The court began by arguing that personal assistants in Illinois were very different from the kind of public employee to which Abood had originally applied.
A State Department official who helped the musicians leave Iran said they had originally applied for a short-term visa to play at South by Southwest, the music festival in Austin, Tex.
Paul Deighton, chief executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog), said he was "very sorry" so many people had missed out on tickets but that he was determined to ensure that two-thirds of those who had originally applied would end up with a ticket.
Ms. Valles, a criminology student, had originally applied for a secretarial position in the department, but after the decapitation of the former police chief, no one volunteered for the top job, and she agreed to take it, earning the media sobriquet "the bravest woman in Mexico".
The Wrexham club had originally applied to continue as one of 14 Super League clubs for the next three seasons.
The firm behind the films - Ben Dover Productions - had originally applied to the High Court to pursue 9,000 cases on behalf of a range of copyright owners.
The startup, whose three founders are originally from Spain, is also post-pivot, having originally applied to Ingite100 with an idea related to helping people get around the city more easily only to spot a bigger opportunity in the transportation of products.
The organizers had originally applied for a permit for 200,000 people in DC, but now estimates have grown closer to 500,000 as of Saturday morning.
Jones said he had originally applied to participate in 2014 when he was at his previous prison, but was denied because he wasn't using drugs prior to his arrest.
