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By letting the appeal deadline pass, Baldoni effectively ended his own challenge to Lively’s legal protections under California’s survivor protection law, leaving the June dismissal and her earlier court victory fully intact.

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After the initial collapse, firefighters "put up some protection" around the trapped man, so when the second collapse happened, "they obviously shielded him", Lamberto Giannini said.

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Monday's combined statement said that should a preservation order -- a legal directive placing the property under the NHB's protection -- be issued, Singapore's government intended to buy the site.

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The administration’s actions affect nearly half a million immigrants who are awaiting a decision on a pending application for survivor-based protections, the most common of which is the U-Visa.

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He said that although a lot of other elements had been incorporated into the project it remained, first and foremost, a flood protection scheme.

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

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