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Zamboni

[M]otorcycles could filter in and fill up the spaces between the vehicle lanes, like styrofoam peanuts filling empty space in a shipping box.

Watchmen

[I]nhibitions are relaxed. Those nights do not always end well.

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The Rule Against Perpetuities is a notoriously difficult area of law–able to confound even the sharpest legal minds. The C.E.D. provides a clear and concise explanation of this topic, deftly illuminating the logic behind the Rule. Behold!

[a] long, difficult and often bloody struggle between the Crown and Parliament culminated in the victory of the Parliamentarians in the so-called “Glorious Revolution”

In other words, these groups or individuals seek to avoid income tax obligations without any proper legal foundation.

Emotion is an "instinctive ... feeling as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge" and is therefore subjective

Caligula, who directed an important notice be written in a small hand and posted in a dark corner of Rome so it really came to no one’s attention.

Human Rights is a rich and complex area of law within Canadian jurisprudence. One distinguishing feature of human rights legislation is its “quasi-constitutional” status, which is associated with special rules of statutory interpretation. This post provides a concise summary of those rules, as well as a discussion of constitutional aspects of human rights law, and the burden of proof on human rights claimants.

Over the course of the three and a half years of play, one particular manoeuvre of the dealer drew frequent comments and complaints.