Word: commital
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Letter to the Editor, Oct. 24). However, in outlining the policy, the deans, perhaps inadvertantly, have made an illadvised statement concerning sexual violence. They write that sexual assault is one of a number of offenses that "[s]tudents whose judgement has not been impaired by alcohol or drugs rarely commit." This statement has the regrettable effect of marginalizing the experience of individuals whose attackers were completely sober. Disturbingly, it also may potentially help to convince some survivors of sexual assault that, since the attacker was not drunk, it must not have been sexual assault in the first place. While...
...conviction, in an attempt to avoid a death sentence. But proving such a defense is difficult. Instead of arguing that he was insane, Kaczynski's lawyers seem to be planning a defense that he suffered from a mental defect that impaired his ability to form an intent to commit the crimes. Nevertheless, as far as his old neighbors seem to think, Ted Kaczynski, the former math professor, was gentle, soft-spoken and painfully shy. Last Friday Kaczynski's lawyers said he was refusing to submit to court-ordered psychiatric testing at the federal prison in Dublin, Calif., where...
...Taiwan, Jiang responded with similar conviction, saying, "We do not commit to renounce the use of force, but this is not directed at the compatriots in Taiwan...
...course, few professors commit such egregious violations of human decency, and Knowles says dismissal would depend on what law was violated...
However, Simon notes that it is only seldom that professors who wind up getting tenured commit acts deserving dismissal. This sentiment is widespread among Faculty and administrators...