Word: dismissal
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Shortly before the holiday recess, Sofaer denied a series of motions by the Time Inc. attorneys to dismiss the case outright. But he reserved judgment on whether the magazine had been denied due process by the Israeli government's refusal to allow Time Inc.'s lawyers to see key documents, including the secret appendix, and question several Israeli officials. Sofaer has informed the Israeli government that the secret papers can be accepted as evidence only if attorneys from both sides are allowed direct access to them. In a statement attached to Sofaer's letter, Time Inc. attorneys...
While stunned by the Indian disaster, American chemical engineers are eager to learn its causes so that it will not be repeated. Says Du Font's Karrh: "We cannot dismiss a catastrophe like Union Carbide's. We are awaiting the results of the investigation, and you can be sure that we will learn from it all we can." -By John S. DeMott. Reported by Jay Branegan/Washington and Raji Samghabadi/ New York
Councilor David E. Sullivan said he had "serious doubts" about the proposed contract, which would dictate that the city continue to pay him a $70,000 annual salary even if the council fires him. The council would need a two-thirds vote to dismiss Sullivan, according to the contract...
...fully as he could, has reached some limit at which many Americans balk, but he overlooks the possible implications of this development. Most of Lasch's thought deals with correcting people who take Freud as their starting points; clinging to Freud as to the truth he neglects, except to dismiss, critics and rivals of psychoanalysis. Referring to Skinner's ideas as unacceptable "dogma," he dismisses them as politically unfeasible and ignores the question of their psychological validity...
...such as the Krokodiloes and the Radcliffe Rugby Club, exemptions from part of the clause. It could be that social clubs will be able to show us reasons to exempt them. I take our committment to non-discrimination seriously, however, and am not as inclined as Mr. Patullo to dismiss the Clubs as not central to the College...