Word: procession
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their earlyfifties. Of the thirty-one "witches" tried and putto death, seven of the accused were men andtwenty-four of them were women. These seven menwere also associated with "known" witches, and"...in most cases...the ["known" witch] was theprimary subject, with the man becoming implicatedthrough a literal process of guilt byassociation."3 The accused were usually wives andmothers of "...solidly English stock and mostly`Puritan' religion" (Demos, p. 71). In thesecharacteristics, the accused did not deviate fromthe cultural norm. They did deviate in severalnoteable ways, however: most of the accused werethought to be poorly conditioned socially. Theydid not hold...
...argue that the basic purpose of the Bill of Rights is to protect the weak and unpopular from the tyranny of majority rule by legislatures. But the court's deference toward the political branches cheers many conservatives. "That's democracy," insists court commentator Bruce Fein. "Let the political process fill its traditional role...
...frailty, Mickey is in some ways fortunate -- he's in the process of being adopted. That makes him an exception among "special-needs" children, to use the innocuous term for kids who don't find permanent homes easily -- and most often don't find them at all. They include blacks and other minorities, the physically or mentally handicapped, and any group of siblings who must be adopted together. The term also applies to children who are simply too old for a market that favors infants. In the beauty contest that is adoption, it is never wise to turn five...
...five-year-old Noel, whom the Hibbards are in the process of adopting, the future is likely to hold greater challenges. A Pueblo Indian, she suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome as well as prenatal exposure to angel dust and probably cocaine. For a long time she was so sensitive to tactile stimulation that it made her hysterical to walk on carpeting, grass or sand. She has been diagnosed as mildly retarded. With a good mother's militant optimism, Mary says the Hibbard house will make the difference. "All kids need structure," she explains. "But special-needs kids need it more...
...flexibility on Star Wars was in part offset by his warning that the Kremlin would abrogate a future START treaty if the U.S. goes too far with SDI testing. And the Senate would certainly want to review any deal on Star Wars as part of a START ratification process. "The Soviets made a constructive step which may facilitate negotiations," concludes House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Dante Fascell. "But it only puts off the day of reckoning...