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Bergmanns rule
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Allens rule
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Glogers rule
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Romers rule
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Copes rule
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Rule of St Benedict
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James Craig 1st Viscount Craigavon
James Craig Craigavon, 1st Viscount , 1871-1940, Irish statesman. He worked with Edward Carson in rousing the Protestants of Ulster against Home Rule in the crisis preceding World War I. He organized the Ulster Volunteers to resist any attempt to enforce Home Rule. In 1921 he became prime... Read more |
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Tuzla
Tuzla , city (1991 pop. 84,244), in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Various fruits are grown in the vicinity, lignite and salt are mined, and some oil is extracted; there is a chemical plant. The city's salt springs were known in Roman times. Tuzla was under Turkish rule from 1463 until its incorporation... Read more |
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Queensberry Rules
Queensberry Rules the standard rules of boxing, originally drawn up in 1867 to govern the sport in Britain, named after John Sholto Douglas (1844–1900), 8th Marquess of Queensberry, who supervised the preparation of the rules; in figurative use, standard rules of polite or acceptable... Read more |
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Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement (ROE) are directives issued by commanders that control the use of military force. Basic standards for the use of force have been with the U.S. military since the Revolutionary War. The classic example was: “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.”... Read more |
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War and the constitution: Bush's military tribunals haven't got a legal leg...
...proposed Bush tribunals. Leave aside whether the tribunals would be good...of the laws of war, without a jury...Court's 1866 ruling Ex parte Milligan...commission or tribunal to try offenses...Justice William H. Rehnquist ... |
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Supreme Court decides Cuban detainees can challenge captivity.
...S. law. The ruling may also open...reviewing the ruling to see how it will affect procedures at...before military tribunals. In a related...lower-court rulings that allowed...From the Civil War to World ... |
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Court Upholds Government Labeling Certain Foreign Films `Propaganda'
...involving nuclear war and acid rain...In another ruling, the court crimped...environment, ruling that anyone sued...trial. The film ruling was made in a...Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Byron...administrative ... |
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Why the Supreme Court Matters
...Court decisions affect each one of these...decides cases that affect our government...to use military tribunals for enemy soldiers...numerous landmark rulings in cases brought...the late William Rehnquist) and Samuel Alito...Since World ... |
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