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CPJ is alarmed by the authorities' latest attempt to intimidate EFJA leaders. This is an intolerable assault on a press freedom organization whose right to operate has been upheld twice by the federal court.

CPJ is alarmed by the authorities' latest attempt to intimidate EFJA leaders, ... This is an intolerable assault on a press freedom organization whose right to operate has been upheld twice by the federal court.

Each and every one of those young men who were present at this party categorically deny that any assault of any description took place. The entire Duke lacrosse team looks forward to the results of the DNA test in order to clear their names.

There's obviously a mathematical probability that there is a male cadet who in fact did assault a female and got commissioned, and if we can find out who that is we'll have to see what our legal basis is to take action, ... We don't want that kind of person in our Air Force. That's why we're doing what we're doing.

The Titanic is really a wreck that's under assault from the environment.

The whole point of the rally is the take back the night and make is safe for everyone. Sexual assault is something everyone is facing regardless of your religion, political views, race, ethnicity or gender. ... It's non-discriminatory like that.

I've never seen or heard of an assault with a belly. ... That's a tough sell in court -- assault and battery with a belly.

These males go in, brandishing a weapon. Not just a handgun like we've seen commonly, but in this case more like an assault weapon.

The secretary general condemns these attacks which represent an unacceptable assault upon the peace process and urges all concerned parties to work together in a spirit of national unity and reconciliation.

The strongest argument for the un-materialistic character of American life is the fact that we tolerate conditions that are, from a negative point of view, intolerable. What the foreigner finds most objectionable in American life is its lack of basic comfort. No nation with any sense of material well-being would endure the food we eat, the cramped apartments we live in, the noise, the traffic, the crowded subways and buses. American life, in large cities, is a perpetual assault on the senses and the nerves; it is out of asceticism, out of unworldliness, precisely, that we bear it.

Programs aimed strictly at the poorest Americans are always and forever under assault from a Republican Party that still has not dared to cut spending on programs - like Medicare and crop insurance - that also benefit the rich.

Personally, I do not feel that the issue of sexual assault and rape on university campuses ever receives the amount of attention it deserves. So it is really important there are events like Take Back the Night to bring attention to such an important issue.

People get blinded by the marijuana issue. ... We don't want people planting asparagus on the land, either. This is agricultural assault on a national park, no matter what they're growing.

People got upset, people got mad. (Jones) does not admit there was any assault or vandalism. He wants to put it behind him.

No ship apart from a naval vessel is really prepared to protect against a waterborne assault of the sort against the Cole. Even those ships that are best equipped to cope with such a threat, in the case of the Cole, are in a difficult situation.

a disgusting assault on the very principle of European democracy.

After an overflow of bullishness at the beginning of the New Year, the gold market has entered a broad trading range between $535 and $570. This is allowing a very overbought situation to correct itself and set the groundwork for an assault on $600 this spring.

The bottom line is, you are the judge of the evidence. Throwing a cup is not assault and battery and defending yourself is ... not assault and battery.

Back in '68, I think with the information they had, probably they looked at a hate crime as the motive. Sexual assault was secondary, thirdly would have been theft. I think now we put that reversed. I think you have a robbery that kind of gets out of hand that leads to murder and sexual assault.

Zero tolerance is exactly what we practise and a three-match ban on top of an automatic one-game suspension is a clear sign that this kind of behaviour is not tolerated. That's why we introduced a five-match guideline for physical assault of an official, but we did not consider this to be in that category.

This is a scary path for all Americans. Here is a government, a feckless federal government, who spent millions of taxpayer dollars to wage an assault on all our constitutional rights.

This is a radical, radical departure from our history and from our traditions, and it amounts to an assault on the judicial branch of government.

This is a radical assault on the separation of powers. I can't imagine this House going for it.

This is not an economic strategy for Australia. This is just a major assault on workers' rights and it's a huge boost for big business.

The unprovoked attack on Denis Bradley cannot under any circumstance be defended politically or otherwise as anything other than a vicious assault on a man who had taken his son to watch a football match.

This assault on Craig wasn't a stick-and-go. It was a frenzy ... it was brutal and it took some time.

This is an attempt to attack the opposition, but it should be seen as a wider assault on all the democratic forces in the country.

This is a disaster in the making, ... This is the casino we discussed with Steve and he said that it would not happen. It seems to be happening! The way to stop it is for Interior to say they are not satisfied with the environmental impact report. Can you get him to stop this one asap? They are moving fast. Thanks Italia. This is a direct assault on our guys, Saginaw Chippewa.

This is a direct assault on U.S. House of Representatives, and don't be under any illusions that this is a partisan affair because according to reports, allies of the president are investigating members of both sides of the aisle.

This investigation is a very serious criminal matter given the nature of the offense and the age of the victim. The District Attorney's Office has filed charges of aggravated sexual assault ... and aggravated assault; both of these charges are serious felony offenses. The investigation is still continuing, and as a result we are unable to comment ... other than to say that additional charges are pending.

A massive guest worker program is a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. The real problem is a relentless assault on middle class workers in this country. The people gathering outside Sen. Feinstein's office will be seeking her leadership to save the middle class worker, before they really do become rarer than the California condor.

They had been there at some point. But we are assembling a paper trail that will show that they weren't there when this woman said the sexual assault took place. The state is going to be surprised.

There will always be angry men who want to take out their rage and it's the access to specific categories of firearms like assault rifles and handguns that allow them to do so quickly and easily.

They remember either waking up and being aware of clear evidence of a sexual assault, or they woke up during the sexual assault itself.

At least at Duke, you can't get away from this case. It's all people talk about. If your coping strategy for dealing with your assault is to not think about it, that's not an option here.

It was quite risky to open the book with one of my quieter stories; I'm kind of trying, I think, to lure readers into a false sense of security and then assault them with a couple really loud, really strange stories.

It's a day to think about prevention of sexual assault and to provide support to survivors of sexual assault. It's our chance to educate the public about the problem of sexual assault in our community.

It provides an extra on-call sexual assault advocate for 24 hour emergency calls to the Women?s Center.

It is under assault as never before as a result of the mindset of 9/11, in which fear, rather than good public policy, has taken over. The Fourth Amendment says, I think quite clearly, that each of us is clothed in a sphere of privacy, and that the government cannot pierce that sphere of privacy unless it has a good reason for doing so.

It is unbelievable that guys can run up and down like it's the Wild West with assault rifles.

It is time for the Department of Justice to be accountable for refusing to do everything it can to protect sexual assault survivors from unintended pregnancy.

Data on assault weapon risks are not needed because they have no redeeming social value.

The nomination of John Roberts has evolved considerably since July, when the White House was successful in portraying him as a lawyer above the fray.... Almost daily revelations coming out of the Reagan presidential library show someone at the epicenter of a comprehensive assault on fundamental rights that have been part of the law for decades,

Everybody loves to bet on baseball and to weigh in on the big issues and stories of the day, and there's no bigger story right now than Bonds' assault on the home run record. There's no sitting on the fence when it comes to Bonds. People either think he's a great player and deserves to break the record or they think he's a cheater and want him suspended from the sport, there's no middle ground.

The biggest threat to any politician is an artist. Comedians unleashed can do a great deal of damage. David Letterman can do more damage than any Republican assault by Newt Gingrich.

It now appears that the last thing many human rights groups really wanted was a thoroughly reformed human rights body at the U.N. - meaning an organization dominated by strong democracies. That would deprive them of an international forum in which to criticize America for its alleged global assault on human rights.

New York was an assault on my senses in every way,

The new constitution represents a serious assault on citizens' basic rights and freedoms.

So far, 82 persons have been arrested and detained. Their offences include arson, grievous assault on census officials and unlawful possession of firearms.

The continued low-priced, high-volume assault on the U.S. market by Chinese activated carbon is destroying the profitability of the domestic industry, despite its best efforts to reduce costs and maintain pricing and profits.

I know there will be an all-out assault on running backs a year from now, and there are some really good running backs in the vicinity.

If I were to hit my wife, no one would have trouble seeing that as an assault or a criminal act. When a child does the same thing to a sibling, the exact same act will be construed as a squabble, a fight or an altercation.

In a murder, you have a dead body. In an assault or robbery, you have a witness and a complainant. But in an arson, you first have to prove it was arson. Second, you have to prove that a specific person did it.

If you are talking about large attacks, and are not taking into account the daily attacks on police in Ingushetia and Dagestan, then you can consider this our first massive assault (since Sadulayev's accession to power).

In the upcoming weeks, the lawyers for these two students are going to be able to provide objective evidence that demonstrates they were not capable of committing any sexual offense. This will include receipts and other records demonstrating that they weren't present at the house at the time when the assault was allegedly taking place.

If you take the definition to the umpteenth degree, you could call that an assault weapon.

In every charge, in every count, she was an active participant in the sexual assault of these children. Even after her husband was arrested (on domestic violence charges), she never came forward and said anything about the sexual assaults by her husband.

In a democracy you do not have hooded men carrying assault rifles breaking into the offices of a newspaper and a television station in the middle of the night and beating up journalists and other staff. To talk of press freedom in such circumstances is grotesque.

Clearly, the Justice Department reviewed documents highlighting the importance of helping sexual assault victims prevent pregnancy. In light of this evidence, it is troubling that the protocols remain silent on the issue and fail to protect women.

Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs.

Domestic violence and sexual assault go hand in hand.

Good thing he didn't accost the Coastal Carolina Chanticleer. In addition to a possible assault charge, he could have been hit with a personal fowl.

In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables.

I am well aware of the facts presented by numerous security experts on the many ways in which the United States' digital networks have come under siege by cybercriminals and under daily assault by hackers in league with various foreign governments.

I am not only overwhelmed with excitement to be back in the seat but also to show my support to help raise awareness to end domestic violence and sexual assault by displaying the 'No More' symbol as I pilot the No. 24 car.

He became almost a parody of himself, if you recall that black hat he wore in Arizona while brandishing the assault weapon.

Gov. Blagojevich is working to improve health care and education and to pass a jobs bill and assault weapons ban. Silly, negative distortions from a desperate campaign are sad and irrelevant.

To be obsessed by God is to have an effective barricade against all the assaults of the enemy.

Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the U.S. military stands for.

All movies assault the viewer in one way or another.

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.

You can't really escape the fact that more reasonable gun regulations and procedures need to be in place, a strengthening and tightening of the national background check system. I don't know why any civilian would ever be able to purchase an assault weapon or the parts that go with it.

The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.

These intimidation efforts amount to a direct assault on the United States House of Representatives,

These heinous acts of violence are an assault on the security of our nation. They are an assault on the security and the freedom of every American citizen, ... We will not tolerate such acts.

This is most serious assault on the dollar since January. This feels different.

The danger is not so much in an assault or robbery at the airport, but an airport is a good place for the thieves to target their victims.

The fog is clearing, and as it clears we see that the Ulster Party will be the largest party in the assembly, that the determined assault made upon us by the DUP and its allies has failed.

The e-mail itself is perfectly consistent with the boys' unequivocal assertion that no sexual assault took place that evening. The e-mail demonstrates that its writer is completely unaware that any act or event remotely similar to what has been alleged ever occurred.

The gun lobby's leaders said today in Springfield that banning assault weapons would injure Illinois economically to the tune of $150 million and cost the state 750 jobs. Are Illinois residents really buying $150 million a year worth of assault weapons? If so, I urge the Legislature to move as quickly as possible on this proposal, because we have a bigger problem than we realized.

the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11.

The current administration has promoted numerous measures that intrude upon the privacy of ordinary Americans. Few if any Americans want their health records on the Internet or their bank records reviewed by bureaucrats or sold to businesses. I oppose government intrusions that assault the Constitution and violate individual rights.

nations decay from within more often than they surrender to outward assault.

He came over and ruffled my hair, which is technically assault. I could get on the blower to ChildLine.

Rapists who might've been convicted were free to assault other women.

The welfare state is an assault on families.

Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.

Man invents the most inhuman armaments to assault others so like himself that uniforms are needed to distinguish between friend and foe.

Innovation comes only from an assault on the unknown.

What Soft--Cherubic Creatures-- These Gentlewomen are-- One would as soon assault a Plush-- Or violate a Star

After he routed Pharnaces Ponticus at the first assault, he wrote thus to his friends: "I came, I saw, I conquered.