And there was an unusually close overlap, the committee contended, between appeals for donations and his intervention on legislative matters, citing in particular a meeting Mr. Rangel held in 2007 at a New York hotel with an executive from an oil drilling company at which he made a bid for a donation and also discussed a tax break the company was seeking.
And changing the rules on the special funds reminds voters of how their conservative president, Jacques Chirac, has both used these in the past for jet-setting family holidays and now refuses to testify about them and other embarrassing matters, citing presidential prerogative.In this section Guess who wasn't coming to dinner?
Similarly, a New York trial court refused to consider the U.N. Charter in an effort to strike down racially restrictive covenants in housing, declaring "these treaties have nothing to do with domestic matters," citing Article 2, Section 7 of the Charter.
People briefed on the matter cited a number of factors, including the difficulty of putting together a complex tax-free transaction and differences over matters like potential breakup fees.
Senate investigators' in-depth report on the matter cited delays in the S.E.C.'s investigation of Pequot's trades and the disclosure of delicate information by high-level agency officials to lawyers representing those under scrutiny in the investigation.
Meyer, who declined to comment about the matter, cited in his complaint another former top Pentagon official, John Crane, as the source and witness to the remarks".
In 1910, the educator and philosopher John Dewey noted that "science teaching has suffered because science has been so frequently presented just as so much ready-made knowledge, so much subject-matter of fact and law, rather than as the effective method of inquiry into any subject-matter" (cited in Archambault, 1964, p. 182).
Dr. Dean declined to discuss the matter, citing doctor-patient confidentiality.
A spokesman for Major League Baseball denied comment on the matter, citing its investigation.
Ligand declined to comment on the matter, citing a continuing police investigation.
