Word: breach
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...Nova don't end there. Court-appointed lawyers investigating the case allege that Sahashi, who has been fired by the board and hasn't been seen in public since June, had turned his company into something of a personal piggy bank; they accuse him of misappropriation and aggravated breach of trust. (Sahashi's representative has filed a petition rebutting these allegations.) On Oct. 30, the lawyers invited reporters to check out Sahashi's lavish office at the company's Osaka headquarters, complete with a fully stocked wet bar and a hidden bedroom and sauna. "I wanted to show the extent...
...what does this mean for the future of the country? It is a very big problem. It means that dictatorship will be sustained until it is reversed. It is a clear breach of the understanding that Musharraf has with my party. We have been engaged with him for a period of time for a negotiated peaceful transfer to democracy. He has promised to retire as army chief. He has promised to hold fair elections, and implement fair election reform. Contrary to these promises, he has imposed emergency without consulting me. We advised him against doing this. And he chose...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has repeatedly used the politically provocative term "rupture" to characterize the sweeping reforms he hopes will force a break with France's socio-economic past. On Thursday, Sarkozy will be getting his first major taste of opposition to his quest to create such a breach: massive public sector strikes that will not only shape the future of Sarkozy's entire reformist drive - but perhaps his entire presidency as well...
Healing the Breach...
...Later that year, however, a Harvard investigation found Berkowitz’s allegations “clearly without merit.” Berkowitz spent over a year wrangling with the grievance process., which he felt was also compromised. In March of 2000, Berkowitz sued Harvard for breach of contract. His petition was ultimately denied, but not before the case reached the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts...