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Speaking to Sky News on the plane back, the Conservative party donor said he hoped the new coalition government would offer him a fairer hearing, saying: "Why should the new government own up to the wrongdoings of others in the past?
A statement issued through the federation's chairman, Glen Smyth, claimed that several reports into suspected police wrongdoings were making the IPCC appear "less than impartial" and "not unlike a pressure group with an agenda".
"I want to assure the people of NSW that, as premier, I intend to overhaul the political culture of NSW so that the wrongdoings that have been uncovered in a series of recent ICAC investigations will never happen again".
There's also a widespread belief that children with disabilities are born to punish the parents for wrongdoings in a past life, which leads to social stigma.
The American Treasury brought in rules to curb inversion deals, after warning that they would erode federal revenue.They've got rivers of goldAmerican regulators imposed more huge penalties on banks for past wrongdoings.
These are just some of the wrongdoings that Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues is ready to admit that Portugal's Socialist government, in which he was a prominent minister, committed.Wise man.
The frantic efforts of Andersen this week to sort out its post-Enron fate smack of worried men and women seeking to distance themselves from the stench emerging from the Houston office of their partners in the firm of international auditors.But partners are meant to stand together, jointly liable for each other's wrongdoings.
Mr Peyrelevade has argued that any wrongdoings were committed before his arrival, and that he knew nothing about them until the American investigations began.
Several banks have suffered liquidity problems following a recent Central Bank decision to revoke the licences of Sodbiznesbank and CreditTrust.See articleAmerica's Securities and Exchange Commission widened its probe into the potential wrongdoings of mutual funds.
He has been a gradual convert to the idea that Africans should not mask each other's wrongdoings in the name of African solidarity.
Or, perhaps worse still, did dozens of French officials and politicians, including some quite senior ones, actually find out about, and then agree to cover up, the bank's persistent wrongdoings ?Such questions will reverberate throughout the country—and indeed anywhere that companies, especially banks, remain owned by the state.
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The term "wrongdoings" primarily functions as a noun, typically in the plural form, referring to actions that are morally or legally wrong. As Ludwig AI states, it denotes misconduct or unethical behavior, fitting into the category of actions with negative consequences.
Expression frequency: Very common
