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Skirting the Issue: ACLU sues charter school over girls' uniforms
2016-03-01 18:42:00| American School & University
Civil rights group says the dress code at Charter Day School in Leland, N.C., discriminates against girls because it doesn't allow them to wear pants. read more
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Currency Manipulation: The New Best Gimmick for Skirting Trade Agreements
2015-09-25 20:43:07| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (September 25, 2015) Just days before trade officials look to wrap up negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement warning against a deal that does not contain enforceable currency manipulation provisions: Congress
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Used-car dealers skirting the warranty policy
2015-09-13 09:24:13| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Some used-car dealers are trying to get around the extended warranty terms stipulated under the year-old Revised Motor Vehicle Import Policy by striking side deals with customers who are being asked to accept a shorter coverage period. Portfolio minister Anthony Hylton was unaware of the practice when Sunday Business approached him last week for comment but said the gambit is unlikely to survive for long as such agreements would become null and void as soon as the motor policy has the weight of the law behind it.
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NEB's skirting of climate change issue can't last forever
2015-07-04 11:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Try as it might, the National Energy Board just can't escape the climate change discussion. In his campaign trail unveiling this week of the Liberal Party's new green agenda, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau singled out the country's energy regulator for the part he believes it should play in curbing Canada's greenhouse gas emissions. Not long ago, the NEB was just a sleepy regulator that went about the business of setting tolls and monitoring pipelines with little attention and even less fanfare....
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U.S. steelmakers complain China skirting steel plate duties
2015-05-01 21:53:11| Steel - Topix.net
U.S. steelmakers Nucor Corp and SSAB Enterprises said on Friday Chinese producers are circumventing import duties on steel plate and asked the U.S. Department of Commerce to intervene. In a filing dated May 1, the companies said Chinese producers were getting around anti-dumping duties on cut-to-length carbon steel plate by adding elements to class the plate as alloy.
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