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Marine Colonel Dwight Sullivan, who was Chief Defense Counsel for the Office of Military Commissions, is a true patriot who fought very hard for the rule of law and worked with a lot of the pro bono lawyers from private law firms.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next) 2010
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Both the Kemeny and Rogovin Commissions to investigate the accident at TMI reported a sequence of events that included a successful scram at 8 seconds into The Event.
The Memory Hole 2005
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Here the main motive for having separate Boards or Commissions is administrative convenience.
The Relationship Between Governments and Government-Controlled Corporations 1964
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The gross income of various Commissions is over $800 million dollars a year.
Ontario1961 1961
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(not one of the old Oneals but of ancient English extract, by name Power), hee having received Commissions from the French King, etc.
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Commissions from the National Child Labor Committee produced some of his most haunting images: photographs of newsies, including one sleeping with papers for a pillow; a crowd of boy miners whose ghostly faces barely break the enveloping coal dust; a 5-year-old Mississippi shrimp picker.
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In broad terms the Commissions mandate was to advise the
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A spokesman for the Commodity Futures Trading Commissions, which is leading the investigation, also declined to comment.
NYT > Home Page By BEN PROTESS 2011
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National "commissions" are slow and ineffective and usually offer only bland "bipartisan" recommendations, (like the 9-11 Commission).
Joseph A. Palermo: Obama's "Fireside Chat" (FDR or Jimmy Carter?) 2010
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"Commissions" paid to correctional agencies range as high as 65% of all revenue generated by the phones.
Outrageous rates charged for prison phone calls breaks family ties 2009
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