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Once the decision is made, you can't back and change it. I hope the ruling is made with an eye toward what is best for the kids of South Dakota.

On April 24 the ruling will be handed to the prison authorities, which will have ten days to appeal.

Nothing prevents Hill from continually modifying his complaint after suffering an adverse ruling on a particular allegation. Even if the state were to change its lethal injection protocol to accommodate Hill's preferences, prior to a next execution he could easily change his 'three-drug cocktail complaint.' ...

It's not clear yet exactly what the timetable is. We're not ruling out talks today.

A ruling such as this really harks back to the days when snake-oil salesmen could make any outrageous product claim without fear of being held accountable.

A ruling like this will cause prejudice in people who have never been prejudiced before.

A ruling government can't afford to publish history in a version which lessens its' chance for reelection.

A ruling against the industry by the California Supreme Court, coupled with continued individual (verdicts) in the $100 million range, would present a challenge for the industry.

A ruling against Mayo gives the district attorney the ability to put up perjured testimony.

At this stage, we are not looking to appeal. However, we will make a final decision after we have received a detailed ruling from the disciplinary panel.

At this point, we're not ruling anything out,

The Microsoft ruling is a pep pill for business overall because it indicates the current (White House) administration is likely to be more pro-business than the previous administration.

The failure of reformers to wrest control of the ruling party away from Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is widely seen as a setback for revitalizing Japan,

I'm not ruling out that it could go up to game time.

I'm not ruling out playing those types of teams in the future,

I'm not ruling out playing a team that we can measure ourselves against, but let's get some teams that we can match up with, that we have a chance against,

I'm not ruling anything out, and my mind-set has not changed, it's the timing, ... I'm going to keep my football options open. NFL or college, I'm really not closing the door on anything.

I'm disappointed. I support my client and I am hopeful that the matter will openly be resolved. It's already on appeal and I'm hoping DCA will reverse the underlying ruling that allowed him to be convicted in the first place.

In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the ruling class.

In Kuwait there is already a real, elected parliament with genuine power, but the prime minister is always a member of the ruling al-Sabah family. That must end.

I'm mulling over a lot of things right now and I'm not ruling out retirement,

I'm saying that the moral climate within the ruling class in this country is not that different from the moral climate within the ruling class of Hitler's Germany.

If I were the public officials, I would look at this ruling very carefully.

I have no idea what the Ports Authority is thinking and I never have. We're moving forward with the condemnation and feel confident it's back on track and are delighted that the Supreme Court ruling justified our right to build a marine terminal on the Savannah River.

I'm hard-pressed to think of an IRS ruling that has this much potential,

If there is a worker injured due to an intentional safety violation in any other industry, this ruling would apply to that situation as well.

If permitted to stand, the practical impact of such a ruling would have devastating consequences for prosecutions of child predators who troll the Internet looking for children to entice and ultimately harm,

In the span of a human lifetime, and well within the collective memory, Britain went from a stable imperial power ruling an appreciable fraction of the Earth's surface to being a tumultuous patchwork which was at least superficially in decline.

In the courtroom, as at the voting booths, there is little tolerance for challenges to the ruling party's hegemony.

In the interest of 70,000 journalists in our country, I am asking the ruling chancellor to take back his accusations.

In our view, the risk of negative ruling was largely factored into market expectations with the timing of a generic launch being the main issue.

I really don't anticipate that the Massachusetts ruling will have much of an impact on other state courts because those courts will look at their own state laws and their own state constitutions, and rule accordingly.

I hope Japan's ruling and opposition parties can emerge from the shadow of history from now on,

I really didn't know if it was an incompletion or a fumble or what the ruling was, ... I came out wanting to throw the ball to Cadillac in the flat quick, and the ball was really slick with the field and it just came out of my hand.

In accordance with the Court of Appeals ruling we will take every step necessary to ensure that Elian does not leave the country while the Court of Appeals injunction is place,

It has to be in the best interest of the community to get a ruling on those benefits. Whether I lose a percentage point or not is not important compared to the city's financial viability.

But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here.

Because the trend towards fewer children has been advancing faster than expected, we want the government and ruling parties to closely coordinate to thrash out comprehensive and strategic measures.

Cheney's appearance is especially galling a week after this administration refused to back up its own International Trade Commission ruling that China is dumping steel pipe products into the U.S., threatening the jobs of thousands of American steelworkers.

When a rules man gives you a ruling, that’s it. Amen.

What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.

I don't think the Congress of the United States is subservient to the courts...They can ignore a Supreme Court ruling if they so choose.

I don't think a ruling in our favor means that suddenly every government form is going to have to be printed in every foreign language. That will not happen because in most every context, people can get the government forms translated. People can hand it to their friends or relatives and say, 'Read this for me,'

I believe it is important and timely for you to make a full public response on the propriety of your ruling on cases involving Vanguard and Smith Barney, Inc., at times when you had money invested in Vanguard Mutual Funds and Smith Barney, Inc., was your brokerage firm.

I don't think (we are) a global ruling class because I don't think a global ruling class exists. I simply think it's people who have influence interested to speak to other people who have influence,

I don't think they ever end in this kind of situation. It's our intent to make any ruling by the judge unnecessary.

The ruling class is and will continue to be the class of decision makers

The state is the executive committee of the ruling class.

A merely symbolic religion does not threaten the ruling regime of materialistic science.

The judge's ruling (Thursday) speaks for itself. I have no further comment at this time.

The unanimous ruling tells me that there wasn't a lot of patience or sympathy by the court for the argument by the law schools. And I would think that this finally ends the long-running legal debate on this issue.

The entire notion of 'splitting the opposition' is false and without any basis of truth. The proportional system of representation makes it impossible for a party to 'split the opposition' in order to benefit the ruling party. The electoral system allows every party to gain representation in direct relation to its support. Even if a party doesn't win a single ward, it would win representation in proportion to its total ward- and proportional votes.

The election of Shinzo Abe as the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party and now prime minister will have profound repercussions for Japan and East Asia. Most western commentary during the premiership of Junichiro Koizumi has been concerned with the extent to which Japan has allowed a freer rein to market forces.

The charges are totally separate, and the ruling has nothing to do with the merits of the charges.

The impact of this ruling is that even students who ask critical questions about Darwinism, or about intelligent design theory will scare administrators' about whether that puts the school in constitutional jeopardy. There's already been a negative chilling effect on open inquiry in places such as Ohio and South Carolina. Judge Jones' message is clear: give Darwin only praise, or else face the wrath of the judiciary.

The industry is quite happy with the ruling they have in hand. There's no guarantees as to what would have come out of a review, favorable or unfavorable.

The importance is the court made it legal for a fence beyond the Green Line and decided the World Court ruling is not binding,

The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force.

You used to think that you couldn't afford to make a mistake, but now it's really true. You need a ruling if you make a mistake and it can be corrected, but now it's just more important that you do things right, or that your adviser does everything right.

...and now April's ruling April's looming April's fooling, around, in yet another round, for this year's ruling April fool.

The DPJ failed to present an easy-to-understand, clear policy to the people. In that sense, DPJ doesn't have enough to be the ruling party.

The court's sentence contrasts with the principles of civil justice and is a worrying signal. It is a backward-looking ruling that strikes at ... the civil conscience of women and of the whole country.

The court's ruling sends a pretty clear message that there's a process to be followed.

The city wants a court ruling to clarify the law.

The first ruling was that (Canadian softwood producers had) an advantage, but that the 18 per cent tariff was too high. At that point, I think a deal should have been made.

The financials have had a good run the past couple of days. The tax ruling (on income trusts) has got people thinking that there is some value in financials.

The first game was the usual story for us, a lot of being young mistakes and mercy ruling us, but the second game was almost completely different.

The Commission welcomes the ruling and will have a more detailed statement at midday.

The factory farm has succeeded by divorcing people from their food, eliminating farmers, and ruling agriculture by corporate fiat.

The Department of Health is completing the analysis of the data that will assist in determining a new dispensing fee that can be charged by pharmacists on medicines in line with the ruling of the Constitutional Court.

An anticipation ruling would depend largely on how Judge Stein interprets certain wording within the patent. It adds some risk.

All the Iraqi groups got support and help from Syria. And now we have reached the position of rule, Syria should continue its support of these groups, the current ruling groups in Iraq that are friendly to Syria.

The meaningfulness of the 2004 ruling is at stake here. So far no one has bought a license to see Microsoft's technical documentation. There is a danger that this side of the case could be rendered meaningless.

The law doesn't allow any parent, gay or straight ... to shop state to state for a custody ruling they like. The question here is frankly very simple -- was there a proceeding under way.

The problem with ruling by fear is that eventually, when the fear fades, fury replaces it.

By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.

Well, let's see. There's -- of course -- in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings.

When you find out a man's ruling passion, beware of crossing him in it.

Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else.

If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam

Whatever this is that I am, it is a little flesh and breath, and the ruling part.

Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafairing soul, if either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.

This doctrine (of ruling passions) is in itself pernicious as well as false: its tendency is to produce the belief of a kind of moral predestination, or overruling principle which cannot be resisted; he that admits it, is prepared to comply with ever

Do you call yourself Free? It is your ruling thought that I would hear, and not that you have escaped from a yoke.

Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.