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Trump has now signed an executive order to roll back the Clean Power Plan, claiming, ironically, that he wants to weaken federal regulations as a way to return power to the states.
By wearing a veil or beard,
claiming
the right for places to pray at work or school, and demanding special foods, Muslims identify themselves overtly as Muslims.
They urged the US to lift its embargo on Cuba,
claiming
that it had damaged relations with the rest of the continent, and to do more to combat drug use on its own turf, through education and social work, rather than supplying arms to fight the drug lords in Latin America – a battle that all acknowledged has been an utter failure.
In a Boston courtroom on October 15, a judge will begin hearing a lawsuit
claiming
that Harvard’s admission process discriminates against Asian-Americans.
For those companies that duck the questions, including by
claiming
that the world will not in fact enforce the 2º limit, divestment would make sense on both financial and ethical grounds, as such companies are clearly not prepared to contribute to creating a low-carbon economy.
The industry trotted out all the standard arguments to justify such consolidation,
claiming
that it would actually benefit consumers by making health-insurer operations more efficient.
The Ukrainian state-owned energy giant Naftogaz and its subsidiaries alone are
claiming
$7 billion in damages, while Oschadbank, Privatbank, and Ukrnafta are seeking compensation of $1 billion each.
The Palestinians are attempting to hold the stick at both ends,
claiming
before the world their endorsement of the two-state solution while calling for the right of return at the same time.
Another view focuses on OPEC countries’ oil-supply restraint,
claiming
that it is helping to support oil prices and thus high-cost producers in North America.
Although their supporters wanted to make them permanent,
claiming
that they were temporary allowed for the circumvention of procedural requirements in the legislative process that Democrats had created in a vain effort to guarantee fiscal sanity.
Some find the impulses behind the Universal Declaration too secular, too materialistic,
claiming
it pays little regard to the higher authority that is the source of all moral imperatives and the rights derived from those imperatives.
His choice of Abdullah Badawi, the current prime minister, helped UMNO regain the Islamist moral high ground that the PAS had been
claiming.
First, they ordered that Jonathan disband the military task force,
claiming
that it was occupying the north and harassing civilians.
China admitted to no deaths among the Tibetan protesters,
claiming
that its security forces had exercised restraint and had not even fired a single shot.
China unleashed a barrage of propaganda
claiming
that the world should condemn the Dalai Lama, not China, for instigating the riots, and that only innocent Chinese had suffered.
Taking advantage of Russia’s weaknesses and the lack of a counterweight, they refused to heed warnings against
claiming
a monopoly on global leadership.
Instead of the EU
claiming
center stage, as its leaders assumed it would, the key actors were the United States, Brazil, South Africa, India, and China.
Such a requirement would face criticism, with some
claiming
that testing takes too long, and thus is not always possible before starting treatment.
The danger is that scientific decisions with a scientific-technical component are no longer subject to study or rational argument, but instead are fought over by various interest groups, with some invariably
claiming
that their taxes should be used to fund only research that is compatible with their values.
Ireland’s Lessons for GreeceMUNICH – Greece’s government, led by the left-wing Syriza party, is demanding a new deal from its European creditors,
claiming
that the bailout program provided by the “troika” (the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank, and the European Commission) has plunged their country into a spiral of deflation and austerity.
The bad news is that US bank representatives cite these studies when claiming, in the financial media and presumably to their favorite members of Congress, that the too-big-to-fail phenomenon has been contained and that the time has come for regulators to back off.
President Barack Obama has offered numerous proposals to invest in the foundations of national competitiveness, but Congressional Republicans have rebuffed them,
claiming
that the US faces an impending fiscal crisis.
Furthermore, “Pakistan, by
claiming
to be the legatee of the glory of Islam burdened itself with heavy historical baggage.”
And Xinhua wasted no time in
claiming
that the abuses were limited to a few towns.
Already some are
claiming
to discern in his European policy the makings of an heir to Harold Wilson, another famous “renegotiator” of Britain’s terms of membership in the then-European Community who went on to win a referendum on Europe.
The question is whether Germany will respond by
claiming
that it “owns” Issing’s portfolio as well as his chair.
As usual, the Kremlin is attempting to avoid accountability by spewing disinformation and
claiming
that the West is persecuting Russia.
They argued on the basis of free-market ideology rather than evidence,
claiming
that foreign aid always fails.
There is no factual basis for
claiming
that we have become unhappier roommates since the 1980s.
Knowing, for example, that 23 years after World War II, a multicolored France demonstrated against my deportation by
claiming
“We are all German Jews” provides food for thought.
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