Word: casefuls
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...court decides that the prolonged pre-trial solitary confinement does indeed infringe on constitutional rights, the case could set a precedent, el-Hage's lawyers said...
Christopher Gibbs, a supervisor, said that some Christmas workers try to stay on full-time after the holiday and that the decision on whether to keep each one is made on a case-by-case basis...
That's the case at HMV, according to Dermot Smyth, the rock manager at HMV for the last five years...
...Microsoft of the genetically modified food industry, Monsanto, is under attack yet again - and, as in the case of the Seattle monolith, its opponents are charging monopoly. Tuesday, lawyers for six farmers filed a class action suit against the seed giant, charging Monsanto with conspiring to control the world's vast seed trade. The suit also claims Monsanto and other companies rush their products to market without testing them adequately for safety. While Monsanto's genetic-engineering business has been the target of many attacks over the past several years, particularly in Europe, Tuesday's suit marks a new tack...
...things will happen to bring about widespread public awareness of this issue," says Kluger. "Something huge, like a massive scare, will happen and get people's attention all at once." Or, he adds, there will simply be an incremental pileup of information, culminating, as in the case of global warming, in a raised consciousness. Tuesday's legal action may not be the straw that breaks Monsanto's back, but, as the plaintiffs' lawyers hope, it could be among the first pebbles heralding an avalanche of negative public opinion...