Sentence examples for craft a settlement from inspiring English sources

By opting for a military rather than a security solution, the government has lost the opportunity to craft a settlement for an orderly transition.

OCC officials said the reviews are separate from an effort by a group of state attorneys general and several federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, to craft a settlement with many of the same banks over foreclosure abuses.

It took 46 groups 15 years to craft a settlement our Government failed to endorse.

Gen. Jerry Brown's office rebuffed the Oakland judge's order to craft a settlement aimed at removing McPeters from death row.

Oklahoma's attorney general said he is prepared to break ranks with a coalition that is crafting a settlement with the nation's largest mortgage servicers, underscoring the challenges law enforcement officials face as they try to address widespread problems with foreclosure practices.

But after three years of litigation, the two sides crafted a settlement that would allow publishers to sell books through Google and give libraries and users instant access to huge numbers of books that have long been out of print but are still legally protected.

But previous attempts to craft such a settlement foundered in squabbling over whether the compensation was adequate or the deal was constitutional.

1994) ("primary purpose of the settlement talks in the consolidated MDL litigation was to craft a national settlement that would provide an alternative resolution mechanism for asbestos claims," including claims that might be filed in the future).

The civilian leadership of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance reasserted control over its restless military commanders Monday and promised to hold off attacking Kabul while trying to craft a political settlement for the future of Afghanistan.

A pillar of Bill Clinton's delusional Middle East policy was the notion that the late Syrian strongman Hafez al-Assad (whose son, Bashar, now rules) could be persuaded to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel and help us craft a final settlement between Israel and Yasir Arafat.

A group of state attorneys general is trying to craft a blanket settlement with several large financial institutions following allegations that these banks filed false and "robo-signed" affidavits in foreclosure proceedings.