Word: overloads
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remarkably, accounting for a good part of the criminal juggernaut. Moreover, the '60s saw a 39 per cent increase in the ratio of youth to adult criminals, the first such rise in over 70 years. The socialization of the young, the internalization of societal norms, burdened with this "demographic overload," partially collapsed, resulting in more crime...
Since teaching may take time away from research needed to establish an academic reputation, the report also recommends allowing Faculty members to take two successive semesters with an overload of teaching, giving them one semester with a light teaching load to concentrate on research and writing...
...Argentines, was to be a spectator. The Argentines, a wounded nation recovering from an undeclared civil war of hideous brutality between extreme left and extreme right, needed a celebration, and had turned the World Cup into one with a joyousness that went far beyond even the fanatical emotional overload customarily expected of soccer...
Many judicial reformers see more judges as the answer to judicial overload. Judge Kaufman's nine-judge circuit has had help from eight semiretired senior judges. But, says Kaufman, "Nothing irritates me more than to hear that the sole 'cure' is more judges. Of course there should be more, but they should be judges who know something about the dynamics of litigation and how to streamline the process." Given the Second's enviable efficiency, few will dissent...
Such injuries as girls and women do suffer can often be blamed on improper condition or coaching. Girls are more loose-jointed than boys, making them somewhat more susceptible to injuries like dislocated shoulders. Women can also have problems with what is known as the "overload phenomenon"-putting too much force on a muscle, tendon or ligament. But that can be avoided with proper training. Says Dr. C. Harmon Brown, director of Student Health Services at California State University in Hayward: "Four years ago it was not O.K. for girls to participate in sports, and they were forced...