But that list is then turned over to the factory's owner to verify the authenticity of the names — a step that some owners have used to engage in union busting and firing union supporters.
But the company said its cooperation hinges on whether the state officials follow the law and subpoena the names, a step that a leader of the state attorneys general said was not necessary.
Take Claritin, for example, the allergy medication with a name only a step away from clarity that evokes an image allergy sufferers long for -- a clear day.
In another case it was reported that a family was taking legal action against a local authority for backing their 14-year-old daughter's adoption of a boy's name as a step towards changing her gender.
For her, an Anglo last name was a step up, and she didn't want her children to experience the same prejudice she had endured.
We can take this fuzziness in name recognition a step farther by examining the percentage of Republicans who can rate Republican candidates in a series of recent polls summarized in the table below (all come from surveys conducted in March, except the NBC/Wall Street Journal ratings of Romney and Pawlenty, fielded in late February, and their rating of Sarah Palin from late January).
His ballet pieces only infrequently show the harmonious lines and static poses that inform much of classical dance; whole passages can go by during which you'd be hard pressed to name a ballet step.
Verizon had argued that the R.I.A.A. needed to file a formal lawsuit to get customers' names -- a step it said would discourage frivolous requests.
Michael has a nickname, Mynah ("almost my name but with a step into the air and a glimpse of some extra thing, like the slight swivel in their walk all birds have when they travel by land").
Mr. Yudhoyono said flying the flag of the Free Aceh Movement, known as GAM for the initials of its Indonesian name, would be "a step backward" for the province, where as many as 20,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed during the 29-year-long conflict between separatist guerrillas and the Indonesian military.
SOME fashion retailers in search of visibility on a very crowded rack of brand names have taken a step beyond advertising and created their own attention-getting publications.
