While the settlement had been expected, what occurred here in Trenton, even as lawyers were announcing the settlement in Lower Manhattan, was a surprise.
"What occurred here was not a predictable consequence of the Alabama system but a veritable perfect storm of misfortune," Justice Alito wrote.
"Obviously, 18-, 19-year-old kids make stupid mistakes all too often, and that's what occurred here," Mr. Perry said.
But after what occurred here this month, the houri may never look the same again, at least to those who grieve for the 17 American sailors killed in the suicide bombing attack on the destroyer Cole.
"It's apparent that what occurred here were violations of existing laws, so it's not just a matter of needing more laws to prevent a tragic accident," Mr. Gribbon said.
If any other nation had gotten this close to failing to pay its debts, they say, its economy would have already collapsed as investors fled, creating the need for a bailout not unlike what occurred here in Mexico in 1994.
PHILADELPHIA — Among all the negative things that happened to the Mets in the first two weeks of a season that started so poorly, perhaps none was as shocking as what occurred here Sunday night.
As the judge admitted at sentencing: "The essence of what occurred here was that a government, understandably zealous to protect its citizens, created acts of terrorism out of the fantasies and the bravado and the bigotry of one man in particular and four men generally, and then made these fantasies come true".
Yet at the very least, say both advocates and critics, they are likely to lead to more of what occurred here: more local police officers demanding immigrants' documents; more arrests for identity theft; more accusations of racial profiling; and more movement of immigrants, with some fleeing and others being sent to jail.
"What occurred here Sunday is unacceptable".
