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They weren't seeking money damages but rather a declaration that Arpaio's office engages in racial profiling and an order that requires it to make policy changes.

It's difficult to know what to do with some of Spitz's more robust claims, as when he insists that "it can be argued" that Jagger's greatest philosophical statement of 1965 was not "I can't get no satisfaction," but rather a declaration to a gas station attendant that he and his bandmates could urinate wherever they pleased, even on the wall of the garage.

While Mr. Wilson is a gun enthusiast, he has long maintained that his goal in publishing his files was not necessarily a Second Amendment issue, but rather a declaration that the government should not be in the business of controlling information about new technologies.

The protocol is not legally binding, but rather a declaration of intent, indicating commitment to reform.

This does not mean the wink and nod of a resolution or a budgetary act, but rather a declaration of war.

Her resignation was to be read not as an admission of defeat but, rather, as a declaration of success.

It won't be an official declaration, but rather an understanding that Hamas will refrain from military actions for a year or more, so as not to give Israel any pretext for not proceeding with the peace process".If this were to be an outcome of Mr Arafat's current round of meetings to form a new government, it would appease many of his domestic critics.

It turned out that principal Patricia Vidmar had not banned the Declaration of Independence, but rather an excerpt Williams had copied which contained references to the Founders' beseeching "their Creator".

Supporters of the Fayyad plan note that the Palestinian prime minister has never called for a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, but rather for a unilateral declaration of a de facto state.

That's rather like a declaration of war, but a refusal to fight.

But in that three-beat pulse, it's a dance rather than a declaration of spiritual independence.