• Christa Markwalder, a lawmaker from the pro-business Free Democratic Party, said she didn't think passage of the initiative would lead to an exodus of companies from Switzerland but would attract attention from other countries studying corporate-governance policies.

    WSJ: Swiss Back Executive-Pay Controls

  • With the human population now at seven billion and climbing, cities have become huge territories that don't allow the passage of other species through them.

    WSJ: A Renegade Architect Connects Cities and the Natural World

  • British Foreign Minister William Hague added his nation won't provide safe passage for Assange, and that the UK had "painstakingly" assured the Ecuadorians that his human rights would be protected.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • When its image-recognition software can't interpret a passage of aged or faded text, it further distorts the image and serves it up as a CAPTCHA. That means the project not only produces an enormous output of digitized records for preservation purposes--it also filters text to find far more difficult words for computers to recognize.

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  • Its impact on the fate of immigration legislation is unclear, but it isn't likely to make passage any easier.

    WSJ: Fred Barnes: Immigration Reform Is Starting to Roll

  • The law, passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in February after months of wrangling, represented an unconstitutional end run around the City Council, where its passage wasn't guaranteed, the judge ruled.

    WSJ: Court Nixes Taxi Plan

  • The passage of time clearly won't diminish the Travers family's very obvious pain.

    BBC: Mary Travers killer controversy too recent for Stormont

  • " If you don't see what's wrong with that passage, imagine it beginning: "It has never been a habit of mine to watch movies .

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  • In one, he had highlighted a passage about the relative commonness of T. bataar, which, he believed, underscored his point that his specimens were scientifically unimportant.

    NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention

  • Having bipartisan support for immigration reform will not ensure passage -- it didn't for President George W. Bush in 2007 -- but without it, chances are even slimmer.

    CNN: Five reasons why time may be right for immigration reform

  • But already businessmen in Hong Kong are warning that the passage of the trade bill won't lead to overnight changes.

    BBC: Hong Kong hopes for trade boost

  • Ridge later backed away from the assertion in the book, saying he wasn't questioning his colleagues' motives and that the passage could have been clearer.

    CNN: Experts question U.S. terror alert system

  • Apple later fired back in a statement Thursday, asserting that passage of the proposed shareholder measure wouldn't prevent Apple from issuing preferred stock in the future.

    WSJ: Apple Cash Pile Sets Off a Battle

  • Although crucial details were still being worked out, aides from both political parties said they don't believe any remaining decisions would derail the agreement's passage.

    WSJ: Talks Focus on Programs' Cuts

  • While some of the overhaul's provisions would take effect within months of its passage, the big expansion of coverage wouldn't happen until 2014, when new health insurance marketplaces open for business.

    NPR: With Health Bill Unveiled, House Digs For Votes

  • And he can't slow the course of her decline, so he slows the passage of what time remains to them with stories luminous stories of his life and theirs, stories with an undercurrent of heartbreak and horror.

    WSJ: Luminous, Loving 'Amour' | Jack Reacher | On the Road | The Impossible | The Guilt Trip | Film Reviews by Joe Morgenstern

  • The fundraisers had been scheduled for a day after the deadline for the passage of the state budget, a process that wasn't originally expected to run up to its April 1 deadline.

    WSJ: Cuomo Scraps Florida Fundraisers

  • And then imagine the book won't let you skip to chapter four until you have signified you understand that passage.

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  • What we don't want is for this to be a hugely attractive destination for people who only want a passage to Britain.

    BBC: In full: David Cameron immigration speech

  • Mr. DAN SCHNUR (Politics, University of Southern California): At least so far, it doesn't look like there's a lot of public support for it or likelihood for its passage.

    NPR: Union Wants Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Gone

  • The bipartisan backing of the Volcker Rule by some of the "gray eminences" of finance seems to suggest relatively easy passage of his idea, despite rumblings last week that the U.S. Senate wasn't exactly sanguine.

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