As long ago as 1804, the individual's obligations to his or her family were spelled out in the Napoleonic Code.

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Some of these ideas had merits, but none has been spelled out or followed through, and none has yet made a mark on the electorate.

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At the center of the antispam effort is a small Redwood City, Calif. not-for-profit organization called Mail Abuse Prevention System or MAPS (spam spelled backwards).

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Readers may also wonder what function is served by the editors at Palgrave Macmillan, given that they failed to ensure the names of either Warren Buffett or Paul Volcker were spelled correctly.

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Google doesn't question its partners' rights to use those domains for advertising purposes--even when it's pretty darn obvious that the partners don't have the right, as in the case of BritishAirways.com spelled with two H's or what have you.

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Revenues are earned when games are played or if there are any other agreements that are spelled out.

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Shari is vice chairman of both public companies, and entitled, per an agreement spelled out in the irrevocable trust, to succeed her father as chairman when he quits or dies.

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