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Barnes left strict instructions on how his legacy was to be preserved, but the directors are now seeking, on grounds of financial need, court approval to move to a more tourist-friendly site in downtown Philadelphia.

Gary McKinnon, the British computer hacker whose extradition the US is seeking on the grounds that he tried to destroy American security systems, denies any such purpose in his attacks on its military websites.

"Of course, no one would argue that (Hobby Lobby owners) could seek, on religious grounds, to preclude their employees from spending their wages on contraception.

Others worry that the perspective of abortion as a right having to do with ownership and control of one's body would make it difficult to question abortions performed on grounds of sex selection, a practice which is becoming more common around the world in countries where having girls is disfavored; or abortions sought on trivial grounds like the timing of a vacation.

Mrs. Lenkoe is seeking damages on grounds of wrongful and unlawful ar rest and detention of her hus band and assault against him.

His solution is to let members of the Catholic pro-life movement into state-financed family-planning clinics.A few days earlier, in an apparent pre-emptive strike, a group of opposition parliamentarians put forward a plan that may reduce the number of abortions that are sought on economic grounds.

The government's document said that Mr. Ghailani's lawyers also had sought leniency on grounds that he provided information to the United States government while he was detained.

The government sought dismissal on grounds that there was "no genuine issue for trial," and that the conditions were "reasonably related to the legitimate penological objectives of national and institutional security".

At trial, Boyer admitted the slayings but unsuccessfully sought acquittal on grounds that he acted in a drug-induced "flashback" to a horror movie graphically depicting stranglings, shootings, stabbings and other brutal acts.

Mr. Smith recalls his first meeting with officials of the Environmental Protection Agency, where he presented his findings and public petitions seeking action on ground water contamination.

Democrats had debated whether to participate in the panel at all, initially seeking commitment on ground rules before doing so but ultimately agreeing to appoint members to act as a watchdog.