Word: idea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...White said it in 1932 to rebut criticism of collegiate disorders, which then, as now, baffled many elders. His basic idea was that "youth should be radical...
...notion that imprisonment corrects criminals is a surprisingly recent idea. Before the 18th century, prisons were mainly used not to punish but to detain the accused or hostages-the debtor until he paid, for example. To combat crime, Europeans castrated rapists, cut off thieves' hands, tore out perjurers' tongues. England boasted 200 hanging offenses. When crime still flourished, reformers argued that overkill punishment is no deterrent. In 1786, the Philadelphia Quakers established incarceration as a humane alternative. Seeking penitence (source of "penitentiary"), the Quakers locked convicts in solitary cells until death or release. So many died or went...
...more likely, when-such a right is widely recognized, where will the huge number of lawyers needed come from? Well aware that a practice consisting of primarily poor clients would never be profitable enough to attract many able attorneys, the assembly members did not flinch from accepting the idea that Government support may well be necessary. Beyond that, the group suggested that more of the essentially repetitive tasks, such as drawing a will, processing a divorce or incorporating a small business, could be programmed into a computer that would produce standard clauses on command. Similarly, said the group, greater...
...will go out. Some judges and lawyers have been in opposition on the grounds that the technical nature of many cases puts them beyond the understanding of the average or below-average intelligence. Nonetheless, the new rules impose only a minimum test of literacy and knowledge of English-the idea apparently being that the jury system has long rested its ultimate faith in man's common sense, a quality that is not necessarily limited to the educated...
...allow foreign technocrats a voice in their economic councils. Having sapped its international financial strength, the U.S. cannot hold the wobbly monetary structure together by itself. It needs Europe's help, and in return must accept some of the measures of discipline that Europe demands, unpalatable though that idea may seem. As an alternative, the U.S. could at worst retreat into economic isolationism and perhaps maintain a reasonable living standard. At best, the gold crisis could bring the dawn of a new era of international economic partnership...