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“However, the Mayor’s Office intervened,” Escobar said in the administrative claim.

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City Hall will be able to intervene in planning applications that contain more than 50 homes and were previously rejected by borough councils.

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France is backing away from a recent commitment to intervene more forcefully at sea to stop small boats from crossing the English Channel, according to multiple sources contacted by the BBC.

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But fate intervened at West L.A.’s University High School in the form of a classmate who would also become an icon.

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Last week, the US Treasury intervened by buying up pesos, but failed to stop the currency's decline.

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