Word: defective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...however, the only thing more pathetic than the President's effort to blame the past for his own failure has been the Democrats response to the Great Communicator's logic-defying vertical onslaught. Most polls still defect a sizable--though diminishing--"give the man a chance" sentiment that the Democrats have not yet been able to dislodge. All of which may mean that the economy will have to get much worse before 1984 it Reagan himself is to be defeated. And if the economy actually improves, then Reagan will look just as prophetic as Tip O'Neill looks now which...
...been sent to the shop at least four times to have the same malfunction repaired or has been put out of service for 30 days. The new law is expected to encourage out-of-court settlements or, failing that, to make it easier to get favorable rulings against defective products by shifting to the automaker the burden of proving that it was not at fault. Manufacturers can avoid liability only by proving that the defect is not substantial, or that the problem came from owner negligence or from modifications the buyer made on the auto...
...order to win acquittal. Judge Parker 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...
...When his father met him at the airport and told him to go to the Y.M.C.A., and when he took the bus, we took the bus." They even tried to calculate how much all this cost the rich drifter. To Lassiter, the janitor, the aimless meanderings indicated a mental defect. He argued: "Nobody, no matter how much money he has, would spend it like that. He pays a jet fare and stays a day. I can't see that." Countered Copelin: "Any time you can buy airplane tickets and go anywhere you want, and get money...
Demoralized by a succession of reversals in recent months, the Free Democratic Party could be tempted to defect from its partnership in the federal government with the Social Democrats and go into alliance with the Christian Democrats, also leaving Schmidt in the lurch. Already, in preparing for next September's election in the state of Hesse, the Free Democrats are actively considering running in partnership with the Christian Democrats. Meanwhile, the Hamburg election has left the city-state without a government, since neither the Social Democrats nor the Christian Democrats have a majority, and neither group is eager...