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But countries were forced to enact structural reforms like raising retirement ages, streamlining bureaucracy, privatizing industries and overhauling labor laws.

Publicly, the president has threatened to pull billions in federal funding from New York City if Mamdani is elected and enacts policies the White House doesn’t like.

Violence, enacted as retaliation for the cruelty dealt by the hands of the rich and powerful, momentarily levels the playing field.

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Opponents of the proposition have focused on the mechanics of redistricting, arguing the ballot measure subverts the will of California voters who enacted the independent redistricting commission more than a decade ago.

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Judges who cite dictionaries are “not ceding power to lexicographers,” he argued, but simply giving appropriate heft to the text enacted by Congress.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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