• From 1994 Equitable sought to nullify the value and the potential cost of these guarantees.

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  • That's just what Amazon did to nullify another price-shopping agent, this one from an overnight sensation known as Junglee.

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  • He said the administration had bipartisan support in its bid to get the Supreme Court to nullify the marriage law.

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  • In an echo of the Hayne-Webster debate, bills have been introduced in at least eleven states to nullify the federal law.

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  • The legal amendment, making it possible for an accuser to nullify a case under prosecution, will also apply to dowry harassment cases.

    BBC: Indian state amends bigamy law

  • Some lawmakers have talked of passing new legislation to nullify Judge Lamberth's ruling and clarify that stem-cell research derived from embryos is allowed.

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  • The main crisis of his first term was South Carolina's attempt to nullify a federal law on tariffs that it did not like.

    ECONOMIST: American democracy

  • Early in the season, Villa took a few teams by surprise, but recent matches have seen opponents set out to nullify their attack.

    BBC: Lee Dixon's tactical view

  • His selection, together with that of the tough-tackling Worsley at six, suggests that Johnson is determined to nullify the All Blacks' attacking threat at Twickenham.

    BBC: England call-up for Erinle & Shaw

  • Members of Congress have no power, indeed they have no rights, to arrogate to themselves the power to nullify an election absent such a compelling threat.

    CNN: Transcript: Opening statement of Rep. Nadler

  • The pace of Charles N'Zogbia was Wigan's principal threat but the visitors' main tactic was to put up resolute defence in a bid to nullify Everton.

    BBC: Everton 0-0 Wigan

  • But McCarthy, up against Spurs manager Harry Redknapp for the first time, formulated a plan to nullify that threat and it was executed superbly by his players.

    BBC: Tottenham 0-1 Wolves

  • When signing some real estate documents, Maria Angela signed a couple extra pages, which later were declared to be her agreement to nullify the legal parent-child legal realationship.

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  • Alan Smith slid in on Manuel Almunia while Joey Barton cleaned out Gilberto as the Magpies harried and harassed their opponents to try to nullify Arsenal's smooth passing play.

    BBC: Newcastle 1-1 Arsenal

  • He filed cases with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to nullify contracts the utility had with Enron--which in some cases locked it into paying ten times the postcrisis price for electricity.

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  • Gore's side also asked Lewis to nullify the Tuesday certification of the statewide ballot, allow counties to continue manual recounts and to ask Harris to hold off on final certification after counties submit recounts.

    CNN: Terry Lewis

  • This is because students who have taken AS-levels can choose not to "cash in" these exams - which in effect allows them to nullify their participation and to exclude their results from any overview.

    BBC: A-level results

  • The clean sheet against Stoke was Liverpool's third consecutive shutout and came after Dalglish started with a three-man central defence of Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Martin Skrtel and Daniel Agger to try to nullify the visitors' threat.

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  • Musharraf placed the country under a six-week state of emergency late last year, during which he ousted most of the Supreme Court justices who had been expected to nullify his recent election victory on constitutional grounds.

    CNN: Gates: U.S. willing to send troops to Pakistan

  • Small nonprofits and community organizations that receive federal grants will tell you that the paperwork and scrutiny that comes with even the most modest federal award is often so exhaustive as to nullify the benefits of the grant.

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  • Turning to international news, state television and major newspapers say the Chinese foreign ministry supports a "prudent" and "moderate" UN Security Council response to North Korea amid its threats to nullify a 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War.

    BBC: China media: Wen's mixed legacy

  • Those powers include the ability to nullify collective bargained agreements, imposition of new agreements for those bargaining units which will have effect for as much as five years after the EFM leaves office and the ability for the manager to dissolve local governing bodies of schools and cities.

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  • Now, it didn't open until eight, which is feeding a lot of suspicion on the ground here, that there have been efforts to rig this election, that there've been efforts to nullify their votes - efforts on the part of the government, which, of course, is headed by the incumbent, President Mwai Kibaki.

    NPR: Kenyans Vote in Presidential Election

  • Liberal Democrat peer Lord Addington argued that the only way to "nullify" the impact of illegal betting was through greater sharing of information on where "the flows of money" are going.

    BBC: Peer's warning over Olympics match-fixing

  • "I think that Italy's scrum is their strength but if you nullify that they seem to struggle, " said Thomas.

    BBC: Prop Thomas targeting Italy scrum

  • When people get tight he invariably has to pass it square or backwards and you can nullify him - he has not got a trick and he is not someone who is going to go past a defender.

    BBC: England's midfielders

  • Look for any "riders" that nullify coverage for treatment related to certain conditions.

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  • Requiring orders to be posted for at least a second would nullify the value of flash orders and of probing the market.

    ECONOMIST: High-frequency trading

  • The TRAIN Act would nullify the Utility MACT Rule and direct EPA to adopt less burdensome regulations to control power plant HAP emissions.

    FORBES: Big Costs, Illusory Benefits: Why Congress Should Nix The Utility MACT

  • Previously, Mr. Meister said that if the court ruled that the buyout provision was illegal, that ruling could nullify the IPO vote and possibly require the process to start again.

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