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How to use the word civil in a Sentence? Page #36

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The killer part is the attorneys fees and the court costs, she is liable to the state and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Kristen Waggoner

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

As Chicago's first national park, Pullman's 135 years of civil rights and industrial history will be protected and enjoyed for generations to come.

Mark Kirk

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Even ISIS is not immune from the warlord phenomenon that takes place in the context of civil war and is being witnessed in Syria today.

Lina Khatib

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Traditional Yemeni political actors used to find middle ground and didn't let their clashes lead to a full-blown civil war. The Houthis don't seem to be interested in compromising, they mix a lack of experience in politics with, as their own leader has said, limitless ambitions. The fact that Iran is involved aggravates things and brings in a regional dimension that makes a conflict harder to avoid.

Nadwa Dawsari

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The bilateral agreement on civil nuclear cooperation is yet another demonstration of our mutual trust.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I witnessed the difference it makes when our community not only has a seat at the table, but sits at the head of the leadership table, because of my role as caucus leader to set the agenda, we were able to make civil rights and civil unions a priority.

Kate Brown

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We believe that by clearly defining what makes for a good ISAO, that will make tying liability protection to sectoral organizations easier and more accessible to the public and to privacy and civil liberties advocates.

Michael Daniel

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It is not the crime of the century, you basically have a man that's never been arrested before and is basically having a civil dispute with investors over money.

Aaron Cohen

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9 years ago

The South is littered with monuments for the Civil War, but we haven’t looked at the great evil of slavery. Its aftermath morphed into terrorism of lynching.

Bryan Stevenson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It’s discrimination based on religion, or, in this case, perceived religion and is a violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, it isn’t based on that person’s behavior or anything they could reliably use that could be used to bar the person from the premises.

Executive Director Rita Sklar

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

He started collecting because of his interest in the Civil War and military history, but then he became interested in Lincoln and the assassination.

Greg Dow

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We don’t believe Darren Wilson has done anything that would merit any kind of a prosecution or any kind of civil rights claims and we are just awaiting the outcome like everybody else.

Neil Bruntrager

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The current situation is simply that there is a severe case of repression against human rights activists and peaceful political activism, we do not oppose the government and do not want its downfall, but we are calling for civil and political rights, a constitutional monarchy, an elected parliament and an independent, just judiciary.

Samar Badawi

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We do not oppose the government and do not want its downfall, but we are calling for civil and political rights, a constitutional monarchy, an elected parliament and an independent, just judiciary.

Samar Badawi

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Many people don't think of theTuskegee Institute National Historic SiteinAlabamaas part of the civil rights story.

Park RangerShirley Baxter

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9 years ago

We could see the same number of civilian casualties next year or more, because we're in active, large-scale civil conflict, not just terror or insurgency.

Michael Knights

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Although Guo has been at the forefront of China's rights movement, he has also tried to keep a low profile, to remain in that narrowing space without being jailed, the fact that he's detained signals further tightening of the authorities' grip on China's civil society.

Maya Wang

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It will be very hard for sectors that bet on the overthrow of the government to reposition themselves in the current situation, there are other independent civil society groups that don't want to overthrow the government.

Lenier Gonzalez

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Together with our nation and civil society institutions, the results of June 7 elections will pave the way for the swift preparation of a new constitution.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

By emphasizing accountability across all levels of the enterprise, and transparently reporting errors and violations to outside oversight authorities, NSA protects privacy and civil liberties while safeguarding the nation and our allies.

The National Security Agency

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The subsidies scheme extension is estimated to be worth $8.7 billion and will be the largest subsidy for the civil aerospace industry in U.S. history.

The EU

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is a government that is looking to stifle dissent, they're saying that Kenyans need to accept a limitation on their civil rights in order to have an effective fight against terrorism. But they haven't defined how our rights are impeding the war on terror.

Patrick Gathara

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Each has to stay in his community, if we have clashes between different communities we'll practically have a civil war.

Alfredo Castillo

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

All we want is justice for John Crawford and everyone responsible for John Crawford's death should be held responsible, the criminal justice system refused to hold those accountable so the civil system must.

Michael Wright

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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