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European Parliament: A user's Internet access cannot be restricted without prior ruling by the judicial authorities, insists the European Parliament reinstating one of its first-reading amendments.
Book meme - the answers djm4 2009
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The bill, which "prohibits wildlife-control operators from using glue, leg-hold, and 'body-gripping' or 'body-crushing' traps or snares when capturing unwanted animals," passed a first-reading vote unanimously.
DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 6, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010
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Members adopted amendments to the draft proposal but postponed the vote on the legislative resolution, leaving the door open for further negotiations and a first-reading agreement.
Archive 2009-03-08 2009
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Members adopted amendments to the draft proposal but postponed the vote on the legislative resolution, leaving the door open for further negotiations and a first-reading agreement.
B2fxxx 2009
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On a rereading, you get to focus on language, little moments, an amazing passage or a single line that slipped by in the first-reading frenzy of omigodwhathappensnext.
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As it stands now, less than one week before the city council takes its first-reading vote on Scribner Place financing, it appears that the county will enthusiastically join a financing plan like Option 1.
Archive 2005-06-26 Randy Smith 2005
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The programme begins on Monday with a week-long first-reading debate on the budget in the National Assembly.
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He called me to his seat and suggested that at the reassembling of the Assembly after luncheon I should take the floor to move that the bill be placed on the first-reading file.
A Backward Glance at Eighty Murdock, Charles A 1921
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In an open letter to the EU telecommunication ministers, the Parliament's telecom rapporteurs emphasised the necessity of a ministerial agreement on the Telecom Package for the first-reading in November 2008.
Cineuropa 2010
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In an open letter to the EU telecommunication ministers, the Parliament's telecom rapporteurs emphasised the necessity of a ministerial agreement on the Telecom Package for the first-reading in November 2008.
Cineuropa 2010
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