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  • Australian shares trimmed morning gains, partly led by stop-loss selling on the SPI ASX futures, which pulled the benchmark S&P/ASX index from its intrasession four-day high of 4792.8.

    Asia Shares Fight Euro Worries Shri Navaratnam 2011

  • The day's closing loss, also the worst since late September, wasn't as deep as it could have been as futures recovered from an intrasession decline.

    Gold Below $1,600 as Anxiety Reigns Laura Mandaro 2011

  • Several years ago—under the leadership of Harry Reid and with the vote of then-Sen. Obama—the Senate adopted a practice of holding pro forma sessions every three days during its holidays with the expressed purpose of preventing President George W. Bush from making recess appointments during intrasession adjournments.

    Democrats and Executive Overreach Michael McConnell 2012

  • European markets ended lower, but off their intrasession lows Tuesday.

    Chinese Stocks Hit Three-Week High 2010

  • The dollar recently bought ¥95. 39, up from ¥95. 10 in late North American trading Friday but off of the intrasession high of ¥95. 59.

    Nikkei Edges Lower; China Up 2009

  • "Although the Senate will have held pro forma sessions regularly from Jan. 3 through Jan. 23, in our judgment those sessions do not interrupt the intrasession recess in a manner" that would prevent recess appointments, the opinion said.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • The Athens bourse's benchmark general index gave up 2.53 percent to 2,090.29 points, after dipping to an intrasession low of 2,076 points.

    Kathimerini English Edition : Print Edition : 15/1/10 2010

  • Thus, if the President has made an intrasession recess appointment, then the Senate will have to convene and terminate two "sessions" back-to-back in order to terminate the President's intrasession appointment.

    Colloquy : Northwestern University Law Review 2009

  • An intrasession recess appointment, i.e., an appointment made during an adjournment within a given session, lasts the remainder of that session and additionally for the life of the next session.

    Colloquy : Northwestern University Law Review 2009

  • And where the Senate objects to intrasession appointments as a matter of constitutional principle, then the Senate should not be permitted, as a normative matter, to pick and choose which appointments survive termination and which do not.

    Colloquy : Northwestern University Law Review 2009

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