• Furthermore, it is, as argued by Alan Greenspan recently, absolutely impossible for the US to be forced to default on their debt.

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  • "We have always opposed the attempt to change the basis on which mesothelioma claims should be paid, as argued by those who brought this litigation, " said Nick Starling of the ABI.

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  • Those cases were being argued by Christopher Seeger of Seeger Weiss, the same lawyer who is currently arguing the second case related to Vioxx, the withdrawn Merck painkiller, in Atlantic City, N.

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  • It has long been argued by housing experts that public money is better spent on improving shacks in the favelas, and by providing them with electricity, running water, sewerage and street lighting.

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  • She said the publication of the police scenes-of-crime shots in the newspaper were not justified by any public interest, as had been argued by his defence, and were motivated by "sensationalism and profit".

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  • Remarkably enough, it has been argued by senior U.S. government officials, among others, that the Gulf war actually demonstrated once and for all the irrelevance of strategic depth in the age of ballistic missiles.

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  • This idea is argued by Richard B.

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  • To the extent that the ardour of liberal American Jews has cooled, this is not because, as argued by Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, two leading foreign-policy scholars, the end of the cold war made Israeli and American interests diverge.

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  • Those cases were being argued by Christopher Seeger of Seeger Weiss, the same lawyer who is currently arguing the second case related to Vioxx, the withdrawn Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) painkiller, in Atlantic City, N.

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  • Since cities can't be liquidated, Stockton has attempted to restructure some debt by renegotiating labor contracts and cutting the health benefit for retirees, but creditors argued that by ignoring bond debt they haven't created a plan that shares the pain equitably, as required under bankruptcy code.

    NPR: Stockton Bankruptcy Decision Only The Beginning

  • Some have argued that by voting for impeachment we are lowering the bar for impeachment.

    CNN: Transcript: House debates articles of impeachment

  • She argued that by 2020 all lorries not exempted from the regulation should be fitted with so-called smart tachographs.

    BBC: Road safety debate

  • He argued that by encouraging aspiration, the government could also encourage growth.

    BBC: David Cameron reveals his inner Tory

  • At Bournemouth, when Ann Widdecombe made her controversial speech on cannabis, it was then seriously and properly argued about by Tory representatives in countless conversations.

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  • Liberal Democrat AM Aled Roberts argued that by concentrating on overall school performance this banding system fails to acknowledge the individual performances of pupils and departments within those schools.

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  • It is often argued, by those of a paternalistic frame of mind, that these interests are also the state's, which has a stake in preserving the lives of its citizens.

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  • It is argued that by embracing the dollar, and thus eliminating the risk of devaluation, foreigners would be persuaded to lend at cheaper rates to Argentina's government and its firms.

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  • Three more sexual harassment cases are on the court's calendar this term, to be argued and decided by the end of June.

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  • European governments have argued that, by helping to pay for these sanctuaries, there was less need for them to take so many refugees directly.

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  • At the same time antisuffragists argued that only by remaining disenfranchised could women provide men with an antidote to the corruptions of the political process.

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  • The state high court acknowledged that its order does indeed represent prior restraint, but argued -- by the narrowest of margins -- that the circumstances of the case supported its decision.

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  • At the very least it could be argued that, by deregulating the markets. she helped turn London into the world's capital city, which has brought new money, ideas and peoples to the country.

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  • But they said the majority went too far by ruling that the requirement applies to other kinds opt-out fee collections as well, which they said was never argued or briefed by the opposing parties.

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  • The inquiry, which was completed by Hampshire Police on Thursday, was triggered by Warren's unsuccessful appeal, in which he argued key evidence was obtained by the illegal bugging of a car.

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  • Paradoxically, they should start by rejecting his ill-argued recommendation for pay to be largely determined by a single national body.

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  • Yates had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and her lawyers argued that severe psychosis brought on by postpartum depression following the birth of her youngest child, Mary, led her to commit the killings.

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  • As Bayefsky and others argued this week, by entering into the Durban preparatory process, the US has done two things.

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  • This newspaper has long argued that country-by-country rescues will not be enough.

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  • Eric Pickles has consistently argued that it is by bearing down on waste and duplication that local authorities can find the necessary savings without damaging front-line services.

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  • The subpoenas issued last year originally cited a broad array of documents, including wiretap requests and other materials involving confidential sources that Holder argued he was prevented by law from supplying.

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