It undermined Mr Pastrana's claim to broad national backing in his dealings with the guerrillas.

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The broad inquiry includes an examination of a claim the former chief executive shared inside information, people familiar with the matter told the paper.

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It is truly awe-inspiring the broad knowledge of industries some venture capitalists claim to possess-even knowledge of industries they admit they have never been involved in.

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Both Congress and the SEC have said that the consequences of a ruling on the First Amendment claim could have long lasting and broad effects beyond the question at hand.

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"In the wake of Pat Buchanan's claim to own workers' issues, there's been a fair amount of broad speculation about where workers really are, " AFL-CIO spokeswoman Denise Mitchell told the Associated Press.

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Unlike more ambitious collectors such as Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, whose broad range of master-paintings is housed at the imposing Villahermosa Palace in Madrid, Mr Beyeler does not claim to have mounted an exhaustive panorama that takes in every movement in 20th-century art.

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The sites also claim to have higher-profile members, such as CEOs, celebrities and major sports figures, than broad-based sites such as Match.com and eHarmony.

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