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Legitimising Lieberman?

Regulating Families or Legitimising Patriarchy?"

The legitimising of sentiment which, while perhaps popularly held, is usually considered inappropriate or politically incorrect; criticisms from the opposition then make it appear beholden to special interests or fringe ideology.

In April 2010, his book, The Beijing Consensus: Legitimizing Authoritarianism in our Time, was published by Basic Books.

Its racist elements included pursuit of a pure "Nordic" or "Aryan" genetic pool and the eventual elimination of less fit races (see Black, Chapter 5 Legitimizing Raceology and Chapter 9 Mongrelization).

Deliberative Democracy as a Method of Legitimizing Authority in a Multilevel Political System, which earned him a Doctorus Habilitatus degree at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wroclaw.

This legitimizing of the song, evidence of his fans' misunderstanding of the purpose of the song/skit, frustrated Rice to the point of eliminating the song from his live performances, as well as refusal to discuss the song in interviews on the air.

To the Editor: In "Legitimizing Music Theft" (editorial, April 15) you make the important point that artists need intellectual property protection, but ignore that there is little consistency in the collection practices of groups representing artists, like the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.