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Their rebellion against authoritarian society is not far removed from the violence of revolt characteristic of the juvenile delinquent.
It is easy for the teacher to rationalize that the child who is not achieving in accordance with his known ability is just plain lazy, or that the child who lacks interest in school, who dislikes the teacher, or who is overaggressive is a hopeless delinquent.
But the nickname never stuck and Gehrig was no match for Ruth in `` color '' -- which is sometimes a polite word for delinquent behavior on and off the field.
Ruth was a delinquent boy still, but he was in every way a great ball player who was out to win the game and occasionally risked a cracked bone to do it.
Within Erikson's schema, the adolescent's delinquent behavior -- in this case, her unwed motherhood -- reflects her `` identity diffusion '', or her inability to resolve these various identity crises positively.
A runt with narrow shoulders and that brush haircut hell, you'd pass for a juvenile delinquent of the hotrod set.
Characterized as a sociopath and a hardened juvenile delinquent, Alex is also intelligent and quick-witted, with sophisticated taste in music, being particularly fond of Beethoven, or " Lovely Ludwig Van.
He contemplates the likelihood of his future son being a delinquent as he was, a prospect Alex views fatalistically.
xiii, " Cum ad Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae ") prescribes their work, determines how much they may charge for their labour, fixes a certain tax for an abstract or abridgment of twenty-five words, or their equivalent, 150 letters, forbids them to charge more, even though the abstract goes over twenty-five words but less than fifty words, enacts that the basis of the tax is the labour employed in writing, expediting, etc., the Bulls, and by no means the emoluments accruing to the recipient of the favour or benefice conferred by the Bull, and declares that whoever shall charge more than the tax fixed by him shall be suspended for six months from office, and upon a second violation of the law, shall be deprived of it altogether, and if the delinquent be an abbreviator, he shall be excommunicated.
Other rock fanzines of this period include Flash, 1972, edited by Mark Shipper, Eurock Magazine ( 1973 – 1993 ) edited by Archie Patterson and Bam Balam, written and published by Brian Hogg in East Lothian, Scotland, beginning in 1974, and in the mid-1970s, Back Door Man and denim delinquent.
Any citizen could bring a matter before a grand jury directly, from a public work that needed repair, to the delinquent conduct of a public official, to a complaint of a crime, and grand juries could conduct their own investigations.
Not all recreational activities can be considered wise, healthy, or socially acceptable or useful — examples are gambling, drinking, or delinquent activities.
1, " A penalty that is latae sententiae, whether medicinal or punitive, holds for one who is aware of his own delict in both fora public and private ; but prior to a declaratory sentence, the delinquent is excused from observing the penalty any time that he cannot observe it without infamy, and in the external forum no one can compel the observance of that penalty from him unless the delict is notorious, with due regard for Can.
The two met at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the conversation turned to juvenile delinquent gangs, a fairly recent social phenomenon that had received major coverage on the front pages of the morning newspapers due to a Chicano turf war.
Maybe this kid, a juvenile delinquent whose problem was that nobody realized he was too smart for his environment.
In Japan since the late 1970s, the term Yankī has been used to refer to a type of delinquent youth.
In December 1969, with a grant from the NIMH Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency, cytogeneticist Digamber Borgaonkar at Johns Hopkins Hospital began a chromosome survey of ( predominantly African-American ) boys ages 8 to 18 in all Maryland institutions for delinquent, neglected, or mentally ill juveniles, which was suspended from February – May 1970 due to an American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) lawsuit about the lack of informed consent.
As Tess faded into the background as a major character, the changing face of law enforcement in real life was also reflected in Tracy's taking on a female assistant, rookie policewoman Lizz Worthington, who joined the police force in 1956 and immediately was assigned to help in the investigation of her long-lost sister's murder by juvenile delinquent Joe Period.
On July 24 or July 25, 1846, Thoreau ran into the local tax collector, Sam Staples, who asked him to pay six years of delinquent poll taxes.
As they concoct stories of delinquent caterers and crashed champagne trucks, the friendly towns people contribute their time and resources, the result being a magical wedding ceremony.
Describing himself as a " juvenile delinquent ", he noted that his father was a " bully " who would sternly punish him for his misbehaviour.
As it was in the capital, Schiele's studio became a gathering place for Neulengbach's delinquent children.
The Office of the General Counsel is charged with supervising all legal proceedings involving the collection of debts due the United States, establishing regulations to guide customs collectors, issuing distress warrants against delinquent revenue collectors or receivers of public money, examining Treasury officers ' official bonds and related legal documents, serving as legal adviser to the department and administered lands acquired by the United States in payment for debts.
Francisco de Quevedo's El buscón ( 1604 according to Francisco Rico ; the exact date is uncertain, yet it was certainly a very early work ) is considered the masterpiece of the subgenre by A. A. Parker, because of his baroque style and the study of the delinquent psychology.
* Alexander A. Parker: Literature and the delinquent: The picaresque novel in Spain and Europe, 1599-1753.

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