Word: formality
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...Jefferson helped found and back a friendly newspaper, the National Gazette, to help disseminate his views. He and his collaborator James Madison hurled pointed charges at his foes and assembled an influential coalition to oppose what he called "aristocrats" and "monocrats." His aggressive behavior, and Hamilton's, finally drew formal rebukes from the consensus-loving President Washington, but Jefferson did not back down...
Four years and several teams later, he returned to the Bruins for the 2003-04 season, officially ending his relationship with the team when he became an unrestricted free agent at midnight on July 1. Despite the formal parting, several members of the organization, including coach—and former Boston University opponent—Mike Sullivan, were present to offer their congratulations...
...military received Vice President Dick Cheney's authorization to shoot down any hostile aircraft, at 10:31 a.m., the last of the hijacked planes had already crashed. The commission report says Cheney did first get the President's go-ahead over the phone but commissioners told TIME that formal documentation for that order is incomplete. However it came about, the commission also reveals that the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) never actually relayed Cheney's command to its pilots in the air, some of whom were seeking a jet, American Airlines Flight 11, that had earlier crashed into...
...Kurdish leadership over the fate of Kurdish autonomy. Although he has no substantial constituency of his own, an ability to mediate and therefore help manage the fractious politics of post-Saddam Iraq could ensure continued influence for Washington's erstwhile favorite - precisely because the U.S. is now ceding its formal political control over Iraq, leaving the Iraqis to settle their own differences...
...Hannezo.) And there may be repercussions for the regulators themselves. The initial spark for the investigation was a complaint filed by small Vivendi shareholders. Frédérik-Karel Canoy, the lawyer for the group, tells Time that he has now filed a follow-up demand for a formal investigation of the cob's president and general manager, both of whom are still in office. The cob, since renamed the Financial Market Authority, didn't respond to requests for comment. Vivendi's accounting is just as controversial. The magistrates' investigation asserts that Messier gave an overly rosy picture...