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Previously this had been seen as a sign of male fecklessness, but now it is also being recognised that dads are being pushed away, not only by the residual conflict with ex-partners, but also by a legal system that works against them maintaining relationships with their children.
Childhood casualties of the family courts Tracy McVeigh 2010
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Attorneys hired to recoup money for the collapsed firm's creditors homed in on the firm's ex-partners and their new employers.
Debts of Defunct Law Firms Haunt Partners in Next Job Jacqueline Palank 2011
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This represents a significant cost savings for the defendant, since to find photos contradicting a claim, one normally has to hire private detectives, or try to find bitter ex-partners or false friends to testify against the plaintiff.
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Besides, his ex-partners in the Troika have already passed along that share to Konvikt.
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He stayed in touch with his ex-partners and endeavoured to provide for all of his children, which helped Djourou to remain close to his brother and four half-siblings in two continents.
Arsenal's Johan Djourou: 'We have to show the world the boss is right' | David Hytner 2011
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Reading through spread fingers in front of my face, I found that I'd worked too hard to make the me-disguised-as-a-character seem heroic, victimized, wry, adorable, etc, and the antagonists (usually ex-partners) appear as a worse or better version of who they really were.
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Whether it's your partners, ex-partners, children, aging parents, illness or unthinkable losses and the necessary adjustments, the list could fill pages.
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"How many people are going to be able to resist looking into what our ex-partners are doing?"
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Reading through spread fingers in front of my face, I found that I'd worked too hard to make the me-disguised-as-a-character seem heroic, victimized, wry, adorable, etc, and the antagonists (usually ex-partners) appear as a worse or better version of who they really were.
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Three years ago, the EEOC settled a similar suit against Sidley Austin, which agreed to pay $27.5 million to 32 ex-partners, many of whom the agency claims were demoted because of their age.
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