Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...less than 21 libel suits filed against it today. We have had a big one going with the former president of Mobil Oil. Four judges have considered it; two have ruled for him and two for us, but unfortunately for us, the last two were his. It is on appeal now, and our legal bills alone have already topped $1,275,000. Not insured. The chilling effect is considerable, believe me. I consider myself to have my share of guts, but the next reporter who comes to me with a story and tells me it will cost...
...coordinating committee headed by his second-in-command, Rear Admiral Sultan Ahmed, and ordered Bangladesh's 150,000-man armed forces put on a "wartime footing" to help cope with the disaster. Some 20,000 military personnel and 50,000 civilians were enlisted for relief operations. The President also appealed to other nations for $50 million in emergency aid; he specifically requested cash rather than supplies, so that the stricken could be given immediate relief. "So many of the survivors have lost everything," he said. "I appeal to the whole world to help...
...violent attack on the Arthur D. Little research firm which has been testing nerve gas within city limits. Cambridge banned all testing, storage, and production of chemical warfare agents, but Arthur D. Little challenged the city regulation in the Supreme Judicial Court. The case is still pending on appeal and is expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court...
...lacks credibility because it exists only to punish political offenses and because its procedures--no right of appeal to a higher body, possible use of hearsay evidence, lack of clear guidelines matching punishments to crimes--are a mockery of due process...
...economists were wary of proposals for a minimum tax on companies and individuals. Such plans have broad appeal but, the board warned, are no substitute for ending tax breaks. Heller argued that the revenue produced by a minimum tax could lull Congress into granting special interests new tax concessions, and protecting old ones, without giving thought to the money- + losing consequences. In that way, Heller noted, the minimum levy "could be used...