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It is this curious blend of rugged individualism and public service which accounts for the great appeal of the mythological detective.
The strongest appeal of the Copernican formulation consisted in just this: ideally, the justification for dealing with special problems in particular ways is completely set out in the basic ' rules ' of the theory.
The alternative to this is that if a conservative candidate is nominated the national committee will have to appeal to the trusts for their campaign funds, and in doing this will incur obligations which would make a Democratic victory absolutely fruitless.
These lines never cease to haunt the book amidst all the exaltations of combat, and to make an appeal for a larger and more elemental human community than one based on the brutal necessities of war.
Speaking in terms of sociological stereotype, the `` private eye '' might appeal to the poet in search of a myth for many reasons.
Obviously, the `` private eye '' can have no more appeal for Patchen.
They are leaving so fast that the president of the West German Employers' Federation issued an appeal this week to factory workers in the West to volunteer for six months' front-line work in factories in West Berlin.
The public appeal by the new Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Cicognani, for renewed efforts toward Eastern and Western reunion was still another remarkable act.
He may appeal to President Sukarno for clemency ''.
As we see, Pope may appeal to President Sukarno, Khrushchev's friend, for clemency.
Petitioner was not entitled to have the hearing officer's notes and report, especially since he failed to show any particular need for them and he did have a copy of the Department of Justice's recommendation to the appeal board.
After the recommendation of the Department is forwarded to the appeal board, that is the appropriate place for a registrant to lodge his denial.
The appeal of the suburb is particularly strong for heavy industry, which must move bulky objects along a lengthy assembly line and wants enough land area to do the entire job on one floor.
Two members of the Democratic-endorsed majority on the school board said they probably would vote to appeal a ruling by the state Board of Education, which said yesterday that the school committee acted improperly in its appointment of the coordinator, Francis P. Nolan 3rd, the Democratic-endorsed committee chairman, could not be reached for comment.
Under normal circumstances, he had a certain bright-eyed all-American-boy charm, with great appeal for young ladies, old ladies, and dogs.
In United States appellate procedure, an appeal is a petition for review of a case that has been decided by a court of law.
The specific procedures for appealing, including even whether there is a right of appeal from a particular type of decision, can vary greatly from country to country.
The right to file an appeal can also vary from state to state ; for example, the New Jersey Constitution vests judicial power in a Supreme Court, a Superior Court, and other courts of limited jurisdiction, with an appellate court being part of the Superior Court.
For example, a criminal defendant may be convicted in state court, and lose on " direct appeal " to higher state appellate courts, and if unsuccessful, mount a " collateral " action such as filing for a writ of habeas corpus in the federal courts.
In New Jersey, for example, the Administrative Office of the Court has promulgated a form of notice of appeal for use by appellants, though using this exact form is not mandatory and the failure to use it is not a jurisdictional defect provided that all pertinent information is set forth in whatever form of notice of appeal is used.
The deadline for beginning an appeal can often be very short: traditionally, it is measured in days, not months.
( This would happen, for example, if the appellant waited too long, under the appellate court's rules, to file the appeal.

appeal and aid
Because of the crusading appeal made by Pope Eugene III and his representative Nicholas Brakespear ( the future Pope Hadrian IV ), the siege received the aid of crusaders from multiple nationalities ( Genovese, Anglo-Normans, Normans, Southern-French, Germans, Flemish and Dutch ), who were on their way to the Holy Land.
It was launched on 27 November 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia.
The European Court of Justice has in July 2008 rejected an appeal by Alitalia against the European Commission in a long-running inquiry into Italian state aid.
It was sold by the Nippon Music Foundation in aid of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami appeal.
At the trial of Louis XVI, most Girondists had voted for the " appeal to the people ", and so laid themselves open to the charge of " royalism "; they denounced the domination of Paris and summoned provincial levies to their aid, and so fell under suspicion of " federalism ", though they rejected Buzot's proposal to transfer the Convention to Versailles.
It was necessary to appeal to the residents of the community to give books and financial aid to the library.
When they appealed and won the Senate's approval to have their supplies, Gaius personally made a tour of the towns to appeal for their aid.
Mansfield suggested that Dando's earlier presentation of an appeal for aid for Kosovar Albanian refugees may have attracted the attention of Bosnian-Serb hardliners.
* In Kabul, Mazari Sharif, Geneva and New York the United Nations launched its fifth annual appeal for $ 133 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, but warned Taliban leaders that policies toward conduct of women would have to change.
Together with Wyclef, he issued an appeal for international aid.
In January 2010, along with his uncle Raymond Joseph, Haitian ambassador to the US, Wyclef issued an appeal for international aid following the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake.
In 1578 he was at the Diet of Worms, where he made an eloquent, but fruitless, appeal for aid to the German princes.
To find a justifiable approach to such problems it may be necessary not just to appeal to the precepts or the vinaya, but to use more basic Buddhist teachings ( such as the Middle Way ) to aid interpretation of the precepts and find more basic justifications for their usefulness relevant to all human experience.
On 20 November 2009, in aid of BBC's Children in Need appeal, actress-comedienne Lucy Porter achieved the highest overall score for a Mastermind celebrity edition.
On 10 December 2005, Basil appeared on The Weakest Link and won the show, receiving £ 10, 900 for his chosen charity, the Blue Peter 2005 charity appeal, " Treasure Trail " ( in aid of Childline ).
Almost 130 operatives took strike action, and an appeal was sent out to workers of three counties for aid for the Earl Shilton strikers to fight it.
On the other hand, she made a genuine appeal to the Polish national conscience to come to the aid of the Jews as well as risked her life by becoming involved in practical work to save at least a fraction of Polish Jews from the Germans.
They've been involved also with the following organisations: Free Tibet, Royal National Institute for the Deaf ( RNID ), Cancer Research UK, Byrne for Heart Attack and asthma awareness campaigns, Daily Star ’ s Reclaim Our Streets crusade, Filan for Irish Red Cross ( by Sligo Rover's Showgrounds football match ), Byrne for Oxfam's East Africa Famine appeal ( by Celtic v Manchester United football match ), Filan and Byrne for Soccer Aid, JP McManus Invitational Pro-Am, One World Beat, Egan for Strandhill Indonesian Relief Fund ( SIRF, in aid of the South Asian tsunami victims ), World Food Programme ( WFP ), Muscle Help Foundation, Feehily for Aware, Byrne for Children ’ s Hospice South West ( by Truro charity football match ), Global Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign and Real Man campaign.
At some time between 268 and 265, Hiero II decisively defeated the Mamertines at the Longanus River which caused the Mamertines to appeal to Carthage and Rome, the other major powers in the region besides Syracuse, for military aid.
His famous Letter from Jamaica, though ostensibly written to one man, was an appeal to Great Britain specifically and the European powers in general to aid the cause of Spanish American independence, but it found no significant response.
Further, U. S. authority over the Soviets was displayed in 1 ) the unification of Germany, withdrawal of Soviet forces, and almost open appeal to Washington for aid in managing the Soviet transition to democracy, 2 ) withdrawal of Soviet support for Third World clients, and 3 ) Soviets seeking economic aid through membership in Western international economic and trade communities.
On April 23, the United Nations received an appeal for international aid from North Korea's government.
star, Henrik Larsson, announced that the shirt he wore in his farewell match against Seville on Tuesday would be auctioned in aid of the appeal.
In 1479 he was appointed constable of Chester castle and in the same year was considered important enough for the city of Bristol to appeal to him for his aid.

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