As B of A and other lenders were licking their wounds, the International Monetary Fund read these countries the Riot Act.
Such powers, too, are not unique: Britain had its Riot Act until 1986, though it had not been used for years.
But Mr Hogg was praised for "reading the riot act" to slaughterhouse operators in 1995 after shocking levels of hygiene were found.
Apparently GM had read them the riot act after receiving my survey.
Along with her husband, Jay Sukow, a 42-year-old improv actor, she founded the Riot Act, a company that integrated sketch comedy into corporate-training programs.
If a Magistrate (or JP) stood up and read the Riot Act then anyone on the streets moments later was partaking in a riot.
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Brooks is in a perfect position to read the Riot Act.
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The ABI said the Riot Act rules provided a safety net for the underinsured and meant that premiums did not rise every year to cover for a relatively rare event.
Too bad our Treasury Department doesn't read the riot act to the IMF and tell it to push pro-prosperity policies, such as low taxes, stable money, property rights, easing regulations for starting a business (in many countries it takes years to get all the licenses--and experts wonder why people operate outside the system) and reducing trade barriers internally and externally.
Many owners of those uninsured businesses say they haven't received funds promised to them by the U.K. government through the Riot Damages Act.
On repairing the damages, I can confirm that any individual, homeowner or business that has suffered damage to or loss of their buildings or property as a result of rioting, can seek compensation under the Riot Damages Act, even if uninsured.
The reason for this stems back to the Public Order Act of 1986, which states that a riot is an activity during which 12 or more persons must be present together and use and threaten unlawful violence for a common purpose.
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