A13 Prostitutes Protest in Paris Hundreds of prostitutes, mostly women, some men, and many in masks or other costumes to hide their identities, demonstrated in front of the Senate to protest a sweeping anticrime bill awaiting approval by French legislators that the protesters contend will damage their livelihood and harm their safety.
They contend BP damaged their stock's value by entering into a deal earlier this year with Rosneft that unraveled after opposition by the main Russian partners in TNK-BP.
Government lawyers introduced what they contend is damaging evidence from internal Visa and MasterCard documents and from letters and depositions that they say undermine the companies' assertions of broad and vigorous competition.
Not only is RIG struggling with a global shift to alternative fuels and a decline in crude-oil prices, but the company must also contend with damages to key drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ike's pass through the region.
The decision prompted an outcry from environmentalists, who contend that snowmobiles damage the park, threaten wildlife and ruin the park experience.
TransÉnergie, a subsidiary of the Canadian company that built the cable, agreed not to turn it on because of objections from Connecticut lawmakers, including Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, who contend it could damage the ecosystem of the Sound.
Some point out that plastic bags are better than the most common alternative, paper ones, in at least one important respect: they require less energy to make and transport and so give rise to fewer emissions of greenhouse gases.Other green activists contend that the damage done by plastic bags is trivial in the grand scheme of the world's environmental problems.
Conservatives joyful over the selection of Ryan contend that whatever damage Democrats can inflict on Romney with the Ryan budget will be more than made up for by two factors: the willingness of the Republican ticket to forthrightly campaign on a detailed economic agenda, and Ryan's appeal to white voters, including many blue-collar and Catholic voters.
Democrats contend that any damage to Mr. Kerry's popularity was caused by unsubstantiated claims by veterans disputing his Vietnam combat medals and that Mr. Bush will ultimately be hurt by their accusation that his campaign was secretly orchestrating the veterans' attacks.
©UNICEF PACIFIC/2015 On Sunday 15 March 2015, residents contend with storm damage in Mele village, on the outskirts of the capital Port Vila in Vanuatu.
