• Their daughters, Amy, 39 years old, and Nancy, 42, were born in the U.S., but couldn't pass on their U.S. citizenship to their own children because they left the country when they were very young.

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  • One senior U.S. official said the U.S. couldn't yet say "one way or the other" if the information bolstered Turkey's account.

    WSJ: Turkey Finds Pilots' Bodies, Providing New Spark for Tensions

  • When we got there Sudanese officials there said the U.N. couldn't fly even though commercial aircraft were free to come and go as they needed.

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  • In the past bridging that gap has been easy, as foreigners were more than willing to invest in the U.S. those dollars they earned from trade with the U.S. It used to be that other countries couldn't compete with the U.S. in stability and returns to capital.

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  • To say that the U.S. economy couldn't bear the burden of these new bonds is utterly preposterous.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • "When we were landing in the U.S. we couldn't get up or have anything on our laps, " said Rati Lavanig, who traveled from Thailand with her small child.

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  • Remember the sneers about Hyundai when it first arrived in the U.S.: It couldn't compete with used cars.

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  • United is the largest member and provides the others with hundreds of connections to U.S. cities they couldn't hope to serve on their own.

    FORBES: Deathwatch

  • Even lackluster economic data from the U.S. last week couldn't damp oil prices, as investors interpreted signs of weak economic growth as increasing the likelihood the Federal Reserve and other central banks would enact more economic stimulus.

    WSJ: Oil Market Finds Itself in 'No Man's Land'

  • "The Wii U launch will prove to be one of biggest gaming console events of the year and we couldn't be more excited to support Wii U with dedicated headsets, " said Bob Picunko, Chief Marketing Officer of Turtle Beach.

    ENGADGET: Turtle Beach releasing entry-level Ear Force NLa, N11 stereo headsets for the Wii U faithful

  • At the time, though, it wasn't published in the U.S., so I couldn't include it in Pearl's Picks.

    NPR: Librarian Nancy Pearl Dips Below The Reading Radar

  • Viewing the incorrect information, the representative couldn't tell that the U.S. helicopters were firing on Pakistani troops.

    WSJ: U.S. Erred in Deadly Attack

  • But her father was told he couldn't go to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis because of his color vision.

    WSJ: "So What's It Like Being Colorblind?"

  • But in the end, Ohanian (who, at 29, couldn't shoot for the U.S. Senate for another year at any rate) said he thinks he can do more for the cause from where he sits now.

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  • Since Goldman prides itself so in hiring the best and the brightest, wasn't it a shocker that to a man, they all had such very bad memories when testifying before the U. S. Senate that they just couldn't recall almost anything?

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The U.S. government position is that we couldn't hold him because at the time, there was no indictment pending, and we had no legal process to take him into custody.

    CNN: Lowell Bergman: How Saudi Arabia figures into the war on terror

  • In Havana, Lynn Roche, an official with the U.S. Interest Section, said section officials couldn't discuss any case of an American who hasn't signed a privacy act waiver.

    CNN: Search for U.S. couple, their missing sons focuses on Cuba

  • For years lawyers were considered immune to most securities suits under a 1994 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said shareholders couldn't sue lawyers for "aiding and abetting" securities fraud.

    FORBES: Companies, People, Ideas

  • "Many people said it couldn't be done, " said the U.S.'s Herculez Gomez, who plays professionally in Mexico.

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  • The speech formally acknowledged that the U.S. uses drones to target terrorists, but officials couldn't agree on how much more to say, administration officials said.

    WSJ: U.S. Rethinks Secrecy on Drone Program

  • He said the U.S. attorney's office in Colorado concluded the charge couldn't be proven in court.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • For a U.S. finding its way in a postmodern recovery, these books couldn't have arrived at a better time.

    FORBES: Two for Our Time

  • "He handed me the check and said, 'I want my boat now, ' and we couldn't do it, " says Carroll, a former U.S. Naval Academy midshipman who grew up crewing for wealthy yacht owners in nearby Newport.

    FORBES: Mine's Lighter

  • After receiving a single scan, Ms. Moritz tried to cancel the contract, but the medical provider said it "had already been paid in full by CareCredit" and couldn't reverse the charge, according to court records filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.

    WSJ: Is Your Doctor Pushing Credit Cards?

  • And as for all those who will no doubt continue to try to push me into leading a campaign for a U.K. exit, I only have this to say: if I couldn't even win a general election in the depths of a recession with my party united behind me, what makes you think I could win a referendum?

    WSJ: What Cameron Needs to Say on Europe

  • They couldn't resolve issues on how much to cut - Europe and the U.S. were at each other's throats.

    NPR: Panel: Gore Offered Ways to Curb Climate Change

  • Nor, it must be noted, did the U.S. authorities subsequently charge Cohan with fraud or any other illegality--they couldn't find a victim.

    FORBES: On The Cover/Top Stories

  • The U.S. military also blamed that attack on a Special Groups cell, but Stover couldn't say whether it was connected to Tuesday's blast.

    CNN: U.S. Embassy staff, soldiers killed in Baghdad blast

  • Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who led a delegation observing the voting, told reporters in Cairo he couldn't say "the entire process has been proper" because of some restraints on observers.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • According to the reports, which couldn't be confirmed, Mr. Abu Ismail was excluded from the race because his mother adopted U.S. citizenship before she died, though he argued that she held only permanent resident status.

    WSJ: Panel Upends Egypt Election

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