In the decision (embedded below), Judge Denny Chin basically ruled that photographers are not authors, and that the settlement only covers "word-based material," with the exception of illustrations in children's books.
Tom: They have the power to make a decisions, and they have basically ruled that if they want day to be night, it can be so.
However, the state of Tennessee basically ruled that people like Isaias, children of immigrants, were still not eligible for state benefits.
He basically rules out that the alleged Bigfoot could be people because of how he interprets their bodily dimensions, their speed and their intelligence for standing so close to wild buffalo.
"Basically, the rules that I gave them is, you have to be responsible, educated, journalists.
Existing carbon markets have been plagued with volatile pricing – Europe's cost of carbon has basically collapsed – or rules that prevent carbon trading with developing countries.
Much of that weighting is constrained by "university rules" that basically require that enough of the grade comes from things (like exams) where it is harder for students to cheat.
Essentially, the plan is to draft rules that would basically split the electoral votes in those states evenly, thus wiping out a good-sized edge Democrats get.
On the one hand is abstract thinking, basically a tool kit of rules that can be applied in new situations.
The C.F.T.C. has been making progress with proposals that are about as tough as possible given relentless push-back from Wall Street and international officials, but the S.E.C. has proposed unacceptably weak rules that are basically in line with what banks and European officials have been demanding.
