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con·ser·va·tive

(kon-ser'vă-tiv),

Denoting treatment by gradual, limited, or well-established procedures, as opposed to radical.

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conservative

adjective
(1) Referring to a diagnosis rendered from imaging studies or pathology that is at the lower end of a spectrum of possible diagnoses; or
(2) Referring to that which is not aggressive (e.g., conservative therapy), experimental or innovative; excessively high (e.g., conservative estimation of data); or radical (e.g., conservative surgery).

con·ser·va·tive

(kŏn-sĕr'vă-tiv)

Denoting treatment by gradual, limited, or well-established procedures, as opposed to radical.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

con·ser·va·tive

(kŏn-sĕr'vă-tiv)

Denoting treatment by gradual, limited, or well-established procedures, as opposed to radical.

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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In the most recent case, the IRS audited the individual defined benefit plans of 12 businesses and challenged the conservative actuarial assumptions used to compute deductible contributions.

Score one for small pension plans

Conservatives must redefine the policy agenda, as we have done before.

Relaunching a conservative ship of state

JARVIS Anthony Peter, Independence Party UKIP MUNROE Sue, Labour Party SNARTT David, The Conservative Party TIPTON Kate, Liberal Democrats.

The two main parties field a host of candidates; Local council elections this Thursday

Shelley: Bill Armer (Conservative), Ray Bray (Conservative), Tricia Moores (Green).

Winning without a fight

Monkton Vanessa Green (Conservative) Alan Kerr (Labour) Matthew George McKenna (Green) Aidan Smith (Liberal Democrats) Marian Elizabeth Stead (Independent).

There's more than just a mayoral contest next month; People in the North of Tyne area will be picking a mayor next month. But there are also elections in five metropolitan councils. We take a look at their current make-up and the candidates who will be vying for your votes

James Morris (Conservative - Halesowen and Rowley Regis)

Here's how West Midland MPs voted when the Commons rejected Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time; The vote means there's likely to be a long delay before Brexit takes place, if it ever does

Fifteen states -- scattered throughout the South, Midwest and West -- make up a highly conservative group, with net-conservative scores of +20 or higher.

Conservative-Leaning States Drop From 44 to 39

We environmentalists ought to reclaim the word conservative and use it proudly to describe our movement.

Time to put conservation back in conservatism

In the 105th Congress (1997-1999), he had a DW-NOMINATE score of -0.33 and was the 82nd most conservative Democrat out of a total of 211 Democrats.

Guest Column: Comparing the CD-14 Candidates

Some conservatives accuse libertarians of treating all shared values or conventions with contempt.

Enforcing virtue: is social stigma a threat to liberty, or is it liberty in action?

"While some place blame on President Bush's policy of 'staying file course' in the war in Iraq," wrote Moore in a Washington Times op-ed, "the real reason for the success of the Democratic Party is that many Republicans have 'strayed from the course' of conservative Christian leadership exemplified by President Reagan.

Conservative Christians should reconsider politics, columnist says

Didn't Bush squander a lot of political capital precisely on fiscally conservative schemes such as privatization?

Social adjustment: Washington's young conservatives ponder life in the minority

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