• The complex piece of legislation included an interim provision that directed state and local officials to conduct background checks for prospective handgun purchasers.

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  • The biggest bombshell in the new guidelines is that businesses complying with state or local laws that require employee background checks can still be targeted for EEOC lawsuits.

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  • The Church says it is committed to reserving at least 25% of places in its new schools for pupils from the local neighbourhood regardless of faith background, and, in practice it says, most new Church of England schools reserve less than 50% for Christian applicants.

    BBC: Bishop: 'Open school access, even if standards fall'

  • "He used local materials and used the dark background in order to quickly realise the figures, " she told a news conference.

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  • In a nutshell: Jim Letten, the U.S. Attorney, is prosecuting a big case focused on Fred Heebe, a local waste disposal magnate. (For extensive background of that case, see this series).

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  • So the distribution of mimetic species should be one of local clusters of good mimics, against a wider background of poor ones which may mean that a poorly mimetic species outnumbers a good one.

    ECONOMIST: Insects and mimicry

  • Equally, Ms Lamont is right to point out that the SNP promised a Local Income Tax - only for that to slip into the background for a range of stated reasons.

    BBC: Planning for the future

  • State reinforcement of federal penalties for providing false information when buying a gun, running background checks on buyers at gun shows, allowing local discretion to police when issuing concealed-carry permits, requiring purchase permits for handguns and allowing municipalities to set their own gun laws are all associated with lower gun-trafficking rates.

    ECONOMIST: Guns and state borders

  • Riffel cooks simple, fresh South African food, using local ingredients prepared in a style strongly influenced by his Cape Malay background. (The Cape Malay community comprises ethnic Malays who began to emigrate to Cape Town more than 200 years ago.) "The food Reuben cooks is the food I knew growing up in the region, " says Ntezo.

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  • Although it had always been in the background, he "decided it was time for art" in 1965, and attended a local college in Greenock to learn how to weld.

    BBC: Obituary: George Wyllie

  • Amelia Janisz, Greenreviews.com: An expert system that does all the sorting through federal, state, and local laws and provides customized, sustainability-centered checklists for managers and engineers with or without an environmental background.

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  • At Araxi, also in Whistler Village, the dining room decorated with fresh flowers and original paintings sets a romantic background for a dinner of freshly caught Pacific seafood like halibut or white prawn risotto served alongside local tomatoes, beetroot or mushrooms.

    BBC: Haute cuisine hits North American slopes

  • You can also ask your local state securities (see NASAA link above to locate your state securities agency) or insurance regulator for a background check on any broker, adviser or agent.

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  • These men, five of them with a military or security background, are meant to keep a strict eye on the governors, especially when they have imposed local laws that differ from federal ones.

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  • The inventory was made on two levels, national and regional-local according to the existing administrative divisions, and combined the territorial principle with classification according to ethnic and religious background as these two factors often coincided.

    UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

  • The background is that Mr. Auckland is a senior executive (CEO) within Northcliffe Media, the local newspaper arm of the company that owns the Daily Mail.

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