Sentence examples for behind the settlements from inspiring English sources

Maybe that was a purpose behind the settlements, too".

Fourth, the more practical motivation behind the settlements is the desire of many Israelis, with the encouragement of the government, to live in affordable and spacious housing in a clean environment with easy access to urban centers.

Responsibility for consumer protection, which is inevitably tied to local trade-offs, more properly belongs with the states.Regulators should not be in the business of extracting cash from banks in behind-the-scenes settlements.

So far, agents have found virtually no evidence to support the claim that Mr. Cipel's threat to file a sexual harassment suit, which led to three weeks of heated, behind-the-scenes settlement talks with the governor's lawyers, was an extortion attempt.

He mentioned that one of his 10 children lived in the desert canyon behind the settlement, in a cave.

That monetary award ranks it as one of the largest settlements in a securities class-action case, behind the settlement over the disastrous AOL-Time Warner merger.

But senior Democrats today derided Mr. Bush, the Republican presidential nominee, for standing behind the settlement when the Republican-led Congress has resisted increasing the minimum wage.

"I stand behind the settlement, as it is a fair settlement and in the best interests of the class," he said.

The carriers are behind the settlement as a more timely and less expensive way for them to gain ownership of the licenses.

The plaintiffs' lawyers behind the settlement and executives of Microsoft hailed the proposed deal as an inventive way to end costly litigation while helping to narrow the "digital divide".

Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) is the legislator behind the settlement.