As Asmar pointed out, there is no dedicated regulatory body in the U.S. that certifies cosmetics.

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He pointed at a desire to see the race equality body succeed - a desire that in the end outweighed the warning signs that so frequently popped up over the years, the latest of which was the conversation above.

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An FIA statement pointed out that the court did not reverse the body's decision, reached from its own detailed investigation, that Briatore and Symonds played a deliberate role in the incident, adding that the body was considering its options, which BBC Sport understands will include an appeal.

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The vote came after Mr Boehner endured pointed criticism from both Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday for House leaders' announcement the body would hold no further votes before the new Congress was sworn in.

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The tournament itself, as Mr. Nicklaus pointed out this week, is an invitational, not a championship run by a governing body like golf's other three majors.

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Even so, and as pointed out by Sir Mervyn King - the governor of the Bank of England who chairs the oversight body of the Basel Committee, which is known as the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS) - the fundamental cause of the crises at these banks and others was that they had too little capital to absorb losses.

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