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If he wants to put his non-disclosure on a firm legal footing, Exley could ask the FEC for an advisory opinion to that effect--something the FEC has to rule on within six weeks instead of several years.
It may be that the statute had its origin, in part, in the belief that employers and employees in such establishments were not upon an equal footing, and that the necessities of the latter often compelled them to submit to such exactions as unduly taxed their strength.
Ranke, with his avowed intention to show history wie es eigentlich gewesen --how it really was--and with his ambition to put the study of history on a scientific footing, doubtless had a more pervasive influence on the formal output of generations of historians.
According to the LAT , the 115-page ruling outlaws "assigning children to schools or allocating educational opportunities and benefits through race-based lotteries, preferences, set-asides or other means that deny students an equal footing based on race."
Instead, courts give the financially dependent spouse "maintenance" payments, which provide support while she or he gains a footing in the work force.