The Morgan Stanley case, filed in state court in New York, is a so-called "derivative suit" in which the lawyers are trying to place themselves in the position of the corporation to recover money shareholders allegedly lost because of bad behavior by insiders.

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Needless to say, I lost the argument about the default behavior (what got assigned to Cmd-Z for out of the box installation) with the introduction of History feature.

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The economic burden of the tax system, which measures the lost economic output from a tax system that penalizes productive behavior.

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The downturn has procured a related outbreak of pleasant behavior: Tradesmen, salespeople and restaurant reservationists have lost their standoffish attitude.

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Once he was on the porch Gates lost some of the protected legal status of a homeowner, because his behavior could be heard and observed in public.

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Yet their behavior presents Israel with an important lesson about the fundamentals of diplomacy that appear lost on our leaders.

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