• Ms. Handel said in her resignation letter that she had been offered a severance package by Ms. Brinker and that she had declined, a move that appears to have allowed her to speak out about the dispute.

    WSJ: Komen Official Quits After Planned Parenthood Controversy

  • In June, the Internal Revenue Service tightened an exception that had allowed companies to move to countries in which they have substantial business activities.

    WSJ: U.S. Firms Move Abroad to Cut Taxes

  • Young testified that he allowed Hunter to move in with him and his wife at Edwards' request after newspapers began looking into a possible affair within the Edwards campaign.

    CNN: Edwards gets acquittal on one count, mistrial on others

  • Harry was seen as possessing a confidence and emotional intelligence that allowed him to move naturally from goofing with Bolt, to connecting with a young child to being a statesman.

    CNN: How 'soldier prince' Harry tore up royal rule book

  • Former Edwards aide Andrew Young testified that he allowed Hunter to move in with him and his wife at Edwards' request after newspapers began looking into a possible affair within the Edwards campaign.

    CNN: Feds drop remaining Edwards charges

  • And forget the fact that her chief supporter in Michigan, Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, signed the bill into law that allowed the state to move up its primary.

    CNN: Commentary: No graceful bow-out for Clinton

  • Although Crown has been in the business since 1999, it took a big step last January by acquiring John Nurminen Prima, or JNP, of Finland, a move that added 115 staff and allowed Thompson to make inroads deep into European art centers such as Brussels, Amsterdam and Moscow.

    FORBES: Jim Thompson's Precious Cargo

  • You are allowed a bent arm all the way through and allowed to move it within that slightly.

    BBC: Harbhajan Singh

  • It was his move to leave the GOP and become an independent that allowed the Democrats to claim a 50-49 edge in the Senate.

    CNN: Smiles, handshakes on the Senate floor

  • The natural attacking move was queen to b6, but deep analysis revealed that it allowed Kasparov too much counterplay.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The procedural vote that would have allowed the Senate to waive the budget rules and move forward on the amendment failed.

    CNN: Obama warns of turning a 'crisis into a catastrophe'

  • However, consultants were allowed to take on private work - a move that led to the growth in private care in private hospitals.

    BBC: Handle with care

  • Knowing that new opportunities might not look the way she had initially imagined, allowed her to move adeptly from engineer to private sector manager to the UN, making use of transferable skills as well as transferable passions.

    FORBES: A Daring Career Rebound: From Telecom Bankruptcy to the UN

  • This verdict may also increase tensions within Turkey between those who believe religion should be allowed a more open role in public life and those who argue that any move away from strict secularism would be a betrayal of the country's founding principles.

    BBC: Despatches

  • This was after the Indian government allowed foreign investment of up to 49% in domestic airlines, a move that Kingfisher had been lobbying for.

    BBC: Kingfisher Airlines submits new revival plan

  • Economists point out that this obviously won't be like Franklin Roosevelt's Depression-era program that allowed virtually anyone with the strength to wield a shovel to join a construction crew or move to a work camp.

    CNN: Will infrastructure stimulus create jobs?

  • Conservative member Alex Johnstone said that whilst he believed welfare reform was necessary he was "disappointed that Parliament failed to pass the legislative consent motion which would have allowed the Welfare Reform Bill to move forward in a more traditional manner".

    BBC: Welfare Reform Committee

  • Rayner said NATO forces were "seeking guidance" on apprehending suspected war criminals after criticism that the alliance had allowed Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic -- indicted twice by the tribunal -- to move freely around the country.

    CNN: Meeting set to revive Bosnian peace deal

  • That move left the Times supremely well positioned for the coming of the internet, which wiped out the geographic limitations that allowed metro papers to enjoy near-monopoly power within their home markets.

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  • Mr Philps said the men were held for between one and three days, with much of that time spent sitting on the ground blindfolded, mostly with their faces between their knees, not being allowed to move and not given anything to eat.

    BBC: Jenin's trapped people

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