upheld

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A version of this article appears in print on April 9, 2014, on page A6 of the with the headline: Japan’s Foreign Minister Says Apologies to Wartime Victims Will Be Upheld.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2014

Upheld on appeal by the Ecuadorian judiciary, the judgment—the biggest environmental verdict ever—reflects a finding that Texaco egregiously contaminated the Amazonian jungle when it produced oil there decades ago.

From BusinessWeek • Sep. 26, 2013

Bayou Award Against Goldman Is Upheld Goldman Sachs has been dealt another setback in its effort to overturn $20.5 million arbitration award stemming from the 2005 collapse of the hedge fund manager Bayou Group.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2012

In four terse de cisions, it: � Upheld a lower federal court order requiring New York to hold a special legislative election on Nov. 2.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upheld by him, e'en Fortune I defy And yet I shrink!—for them, thrice base were I!

From Polyeucte by Constable, Thomas