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The IDF statement continued: "The destruction of civilian property by soldiers is contrary to IDF values. As a rule, incidents that deviate from IDF orders and values will be examined, investigated, and addressed by commanders."

As a rule, the brothers talk business but avoid politics; there’s hardly a need — they already know where each other is coming from.

It would do so by asserting congressional authority to redefine every action taken by the executive branch as a “rule” that could be repealed through the CRA by a simple majority.

"As a rule, the part that thaws out first, especially the trunk, is often eaten by modern predators or birds," he told the Reuters news agency.

Because, as a rule, Democratic commissioners are sympathetic toward labor, while Republican commissioners are management-side lawyers who hate unions and do everything they can to crush them.