As if the $200-million asking price weren't enough, the Gothic Tudor-style house comes with this stipulation for the next owner: that the 89-year-old Hefner be allowed to remain in residence for the remainder of his life.
Given this stipulation, lawyers for the workers will have to prove that I.B.M. was aware that employees were being sickened by their jobs and chose to cover it up.
Utterances take time, for one thing, so it would not be possible to insist that all of the premises of an argument share the same context, but this stipulation is needed for logic.
Critics have highlighted this stipulation as a loophole for corporations to hold up the implementation of restrictions on their products.
An important reason for that stipulation is security, according to Jim Bennett, a real estate lawyer in Manhattan.
As for the stipulation that applicants must "exhibit... a willingness to share their most private thoughts in an open forum of strangers," is there anyone left on the planet who doesn't fit into this category?
Other cases are not so clear cut, except for the stipulation that the candidate cannot be someone who has committed a violent crime against someone else.
According to legend, during that period Johnson made a deal with Satan at a crossroads, acquiring his prodigious talent as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in exchange for the stipulation that he would have only eight more years to live.
Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day Live! (Saturday) While many free offers often have strings attached, there is only one stipulation for this offer of free admission to many area museums on Saturday — the passes, good for two people, have to be obtained in advance.
The law also imposed new fees -- the ones being challenged -- of $45 for every written motion filed, $35 for a stipulation to a settlement and $35 for dropping a case.
