Back then, they told me about a slightly torn manila folder stuffed with documents — their marriage license, their son's adoption decree, among other things — that proved they were a family.
His art collection, some 2,500 works, was seized from his family after the authorities in Hungary, which sided with Hitler, passed a decree (among more than 200 anti-Jewish decrees and laws passed between 1938 and 1944) stipulating that art that was owned by Jews be confiscated.
In the months that followed, M.B.S. pushed a sweeping reform agenda, decreeing, among other things, that women be allowed to drive.
In case you need a refresher, the 1973 ruling decreed, among other things, that a woman's right to privacy under the 14th Amendment made any state law banning all abortions unconstitutional.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand, a government agency, sought to play down Sunday's emergency decree, which among other measures bans gatherings of more than five people.
When it was learned in late 1999 that a renegade gang unit, the Rampart Division, was planting evidence, racially profiling and, in some cases, unjustifiably shooting suspects, all gang units were disbanded, and the city accepted a consent decree that among other provisions uses monitors to weed out corruption and wrongdoing.
After hearing the effervescent and fairly inspiring Dan Rockwell, kick off the event by decreeing that, among other things "TechCrunch is not traction" (it got a few chuckles from the crowd, myself included), the event proceeded with the precision of a a well oiled machine.
And human rights abuses by security services that have "blanket immunity under the Emergency Decree continue to instill mistrust among the local population".
The decree granting him French citizenship (among hundreds of other citizens) was signed on 5 November 1927 and published in the Official Gazette of the French Republic on 14 15 November 1927, while Alekhine was playing Capablanca for the World title in Buenos Aires.
Among them was a decree granting immunity to American military and civilian personnel from prosecution for crimes in Iraqi courts.
Among other mandates, the decree requires intensive post-marketing surveillance for drug approval (decree 4622/2012).
