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On the contrary--accepting papers without peer review is an abdication of scholarly responsibility under the best of circumstances and a poor idea for an association of evolutionary psychologists, whose discipline is notorious for attracting cranks.
Their abdication deprives the rest of the nation of the chance to hear and participate in debate.
The last doge presented his abdication to Napoleon here.
Before the diary was found, Japanese historians believed that the emperor had at least contemplated abdication.
His 20-year reign, weak at best, ended in all-round disaster: abdication, arrest, and war.