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27 Mar 2020, 5:30 am by Gene Takagi
” Washington PostTop 10 Nonprofit Tweets: National Council of Nonprofits: With final text of the #CARESAct now available, here is our analysis of what the $2 trillion relief package means for #nonprofits and statement from CEO Tim Delaney NCNNonprofit Times: “Force majeure,” a French term literally meaning “overpowering or irresistible force,” is a contract term that can work to relieve the parties from performing contractual obligations when certain… [read post]
26 Mar 2020, 7:06 pm
(Pix Credit: HERE)It appears that, even in the midst of substantial human suffering, there is always time for propaganda and propaganda wars. [read post]
26 Mar 2020, 8:52 am by Douglas A. Berman
Even before we have a real handle on the public health tragedy created by the coronavirus in the US, the economic fallout is already profound as represented by just one headline this morning: "A record 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits as the coronavirus slams economy. [read post]
California courts, on the other hand, evaluate the applicability of these defenses by analyzing whether performance “is prevented or delayed by an irresistible, superhuman cause, or by the act of public enemies of this state or of the United States, unless the parties have expressly agreed to the contrary. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 12:01 pm by Kevin LaCroix
A very long time ago, but also for a very long time, there was a third country between what is now France and what is now Germany. [read post]
18 Feb 2020, 3:59 pm by familoo
Such glorious prizes – almost irresistible. [read post]
17 Feb 2020, 4:26 am
This sort of attack must be irresistible (but I've got to assume they'd stress the charisma and unifying power of a Democratic politician who ventures into NASCAR territory):Using the official apparatus of government for what appears to be a political event https://t.co/GWNm8io8O1— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 16, 2020ADDED: When is the last time anybody won the presidency without winning Florida? [read post]
11 Feb 2020, 5:36 am by Stuart Benjamin
And if the 8th seed met the 1st seed later in the playoffs, the story line would be irresistible ("The 1st seed must now play the team it sought to avoid. [read post]
10 Feb 2020, 8:59 am by Rebecca Tushnet
The fact that you have a strong hand saying it’s not fair use based on this model is an almost irresistible draw. [read post]
6 Feb 2020, 6:00 am by Ranj Alaaldin
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. [read post]
2 Feb 2020, 8:14 pm by Omar Ha-Redeye
The civil notion requires the intervening event to be unforeseeable and irresistible, meaning a party could not reasonably be expected to foresee it and efforts to tackle the event are useless or futile. [read post]
27 Jan 2020, 5:00 am by Jeffrey Feltman
Beyond the imploding Lebanese economy, Lebanon’s incoming pro-Syria, pro-Hezbollah government has a problem. [read post]
5 Jan 2020, 8:10 am by Tom Smith
The truth is that the catastrophic rise of fascism and communism merely confirmed his insights into the human condition: the nearly irresistible appeal of the demagogue, the schemes for a utopian future, the insatiable will to power. [read post]
4 Jan 2020, 10:13 am by Tom Smith
I begin with a conclusion: the United States of America is nearing a point at which it can no longer be described as a nation-state, in the sense that term is generally used, and is evolving into a different kind of enterprise—one lacking the underpinnings of a common culture, language, religion, or nationality that we commonly associate with modern nation-states.This is due to several intersecting causes: destructive ideas (identity politics); significant and apparently irresistible… [read post]
29 Dec 2019, 9:06 am
Whether this will be so either because the taste of the wine is so irresistible or the alcohol level is so potent, is left unclear, but it does not matter. [read post]
13 Dec 2019, 9:31 am by Amanda Sloat
In his victory speech, Johnson said: “This election means that getting Brexit done is now the irrefutable, irresistible, unarguable decision of the British people. [read post]
11 Dec 2019, 1:40 pm
The signature song that captures the film's zeitgeist, Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt" (Falling in Love Again) (music and lyrics by Friedrich Hollaender), nicely captures the relationship between the state (as Professor Rath)--conventional and bound by the rules that gives his essence meaning--and the markets based UNGP 2nd Pillar as the foundation of regulatory governance (Lola Lola) whose by being herself p`roves both irresistible to and the undoing of the… [read post]
2 Dec 2019, 9:00 am by Steve Lubet
For many successful editors, however, there seems to be a nearly irresistible temptation to pass along the wisdom gained over decades of showing writers how to improve their work, even though the advice is often the same: be concise, eliminate jargon, get to the point, don’t bury the lede, be original, use declarative sentences.  The latest entry in this genre is Writing to Persuade, by Trish Hall, the former editor of the op-ed page at the New York Times, which… [read post]