This former Obama official's wild claims don't comport with reality.
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"It just doesn't comport with facts," said the interviewer, Jon Cohen.
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" According to the study's findings, these stereotypes definitely don't "comport with reality.
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"I'm only approving plans that comport with the law," Ms. DeVos said.
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He is perpetually surprised because reality does not comport with his fantasies.
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They do not comport with traditional law enforcement and trade craft of spy.
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Does that comport with your own experience with the violent crime increase, sheriff?
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There are two main reasons this belief does not comport with scientific evidence.
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But the reality on the ground may not comport with Mr. Erdogan's visions.
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" And a U.S. official told Reuters that Russia's claim does not "comport with reality.
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"Much of the affidavit doesn't comport with common sense," Merritt told CNN on Tuesday.
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But the achievements I want to highlight don't easily comport with typical obituary fare.
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"That would hardly comport with concepts of fundamental fairness and Due Process," he adds.
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What they comport with is an effort to subvert the campaign of the opposing candidate.
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That narrative does not comport with my experience as a CPSC commissioner for eight years.
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Some of this account might comport with Officer Guyger's statement that she gave verbal commands.
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But Kelly's explanation did not fully comport with CNN's extensive reporting on the Porter scandal.
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But to describe these investigations as a "witch hunt" simply doesn't comport with known facts.
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The cruelty of trophy hunting simply doesn't comport with efforts to save Africa's imperiled wildlife.
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His words do not comport with reality — but there is ample reason to be concerned.
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Will every monument honoring someone with political views that don't comport with modern mores be removed?
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That, of course, doesn't comport with iRobot's ultimate goal of keeping the robot out of sight.
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In the past, police have shaded evidence to comport with the narrative they want to portray.
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This position doesn't comport with either public opinion or scientific reality The data speaks for itself.
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Apart from the factual truth of allegations, the articles comport with the definition of impeachable conduct.
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"A lot of his policies don't comport with my vision for how I represent Kansas," said Rep.
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They missed a filing deadline and had two briefs returned for failure to comport with court rules.
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As Assistant Commerce Secretary Larry Strickling recently testified, the Senator's claims just don't comport with the facts.
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They claim that our high-minded ideals don't comport with the realities of politics on the ground.
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The idea of a large compliance burden honestly does not comport with the forms I have seen.
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It's that they have NO interest in seeing it because it doesn't comport with their broader world view.
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But Bennet's agenda of diversification largely doesn't include such voices because they don't comport with the Times' worldview.
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Ignoring established facts because they don't comport with the version you want to be true is dangerous enough.
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" The former intelligence chief said that the Trump administration policy "doesn't comport" with American "values and our standards.
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However, the idea that the Internet is emblematic of a "Wild West" frontier environment doesn't comport with reality.
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What do they mean by "democratic" socialism, and how does the socialism they foresee comport with republican liberty?
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But few cases refuse to comport with what is understood about police suicides as steadfastly as Chief Silks's.
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You tell people what happened and what it means (even if those conclusions don't comport with the facts).
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Saying that all immigration kills jobs for those who are already here simply does not comport with America's history.
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Let's go through some of the specifics of what Trump said -- and why they don't comport with established facts.
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" For St. Joseph's Coach Phil Martelli, these teachings comport with the sport that he called the "greatest societal experiment.
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" On CNN that same month, Pompeo said Trump's policies "don't comport with my vision for how I represent Kansas.
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Experts worry the biggest risk is that the whole internet will be forced to comport with the strictest legal limitations.
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" He said the findings of the Senate investigation "do not comport with my recollection or perception of the events described.
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That may comport with the attitude some of their constituents want, but it will not achieve the results most desire.
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He hates the cramped hassle of flying commercial, aides say, even if going private doesn't entirely comport with his brand.
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Women are generally permitted to work outside the home to support their families, so long as they comport with religious rules.
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Officials at the E.P.A. are obliged to decide whether local changes in water-quality standards comport with the Clean Water Act.
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Normal benefits a union may negotiate, like overtime or days off, for members do not comport with caregivers taking care of family.
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It then applied the patterns it gleaned to subsequent defendants, like Mr. Loomis, to spit out sentences that comport with existing trends.
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Does the appointment of Mr. Whitaker comport with the Appointments Clause of the Constitution or the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998?
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Physically restraining them "does not comport with ICE standards and gives the appearance of criminal, rather than civil, custody," said the report.
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It makes careful tweaks to provisions to defund Planned Parenthood and allow states more flexibility, meant to comport with strict reconciliation rules.
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He'd said previously that the war did not comport with his faith, and that he had "no quarrel" with America's enemy, the Vietcong.
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He said the new institutions could make loans and invest depositors money in funds or companies and organizations that comport with local values.
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NAVARRO: LOOK, THE MARKET IS REACTING IN A WAY WHICH DOES NOT COMPORT WITH THE STRENGTH, THE UNBELIEVABLE STRENGTH IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ECONOMY.
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They provided detailed responses to questions from the commissioner, Ruth Hughs, and her staff — like how such proposals might comport with federal law.
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He said he recused himself not because of wrongdoing but to comport with Justice Department regulations regarding his role in the Trump campaign.
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"Seeing that distraught dog in the video did not comport with what I had observed in the prior weeks of production," he said.
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Regardless of the reason, Giuliani's angry demeanor simply does not comport with what the Trump White House is trying to sell on Ukraine.
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Those cameras will fit into a "square on the top left," Bloomberg wrote, which does comport with leaked images purporting to show just that.
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The administration is including language in the final rule to make clear how a contractor's current sick leave policy can comport with the mandate.
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The commission's unwillingness to advocate for encryption, which gives defenders such scalable leverage over attackers, doesn't comport with the aim of bolstering US cybersecurity.
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Trump's words are unequivocal, but since they don't comport with reality, there is little reason to expect that things will be as he says.
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And I am fairly confident it will be re-enacted in perpetuity unless — unless a court can say it does not comport with the Constitution.
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"We believe the U.S. laws and the application of those laws by the courts of the United States comport with international law," Mr. Toner said.
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She declared that the White House was merely presenting "alternative facts" when it described an inauguration crowd in superlatives that did not comport with reality.
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But presidents have an even greater power than businessmen -- they can directly shape policies to comport with their views, and Trump has certainly done that.
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"For (P&G), ever vigilant about the image of its makeup shop sales associates, pregnancy did not comport with the 'perfect look,'" the lawsuit said.
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I'm pulling IDC numbers from December for the latest, but these seem to mostly comport with what I've been seeing from firms over the past year.
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" CEO Greg Glassman told the Morning Chalk Up, a CrossFit blog, that Facebook "doesn't comport with my community standards for privacy and decency, so we're out.
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Judge Dana M. Sabraw wrote that the policy "is brutal, offensive and fails to comport with traditional notions of fair play and decency," according to Bloomberg.
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Like other recent tributes to untold feats by women in science and technology, "Bombshell" unearths a chapter of history that doesn't neatly comport with our understanding.
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At some point you&aposve now decided that it became a nonconsensual harassment relationship, which doesn&apost really comport with how you were originally classified this.
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We must be able to agree that there are some reasonable restrictions on guns that comport with our safety and the definition of the Second Amendment.
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He creates a reality that may, but often does not, comport with actual reality, and then sells that created reality as hard as he possibly can.
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Rather than recycling or merely refurbishing the item to its original state, the process also enhances the product to make it comport with the latest technology.
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The Obama administration set the average fleet-wide fuel efficiency standards "too high" and "made assumptions about the standards that didn't comport with reality," Pruitt said.
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Over all, the polls comport with the growing consensus among operatives from both parties that Democrats are poised to gain around 210 seats in the House.
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"Requiring that manufacturers allow law enforcement unlimited access to data regarding the operation of a motor vehicle does not comport with consumer expectations of privacy," Strickland said.
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He said the legislation, which passed both houses of the Legislature by strong margins, did not "comport with the sensibilities" or "religious customs" of some state residents.
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This is a narrative that does not comport with my reality as a citizen or, I suspect, with the reality of millions of other like-minded Americans.
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Those figures, which apparently come from US intelligence and mostly comport with publicly available numbers, show how the war has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
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Commenters often noted that Bloomberg's etiquette didn't comport with the sanitary measures that health officials have advised Americans to take to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus.
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Rand Paul referred to obscure British social critic Os Guinness, of whom he is a fan, to explain how his libertarian views comport with an encompassing doctrine like Christianity.
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" And asked by interviewer Jon Cohen about a claim about timing that "just doesn't comport with facts," Fauci replied: "I know, but what do you want me to do?
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Except that this is Trump we are dealing with -- a man who has never cared terribly much about the facts, especially when they don't comport with his own views.
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Whether Prince's visit and his meeting with Rodriguez comport with U.S. law or not, they appear to run counter to the Trump administration's policy to date of isolating Caracas.
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For victims to pursue external evidence on their own, first, is potentially dangerous and, second, may not comport with the law, which could render that evidence unusable at trial.
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Since becoming a candidate for president way back in 2015, Trump has shown a remarkable capacity for creating his own reality, a reality that often doesn't comport with established facts.
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The way I dress is constrained by fear of judgment, by the need to code strength and professionalism in very particular ways, to comport with someone else's idea of respectability.
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Fauci told the magazine that he's told the "appropriate people" that the suggestion does not comport with the facts, hoping that the president would be more careful about his remarks.
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In the mid-20th century, researchers found artifacts in a frozen burial site that seemingly comport with Herodotus's account, in Russia's Altay mountain region near the Siberian and Mongolian border.
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"Such conduct, if true, as it is assumed to be on the present motion, is brutal, offensive, and fails to comport with traditional notions of fair play and decency," he wrote.
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The work of the Judiciary, and this court, is limited to ensuring that the actions taken by the other two branches comport with our country's laws, and more importantly, our Constitution.
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The mosque's architect endeavored to create a building that would comport with the surrounding residential neighborhood, forgoing the traditional dome and fashioning minarets to look like small chimneys, the lawsuit said.
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"Such conduct, if true, as it is assumed to be on the present motion, is brutal, offensive, and fails to comport with traditional notions of fair play and decency," Sabraw wrote.
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But legal experts and leaders of many foreign countries said that interpretation did not comport with international law, which does not recognize sovereignty over territory taken from another country by force.
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But since the sale, The Record has altered its design to comport with Gannett's other newspapers, like USA Today, which tend to feature more white space and fewer front-page articles.
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He said Guyger's termination makes his case stronger because it shows the city and police department think Guyger "obviously engaged in behavior that doesn't comport with a police officer," he said.
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Rather, they pick up stray impressions from what they see or hear on the go, which then add up to concrete ideas that may not fully comport with facts or reality.
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The attorney general's moves comport with a broader theme of U.S. immigration policy in the Trump era: using its broad discretion to sharply limit flows of legal immigration into the United States.
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In its world, the underpinnings of every established religion are struck at once, after 2 percent of the Earth's population vanishes, in a way that does not comport with any denomination's teaching.
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An ordinary observer would react to the ruling just as Charles Dickens's character Mr Bumble "famously responded when told about a legal rule that did not comport with the reality of everyday life".
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"The work of the Judiciary, and this court, is limited to ensuring that the actions taken by the other two branches comport with our country's laws, and more importantly, our constitution," Robart wrote.
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"We could've adjusted the weighting to comport with other polls or we could have simply sat on the numbers, but neither of those actions meet our standards for transparency and disclosure," he said.
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And at no other point has Trump, who has habitually dismissed realities that did not comport with his own version of events, offered such a clear and vociferous declaration of all-out war.
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That mythology, however, doesn't comport with the reality, so far, of this contest — six months since the first Democratic debate, and still a few more days before the 2020 campaign actually reaches 2020.
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SEEKING TO ISOLATE MADURO Whether Prince's visit and his meeting with Rodriguez comport with U.S. law or not, they appear to run counter to the Trump administration's policy to date of isolating Caracas.
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The results in Oklahoma comport with the findings of a September poll of 6,000 registered voters commissioned in 10 electoral battleground states, which found strong bipartisan support for justice reform in all of them.
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On virtually every major issue of the day -- immigration, taxes, the Mueller investigation -- Trump has spun an alternate reality for himself and his supporters that, very often, simply do not comport with established facts.
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From the health risks of coal mining to the national security risks of climate change, Mr. Trump is hostile to any research that does not comport with his political interests — or view of reality.
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As for the spin that Brown's cooperation brings to this version of events that doesn't comport with previous depictions of the couple, one supposes as a producer on his own autobiography, that's his prerogative.
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Whether he knew he was spinning or not, he would create a story that made him look as successful, desirable and tough as possible -- and that often did not comport with the established facts.
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Second, Justice Thomas's call to reconsider the Sullivan case, on the grounds that it doesn't comport with what the authors of the Constitution originally wrote and presumably meant, illustrates the folly of "originalist" thinking.
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Companies that act in bad faith and negligently expose private consumer data need to be appropriately penalized or there's little incentive to comport with the law, beyond a few days or weeks of bad publicity.
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The Verizon affiliate, which operates in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, asserts that the NLRB wrongly usurped an arbitrator's authority because his reading of the contract did not comport with the board's new view of picketing.
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In a chain of tweets, Delta—which made the first move—said that "no matter what your political stance may be," Shakespeare in the Park's "graphic" adaptation of Caesar didn't comport with the airline's values.
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But there are also international treaty obligations that require the US to treat asylum seekers in ways that comport with international human rights and refugee protections, including not barring their ability to apply for asylum.
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"Nye's TV persona has perpetuated the harmful stereotype that scientists are nerdy, combative white men in lab coats — a stereotype that does not comport with our lived experience as women in STEM," the group continues.
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First, the council notes all the ways that Nordic countries don't necessarily comport with a liberal ideal of government, including a heavy middle-class tax burden and lighter-than-you-might-expect regulation of business.
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The Appellate Court ultimately concluded that the actions of the President and the Attorney General "bear a reasonable relation to protection of the legitimate interests of the United States," and comport with due process requirements.
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In his role as NORML's federal lobbyist, he focuses on moving lawmakers towards evidence-based solutions that comport with analogous substances as the United States prepares for a substantial public policy shift in regards to cannabis.
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Auntie Poulet is voiced by Ms. Harris, who uses the same fake Jamaican accent (rather than using a French Creole Haitian accent that would comport with Auntie Poulet's stated background) she used when performing as Miss Cleo.
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"An ordinary person of common sense would react to the court's decision the way Mr. Bumble famously responded when told about a legal rule that did not comport with the reality of everyday life," Justice Alito wrote.
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Among the topics to be addressed would be how procedures comport with due process and how they protect investors while maintaining efficient markets, as well as a general review of case selection and the adequacy of sanctions.
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"Such conduct, if true, as it is assumed to be on the present motion, is brutal, offensive, and fails to comport with traditional notions of fair play and decency," wrote Sabraw, an appointee of President George W. Bush.
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" Current EPA head Scott Pruitt said in today's release that the Obama administration "cut the [review] process short with politically charged expediency, made assumptions about the standards that didn't comport with reality, and set the standards too high.
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"What we are not doing is changing what is foundational EPA enforcement authority to go after the analysis on the front end if it doesn't comport with the regulations as they are laid out," the EPA official said.
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These are two men who have spent a lifetime creating their own realities -- whether that's driving as a toddler or having the single most successful first year of any President ever -- that often don't comport with established facts.
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While federal courts may not weigh in on the "wisdom" of policy, he concluded, they are duty-bound to ensure that "the actions undertaken by the other two branches comport with our country's laws, and more importantly, the constitution".
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Teachers, on the other hand, make a competitive starting salary, but typically have to wait close to 20 years — or longer — to earn the upper middle class incomes that comport with our high expectations of educators as knowledge workers.
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We re-engineered all of that a decade ago and we and to go to the DOJ and coordinate to make sure that our re-engineering of our source program was going to comport with the attorney general guidelines.
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Those conditions "clearly do not comport with the values and expectations people have about organic farms," says Mark Kastel, co-founder of the Cornucopia Institute, an industry watchdog that has sued the USDA for not enforcing its organic regulations.
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While Iranian officials are no stranger to bombast and invective against the U.S., Iran's broadcasting of the missile strike, and Khamenei's repeated touting of it, does not neatly comport with Tehran's long-established preference for proxy warfare and deniability.
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State Bar of California, the court concluded that mandatory bar association dues comport with the First Amendment as long as the bar association uses money from dues to regulate the legal profession and improve the quality of legal services.
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The big picture: So far, most of the plans taking advantage of the administration's new rules at least claim to cover pre-existing conditions and comport with most of the ACA's benefit requirements, even though they don't always have to.
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The new photos comport with just about everything we've see so far, including the single camera on the rear and the inclusion of what appears to be a wired version of the Pixelbuds, which require the included USB-C dongle/adapter.
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"[W]e would arrive at a common, base soup stock of what was true based on a number of people overlapping in the same account, and then anything that did not comport with that would get shaved off," she said.
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In George Orwell's dystopian novel "6900," Winston Smith's job at the Ministry of Truth (Minitrue) is to revise/recast/retruth the past by rewriting old news stories so that they comport with the current ruling party's version of the historical record.
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At a bare minimum, Francis has clearly endorsed the idea that bishops must move church practice closer to the realities of the pews, where priests often accommodate people whose lives do not comport with a strict reading of church norms.
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Again, while this theory has never been confirmed, it is difficult to rule out completely, both because US investigators have raised it and because this theory would comport with what we know about the Saudi government and the Saudi clerical establishment.
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"If I knew I was going to meet Lindsay, of course I would have put on clothes," one of the new arrivals says, which might make sense for a regular job interview, but doesn't necessarily comport with the priorities of the show.
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"A reversal could embolden other local and state governments to enact legislation that also contravenes federal law and restricts transgender people's access to restrooms that comport with their gender identity, both in the public sphere and in the workplace," the brief reads.
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Last year, Chris Christie, a Republican who was governor of New Jersey, conditionally vetoed a bill that would have banned marriage for children under 18, on the ground that it did not "comport with the sensibilities" or "religious customs" of some residents.
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"For anyone to characterize the fact that the President is taking care to make sure our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are safe as somehow being a greenlight for a massacre is irresponsible and doesn't comport with the reality of the situation," the official added.
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As the public is becoming more aware of the trauma suffered by children and families as a result of involuntary separation, states must take a closer look at the practices employed by their child welfare systems to ensure that they comport with constitutionally-mandated protections.
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But when the public can circulate petitions and demand recall elections because they don't like a result — rather than because the decision does not comport with law and precedent — judicial independence deteriorates and we are left with decision-making by whim of the public.
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"Such conduct, if true, as it is assumed to be on the present motion, is brutal, offensive, and fails to comport with traditional notions of fair play and decency," Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the Southern District of California wrote in his 25-page opinion.
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"Pope Francis' real message today is perhaps not for women at all but rather for his brother bishops and priests who sometimes have seemed hell-bent on punishing Catholic women for their conscience-based decisions when they don't comport with the hierarchy," O'Brien wrote.
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"In my view the court's typical formulation of the stare decisis standard does not comport with our judicial duty ... because it elevates demonstrably erroneous decisions - meaning decisions outside the realm of permissible interpretation - over the text of the Constitution and other duly enacted federal law," Thomas wrote.
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"The practices described in the video by this temporary regional sub-contractor do not in any way comport with our long standing policies on organizing events, and those statements and sentiments do not represent the values that the Committee holds dear," Brazile said in a statement.
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In the darkness, no one — whether judges, advocates, international organizations or the informed citizens at the heart of democracy — can see what is happening, how people are being treated, or whether the activities therein comport with fundamental norms of human dignity and the rule of law.
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"Currently, we have called off all large gatherings for the census (1,000 people or more) and have begun brainstorming with our partners on alternate activities we can pursue that will comport with the health and safety guidelines as outlined by our County health office," Kuwada said.
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"We've been told that counsel for the Democrats was a witness and that's why he didn't have to comport with the rules of decorum… I've been a judge and I know that you don't get to be a witness and a judge in the same case," Rep.
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They have also shined a light on the enduring nature of gender violence worldwide and laid bare how a lone foreign traveler's cultural and social expectations do not always comport with local views about a woman's place in the world — and whether she should travel at all.
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"[T]his order is in the public interest because it requires Respondents to comport with their own rules and regulations, bars arbitrary agency action toward vulnerable immigrant communities, and diminishes the emotional and financial impact on families participating in the provisional waiver process," the judge wrote in his ruling.
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"The practices described in the video by this temporary regional subcontractor do not in any way comport with our longstanding policies on organizing events, and those statements and sentiments do not represent the values that the committee holds dear," Donna Brazile, the interim chairwoman of the D.N.C., said in a statement.
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"It's exceedingly unclear how these products—especially products that are broad-based, across schools, across programs—expect to comport with basic fair lending laws that have been on the books for decades," said Seth Frotman, a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official who now runs the nonprofit Student Borrower Protection Center.
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RE: The People Who Believe Electricity Rules the Universe Dear Ms. Scoles: While I am in general agreement with your presentation of the mindset / beliefs of the Electric Universe enthusiasts, their description of cometary phenomena -- complete with verified / verifiable predictions -- does seem to comport with a great deal of recent observational data.
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"While any amount of alcohol abuse is too much, the claims published in JAMA Psychiatry do not comport with findings of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the federal government's leading survey that tracks substance use disorders," Sam Zakhari, the Distilled Spirits Council senior vice president of science, said in a statement.
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The subtext to the uncertainty around the White House policy rollout is that Trump was so all over the place on Wednesday that it made it impossible for the White House staff to come up with specific proposals that would comport with what he said during the meeting and what he has previously proposed.
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The subtext to the uncertainty around the White House policy rollout is that Trump was so all over the place on Wednesday that it made it impossible for the White House staff to come up with specific proposals that would comport with what he had said during the meeting and what he had previously proposed.
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And the timeline of the texts, as laid out by Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, does not comport with what was happening when the messages were sent in 2016 and ignores that the texts were sent days before Obama confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin over the country's meddling in the 2016 election.
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Yet White House press secretary Sean Spicer has continuously floated a "dual-track thing," suggesting that the Trump administration would not formally revoke the initial executive order but instead issue a new one that would comport with the law and target national security concerns for now, while also continuing the appeals process to defend the original order.
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If the judge has any questions about sources or whether there is sufficient predication for the warrant, those concerns are shared with the DOJ attorney, who will go back to the agent who requested a warrant and attempt to address those concerns in a way that will make the application comport with the law to the judge's satisfaction.
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Seila argued that the justices should leave it to Congress to figure out how to make the CFPB's structure comport with the Constitution - but if the court insisted on crafting a cure, Seila said, it should invalidate the entire Consumer Financial Protection Act because Congress would have created a CFPB whose director could be fired without cause.
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Their alleged new-found puritanical stance does not comport with their decades of silence, particularly when it came to former President Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson Clinton3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Buckingham Palace: Any suggestion Prince Andrew was involved in Epstein scandal 'abhorrent' The magic of majority rule in elections MORE's indiscretions.
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Jackson has adjusted the frame rates (the speed at which a film is projected, which wasn't standardized until the sound era); added color in ways said to comport with the actual hues of uniforms and landscapes; given the film a 3-D conversion that can be seen in select theaters; and dubbed in voices for the soldiers, with the aid of forensic lip readers employed to figure out what they were saying.
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Here her speech ironically reminded me of the kinds of polemics spouted at rallies by supporters of the current President: a shallow grasp of US history, insistence on conformity to a certain linguistic orthodoxy, the rejection of any information that is not relayed through personally known sources, a suspicion of institutions (like the press) and all knowledge they circulate, a valorizing of overblown rhetoric, and contempt for views that don't comport with their own.
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These stats from CNN's David Gelles -- counting the number of times Trump has used the words "witch hunt" on Twitter -- tell the story: May 2017: 226 times June 213: 222 times July 275: 25 times Oct 21: 03 time Dec 20: 280 times Jan 280: 1 time Feb 2018: 3 times March 2018: 2 times April 2018: 803 times May 2018: 20 times June 2018: 26 times The problem for Gowdy is that his frustration with the length of time Mueller is taking -- and his results -- simply doesn't comport with the facts.
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"The Wilkinson letters raise serious questions about why DOJ would consent to such substantial limitations on the scope of its investigation, and how [FBI Director James] Comey's statements on the scope of the investigation comport with the reality of what the FBI was permitted to investigate," House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason ChaffetzJason ChaffetzHouse Oversight panel demands DeVos turn over personal email records The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by JUUL Labs - Trump attack on progressive Dems draws sharp rebuke GOP senators decline to criticize Acosta after new Epstein charges MORE (R-Utah), Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation Trump health official: Controversial drug pricing move is 'top priority' Environmental advocates should take another look at biofuels MORE (R-Iowa), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob GoodlatteRobert (Bob) William GoodlatteImmigrant advocacy groups shouldn't be opposing Trump's raids Top Republican releases full transcript of Bruce Ohr interview It's time for Congress to pass an anti-cruelty statute MORE (R-Va.) and House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) wrote.
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