Word: conformal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This resolution would merely declare it to be the "sense of Congress" that the states should have "adequate time" to conform to the Supreme Court's decision. That compromise was less than palatable to many Senators-if only because of their deep-seated suspicion that the federal court system, taking its cue from the Supreme Court, will care little about the "sense of Congress...
Ruling that California has no right to make Navajos conform to "mass society," the court added that peyote is harmless, is permitted in other states and is religiously more crucial than polygamy, without which modern Mormons are thriving. Since Peyotism "presents only slight danger to the state," the court voided the Navajos' convictions. Balancing its dictum, the court simultaneously rejected the appeal of a white, "selfstyled 'peyote preacher'" who made the same claim as the Indians. He must stand trial again, ordered the court, because he "has not proved that his asserted belief was an honest...
...conform to this trend, the Harvard Summer News will publish a final edition on Wednesday, August 19. No important news is anticipated between now and then...
...Goldwater wins the nomination, Lyndon Johnson gets my vote, and the Democratic Party gets my registration. My Republican Party will be defunct, and I cannot support a party remade to conform with a man who is not a Republican...
...scraps of paper came in pink, red, green, blue and yellow. But they all said the same thing: "Citizen Dr. François Duvalier, President of the Republic, will exercise for life his high functions according to Article 92 of the present constitution. Does this conform to your wishes? And do you ratify it?" At the bottom, in big black letters, was the word...