Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gross and repugnant in the eyes of most," Chief Justice William Rehnquist said for the court that to define and penalize the outrageous would require some very fine judgments, allowing jurors to award damages on the basis of their personal taste or "their dislike of a particular expression." Protecting vulgar parody may not be a pretty task, said Rehnquist, but it has to be done to give the First Amendment "breathing space...
...tough with foreign governments that fail to make a good-faith effort at halting the drug trade. Each year the President must "certify" whether drug-trafficking countries have made progress. Those that are "decertified" lose U.S. aid, trade preferences and other economic benefits. There is particular pressure in Congress to punish Panama and Mexico. This week President Reagan is expected to decertify Panama. Mexico, however, will probably receive only warnings and be exempted from economic sanctions on the ground that greater punishment might tend to destabilize it and thus thwart U.S. security interests...
Superconductors are metals that lose their electrical resistance when cooled to a particular temperature, so they can carry electrical currents without a significant energy loss. Scientists claim that developing practical commercial uses for these metals could lead to savings in energy and smaller, more powerful computers...
...neither does Chen, who says she avoids listening to recordings of pieces she is learning, want to conform to any particular standard...
...agreed to the interview on February 25 only after getting the reporter's word that he would not print the name of the final club to which I belonged in his article. I wanted my remarks to be considered individual and free of any association to a particular club. Although the reporter let me down, I want to mention here that my comments were not specific to any one club...