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  • SOS Racisme, MRAP, the Union of Jewish Students of France and a group called J'accuse joined in a lawsuit against Apple, arguing that the app violated France's strict laws banning the compiling of people's personal details without their consent.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Unless gossip hits the tipping point, or something extraordinary occurs such as an immigrant maid who happens to be Muslim saying "J'accuse!" to a millionaire economist politician who happens to be Jewish, the public rarely gets a front row center view.

    Ellen Freudenheim: Schwarzenegger, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Reputation Management: The High Road, The Low Road and the No Road Ellen Freudenheim 2011

  • And contrary to at least one irate letter writer's J'accuse, I never called anyone a NIMBY (not in my backyard) or NUMBY (not under my backyard).

    Joel Epstein: Revolution, Democracy and the Subway in Beverly Hills Joel Epstein 2011

  • J'accuse the media of hiding their personal beliefs under such sloppy work, for selecting scientists in esoteric fields with a known bias and with zero knowledge of contemporary religion, for a strawman debate on "science" and "religion."

    Dr. Rustum Roy: J'accuse : Overclaiming Scientists and Sloppy Journalists Dr. Rustum Roy 2010

  • Of course, the mother of all individual open letters and one that also held considerable danger for its author was Emile Zola's J'accuse, published on 13 January 1898 on the front page of the newspaper L'Aurore.

    Gordon Ramsay: 'Dear Mother-in-law' Jon Henley 2010

  • J'accuse, his inflammatory open letter denouncing trumped up treason charges against the Jewish army officer.

    Mariano Azuela 2008

  • Here's a translation of Zola's letter to the President of the Republic, entitled "J'accuse."

    Writers on the wall Peter Rozovsky 2010

  • J'accuse, his inflammatory open letter denouncing trumped up treason charges against the Jewish army officer.

    Mariano Azuela 2008

  • This gripping courtroom scene, part Mr. Smith Goes to Washington crossed with the nuanced subtlety of My Left Foot, builds to an emotional J'accuse that is all too hauntingly real.

    Hospital Says Story Told By Hillary Is False 2009

  • By contrast, since we need much oil, with Dreyfusard "J'accuse" we may, when Jews protect their soil, hurl at them our abuse.

    Gershon Hepner: Uighurs, Tibetans, Jews 2009

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