Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...crew members of the first voyage were convicted of criminal contempt of court. They are now on parole, and are attempting to appeal the case. It is probable that another injunction will be passed against the second voyage...
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...privately hoped that the Lebanese government would not press its complaint before the U.N. asking investigation of United Arab Republic subversion. Cairo, Moscow and half the Middle East press were crying "American intervention." Two of Chamoun's Moslem ministers resigned in protest at what they called a "betraying" appeal to outsiders against a fellow Arab state...
...cakebox for a rooster was highly irregular and invalidated the ceremony. But Magistrate Hin Shing-lo ruled that because of Yip's superstition, the cakebox was legal; he ordered Wat to pay $17.50 a month maintenance henceforth to his lawfully wedded wife. His lawyer urged Wat to appeal, but Wat had had enough. He accepted the court's ruling and next day boarded a ship-alone-for the unmysterious West...
VARIABLE ANNUITIES, with payments pegged to market value of stocks, need not be regulated by SEC, ruled U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington. Decision was major legal victory for variable annuities, especially Prudential Insurance Co., and setback for advocates of regulation, particularly the National Association of Securities Dealers. Opponents plan appeal to U.S. Supreme, Court...