Word: upholding
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...blow to freedom of the press, and it means it is not safe for the press to work," Todung Mulya Lubis, an Indonesian lawyer representing TIME, told Agence France Presse. "TIME will take any legal measures available to defend freedom of the press, because this is important to uphold justice and the truth...
...This is a victory of the principles which our Indian people uphold...
...This is a victory of the principles of which our Indian people uphold.' PRATIBHA PATIL, India's first female President, on winning a high (if mostly ceremonial) office in a country where women generally face much discrimination...
...Melee at the Madrasah Your story on the standoff at a mosque in Islamabad is of a radical Islam that will wreak havoc to uphold its ideologies [July 16]. But it failed to mention that the views held by those responsible for the siege of Islamabad's Red Mosque are not truly representative of Islam. There is no religion in the world that justifies the use of violence or promotes taking the law into one's own hands. The residents of the Lal Masjid compound have done both by forcefully occupying land and abducting people. If any of the victims...
...arbitration--and the apparent bias of arbitrators. There are strict limits on gathering evidence for arbitration hearings, and it is virtually impossible to appeal them. Arbitrators don't necessarily have to follow the law, and studies suggest they favor companies that regularly hire them. Still, the courts generally uphold arbitration clauses unless a law makes absolutely clear that the employee can go to court, arbitration be damned. That pretty much describes the 1994 act, as three federal courts have ruled...