Word: conformism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chose to use the stricter guidelines in order to avoid giving the defense technical grounds for appeal. This put the burden of proof on the prosecution. A person is defined as insane, he instructed, if he, "as a result of mental disease or defect, either lacked substantial capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law or lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct...
...conference committee that will try to work out a compromise with a budget passed by the Senate last month that provides for $19 billion more in spending. Then comes the hardest part: the "reconciliation" process, in which various congressional committees must make their 1983 spending and tax legislation conform with the budget guidelines. In an election year, there will be a temptation to fund politically popular programs and vote against tax measures, even if it means busting the budget plan. Says Heftel: "We're dealing with an illusory budget that is a political document...
Although Williamson "loved how different everyone was" at Harvard, she adds "there is some unspoken but definitely present pressure to conform to the Jonathon P. Higgonbottom III world. I think here and in the world in general, Harvard has been put on some kind of pedestal. I know I did," Williamson says, adding, "Harvard is a grand place, but it is a microcosm of the world and there's a lot of bad stuff...
...discrimination Ray said of HRI housing policy because in heterosecial relationships the option is there to marry to conform with the housing policy. "We don't have that option," he said...
Terner emphasized, however, that he and Fish had never been on an "eye-to-eye" basis. "Our values are so different. He wants me to conform in all these little ways and do a lot of things which are not natural to me. The majority of the guys on the team have had problems [with Fish...