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Shlahet told Salon: "Whether or not the New York law is a fair one, or is drafted in a fair way, is something that they're going to have to take up on appeal."
From Salon • May 30, 2024
The lower house or Sejm voted 240-191, with three abstentions, on Thursday to approve the bill, which the Senate will take up on Jan. 24.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024
Khan's legal team has filed an appeal seeking to set aside the guilty verdict, which Islamabad High Court will take up on Wednesday, his lawyer Naeem Panjutha said.
From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2023
"We need to know everything about what positions they take up on the pitch and what they do in key moments throughout the game."
From Reuters • May 29, 2010
But Cantor’s hierarchy of infinities would tell a different tale: it would show just how little space the rational numbers take up on the number line.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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