Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...improve their chances, the congregation has gone to court asking a judge to determine what a fair price would be if the church were to be preserved. They argue that it is unfair for a congregation to have to match bids with the developer...
...plaintiffs--who were both roommates and vice presidents of the Euro Clubwhile at Harvard--decided to drop their suit afterU.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns ruledagainst their claim that the College did not havea right to suspend students who had completed alltheir graduation requirements...
...students had persisted with theirchallenge, the court would have proceeded to thesecond claim of the suit, which argued that thecollege's administrative board proceedings were sounjust that they exceeded the wide area ofdiscretion the government usually gives to collegedisciplinary processes...
...plaintiffs--who were both roommates and vice presidents of the Euro Club while at Harvard--decided to drop their suit after U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns ruled against their claim that the College did not have a right to suspend students who had completed all their graduation requirements...
...under foreign flags, are finally coming under U.S. legal scrutiny," says TIME Washington correspondent Viveca Novak. This week?s shot across the industry?s bow comes on top of a private lawsuit that last week torpedoed an embarrassing hole into Carnival, the number one cruise line. In court papers stemming from a rape complaint filed by a former crew member, Carnival, according to the New York Times, acknowledged that its crew members had been accused of sexually assaulting passengers and other staffers 62 times since 1993, prompting the company to investigate. The papers did not reveal the outcome...