Word: validates
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Under FAA rules, Denver's medical certificate, which must accompany a valid flying license, was denied because of the arrests. To reinstate it, Denver would have had to petition the FAA with proof he no longer suffered from an alcohol problem...
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.: Because of his two arrests on drunk-driving charges, John Denver was flying Sunday without a valid pilot's license, an NTSB investigator said today...
What are these purported social institutions? Why do men need to be beaten into submission in order to make appropriate husbands? And why does the author believe that "if men have easy access to divorce, many will choose it thoughtlessly"? No valid arguments or data are presented to support these spurious contentions...
...that if Yale backs down and allows the Yale Five to live at home, Yale could open itself up to many objections to their new rule that would create philosophical and moral quandaries for all involved. Who may judge whether one student's unease is more or less valid than another's? If next year, five ultra-Catholic students wish to live at home because the gay students in their dorm make them feel uncomfortable, would that be O.K.? And what if the religion is newer and more obscure than Judaism or Christianity? It would fall upon administrators to judge...
...people. "Today we're dealing with sexual predators," says Steven Shapiro, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "Who is it tomorrow that we're going to label as abnormal and potentially dangerous?" The dissenting Justices, however, agreed with Thomas that Kansas' criteria for committing someone were valid. Their objection, as expressed by Stephen Breyer in the minority opinion, was that Hendricks has received virtually no treatment even though the law requires it. To Breyer, the state's failure to live up to its promise makes Hendricks' confinement look a lot like punishment...