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US troops have maintained a presence in Syria since 2015 to help train other forces as part of a campaign against IS.
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The U.S. recommends youngsters to get immunized against 18 diseases, while Denmark recommends 10.
A deflated Santa decoration photographed in 2015 captures the holiday exhaustion so many feel in the tornado of travel, shopping and merriment each year, while a 1966 image from “New York State” shows a statue of Father Christmas trapped in a lattice of wood scaffolding like some prized prisoner captured in a war against the North Pole.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles, which first brought the case against Tesla in 2022, argued product names “Autopilot” and “Full-Self Driving Capability” amounted to false advertising.
Though the decision reinstated Musk’s pay package, the court didn’t rule against the plaintiff, Richard Tornetta, a Tesla shareholder who argued that Musk was unjustly awarded what was at the time the largest pay package in history.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
