Word: deferement
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...think he will defer to the authority of the governing boards," he says. "I think if there's a real goof among the candidates he would gently and respectfully point that...
...Connor warned of a "big red flag" in election law that seemingly requires courts to defer to the legislative branch, and Kennedy pointedly questioned recount standards that would vary from "table to table and county to county...
Such losses often bring new opportunities for reassessing one's life. "Even in mid-life people still defer to their living parents," says the Bereavement Center's Duff. "There's freedom to explore without parental approval how one votes, careers, the expression of sexual preference, marriage, religion," adds Levy. There is also, for many of the grieving children, a heightened sense of mortality and of being fully--and solely--responsible for one's life...
...judicial restraint' is defined as a deference to the legislative, then a Gore justice is likely to defer to ensure that political questions are decided in the legislature," Rosen said. "On federalism and affirmative action, a Gore justice is likely to say, 'hands-off.' Even on free speech, a Gore justice is likely to defer...
...them to avoid paying a tax at all. For instance, owners of farms and small businesses have higher exemption levels, and for tax purposes they are allowed to value their assets at less than market value. And the few who have to pay the estate tax can choose to defer taxation and then spread their payments over several years, further reducing the tax burden...