One of the most common and critical mistakes you can make during your divorce is to accept the first settlement proposal in the hopes of getting this over with as quickly as possible.

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The plaintiffs devoted a lengthy footnote (n. 6) in their proposed settlement explaining why their cy pres proposal was not disconnected from the misleading advertising claims, as the appeals court found in Kellogg (there, Kellogg products were to be donated to a food bank).

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Committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) hopes to unveil his proposal for a comprehensive tobacco settlement Thursday afternoon, according to his spokeswoman.

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The comments followed an announcement in Cairo by the Arab League that members of a committee tasked with exploring a Saudi proposal for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace settlement would participate in the conference to be held in Annapolis, Md.

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He wants to see a settlement by next May, and has indicated he will put a proposal to the voters of Northern Ireland in a referendum, with or without the agreement of the province's political parties.

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According to the newspaper reports, the peace proposal calls for steps to rebuild confidence, including a halt to Israel's settlement activities, a lifting of the blockade on Palestinian areas and a troop withdrawal to positions held before the start of the Palestinian uprising in late September last year.

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Wyeth said it's still assessing the response to its latest settlement offer, which it originally portrayed as a take-it-or-leave-it proposal.

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But Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal to accelerate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process so that, with American help, a final settlement could be conjured up within six months is just not credible, at least in its current form and under present conditions.

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