upheld
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A version of this article appears in print on April 9, 2014, on page A6 of the with the headline: Japan’s Foreign Minister Says Apologies to Wartime Victims Will Be Upheld.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2014
Upheld on appeal by the Ecuadorian judiciary, the judgment—the biggest environmental verdict ever—reflects a finding that Texaco egregiously contaminated the Amazonian jungle when it produced oil there decades ago.
From BusinessWeek • Sep. 26, 2013
Bayou Award Against Goldman Is Upheld Goldman Sachs has been dealt another setback in its effort to overturn $20.5 million arbitration award stemming from the 2005 collapse of the hedge fund manager Bayou Group.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2012
Upheld by the Supreme Court, she escaped further prosecution.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upheld by thy protecting arm, What is a lion's strength, a demon's rage, Or all the horrors of the burning desert, With not one drop to quench devouring thirst?
From The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 by Gottheil, Richard James Horatio
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