Sentence examples for notorious practices from inspiring English sources

In recent years, the authorities halted some of its most notorious practices, including the so-called "family responsibility principle".

Local civil-rights groups have long sought reparations relating to the notorious practices of Burge, the former Chicago police commander who was released from home custody this month and is estimated to have cost the city upwards of $100m stemming from settlements and judgments in civil-rights cases.

The regulations carry out the promises of President Barack Obama's health care reform law, which will extend health insurance coverage to 30 million people over a decade and outlaw some of the industry's most notorious practices.

Not least, Obamacare prohibits some of the health insurance industry's most notorious practices, such as denying coverage to people who have pre-existing conditions, charging women higher premiums than men, and cutting customers off when their medical bills pile up.

The notorious practice of dragonnades, the billeting of soldiers in Protestant homes with permission to behave as brutally as they wished, was introduced.

Selling lots on remote swampland that lacked road access or utilities was a notorious practice in Florida during the 1950's.

Chicago civil-rights attorney Flint Taylor said Homan Square represented a routinization of a notorious practice in local police work that violates the fifth and sixth amendments of the constitution.

China issued a biting response on Tuesday, saying the U.S. report continued "a notorious practice of blatantly interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, including China, in the name of religion".

The "loudness war" is a notorious practice of the recording industry, in which quiet sounds are raised to nearly the same level as loud sounds in order to achieve a uniformly high volume throughout a CD or digital download.

Ms. Galef has built a reputation as a government reformer, decrying the Legislature's notorious practice of giving the Senate majority leader and the Assembly Speaker control over nearly every legislative matter.

The notorious practice of leaving the price "open" strikes again, accompanying its December release date.