Word: suit
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...Palestinians have picked a new leader, but the issues drive their conflict with Israel remain unchanged. Danny Rubinstein, one of the leading analysts of Palestinian politics in the Israeli media, best described the changes heralded by Mahmoud Abbas's election victory: "He may wear a suit, he may not jump on tables or shout that a million martyrs will march to Jerusalem, but his demands from Israel are no different than (Yasser) Arafat's were...
...WorldCom, where the directors were never found to have had knowledge of the company's crooked bookkeeping. (The directors owned so much WorldCom stock that they lost $250 million in its collapse.) In any event, the settlement could influence penalties in other high-profile cases, such as the shareholder suit against Walt Disney Co. directors over the $140 million paid to former president Michael Ovitz. Charles Elson, director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, says the WorldCom deal could have a "chilling effect" by making it tougher to recruit directors. Elson himself...
...when Killen, now 79, shuffled back into a courtroom in Philadelphia last week, having finally been arrested for the murders, it was as if a cloud had lifted. Handcuffed and wearing an orange prison jump suit, he pleaded not guilty as his younger brother Jerry knocked down a television cameraman outside the courthouse...
...performances between the pipes have been exceedingly rare for Harvard thus far this season. Senior Dov Grumet-Morris, given the night off after recording 37 saves and allowing zero goals the day before against Northern Michigan, has allowed two goals or fewer nine times this year, with Tobe following suit twice...
...abortion. Such an action would only eliminate a woman’s right to an abortion, and the issue itself would be left up to the states. Prior to Roe many states such as California and New York already allowed for abortion on demand and others were quickly following suit...