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...Russia. Like Harry, Tanya is an orphan who resides in a world swirling with magic. Instead of a scar on her forehead like Harry's, however, Tanya has a mole on her nose. This distinction is not enough to pacify Rowling's publisher, which sent a cease-and-desist letter to Yemets' publisher. Yemets claims that while his book was intended in part as a parody of Rowling's, it is vastly different in that it draws from Russian folklore...
...officer stopped two individuals running around in their underwear at Dunster House, advising them to cease and desist...
...That's why President Bush was on Wall Street Tuesday, appealing to investors to keep the faith by warning corporate executives to cease and desist from abusing the trust of their shareholders. Amid a rolling wave of accounting scandals, the President warned that "faith in the fundamental integrity of American business leaders is being undermined." Restoring that faith, he said, was fundamental to maintaining the American way of life: "All investment is an act of faith, and faith is earned by integrity," Bush said. "In the long run, there's no capitalism without conscience; there is no wealth without character...
...vengeful assault. Arafat worked the phones, dialing diplomats around the world, beseeching them for help. Sources inside Arafat's office told TIME that Arafat warned of a bloody battle between his forces and the Israeli army, hoping that prospect would prompt the international community to force the Israelis to desist. He phoned the Jerusalem hotel room of Anthony Zinni, the U.S. special envoy to the region, and pleaded with him to tell his bosses in the Bush Administration to stop what was about to happen. "It's an attack on me personally," he said. "They want...
...example, Seltzer cites the case of Aaron Koller ’03 from late last year. The Winthrop House reisdent received a cease and desist letter from Motion Picture Associations through his Allston Burr senior tutor after he had downloaded an episode of the Simpsons...