Word: allowable
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...Suing a government entity isn't easy, though. The process involves filing an administrative claim for relief, which, if rejected by the SEC, would allow the suit to be fought in federal district court. When a court decision is rendered, the appeal process often drags out for many years. (Read a Q&A with Bernie Madoff's mistress...
...also announced yesterday that it has begun circulating 20 mini laptops in Widener to allow users to continue reading those electronic titles while freeing up stationary computers for quick tasks and searches...
...Kirkland House earlier this year. Authorities arrested Aquino this July in his Harlem apartment, and he was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court the next day. He pled not guilty in August to all four charges. The probable cause hearing, which will be held in Cambridge District Court, will allow a judge to determine whether the prosecution has enough evidence to charge a crime outside of its jurisdiction, according to the Massachusetts Bar Association Web site. Blayn “Bliz” Jiggetts, 19, and Jabrai J. Copney, 20, who both live in New York, have also been implicated...
...President's deferral of responsibility for the CIA investigation is more serious than his health-care meanderings. This is a matter of national security that will directly affect the morale and behavior of our clandestine services. The President can't say he wants to look forward, not backward, then allow his Attorney General to look backward. The most egregious practices, like waterboarding, were (outrageously) declared legal by the Bush Justice Department. How can you prosecute one interrogator for threatening a prisoner with an electric drill and let others who waterboarded a prisoner 83 times off the hook? Is it right...
...sweep of history, this presidency has barely begun. The mistakes Obama has made are rookie mistakes that can be corrected. And the general tendency of his Administration - toward civility, as opposed to the ugliness we've seen in the past month - is the right one. But he can't allow his desire for civility to neuter the requirements of leadership. He has to lead, clearly and decisively, starting right...