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Eager to ditch the heretical Treaty of Moscow, his negotiators produced New START — the lineal descendant of two earlier SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) and three START agreements — which entered into force in February 2011 for ten years, extendable once for five more.
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John R. Bolton, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
The federal law also demands the remains return to the proper lineal descendants, Indian tribe officials or traditional religious leaders.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
The week before the resort opened, as part of a handoff ceremony, one of the lineal descendants collected water from the spot where the freshwater flows from its underground channel in the lava into the ocean, then mixed it into a drink shared by the descendants and the resort’s managers.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2023
Reporters only considered evidence of slaveholding that occurred after the founding of the U.S. Journalists also limited their research to direct lineal descendants of the present-day elite rather than building sprawling family trees that included distant cousins.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 June 2023
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John R. Bolton, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
The federal law also demands the remains return to the proper lineal descendants, Indian tribe officials or traditional religious leaders.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
The week before the resort opened, as part of a handoff ceremony, one of the lineal descendants collected water from the spot where the freshwater flows from its underground channel in the lava into the ocean, then mixed it into a drink shared by the descendants and the resort’s managers.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2023
Reporters only considered evidence of slaveholding that occurred after the founding of the U.S. Journalists also limited their research to direct lineal descendants of the present-day elite rather than building sprawling family trees that included distant cousins.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 June 2023
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“Lineal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lineal. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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