Creation of permanent settlements has often been the vivid expression of an ideology-driven approach that aimed '… at reducing flexibility in favour of concentration and rootedness.
Their territory and main settlement have often also been known by their name.
The most pressing problem with the settlements is not that they are obstacles to a final peace accord, which is how settlement critics have often framed the issue.
Mortgage settlement conferences have often been paralyzed by repeated requests for information and the absence of anyone with authority.
Class action lawyers have often been criticized for the size of their fees, but settlement administrators often escape scrutiny, said Jim Newman, the executive director of securities class action services at Institutional Shareholder Services, an institutional research firm.
Near the settlements reliance on wood for fuel has destroyed timber, and in remoter places forest fires have often gone uncontrolled.
The settlement is a welcome development for Mr. Sharpton, whose personal finances as a civil rights leader have often been stretched and shrouded in mystery.
Five hundred sixty settlements have been reached, most often in cases where there have been criminal convictions.
The intertwining of vengeance, mass slaughter and slavery with religious zeal that characterized European settlement of the Americas has often been overlooked or minimized in histories of the period.
Modest settlements have been reached with both.
