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This is when elders from the clans of those involved in a dispute intervene with the aim of avoiding revenge and further violence, rather than establish criminal guilt.
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Like Queer As Folk - the show which established Davies - Tip Toe is set in Manchester.
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The bill says a plaintiff “shall receive statutory damages in an amount of $6,250 per incident in any action in which the plaintiff establishes that the defendant falsely impersonated a union representative.”
The animal welfare foundation she established said in a statement that it was announcing her death with "immense sadness".
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The report, requested by the Church's financing arm - the Church Commissioners - found that a fund established by Queen Anne in 1704 to help poor Anglican clergy was used to finance "great evil".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.