Bhagwati Prasad, the chief justice of Jharkhand state until retiring from the bench in 2011, said that judges, like anyone, are influenced by their social conditioning.

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Add to these internal mechanisms the shame and negative social conditioning about weight and the deck is seriously stacked against people trying to control their intake of food.

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Still, what if this ultimately leads to some weird social conditioning where, even as the child gets older, he simply can't do his business without having expensive electronics right there in front of him -- a serious mental crutch.

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They have in common a certain frugality (until recently, Lazard in New York occupied an office without air conditioning), and an appreciation of social connections.

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By putting into effect spending cuts that seem both meaningful and painful, the deals have wasted political capital that ought to be spent conditioning the public for the kinds of gradual but meaningful reductions in benefits paid by Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

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