President Lincoln signed that preliminary order five days after Antietam -- on September 22.

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These figures were released on a preliminary basis in order to facilitate communication with investors surrounding the proposed senior secured loan financing transaction.

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This issue is getting critical as vendors have jumped all over preliminary specs in order to grab sales by touting "802.11n compliancy, " but a mishmash of implementations that don't always play nice together, as well as the questionable ability of Draft 1.0 products to be upgraded to Draft 2.0 (not to mention the final 802.11n draft) with a simple firmware update, is paving a trail of incompatibility and confusion.

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On Wednesday, the investigating magistrate, Judge Jose Castro, issued the 18-page order that brought preliminary charges against Princess Cristina in a fraud case centered on her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, the king's son-in-law.

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That prompted Reno to order the FBI to resume its preliminary criminalinvestigation.

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After preliminary investigations, the court judge issued an order for the temporary detention of Hofer and Vahideh Q, and the two were imprisoned.

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The wording of the order is such that some will question if Apple can still move for a preliminary injunction prior to December 6.

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In his order, the judge said that further investigation since last year had led to the decision to bring preliminary charges against the princess.

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