Word: claiming
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...noted that many of the findings were accompanied by awards of only one dollar, including the claim of slander...
...battle. "The war with Israel was much easier than this," says Mohammed Ali Hamid, a 76-year-old veteran from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, whose home in Nahr al-Bared was hit by some 20 rockets and artillery shells last summer. Other wild-eyed residents claim that the bombardment of the camp was part of a secret plan to clear the space for an American base. The children at one kindergarten act out the searing memories of being forced from their refugee camp during the fighting by shouting at each other. "Where is your...
...reason is Sunstein's support for cost-benefit analysis, the practice of examining regulations to ensure that their benefit to society outweighs whatever costs they impose. Liberal advocacy groups claim that cost-benefit analysis has been a weapon that every Republican President since Ronald Reagan - who created OIRA - has used to thwart effective government regulation of the environment, workplace and consumer safety. OIRA, after all, examines all proposed federal regulations before they take effect - be they issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration - and it has the power...
...said oil giant Yukos, which was effectively shut down by Moscow in 2006, three years after its boss, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was thrown into prison on charges of fraud and tax evasion, could proceed with a lawsuit seeking $34 billion in damages against the Russian government. It is the largest claim the ECHR has agreed to consider and the first ever involving a corporation. The financial and political fallout from an ECHR judgment could be immense...
...teams switched leads throughout the game, with Harvard beginning on the upside, up 5-1.Bucknell (6-5) slowly chipped away at Harvard’s advantage, coming within two points of the Crimson at 7-5 as the first half drew to a close.Starting the second half, Harvard would again claim a lead at 11-9, but the Bison soon pulled ahead 13-12. In the last minute of the game, freshman Ita Barton-Kettleborough scored a goal for the Crimson, giving Harvard hope of either a win or chance to play in overtime.But penalties would again destroy the Crimson?...