rule
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Activist investors who want to force changes at underperforming closed-end funds take advantage of this rule by buying up a bunch of shares and then trying to change how the fund is run.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
"All we want...is for everybody else facing removal proceedings by our government to have the same access to the rule of law as I had in this trial yesterday and today," Lander added.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins has been opposed to the rule since it was instituted in 2005, when he was a commissioner who voted against it alongside a fellow Republican appointee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Pratt gave voice to their discontent with the system of one-party rule and said things they too often felt uncomfortable saying.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
As a rule, the girls were only allowed to walk five blocks from Nancy's house.
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Speaking and Listening - Introductory
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