Word: solatium
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...attempting to seize the assets of a U.S. company with ties to Iran.“Juries have been more than willing to award massive judgments to victims of terrorism and their families—$10,000 per day for kidnapping and torture victims, $5 million in solatium for surviving close relatives of those killed, and punitive damages awards of $300 million per wrongful death—but collecting any money at all has been very problematic,” Sealing wrote in an e-mail.In the past, plaintiffs’ have attempted to claim foreign assets that have been frozen...
...will the Republicans show in disposing of their surplus? In the interest of fair play, they might consider giving it to the Democrats to help them overcome a national party debt of $4.3 million. Well, it was just a thought. They also might dole out the money as a solatium to all those Republican Congressmen who lost in the last election-some, no doubt, because the Nixon juggernaut had gathered up almost all the Republican funds in their areas. Best yet, they could take part of the $3.5 million to study ways of improving the financing of U.S. elections...
...suggest that Mr. Loewi is disingenuous; he is trying to be judicial, but he has not mentioned the inevitable frequency with which men are dismissed after nine years as faculty members, nor given the Fine Arts Department a bow for its solatium of a year's salary, nor allowed himself to contemplate the many other possible causes for dismissal. Such an approach suggests passion rather than reason...
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