Word: dissents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pinochet brings out his troops to grapple with rising dissent...
According to the constitution, the Diet is the most powerful arm of the government, but it does not always exercise its powers. Murmurs of dissent from the opposition can produce a deadlock that lasts for weeks, while attempts to pass a bill before agreement is reached can lead to brawls and boycotts. Laws that are passed are often worded ambiguously. Members, meanwhile, find themselves devoting much of their time to constituents' requests, no matter how outlandish. A hog-farm operator, for example, kept after his representative for months to find him a hotel that would deliver him its leftover food...
...report's conclusions met with some dissent. Panelist Lawrence Stark, a neurologist at the University of California, while agreeing that VDTs do not cause permanent eye damage, contested the view that they are not responsible for eye fatigue. "The report is a whitewash for the status quo," said Stark. "All the complaints of burning, eyestrain, headache, stinging, watery eyes connected with VDT use are valid claims. Just because you cannot measure visual fatigue does not mean it does not exist...
...decision is the most important handed down during the court's current session, and it may be the most significant constitutional ruling in decades. Associate Justice Byron White, who entered an acerbic, almost bitter dissent, acknowledged the decision's "surpassing importance." But he described the majority opinion as "irresponsible" and of "destructive scope." Even Associate Justice Lewis Powell, who agreed with the majority that in this case the legislative veto was unconstitutional, complained that "the breadth of this holding gives one pause...
...Connor's dissent was closely reasoned and forcefully written. To some legal experts, that was more important than her conclusions. In a touchy and highly visible case, O'Connor showed she was not a token woman but a Justice of conviction...