Word: blanking
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...patient." If the concern is whether the defendant is mentally able to stand trial and defend himself, the psychiatrist concentrates on such matters as the defendant's comprehension of the charges, his ability to follow what his attorney says, and his reaction to authority figures (some defendants go blank when faced with a judge). It is harder-and takes longer-to form an opinion about a defendant's sanity at the time of the crime. For that, psychiatrists will focus on what the defendant remembers about the crime, what his emotions were at the time, how he felt...
...subject to disciplinary action" [emphasis added]. The effect of this rule is fairly traumatic on a lot of students, especially since the Office of Fiscal Services doesn't send bills home during the summer, just complicated "worksheets." The policy gets results--one student from San Francisco bought a blank check at Bob Slate's and wrote out a $3000 check on a nonexistent account in a California bank. His father opened the account there before the check made its way out to the West Coast. The drawback to this rule is that it tells students on their first day here...
...final member of the Wingfield clan is the timid, waif-like Laura, whose face is often blank, but whose eyes are as innocent and easily frightened as a deer's. In the first act, Muffie Meyers acts a Laura too withdrawn to be more than pitiful as she caresses her glass animals, but as the play wears on she wins our fuller sympathy...
...cops to Presidents. While even the thickest Kevlar garments will not stop most rifle bullets, the material nonetheless provides formidable protection. The 23-layer version, which is two-thirds of an inch thick, will stop up to a .44 magnum slug and would probably even protect against a point-blank blast such as Squeaky Fromme's .45 could have delivered. The seven-layer, 2½-lb. undervest-most popular with police because it scarcely impedes movement-will turn back a knife attack and anything up to a .38-cal. bullet, which accounts for 90% to 95% of all handguns...
Hall's personnel problems extend beyond simply firing people. His hiring policies too have come under fire, especially from those who administer Harvard's affirmative action plan. He admits to "inadvertently" making a serious mistake in ignoring affirmative action requirements when he hired Randall Blank, a young Business School graduate, last fall without listing the position. "I hired him and I shouldn't have without the listing. I goofed that, I blew it. It wasn't intentional, it wasn't meant to circumvent any rules or regulations," Hall said. After Walter Leonard, special assistant to President Bok for minority affairs...