Results for “Against Gravity”

…g due to the possession by the Fund of material non-public information), increased likelihood of shareholder litigation against such companies’ board members, which may include the Fund Managers or other Management Company personnel, regulatory action by the U.S. Securities and E...

…thheld from such Partner’s share of the Fund’s dividend and interest income as foreign income taxes eligible for credit against such Partner’s U.S. federal income tax liability. Similarly, each U.S. Partner’s share of any foreign taxes which may be imposed on capital gains or oth...

… a halt to the killing of protesters and takes the lead of the reform movement, and in effect carries out a silent coup against the hardliners. But it may well be too late for that. Indeed, Bashar may already have lost authority to men like his brother, Maher al-Assad, commander...

…und was to strike back. On the afternoon of June 9, the fourth day of the war, we got the order to go on the offensive against the Syrians in the Bekaa. As our artillery pounded the southernmost SAM sites, nearly 100 Israeli jets swarmed into the Bekaa Valley and attacked Syria’...

…gin, it would come over as a deliberate attempt to implicate our most important ally in a potential conflict with Iran, against the explicit wishes of President Obama. I felt this even more strongly when, a few weeks later, I was contacted by one of Bibi’s close political allies....

…s on Nadia Marcinkova in Epstein’s presence. Epstein also forcibly raped this underage victim, as he held her head down against her will and pumped his penis inside her while she was screaming "No". See Rule 413 Notice, Exhibit “E”; Incident Report, Exhibit “A”, at 41 (specifical...

…es then made what may prove to be a fatal mistake. In a move that looked like panic, the security forces used live fire against the protesters -- and have continued to do so. By the end of April, over 550 people had been killed in different locations around the country, while man...

…fic or commerce. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1605(a)(2). 15. International Law ¢10.33 To extent that Antiterrorism Act (ATA) claims against Saudi Arabia and two of its government officials by survivors of victims of September 11, 2001 attacks were based on defendants’ alleged contri- butions...

…ona State and the Australian National University told her they would look into the matter. But neither university found against you. ° “Based on the material available to the University, we do not have sufficient evidence to substantiate the allegations,” Kiaran Kirk, dean of th...

…presentation he partly authored changed his status in the eyes of the public from a document-stealer to whistle blower. Against all odds, Snowden succeeded in transforming himself from a low-level computer technician working, without any public recognition at the NSA into an inte...

…he militias, the armed groups who did not cease power even after the parliamentary elections and continue to use force against the government. The situation is even worse in Iraq, where Al-Qaeda has been expanding its power again. The past four months have been among the bloodi...

…ng for a major military operation. With the election drawing nearer, Bibi Netanyahu was reminding voters that he’d been against the pullout from Gaza, and saying that we should now hit Hamas hard. Both Olmert and Tzipi, along with most of the cabinet, were also in favor of doing...

…form civil society institutions.”? Russian officials in 2015 warned that Electric Yerevan, an Armenian protest movement against electricity price hikes, could be a provocation by the West dedicated to toppling a Moscow-friendly admin- istration? 2. The threat of military action...

… briefings I got from Shin Bet officers made it clear that some young West Bankers had begun trying to organize attacks against police, soldiers and Israeli civilians. The settlements were also growing in number, and their residents were not above acts of violence against Palesti...

… lets. The enrichment of cronies is less an objective in itself than a means of fortifying the dominant political party against any future challenge from the opposition.® While Orban is highly unpopular in European liberal circles, he has gained a following among conserva- tives...