycle anti-Clinton playbook 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z That wasn’t enough to deter Ms. Pierce, whom he described as an “incorrigible criminal.” Woman Used Identities of Dead People to Defraud U.S., Officials Say 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Indeed, since Trump is incapable of nuanced thinking and has an incorrigible, nearly biological compulsion to fight, we should expect it. Column: How Mike Pence's flawed argument against a subpoena just might get him what he wants 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z “He is an incorrigible, violent criminal and we think the community is much safer now that he’s going to be going to prison.” Jury convicts man who raped informant in unmonitored sting 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Labeled incorrigible “bad boys,” they were forging a second attempt to escape from Maj. Escape from Mercer Island: Shackled teens fled a school for ‘bad boys’ in 1904 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z After all, Trump is an incorrigible chaos muppet, even in the face of possible indictment, which means that as long as he is on the scene, Democrats make a pleasant contrast just by staying sane. Opinion | Biden loses sight of the virtues of ‘normal’ 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z “This, of course, characterizes me as an unrepentant, incorrigible villain.” Opinion | Alexei Navalny will not be silent 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z That Republican leadership is willing to help it pass anyway contradicts progressive mythology that McConnell’s caucus is incorrigibly obstructionist and hyperpartisan. Opinion | Why the gun deal won’t trigger a conservative revolt 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The Atlantic risks getting addicted to these yarns because of their popularity among non-Californians, in the same sense that the first taste of human blood has been reputed to turn African lions into incorrigible man-eaters. Column: Progressives have ruined San Francisco. Just ask this heiress 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z One of the supposedly endearing examples of Maverick’s incorrigible Tom-foolery was his delight in buzzing control towers. 17 'Top Gun' callbacks to watch for in 'Top Gun: Maverick' 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Many of the teenage residents were there because a parent or guardian had declared them as troubled or incorrigible. Opinion | ‘A New Generation of Powerless Women’: On Life Before Roe, and Fears for the Future 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z “The commission is right: I really seem to be incorrigible.” Opinion | Alexei Navalny will not be silent 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z To head that off, he dangled a $15 billion loan that Yanukovych — by then the legitimately elected but incorrigibly corrupt president — accepted. For Putin, invasion is the latest in a long string of failures in Ukraine 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Instead, more than half the film’s running time is devoted to the party itself, where the incorrigible alpha male Lucas dominates the conversation and makes everyone uncomfortable. Review: A pulpy 'Bull,' 'Space-Age' Linklater, and more movies to watch this weekend 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z But the evening quickly becomes awkward, as the incorrigible alpha male Lucas teases and pokes at the meeker Adam, making unreasonable demands on him and Eva until Adam finally breaks and spills some embarrassing secrets. Review: Strong performances highlight a dinner party gone wrong in thriller 'Barbarians' 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z At the time, we were also incorrigible film snobs; we wanted our films edgy, independent and preferably subtitled. How the bonds of friendship grew into 'The Worst Person in the World' 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Most fruits I try only a couple of times, because I am an incorrigible neophile. Try New Fruit. The Weirder, the Better. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z We think of our northern neighbors as incorrigibly polite, their politics as moderate and their capital city — when we consider it at all — as boring, the Sacramento of the north. Angry truckers paralyzed Canada's capital. It could happen here too 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z “Antisemitism is here - it isn’t just on the extreme fringe, not just among the eternally incorrigible and a few antisemitic trolls on the net,” she said. World remembers Holocaust as antisemitism rises in pandemic 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z She remained an incorrigible presence on television sitcoms and talk shows, often portraying herself as a seemingly demure old woman who suddenly detours into a ribald punchline. Betty White, one of the most endearing and enduring faces on television, dies at 99 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Omicron feels like the latest insult from an incorrigible and crafty pathogen. Results expected next week from U.S. labs testing vaccines’ strength against omicron 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z “Again and again,” Elliott recalls, “Dasani steals my attention — doing cartwheels and backbends, reenacting her latest battle with Auburn’s incorrigible mice.” Review | The story of one New York girl and the precarious lives of the poor 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Though taken together, these decisions formed a wave of momentum toward reform, each decision also preserved a carve out for the child who the Court deemed “irreparably corrupt,” or “permanently incorrigible.” Perspective | My cousin killed a child at age 16. Does he deserve to die in prison? 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z "Think about everything the DA and the judge thought about you. Let them know that you are not throwaways, that you are not incorrigible," she tells the prize winners before they enter the hall. 'I studied law in jail - now I want to change the system' 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Her life is thrust into turmoil by the actions of an incorrigibly irresponsible man. ‘Flag Day’ review: Family turmoil flies in Sean Penn drama, featuring his real-life daughter 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Trump did not find that a problem because he is an incorrigible bully himself. The party’s over for Putin 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Ditto for dealing with a troubled, persistently rebellious teenage child: When a therapist deems your child incorrigible and recommends commitment to a rehab program, you are forced to choose between tough love and false hope. Embracing hopelessness: Getting over our faith in reason is the only path forward 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z In many states, the exception of the permanently incorrigible young person is far from exceptional. Perspective | My cousin killed a child at age 16. Does he deserve to die in prison? 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z However, the court, which has become more conservative with recent additions, last month curbed the “permanently incorrigible” standard’s application. Illinois justices weigh harshness of 19-year-old’s life term 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z This is cruel and unnecessary: Requiring a judge to find that minors are “permanently incorrigible” before putting them away for life would not hurt Mississippi’s ability to severely punish heinous crimes. Opinion | At the Supreme Court, a tale of two Bretts 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z The trial judge resentenced him to life without parole without saying in so many words that he was incorrigible. Supreme Court Rejects Limits on Life Terms for Youths 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Mississippi says the Eighth Amendment doesn’t require that Jones be found to be permanently incorrigible to receive a life-without-parole sentence, just that Jones’ status as a minor when he committed his crime be considered. High court moves away from leniency for minors who murder 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Does anyone believe that if D.C. were as incorrigibly Republican as it is Democratic, Democrats would favor D.C. statehood, which would mean two more Republican senators until the last trumpet shall sound? Opinion | The anti-constitutional D.C. statehood pretense 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Moon’s Democratic Party called Mr. Oh, the new mayor in Seoul, an incorrigible “liar.” Election Rout Signals a Shift in South Korea’s Political Scene 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z “I was finding his behaviors as being incorrigible and borderline delinquent.” Justice eyes court reforms to serve those on autism spectrum 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z With tribalism, you regard those you disagree with as not just wrong but as either incorrigibly stupid and misinformed or irredeemably corrupt, insincere, and even evil. Our moral fate: Allen Buchanan on escaping tribalism 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z This means that states are not required to address nonautomatic sentences where the nature of the crime reflects that the youth is “permanently incorrigible.” Opinion | Maryland must put an end to juvenile life without parole 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Why is it, Canales wonders, that scientists, typically allergic to superstition and incorrigibly suspicious of paranormal powers, so often find themselves cavorting with otherworldly beings? Review | The shadowy spirits that helped advance science 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Parting from Rivers and not blowing up the team, for now, tells us he believes the roster isn’t incorrigibly flawed, however much others might protest. Granderson: Clippers needed a new floor general, not a new sideline general 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z The question for the court was whether the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment requires judges to determine that juvenile offenders are incorrigible before sentencing them to die in prison. Supreme Court Considers How to Decide if Teenagers Should Serve Life Without Parole 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Shapiro said that psychologists would say that there are such permanently incorrigible people. Supreme Court debates what judges must find before sentencing juveniles to life without parole 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Perhaps you will prove as incorrigible and defective and stubbornly blind as they continue to be. Sending Trump to Hell 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z “First, Yegor Zhukov was denied permission to study for a Master’s Degree. Now he is beaten. Putin’s regime is incorrigible and hopeless. Kremlin scoundrels,” he tweeted. Another Kremlin critic is attacked, as opposition leader Navalny recovers in German hospital 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Shopping for flower bulbs: It’s one of the more joyful summertime garden chores, certainly better than dragging hoses and sprinklers around or keeping ahead of the most incorrigible weeds. Yes, It’s Already Time to Buy Bulbs for Fall Planting 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z In the years that followed, Mr. Shapiro said, Mr. Jones has proved that he is not “permanently incorrigible.” Supreme Court Considers How to Decide if Teenagers Should Serve Life Without Parole 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Would it be enough simply for the sentencing judge to say at some point that he found the defendant incorrigible? Supreme Court debates what judges must find before sentencing juveniles to life without parole 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z The incorrigible wag fooled us again when he publicly called on China to investigate the Bidens. Opinion | Some totally non-sarcastic praise of Trump’s comic genius 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Now we know that House Republicans would rather liken a corrupt and incorrigible chief executive to Jesus at Calvary or the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor than break with the president. Mitch McConnell is cynically undermining any notion of an honest impeachment trial | Lawrence Douglas 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Hannity, who described himself as an "incorrigible" kid growing up, was quick to admit his flaws in the Fox Nation episode but credited his "conscience within him" for keeping him grounded. Sean Hannity: 'My faith has gotten stronger as I've gotten older' 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Later, though, he said it was not asking very much of trial judges to say directly that they had found the defendant incorrigible. Supreme Court Considers How to Decide if Teenagers Should Serve Life Without Parole 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z “Only juvenile homicide offenders who are permanently incorrigible may be sentenced to life without parole.” Supreme Court debates what judges must find before sentencing juveniles to life without parole 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Hazing the chiseled Woodland wouldn’t seem like such a great idea, but, then, Kuchar is an incorrigible prankster who teamed with Woodland in the 2011 World Cup in China, which they won. Gary Woodland, longing to be part of a team once more, has got his wish - Golf Digest 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Unlike others in his line of work, however, he is not incorrigibly solitary. How the Man Behind ‘The Crown’ Made the Monarchy Relevant Again 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z He was a radical obsessed with both revolution and order, an incorrigible skeptic and an insightful metaphysician. Review: Brilliantly neurotic, the Polish avant-garde finds a home in L.A., with CalArts' help 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The trial judge resentenced Mr. Jones to life without parole without saying in so many words that he was incorrigible. Supreme Court Considers How to Decide if Teenagers Should Serve Life Without Parole 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z She said the court’s decisions did not just describe a necessary process for sentencing but said that only a certain small group of people — the permanently incorrigible — are eligible for life imprisonment without parole. Supreme Court debates what judges must find before sentencing juveniles to life without parole 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z I, incurably and incorrigibly, am still hauling physical books around. War Zone Stories, Liberated via Social Networking 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z More important in Ukraine is that Russia will probably use the scandal to portray Zelensky as a minor leaguer and Ukraine as an incorrigibly misgoverned country. Russia looks for leverage as Ukraine slides deeper into impeachment probes 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z In the court documents, dated Aug. 17, Ronga is described by magistrates as “an incorrigible secessionist”. The transported: Kashmiri prisoners sent far from home 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z A housekeeper’s fate is changed by the pranks of her employer’s teenager daughter; an incorrigible flirt gracefully accepts his wife’s new romance in her care home. The 100 best books of the 21st century 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z There are certain criminals, particularly those who are violent or incorrigible, from which society must be protected. Mississippi editorial roundup 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z We’re incorrigibly bookish, and this summer, we’re reading stories about politics, crime, death, human frailty, emotional complexity and all possible combinations thereof. What the Northwest is reading: From true crime to ‘The Mueller Report,’ we have a creative understanding of the light summer read 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Efforts are also underway, often court-ordered, to try to counsel and rehabilitate batterers, who were once written off as incorrigible. O.J. Simpson case helped bring spousal abuse out of shadows 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z An incorrigible child throws tantrums, tears up his books and homework, breaks everything in sight, tortures pets and ravages plants in his garden. Review: For Pacific Symphony, a Ravel opera and a tribute to a cellist, delivered with soul 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Speakers showered her with praise but sceptics question how the campaign measures up to those of past first ladies – and whether it is doomed to be overshadowed by her incorrigible husband. Is Melania Trump's Be Best campaign doomed by her husband’s presidency? 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Others were youths declared “incorrigible” by their families, or orphans with nowhere else to go. 'A type of justice': Florida reform school yields evidence of more graves 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z She’s a virtuoso construct, a brash and incorrigible persona masking a bundle of insecurities. Review: Elisabeth Moss galvanizes in the brilliant punk psychodrama ‘Her Smell’ 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Some states have augmented the federal credit: In California, where about half of electric vehicles are sold, consumers can gain up to $15,000; in insolvent Connecticut — blue states are incorrigible — $10,500 . Opinion | Concerned that government is rigged in favor of the rich? End this tax credit. 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z It was composed in the form of the Super Bowl-week diary of Billy Clyde Puckett, a talented but incorrigible running back for the New York Giants by way of Texas. Dan Jenkins, sportswriter and author of comic football novel ‘Semi-Tough,’ dies at 90 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Lauren Sanchez’s brother is a scrappy agent for a roster of reality TV personalities and an incorrigible gossip even in a town full of them. How Jeff Bezos went to Hollywood and lost control 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z He has chided jeering lawmakers as “incorrigible delinquents.” Order! Order! The sharp-tongued speaker of the House of Commons is changing the rules — and maybe Brexit. 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Prosecutors portrayed him as an incorrigible grade school dropout. After four decades, a wrongful-conviction case with racial overtones still reverberates 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Donald Trump is an incorrigible liar, of course, but this was the week when some of his whoppers finally caught up with him, leaving him in serious legal and political peril. Mick Mulvaney Can’t Save Donald Trump From His Own Actions and Lies 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z One lesson of Kelly’s departure is that Trump is incorrigible. John Kelly, the White House Chief of Staff, Is Finally Leaving “Crazytown” 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z It appears that what Jorge Luis Borges said of Peronism – “it’s neither good or bad, it’s incorrigible” – also applies not just to Argentinian football, but to the country itself. The Copa Libertadores debacle is a story of Argentinian politics 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Over the past few weeks, the Girls creator and incorrigible controversialist has become ever more difficult to ignore. Lena Dunham has apologised for disbelieving a rape allegation – and made matters worse 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Eloquent, charismatic and utterly incorrigible, Mr. Johnson is one of the best-known personalities in British politics, famous for his ruffled hair and his flair for both the English language and publicity. With a Growing Urgency, Boris Johnson Grabs the Limelight 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z That is not a matter of the “militarization” of German foreign policy, as some incorrigible leftists claim. A rare case: On NATO, Trump is right 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Neymar is an incorrigible extrovert, a fashion icon and a marketing phenomenon. All Eyes Are on Neymar, but It’s Coutinho Who Is Leading Brazil 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z A judge now must decide whether the crimes reflected Malvo’s immaturity or showed he was permanently incorrigible. Appeals court grants new sentencing hearings for DC sniper 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Trump is incorrigibly authoritarian, and the conservative habit of analyzing this conflict as if Trump is not bent on corrupting law enforcement into an authoritarian tool is a way of avoiding the central issue. Is Donald Trump above the law? He clearly thinks so — and the threat to democracy is real 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Become so incorrigibly lawless that justice agencies in multiple countries start sniffing around! Former UEFA boss Michel Platini says 1998 World Cup draw was fixed 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z He's a heavy breather, he snuffles like a piglet and he's an incorrigible face-licker. Conrad Ricamora, Oliver on 'How to Get Away With Murder,' on the provocative, political 'Soft Power' 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The New Yorker music critic Alex Ross described him as “one of the greatest, most unswervingly original, most incorrigibly sublime figures in the recent history of music”. Cecil Taylor, free jazz pioneer, dies age 89 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Dowd has just learned that no one can control the incorrigible Trump. Trump’s Lawyer Resigns as President Adopts Aggressive Approach in Russia Inquiry 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z "A judgment that a juvenile offender will be incorrigible for the next 50 years is no less 'questionable' than a judgment that the juvenile offender will be incorrigible 'forever,'" Liu continued, citing the high court. California's top court strikes down 50-year sentences for juveniles 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The judge cited Borker’s lack of remorse and called him “incorrigible.” Eyewear website operator sentenced to 2 more years in prison 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Hayes has used the word “incorrigible” in court. End of 26 years as York County judge for John Hayes 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z An incorrigible Irish-American author and playwright whose ribald debut novel “The Ginger Man” met scorn, censorship and eventually celebration as a groundbreaking classic. Notable deaths in 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The people running lights in the bike lane, however, are incorrigible. Giving Pedestrians a Head Start Crossing Streets 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z It appears that the incorrigible Archie Bunker was modeled on Lear himself, unable to get along with everyone. Breaking the glass ceiling 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z In the late 1990s, neuroscientists began to realize that chronic bad behavior is rarely a personal failing of incorrigible youth, but often the result of negative childhood experiences on a developing brain. What happens when a regular high school decides no student is a lost cause? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Sense and Sensibility was not my favourite Austen, for it had neither a Mr Darcy nor a Mr Knightley to satisfy an incorrigible urge towards the Romantic Hero. Which is the greatest Jane Austen novel? 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z I’ve often wondered whether he’s a rash man who has made a lot of bad decisions in his personal life or an incorrigible romantic. Steve Earle: 'My wife left me for a younger, skinnier, less talented singer' 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z She was a recovering alcoholic who helped members of her Spokane Indian tribe kick alcohol and drugs, and an incorrigible liar who could lash out at loved ones in cruelty and anger. ‘Roller coasters on parallel tracks’: Sherman Alexie on life with his late mother 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Echoing other writers on the right, Ms. Ma writes that the president’s critics are plagued by an incorrigible political correctness whose origins can be found in college campuses across the country. Writers From the Right and Left React to Trump’s Riyadh Speech, and More 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Moving an incorrigible narcissist toward self-criticism is as likely as changing the course of a river or the trajectory of the Earth’s rotation around the sun. Opinion | Can the pope save Trump? 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z That incorrigible cheerfulness carried her to the very end. The Art and Activism of Grace Paley 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Are we killer apes burdened by incorrigible instincts towards aggression, or are we as much defined by our capacity for compassion and peaceful resolution of conflict? Human behaviour: Guns and roses : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z That con game alone tells us who our new president really is: an incorrigible swindler. Yes, America, you can resist the brutishness of the reign of Trump — when progressives truly unite 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Special restrictions are designed not only to prevent escape and keep corrections staff safe but to ensure that the most incorrigible inmates have no means of exerting influence or threats beyond prison walls. El Chapo, if convicted, would likely do time in 'Supermax’ prison 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z A member of the town council called him “incorrigible.” Bach’s Holy Dread 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z “But he’s also an incorrigible bull after having spent so many years sniffing financial bubble glue at CNBC.” Before Trump’s tax plan, there was ‘voodoo economics’ and ‘hyperbole’ 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z In the near term, some Democrats are vowing massive resistance to anything Mr. Trump proposes, saying he is an incorrigible racist. Obama’s legacy: Democratic losses, party chaos 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Flashing a vulpine grin, he’s not a typical hunk – but like Casanova, a maestro of stylish manners and clever entrapment, an incorrigible cad proud of his powers of improvisational manipulation. Games of sex and deceit sizzle in ACT’s ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Trump, an incorrigible improviser, is not known as a quick study. What Trump Could Learn From Pence's Debate 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z He did not succeed, but Mr. Boehner ultimately stepped down not only from the speaker’s post but also from his House seat, having had enough of trying to rein in his incorrigible right flank. House Calls Off Vote to Impeach I.R.S. Chief in Favor of Formal Hearing 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “The conclusion has become that the guy is incorrigible,” Thomas M. Davis III, a well-connected former Republican congressman from Virginia, told the Times. Can Donald Trump Rebound? 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z But such a separation would merely be a parting of two wings of the party that are, in different ways, incorrigibly metropolitan. Tyne and Weary 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z But now it appears to be one of the planet’s last, incorrigible optimists. Of populism and profits 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z It is not easy now to transform girls made “incorrigible” by poverty and abuse. The ups and downs — mostly downs — of Washington’s first reform school for girls 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z It’s a fair card to play, if only the presumptive Republican nominee weren’t himself a serial fabulist, an incorrigible self-mythologizer, a brash vulgarian, and, when it comes to his tax returns, a determined obfuscator. Hillary: The Conservative Hope 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Nobody is an “incorrigible” giver of thoughtful gifts, or an “incorrigible” gourmet chef. Yes, I love puns. Stop saying it’s a disease. 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Reviled and beloved, florid and acerbic, loud, incorrigible and blunt. Antonin Scalia: man of his word who shaped America in life and in death 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z He added that it would be very difficult for juries and judges to decide if defendants were incorrigible many years after their crimes. Justices Expand Parole Rights for Juveniles Sentenced to Life for Murder 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z When Tory was a teenager, her parents had sought the county’s help for her “incorrigible behavior and drug use,” a state report said. Special Report: Newborns die after being sent home with drug-dependent mothers 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Friday, protesters began demanding, again, that a second chance be denied Hardy because he is, by their standards, incorrigible, no matter that the justice system unburdened him. Reaction to Greg Hardy photos deflects from broader domestic-violence issues 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z His desire to be the winner, as a coach, in a shooting drill, or when playing cards is a driving force and incorrigible personality trait. Randy Wittman, driven by competition, hoping to take next step with Wizards 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Because the actual Donald Trump is wealthy, he can turn himself into an unprecedentedly and incorrigibly vulgar presidential candidate. Donald Trump is a counterfeit Republican 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Differentiating potential partners from incorrigible terrorists is a difficult but critical calculus. Who Is Really Fighting ISIS? 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Even now, crouching beneath extinction’s alp, she remains tenaciously, incorrigibly herself. Jenny Diski’s End Notes 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z For years the literary genius and incorrigible gadfly Edward Abbey wrote essays, journals, and novels calling for the preservation of the wilderness and denouncing politicians and developers that were destroying these pristine areas. The ’90s were absolute hell: Remembering the decade when the fringe went berserk 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z His measured response evoked what is at once the great hope and the secret fear of many boxing fans: that one day the sport they love will cease to be incorrigibly unusual. Floyd Mayweather’s Longest Fight 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Everything about this game — until it’s last instant — was so incorrigibly Wiz. Paul Pierce, Bryce Harper cap another surreal day in D.C.’s extraordinary spring 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z The bill is not a crime-prevention silver bullet, but gives residents an avenue to deal with incorrigible criminals who terrorized their neighborhoods - and that is a good thing. Tennessee editorial roundup 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z At the beginning of the 20th century, however, he was labeled “incorrigible” in elaborate cursive inside an enormous bound book. Reform school stories: Not much change in 124 years 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z This is part of why the incorrigible non-believers are vehemently criticizing the company for “extravagant spending” on various investments that they think are holding up the company’s plans toward increased profitability. It's Sheer Folly To Belittle Amazon.com's Spectacular Performance 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z An “incorrigible anglophile” and monarchist, Mr Abbott reintroduced them last year. Abbott’s knightmare 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z "There is the feeling that the Jew is an incorrigible alien, that his first loyalty will always be towards his own race." The 10 greatest controversies of Winston Churchill's career 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Moore proclaimed him the incorrigible tip of the iceberg: Where Are Bernie Madoff and His Inner Circle Now? 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Some commit serious crimes, while others, like Charles, are simply “incorrigible.” Reform school stories: Not much change in 124 years 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z They, the judiciary, and the police must ensure that incorrigible drunken drivers are treated as the serious threat they are. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The College Football Playoff is a far better way to settle a season even as it strips the sport from some of its quirky, incorrigible charm. College football: Let's judge what happens on the field 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z I applaud his willingness to answer skeptical questions from an incorrigibly pro-Yankee news columnist. Confederate battle flag, like Nazi swastika, is offensive emblem of hateful cause "The people make a Games a Games, and the people really came out and supported," said the incorrigible showman afterwards. Big names, full stadiums and rattled eardrums 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z A different Charles, also 10, was taken from his mother and brought to the school because he was “incorrigible.” Reform school stories: Not much change in 124 years 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z All five were members of the incorrigible, and now dwindling, “Alcatraz 11.” Jeremiah Denton, admiral, senator and defiant Vietnam POW, is buried in Arlington Those inside say it is because this correctional institution views each inmate not as a subhuman incorrigible transgressor, but as a soul worth saving. The prison that dared to pray: Angola used faith, family to stem violence 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z And just what were these incorrigible Christians doing on that sidewalk that so upset the abortion lobby and its friends in the Massachusetts legislature? Roundup of Arkansas editorials 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The forces that drive democracies to war are as incorrigible as ever. Further military intervention in Iraq? The very idea beggars belief 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z But, just like humans, bruins have distinct temperaments – and some are incorrigible. Home on the range: How to live with grizzly bears 2014-03-22T17:00:00Z A half-century after the surgeon-general’s alarm, they, and incorrigible puffers, are its last remaining friends. The cigarette industry: Running out of puff 2014-01-23T15:59:50Z Dickens enjoyed human beings as he found them, unregenerate, peculiar and incorrigibly themselves. Why Charles Dickens endures 2013-12-13T16:57:48Z It defined an “incorrigible rogue” as a homeless person who violently resisted arrest or escaped confinement. | Europe: Britain: Rogues Are Outlaws No More 2013-12-13T01:59:17Z In a letter to Stalin dated 5 March 1940, Beria says the Polish prisoners of war should be executed and refers to them as "steadfast, incorrigible enemies of Soviet power". Katyn massacre inquiry verdict due 2013-10-21T02:40:19Z The prevailing wisdom in social psychology today is that we are incorrigible self-enhancers. Accurate Self-Beliefs Strengthen Relationships 2013-08-09T19:45:04.693Z The obvious explanations are: incorrigible ignorance; the imperative to personalise stories; or gullibility in swallowing US government spin, which brands Snowden as a spy rather than a whistleblower. Edward Snowden's not the story. The fate of the internet is 2013-07-27T23:01:03Z Plato, alas, failed in his abortive attempt to council the incorrigible Dionysius of Sicily. The Prince's Man 2013-07-27T00:51:24Z Being an “incorrigible rogue” is no longer against the law in . | Europe: Britain: Rogues Are Outlaws No More 2013-12-13T01:59:17Z And Lance Armstrong was merely a suspect, not an incorrigible. What we learned about Pac-12 men's basketball teams the first month of 2013 2013-02-06T03:23:04Z “You guys in the press are incorrigible,” Obama said when asked if his kind words about Clinton had “an expiration date.” Obama, Clinton share screen in ‘60 Minutes’ interview 2013-01-28T02:31:53Z No one, apparently, preferred; in two years, I, a compulsive and incorrigible purchaser, bought precisely nothing. Don't mourn HMV: there are far better places to browse for music now 2013-01-20T00:03:03Z I found myself arguing constantly with people who I considered to be incorrigibly anti-science, because they wouldn't listen to the climatologists and denied the scientific reality of climate change. Dot Earth Blog: New Shade of Green: A Stark Shift for Onetime Foe of GMOs 2013-01-04T16:40:36Z An obituary in The New York Times described her as “an incorrigible revolutionist to the end.” Bookshelf: Books on Emma Goldman, a Jazz Guitarist and New York Harbor 2012-11-17T07:36:50Z He was caught on tape seemingly writing off the 47% of Americans who do not pay federal income tax as incorrigible spongers, for example. The presidency: The remaking of the president 2012-11-08T16:00:19Z In 1971, at the age of 12, she was declared incorrigible and drifted in and out of group homes and temporary placements. Lens Blog: Brenda Ann Kenneally's Photos of a Young Bushwick Neighbor 2012-10-07T03:18:59Z But if you sentence to protect society, it may well increase sentencing, by implying that the perpetrator is incorrigible.” My Brain Made Me Do It: Psychopaths and Free Will 2012-08-17T16:50:22Z From the truly sublime to the incorrigibly ridiculous. The endless, combative soap opera of politics has to stop. It's such a turn-off 2012-08-10T19:30:01Z And yet, venture capitalists, like clean energy entrepreneurs, are incorrigible optimists. Women And Clean Energy: Overcoming The Double Standard 2012-06-25T14:36:49Z Alcatraz, also referred to as "The Rock," opened as a civilian prison in 1934 to house some of the nation's most incorrigible criminals. U.S. marshals still hunt Alcatraz escape artists, 50 years later 2012-06-12T01:17:17Z Here again we have an incorrigible offender, guilty of apostasy and immorality off and on during ten years. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z This kind of forced labour may do some good to the incorrigibly idle, but it does the greatest harm to all the rest. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z In the Middle Ages, monks and troubadours represented him to be either some monstrous idol, or an incorrigible drunkard, fallen on a dung-heap and devoured by hogs. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z One is that capitalists are inherently incorrigible, forever too greedy and self-interested to ever be trusted with the greater good of society. Citi?s CEO Pay Revolt: Capitalism Is Back, Baby! 2012-04-24T14:01:04Z Of course we never expected our servants to speak the truth, but this boy seemed the most incorrigible of all. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Will they not be deemed incorrigible and determined to live in their filth? A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z I thought you had given me up long ago as an incorrigible boy, who would have his own way. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z The words were hardly out of his mouth, before Jamil, an incorrigible gossip, tucked his mantle tightly round him and ran to the Temple. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z He was an incorrigible heretic whom the Church could no longer hope to win over. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z But so are Latin America’s incorrigibly corrupt and incompetent police and judicial systems, a glaring example of the sort of institutional reform that governments from Tijuana to Tierra del Fuego aren’t tackling hard enough. Beyond the Secret Service Scandal: Why the Americas Summits Matter 2012-04-16T22:06:28Z Consider the long list of servants and retainers with their stiff-necked devotion and their incorrigible self-seeking. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z He was brave and courageous to rashness, but cross-grained, and incorrigibly obstinate. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z Jack Point meanwhile tries on the officer some of his best conundrums and his incorrigible talent for repartee. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z A good-natured, inoffensive young fellow on the whole; free from actual vice; but extravagant, incorrigibly lazy, and easily imposed upon. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z We are told that a religious community which numbers ten thousand persons is composed of incorrigible rogues. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z "It is no good trying to reform me," he said, after a moment, his hot cheek against Kathleen's floss-silk curls; "I am an incorrigible idler." The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Those only who are incorrigible are sent to this place, with a steel collar round their necks, to work in gangs. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z He adds that the nine persons who were present with him at the séances represented the greatest variety of opinions on the subject, from the most firmly persuaded Spiritualists to the most incorrigible sceptics. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Such harsh schooling is thrown away on the incorrigible mind of the northern Algonquin. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Mandarin.—"Thou incorrigible dog, where hath been thy industry, that thou hast not sufficient even to pay thy taxes?" The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China 2012-03-18T02:00:17.620Z Gorky, despite his "bitter" nickname, is an incorrigible optimist compared with Artzibashef. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z We have not any particulars of this “incorrigible rogue.” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z The marquis might have turned out an incorrigible rake; have squandered large sums coaxed from his wife on low theatrical hussies. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z It was quite dark, and the incorrigible damsel was still galloping about the country, who might tell whither? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z No punishment was bad enough for them--they should be locked in cages like wild beasts--they were absolutely incorrigible--at least, so thought the Swaddler. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z And she was incorrigibly naïve—they called it "Idealism" in those days—witness her affair with Doctor Pagello in Venice. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z She was still incorrigible on the subject of the wings. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z To make your own flesh and blood absurd, through your incorrigible idiocy! The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Some people are incorrigible, and Miss Wolfe was evidently one of them. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z They rollicked about, frightened Sara out of her wits, drank the lawyer's best whisky; but that vexed him not, for he was incorrigibly hospitable. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z It is a pity for himself as well as for me that he should be so incorrigibly lazy. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z "Mind," says a nameless writer in the London Nation, "is incorrigibly creative." Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z As to the titles of many of these Western productions, it might be supposed these spring from the fertile brain of some incorrigible humorist. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z I see no literary fry, and languish in incorrigible obscurity. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z The perseverance of nature, despite obstacles, is incorrigible! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z The incorrigible old worldling took this for another jest, and, as in gallantry bound, laughed harder at my sally than at poor King David's. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z That cured all, except the most incorrigible, of their delay. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z "James, you are incorrigible," says she, "There is Miss Burthwaite," says he. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z I have now and then made efforts to reclaim the old Party, but have long considered her incorrigible. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z We also perceive the perfect consistency of those Scriptures which represent God as, on the whole, purposing the death of incorrigible transgressors, and yet as not willing it, but as willing the opposite. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z Seems to me,” said the incorrigible Wynnie, “she could do lots more good sitting up—raiding attics and things like that.” The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z It was not he, it was the awful situation in which his noble life was manacled, that was so incorrigible. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Rupert! don't be so incorrigibly low and horrid. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z I should have been most cruelly disappointed, and have given up my knowledge of the human heart as imperfect, had I found you incorrigible to my advice. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z One prophecy of my Cassandra was impressed upon my recollection, by its containing the only severe expression that ever my incorrigible wilfulness could exert from the forbearing spirit of the Christian. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Yet may she note under the gray garment of humility a mien incorrigibly aristocratic and domineering. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z How happy they two might have been, if it had not been for the one incorrigible insanity! Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The music played, diners came and went, and I gazed up at the shallow balconies in the hopefulness of an incorrigible imagination. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z "You are incorrigible," she laughed and turned away. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z The tone is brazen, or, better perhaps, brassy; its self-advertisement is incorrigible; it reeks with that air of performance which is opposed to real efficiency. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z “We are one country with two alphabets, three religions, four languages, five nationalities, six republics and 23 million incorrigible individualists.” Ante Markovic, Last Premier of Yugoslavia, Dies at 87 2011-12-01T05:06:45Z And yet at heart Prudence Jane was really not at all the incorrigible little fibber that she seemed. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z While this incorrigible idler is thus yielding to the charm of her habitual indolence, an entirely different scene is going on in an adjoining room. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z That both man and woman should be entitled to divorce for infidelity, for incorrigible drunkenness, criminality or insanity on the part of the mate, would be just and reasonable clauses in the marriage-code. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z True that the human mind is an incorrigible falsifier? Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z Incurable.—The idealist is incorrigible: if he be thrown out of his Heaven, he makes himself a suitable ideal out of Hell. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Miss Hall was obliged to confess that she had looked too hardly on this his incorrigible failing, as well as on several others; for even his admirers had to allow that he was not perfect. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z You know I was considered incorrigibly indolent at the convent. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z As long as there is any hope of reformation, he spares the unthankful and the evil; and never, till all possibility of salvation is past, does he visit the incorrigible with punishment. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z And I was incorrigibly sociable and ready to spend time to get acquainted, and more, to stay acquainted, and if you have that propensity you needn't think it was left on the doorstep. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z You are an incorrigible pessimist, my dear minister; what could you require more? For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z You are incorrigible!" cried Count Wedell, "will you again rant on politics, and air your hatred against Austria? For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z Having in vain exhausted all resources to subject the incorrigible monarch to his absolute authority, he now sought to beguile the mortification of his defeat by hurling anathemas at his obstinate head. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z He said That you were shy That you were very blonde That you were very impractical That you were very generous That you were an incorrigible dreamer And that he thought you were in love! Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Paul thought Virginia quite incorrigible, and rushed headlong out of the room. The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z The Danger then of Apostacy being the same in both, we must be manifestly the Gainers, when we change lazy cowardly Thieves, and incorrigible Rogues for brave, laborious, and useful People. An Enquiry into the Causes of the Frequent Executions at Tyburn (1725) 2011-10-08T02:00:24.473Z Upon the stage, indeed, the repeated and incorrigible blunders of Sir Martin must have appeared very diverting, since the play ran for no less than thirty-three nights, and was four times acted at court. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z They are incorrigible, these nobles, eaten up by pride of long descent. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z He shook his head, considered her incorrigible: “And I’ve got some bills too, for the things you bought when you went away.” The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z De Willows called him an incorrigible miscreant for betraying the secrets he pilfered from his friend, and vowed to be revenged in his own way. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z She was an incorrigible Royalist, and hated Napoleon; but as she had been useful at the Tuileries in establishing the Court, Napoleon, as usual, could not make up his mind to cause her dismissal. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z "Why, to see them suffer," said the incorrigible girl. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z "The Poles affect to be liberal, but, at heart, they remain feudal aristocrats, incorrigible, and puffed up with pride." The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z "I have already told you that I do not like questions," responded Touquet at last; "but I see that you will be incorrigible until your shoulders have felt the weight of my arm." The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z This was the “incorrigible optimist,” his biographer Robert Skidelsky relates, who made a big bet on the United States recovery in 1936 and hung on when it collapsed again in 1937. Opinion: John Maynard Keynes: His sunny optimism shaped economists? approach to depression. 2011-09-17T21:21:19Z Juliet sought, too, with her first power, the intuitively virtuous Dame Fairfield; whose incorrigible husband had briefly, with the man of the hut, paid the dread earthly penalty of increased and detected crimes. The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z He said himself: "I am a composer, that's true and I can't help it, but at the same time I love fun and youth, and boys of sixty are incorrigible." My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z But in that incorrigible Basia, notwithstanding her terrible position, the feeling of a hunter was roused in a twinkle, and she was sorry that she had not seen the herd rushing by. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z I'm incorrigible; I let myself go, and I have turned her head without even perceiving it. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Maybe Bolt, an incorrigible showoff, was merely teasing us in hopes of selling more books. Column: Is Usain Bolt trying hard enough? 2011-09-05T20:28:11Z It is utterly incorrigible and must be judged and kept under, day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment, else it will cut out plenty of sorrowful work for us. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z From her nervous, horrified expression she evidently concluded that this was a fresh escapade on my part and that I was hopelessly incorrigible. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z “She is an incorrigible little flirt,” Belle replied, smiling at his rather obvious attempt to reassure her. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z She was not by nature vicious, but she was most incorrigibly mischievous. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z "They are incorrigible; they have forgotten nothing, learned nothing; we still are in their estimation a vanquished, conquered, subject race!" The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z His face was pallid and the marks of incorrigible weakness and self-indulgence showed clearly through its habitual good-nature. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z He said the Prince's views were generally sound and wise, with one exception, which was his violent and incorrigible German unionism. Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z He, the “incorrigible pessimist,” as he was labelled,—never tired of hoping for a bright future, never ceased to believe in the invisible but persistent and fruitful work of the best forces of our country. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z Nothing is less exact as a fact and more dangerous as a principle, than this pretended immutability of human character, which, if true, would render evil irremediable and incorrigible. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Sure, there’s one table a night that is incorrigibly demanding and there’s the random lout on Yelp and the woman last week who yelled, “You’re so local, you stink!” You're the Boss: Losing at Restaurant Roulette 2011-07-28T15:03:04Z He knew it from a score of dismal histories related by his incorrigible cell-mate, daily allusions, the famished eagerness with which the surreptitious flask was passed from hand to hand. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Italy is also plagued by an incorrigible black market that is estimated to make up 20 percent of the economy and that exists partly because of the market’s dysfunctions. Italy Faces a Long List of Barriers to Growth 2011-07-28T18:17:55Z He told her he played around, was “an incorrigible skirt chaser.” Too Proud to Be Jealous 2011-07-25T00:16:00Z I believe she is perfectly incorrigible; and yet she was a tidy, decent sort of woman p. 52when she first came to live here,’ said the Town Clerk. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z "You are an incorrigible woman," he scolded out. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Anyhow, because I’m incorrigible, I will proceed with some photographic selections from their halftime stunt, taken from their Facebook page. D.C. United fans planking 2011-07-22T15:56:46Z Mankind are historically regarded as possessing insufficiency of brains, and it is bad economics to put an incorrigible thief into their mouths to steal away what brains they have. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The dogs are incorrigible thieves and frequently sneak into the tents, or, if on board ship, into the cabins, in search of plunder. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z A second time the incorrigible courser careered round the Park on his thundering great hoofs, and still our heroic friend preserved his equilibrium—but, heigh-ho! A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z On Monday, he wrote that "the worldwide web is an incorrigibly hostile environment" for "people who want to read and think." The Social Media Singularity 2011-07-12T13:47:06Z He had taken in the other’s look of confusion, and, incorrigible joker as he was, resolved to turn it to his own mischief-loving account. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z So it may be in the case of the incorrigible; they may be compelled to suffer what to them is endless torment, because they see no hope for them in the future. Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity 2011-07-04T02:00:24.763Z "Ernest, Ernest, I give you up; you are incorrigible!" rejoined the other, turning away to hide the laugh which the irresistibly comic expression his friend threw into his countenance had excited. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Tan twivie, tan twivie," which unexpected noise roused the giant, who came roaring towards Jack, crying out, "You incorrigible villain, are you come hither to break my rest? Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z On Monday, he wrote that “the worldwide web is an incorrigibly hostile environment” for “people who want to read and think.” The Social Media Singularity 2011-07-12T13:47:06Z A roar of laughter went up from the incorrigible joker at the success of his impromptu trap, and Allen arose from the ruins of the chair, like Phoenix from the ashes. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Through the Employment Bureau the girls of the house, as well as many who have been arrested, those in moral danger, and many difficult and incorrigible girls, find situations. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City 2011-06-25T02:00:18.937Z At any rate he was very like that incorrigible savage. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z They brought to the prison infirmary one day an old burglar, an incorrigible offender, who was undergoing a long sentence. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z "My misstep, you mean," said the incorrigible patient. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z “And you’ve had an opportunity of seeing a most splendid sunrise,” added the incorrigible Jack. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z They take girls, some of them very young girls, who are subject to bad influences, who are incorrigible, or who for various reasons find difficulty in their home life. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City 2011-06-25T02:00:18.937Z They usually occupied a tract some hundred miles farther south, and were incorrigible poachers of ostriches. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z In vain did his father do all that parent could to reform him—he was incorrigible. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z In truth, I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and, now I am grown old and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z He has an agent in Alexandria, who has a standing order to send him about fifty refractory and incorrigible slaves every year.” In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z She had planned other things for this boat ride and this incorrigible old eagle 263 was upsetting all her schemes. The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z “You are both incorrigible,” declared Ruth, and thereafter paid no attention to them. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z "He is incorrigible—absolutely hopeless," he said, half laughing and half vexed. Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z This music was as much discussed by the incorrigible “balletomaniacs” as by the critics. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z It was to be given out that he was a wild, incorrigible lad, who had run away from home and joined a band of robbers. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z It was quite plain that dear old Granny in her loving way wished to take all the blame upon her own willing shoulders, and to spare that incorrigible little beggar.... That Little Beggar 2011-05-21T02:00:09.877Z In truth, I found myself incorrigible with respect to order; and, now I am grown old and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z After a while the teachers said she was incorrigible, and gave her no more attention. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z And, frankly, this isn't at all incompatible with the skirt-chaser stories and reputation of an incorrigible ladies' man. Smoke and Fire: Why France Was Silent About Strauss-Kahn's Womanizing 2011-05-18T16:45:00Z One was his incorrigible propensity to contradiction, the other his excessive subjectiveness which kept him busy building up theories on the basis of personal experience. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z If a man unhappily marries an incorrigible simpleton, or spendthrift, he cannot help himself. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z Whether Mr. Prohartchin had certain incorrigible defects, or whether his companions were, every one of them, to blame, there seemed to be misunderstandings on both sides from the first. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z For adults there is garrotting, offences under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, procuring, etc., and being an incorrigible rogue. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z They were sent into the world labelled “incorrigible,” wickedness being stamped, as it were, upon their organisation. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Can there be any body in the world," cried he, "that can say thou art not an incorrigible blockhead, Sancho; a compound of folly and knavery, wherein malice also is no small ingredient? The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Oh, Martine, you are incorrigible; you surely realize that you need at least a reproof. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z Lucius, indeed, seemed to have settled down into incorrigible old bachelorhood. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z "Oh, you incorrigible old joker," he said, giving the other a dig in the ribs. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z A farmer’s boy may do greater damage in one day than the most incorrigible gang of poachers in a month, with all their nets, traps, guns, and other appliances to boot. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z What could they do with this incorrigible man? The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z They were the Aaron and Hur who held up the arms of this incorrigible "special pleader," and insisted that he should stick to the truth, and not embroider it. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z As I've reason to know, the old curmudgeon is an incorrigible gossip, and tattles all over the parish; I only wish we'd someone else. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z And thus I was rid of two incorrigible mutineers; what became of them afterwards I never heard. A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before 2011-04-07T02:00:17.607Z In this manner, the facts and theories of a science are impressed three times, upon the memory of the pupil; and if, after this, he is unable to retain them, he must be pronounced incorrigible. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z “Well, then, why save five dollars for seventy years?” the incorrigible girl would answer. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z Oh, you incorrigible youngsters, what in the world was it?” Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z You incorrigible villain, are you come here to disturb my rest? you shall pay dearly for this. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z The imperial police, however, would not stand much nonsense, and shut up the youthful claimant in the asylum of Bic�tre, as an incorrigible lunatic. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z Oh! sound enough, no doubt, you incorrigible jockey! The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z You may ask, But what if a child proves in some instances incorrigible to the method of love? Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z Only the rushing sound of the water for a breath's interval till she gave him the measure of her incorrigible hope. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z "You are an incorrigible truant, you always come too late;" said Lady Julia in loving reproach. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z In her last decades Taylor made films only as a visiting dignitary, vacationing from her good works, her incorrigible celebrity. Elizabeth Taylor, 1932-2011: Hollywood's Star of Stars 2011-03-23T18:15:00Z He was incorrigible; he was always incorrigible, and thus, in his boyhood, on the dark November evening, he meditated the murder of his good master and uncle—for at least a quarter of an hour. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z Her father eyed her for a moment with uncertainty and displeasure; but this morning he had another matter on his mind of greater importance than that of reprimanding incorrigible Jane. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z A stout African, a slave named Sam, and an incorrigible sinner, had been brought before Justice Johnson on the grave charge of having purloined a hen, the property of a widow lady in that vicinity. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Furious with indignation Henry hastily exclaimed, "Of the dastards who eat my bread is there no one who will deliver me from this ungrateful, turbulent, incorrigible priest?" Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z "I suppose you have been uttering some stupidity again, Stella," she observes, coldly; "you are incorrigible!" Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z And Strachinsky passed his hand over his eyes, and sighed forth sentimentally, "Yes, I am an idealist, an incorrigible idealist, a perfect Don Quixote." Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z “You incorrigible boy!” laughed Emmie; “I think that the three degrees of comparison will become merry, merrier, and merriest in your company soon.” The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z These I take to be the most incorrigible of all my readers; nay, I expect they will be squibbing at the Busy-Body himself. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z "Is there a place in the back of the book where you can find out what incorrigible means?" The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z Archie, what a nice time you're going to have," said the incorrigible Gipsy, breaking the impressive silence that followed the sibyl's words—"when all that comes to pass! Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z She laid her hand gently on his arm and said, "You are an incorrigible idealist, my poor Nello: you judge all men by yourself." Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z I must own, though, it is rather a bore to stand quietly by and see fellows larking your sister; but Mary Anne is perfectly incorrigible, notwithstanding all I have said to her. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z But “gentle George,” as he was called, was incorrigibly lazy; and it did not seem as if the public would get anything more from him. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z "Oh, you are incorrigible!" says Doatie, leaning back in her chair in turn, and tilting backward her little flower-like face, that looks as if even the most harmless falsehood must be unknown to it. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Oh, my dear! my dear! you are incorrigible," sighed Mrs. Gower; "but what would you do if your guardian some day turned you out of doors? Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Again, in Samson Agonistes the very centre and pith of the poem is the incorrigible frailty and inferiority of women—a thesis that would be extraordinary, even if true, for a poet. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z "Alas, you are an incorrigible radical, who attacks everything!" Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Indeed, I don't know at present how it will be possible for me to stand by quietly and see any young man, however eligible, throw himself away on such an incorrigible young woman.' A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z "There are a couple of incorrigible gamblers among the officers of the frontier posts, and it is reported that Lothar lately played with them all night long." The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z “In earnest, my good fellow!” exclaimed the incorrigible flirt; “you don’t suppose I am in earnest, do you?” Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z "I shall soon be called incorrigible as well as incompetent," uttered he, "if the wise counsels of my ablest friends are powerless to admonish me." Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z My language, even when praying him at breakfast to give me butter, would be incorrigibly noble. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z In vain did his father do all that parent could to reform him: he was incorrigible. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z It was a piece of advice at which one so incorrigibly bourgeois as its recipient might have taken offence. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z He was incorrigibly frivolous, idle and apathetic; his father had given him much stern schooling, but this seems only to have inspired him with a deeply rooted dislike for official work of any kind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z I shall take your advice," says the incorrigible Lilian; "I shall study Sir Guy. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z As I’ve reason to know, the old curmudgeon is an incorrigible gossip, and tattles all over the parish, I only wish we’d some one else. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z "Here's George!" replied the voice of the incorrigible Tyrolese, who had just emerged from the ravine. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z He is rich, a bachelor, and in the family is regarded as an incorrigible crank. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z I know the signor Roderick too well myself, not to need to be told that he is incorrigible in such matters!” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z Oh, Guy adores fat women," says Cyril, the incorrigible; "wait till you see Florence: there is nothing of the 'meagre, gawky, hard' sort about her. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z This punishment is considered very degrading, and merely the threat of the Calaboose, or the "ball and chain," will often intimidate and render submissive the most incorrigible. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z "George, you are incorrigible!" said the priest, gravely, but this time the sinner was to escape the punishment he deserved. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z With all his genius, Walter remains an incorrigible dreamer; his energy is only an impulse of the moment. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z There is another equally incorrigible class, who commit greater crimes, but not chiefly for the sake of "punishment." The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z "Blakeney, you are absolutely incorrigible," retorted His Highness with a laugh. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z She knew by experience that it would be futile to run away; this incorrigible doctor was swift of foot, and could keep up with any pace; so she yielded to his will, and listened. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z A cousin of the Wallmoden family--an incorrigible fellow who, through divers bad capers, had made it impossible to remain at home, had, long ago, gone out into the wide world. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z And believing her to be incorrigible in her disagreeableness and insubordination, he grew markedly reserved and cold when alone in her society; and thus the misunderstanding between them daily widened. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z "You are an incorrigible joker!" said the Director, "no one knows better than you do that Herr Berkow is guided by no such considerations." Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z What do you mean, you incorrigible rogue," her Grace was saying with playful severity to her cavalier, "by coming so late to the ball? Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z "Leave this incorrigible realist to his errors, Doctor," struck in George, who from the irritated tone of both men began to fear a scene, such as was not unfrequent between father and son. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z Pendennis, sir," he said, "your idleness is incorrigible, and your stupidity beyond example. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Denouncing Washington as a “notorious and incorrigible Jim Crowist,” it says that he “dares to assert that the best way to get rights is not to oppose their being taken away, but to get money.” Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z Harry, Harry," exclaimed Kate, laughing, "you are incorrigible; how earnestly the dear old fellow did promise me to put the key back in its place! Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z Perhaps it should be added that their experience of white men was limited to the incorrigible lurchers and beach-combers—most of them of Spanish origin—to be seen anywhere along the South American coast. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z "The owners' behavior conclusively demonstrates just how incorrigible they are," he said. UK court rules against BoSox owners in Liverpool bid 2010-10-14T18:19:00Z In old age he became ''an incorrigible raconteur'' who would claim to recognize his own exploits in the 007 stories. UK Spies Spill Secrets in Official History of MI6 2010-09-21T13:49:00Z Since our justice system grants even the most incorrigible defendants the right to an attorney, consider me his public defender. In Defense of Koman Coulibaly. Sort Of. 2010-06-19T05:32:00Z Check out our recent feature on the incorrigible inventor, Saul Griffith's House of Cool Ideas. Reinventing Our Energy Infrastructure 2010-03-04T05:00:00Z If I hadn't learnt by this time to put up with a few feminine vagaries, I should indeed be incorrigible. The Undying Past And, as he turned away, he muttered, loud enough to be heard, "Let him meet his appointed doom, and ye will extinguish the last o' a race o' incorrigible rebels." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 From that moment to the end of their natural lives they are confirmed, incorrigible lawyers. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Her father, incorrigible, was at it again; and, once started, there was no stopping him. The Belovéd Traitor A great many Indians were interrogated in an effort to discover the cause, not only of the bitter hostility of the East Bay villages, but also of the incorrigible fugitivism which plagued the local missions. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California Or he's an incorrigible flirt, one of the two! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Such grim schooling is thrown away on the incorrigible mind of the northern Algonquin. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 He was one of the few who believed the mother country would remain incorrigible—that petitions would be vain—addresses futile—remonstrances unavailing. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution It is difficult to withhold solemn funerals from thieves when you yourself are an incorrigible thief. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster On leaving her, he sets up as an innkeeper, and prospers, but is ruined through his own incorrigible knavery. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim If only she hadn't happened ever to meet that incorrigible Jim Burke! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Mere boys, sentenced for some slight misdemeanor, were herded in with adult felons of the most hardened and incorrigible type. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 The Indians were to be slandered, and represented as incorrigible criminals, and then doomed to slavery. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 Not that he is bad or unkind or tyrannical, as husbands go—only incorrigibly lazy. Glories of Spain "Don't believe him, Arthur," struck in the incorrigible East. Tom Brown at Rugby What a good thing it is that I know exactly how to take this laughing, blarneying, incorrigible Irishman! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Also, she had rather the expression of the resigned and forgiving wife of an incorrigible evil-doer. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen "Remember I'm a married man," said DeLancy, the incorrigible, with a laugh. Making Money This man, who sat one day a week to try the cases of delinquent and incorrigible children, presided five days over more mature hearings. The Tempering "He is incorrigible; as he is, so will he always be." Fraternal Charity "So you're an incorrigible courtier!" she replied, shaking her white finger at him. The Children of the World "The performance is just a-goin' to begin," broke in the incorrigible little comedian, assuming the air of a showman. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I What shall be done with confirmed and incorrigible offenders? The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 I saw him at a lecture on literature at the Lyceum Hall last evening, and he appeared to be interested, and yet this morning he seems to show that he is utterly incorrigible. The Inventions of the Idiot "If you don't, I shall call you incorrigible!" The Bachelors A Novel Why, you are the most incorrigible flirt in Christendom. The Missioner So when the property-man, an incorrigible joker, asked me to go home and borrow Mrs. Bradshaw's ibid for him, I simply looked at him and smiled a broad, silent smile and never moved a peg. Life on the Stage She grew up a discreet and amiable girl; and no one who knew her in after years, could have believed that till the age of fourteen she had been an incorrigible tell-tale. Stories for Helen "I rather like old Mr. Hacket," said the incorrigible assailant; "he mistook Mr. Pottinger's bald and polished head for a silver salver, and laid his teacup on it, the last evening he was here." Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) They have not heard the story of that downcast-looking girl, the now incorrigibly malignant Negro, and the lying mayoral. To Cuba and Back I have very often met sensible mothers, but grandmothers seldom; they generally are incorrigible sinners—and proud of it, too. Rambles in Womanland Why is it that the most excitable little girl, the most incorrigible little boy can be quieted by a teaspoonful of the jam of fiction? The Vagabond in Literature With the wholesome contempt of an incorrigible cockney he contemplated the landscape. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle To his credit let it be spoken, that he never stooped one inch from the high perch of his incorrigible haughtiness. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Aye," said the incorrigible Jean, arguing the matter with Scots persistency, "but the Bearnais takes a good deal out of himself. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion The father is an incorrigible drunkard and the mother is bedridden. John Marsh's Millions At Eton, I had been what is called rather a smart boy, but incorrigibly idle; at Sandhurst, I showed more ability, and more disinclination to learn. Jack Hinton The Guardsman She scolded and lectured her sister in vain; Cynthia was incorrigible. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 It was Rose's fault; she is really incorrigible, and absolutely heedless of consequences! Windyridge In truth, I found myself incorrigible with respect to order; and now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 But why on that account you should send him to a school specially set aside for incorrigible lads passed my comprehension, and, as you will remember, did not meet with my approval. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War “Really, you are incorrigible,” said Nidia at last, breaking the silence. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising “That’s what I might have been going to do, if the dad there hadn’t been so beastly slim in cutting me out,” retorted the incorrigible rascal. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Rose! you are the same incorrigible, pert, saucy girl as of yore, but you have filled my heart with joy. Windyridge The apothecary added, "Herr Sonnenkamp loves to represent himself as an incorrigible sinner, in the hope that nobody will believe him; but people do believe him." Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The goddess replied, that sometimes impatient spirits had entered the palace, but any incorrigible cases of insubordination were either imprisoned in the fortress beneath the palace or were expelled into the outer world. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar It turned out that his mother had been after him repeatedly and that he was an incorrigible runaway. The Children of the Poor There is a military prison on the Lido at Venice, where incorrigible lovers of their own sex, amongst other culprits, are confined. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists |
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