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Public nuisance: a new battleground for policyholders and insurers: the current wave of public nuisance-based tort litigation is focused on two areas, lead paint and global warming.(SPECIAL REPORT: CLAIMS)
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April 1, 2008|
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* A public nuisance is defined as "an unreasonable interference with a right common to the general public," and under public nuisance theory, governments may seek to compel the party responsible to abate the nuisance.
* Historically, public nuisance theory was used to shut down gambling or prostitution establishments but in the 1990s, public nuisance was retooled and gained prominence in the tobacco litigation as a new theory of products liability.
* The current wave of public nuisance-based tort litigation is focused on two areas, lead ...
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Work experience and the gender earnings gap.
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; ...Previous New Zealand work on the gender earnings gap has documented slow reductions in the size of gap during the 1980s and 1990s (Dixon, 1998...causes of the recent reductions in the pay gap. Kirkwood (1998) used New Zealand Income Survey data...
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 "The Hawk Eye (Burlington, IA)")
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Eagles hand No. 10 SCC first loss: Kirkwood takes charge early, rolls past Blackhawks.
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; ...season with two more victories. Kirkwood Community College thwarted...made a dent in the lead -- Kirkwood's 15-point lead was cut...minute remaining to close the gap to 67-59. His next bucket...to take advantage of it." Kirkwood -- which lost twice to Indian...
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I'M READY FOR MY MISSION IMPOSSIBLE; Says Dundee United boss; BILLY KIRKWOOD.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The People (London, England)
; ...United? "Nobody!" says Kirkwood with a hint of a smile...the First Division, so the gap is wide enough. But because...Celtic." The 37-year-old Kirkwood points out that it will be...experience. It's certain that Kirkwood will have them scratching at...
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Tip leads police to 2nd knife-wielding robber in Kirkwood
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; ...state police detectives to a home in the Kirkwood area where they found Robert Lee Border...police found him and MacTurk at the Kirkwood home, Ely said. Finding and arresting...a Turkey Hill store along Route 41 in Gap; Jan. 8 at a Getty Mart store at 3596...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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WHY LORD OSBORNE - WHY LORD KIRKWOOD - WHY LORD GILL; Four separate women told a court that this man raped them. He had a previous rape conviction. Yet three judges have let him back on the street.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ...But yesterday, the Appeal Court in Edinburgh ruled the time gap between the rapes was too long to prove his guilt. And they...Clerk, Lord Gill, who heard the appeal with Lords Osborne and Kirkwood, said the jury's verdict couldn't be justified. He said...
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KIRKWOOD, SAMUEL DAVID
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph
; Our deepest sympathy to Renee and family. A gap has been left in our hearts that no-one else will ever fill. We'll miss you Kirker. Love Pricey and Suzie.
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Time for education; Anyone expecting a clear direction in the annuities market as a result of the recent Government consultation paper is going to be disappointed. Angie Kirkwood, marketing manager, retirement income, at Scottish Widows, argues that we are now entering a dec.
Magazine article from: Money Management
; ...fuel the other. It is product innovation that may bridge the gaps between what the customers want, what the Government will allow...product innovation in annuities. Regulation might fill in the gaps behind it or alongside it. Progress is likely to come on both...
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Ephraim S. Stoltzfoos, child of Gap couple
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; ...Stoltzfoos of 5162 Newport Road, Gap, died at home of complications...Mattie K. Lapp Stoltzfus of Kirkwood; paternal grandparents Samuel...Fannie Z. Beiler Stoltzfoos of Gap; maternal great-grandmothers...Anna Mary Stoltzfus, both of Kirkwood; and paternal grandmother Katie...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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A suspect: asteroids and meteorites.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...The rock lurks close to the asteroid belt's Kirkwood gap. Asteroids that wander into this gap find themselves orbiting the sun in exactly...large asteroid, Vesta, through the belt to the Kirkwood gap. This may well explain why there are some...
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CTE to offer DISH Networkin three-for-one 'bundle'
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; ...services, plus EchoStar's DISH Network, throughout its territory. In its local territory - Quarryville, Hensel, Kirkwood, Gap, Rawlinsville and Atglen - Commonwealth serves 17,000 households. Later in 2005, Commonwealth will begin to offer...
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