Sentence examples for retarded state from inspiring English sources

The coupled transformation also accounts for several other interesting phenomena: giant magnetoresistance; colossal magnetostriction; spontaneous generation of voltage; unusual training, dynamical and thermal phenomena; acoustic emissions; and a novel glass-like kinetically retarded state.

During the segment, Amondson remarked, "alcohol cuts the supply of oxygen to the brain and puts you in a kind of retarded state".

An editorial last Friday supporting a Supreme Court decision that bans execution of the retarded stated incorrectly that apart from the United States, only Kyrgyzstan and Japan permit the death penalty for retarded convicts.

Correction: June 26 , 2002 Wednesday An editorial last Friday supporting a Supreme Court decision that bans execution of the retarded stated incorrectly that apart from the United States, only Kyrgyzstan and Japan permit the death penalty for retarded convicts.

Speaking to Senators, she argued against the use of the word "retarded" in state legislation.

The court based the Atkins decision on its perception that a new consensus had formed in the country to reject the execution of the retarded; 16 states that had permitted such executions in 1989 had rejected them by the time the issue came back to the Supreme Court in 2000.

If in the future public opinion evolves in favor of executing retarded people, states will likely adopt definitions of mental retardation that are more restrictive, encompassing fewer and fewer defendants.

In choosing the current design, voters rejected the argument of many political and business leaders that it was retarding the state's economic progress, limiting outside investment and tourism by projecting a retrograde, backwater image.

And on Tuesday, after Mr. Lautenberg called his home state "retarded" on the issue of drunken driving in a news conference in Trenton, New Jersey officials quickly indicated they would be likely to comply with the lower blood-alcohol limit.

His Russian visit gave him the impression of a state retarded in its development compared with the West, but the loyalty of its enormous population to Catherine and her nearly unlimited power seemed to make her the best ally for political manoeuvres in Europe.

The new legislation, which was approved by mental health committees in both houses last week, goes further than last year's, striking "retarded" from state buildings and legal language.