"I felt that it would help me to select people with good moral character to be police officers, " Chief Shane Sullivan told CNN on Saturday.

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But vagueness didn't prevent Northern Trust Chief Fiduciary Officer Hugh Magill, based in Chicago, from recently requiring a man in his mid-50s to prove he was "of sound mind, good moral character and temperate financial habits" as a trust for the man required.

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The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors -- or DREAM -- Act, would create a path to citizenship for immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children under the age of 16 and have lived in the United States for at least five years, obtained a high school or General Education Development diploma, and demonstrated "good moral character, " the White House said.

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