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...feeling was that having him permanently removed from the management of the Yankees would be a very good result," Vincent explained afterward in his understated, lawyerly fashion. "And the only way to get it was to propose it. I couldn't make that part of the sanction because I can't order him to become a limited partner." Instead the commissioner devised his pick-off play, designed to snare Steinbrenner into voluntarily giving up his majority (55%) control of the Yankees...
Shell Oil Spokesperson: In this well-remunerated position, Bok would defend the company's investments in South Africa before the press. Keeping a straight face, he would have to insist that the firm does not make political statements--despite the obvious fact that the investment constitutes involvement in, and sanction of, institutionalized racism...
...Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last summer approved a bill that would sanction a binding plebiscite in 1991. However, the details horrified the Governor's faction: under the Senate bill, the statehood option seems an instant gold mine. Islanders would get a congressional delegation plus full parity with the other 50 states in federal welfare assistance immediately, while the present full exemption from federal taxes on individuals and companies would be phased out only gradually. About 40% of the island's 3.3 million residents now qualify for federally supported food assistance. According to Hernandez, average monthly benefits...
Many of the writers who begin their articles this way mistakenly believe that such an admission absolves them from charges of anti-Israel bias. Still others claim a special sanction to criticize Israel by emphasizing their prima facie sympathy for the Jewish state...
...Jewish nation is not holy in the sense that it has divine sanction to oppress whomever gets in the way Old Testament calls the Jews holy in the sense that they have a responsibility to a more rigorous moral code. Ethical treatment is not limited to "members of the tribe...