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From the Bush administration's perspective, Iraq's refusal to accept what Vice President Dick Cheney calls a "go anywhere, any time kind of inspection regime" provides a legitimate rationale for military action aimed at toppling Saddam Hussein.

It has been argued that if increased entrepreneurial activity is the outcome objective, then self-efficacy provides a legitimate and robust construct that can be used to evaluate the impact of entrepreneurial education (Barakat, McIellan, & Winfield, 2010).

In his statement yesterday, Stevens said Walker's failure to raise in state courts constitutional claims of arbitrariness and discrimination in his sentence "provides a legitimate basis" for the court's rejection of his appeal.

This provides a legitimate and workable strategy to elicit consistent performance responses on exercise of this duration and intensity.

Legal moralism, the view that the fact that an act is morally wrong provides a legitimate reason for the state to ban it, is incompatible with very plausible views about the requirement that legitimate public policy be based on considerations that are neutral on certain kinds of issues.

Under the deal, Napster would get these labels' content once it provides a legitimate service that pays royalties.

By trying to provide a legitimate -- God, McMahon hates to be thought of as legit!

He added that the election had to provide a "legitimate and credible" government.

Finding someone who will provide a legitimate challenge to Mark Sanchez? Deciding Darrelle Revis's fate?

James's journey took longer in part because he spent seven years with a Cavaliers team that never provided a legitimate co-star.

MARKUS WEIMER, co-ordinator of the Angola Forum at Chatham House, explains why that country's election is crucial in providing a legitimate, democratic mandate for its rulers.