sum and substance

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abridge capsule center content context core corpus flavor general meaning gist gravamen heart materiality salient point scenario subject matter sum			The sum and substance of the United States' position in this litigation is that the government may engage in kidnapping and torture, declare those activities 'state secrets,' and by virtue of that designation alone avoid any judicial inquiry," the plaintiffs wrote in their filing. US court to reconsider CIA torture flight case by AFP / AFP American Edition [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "In sum and substance," Anyah continued, "our position is that the evidence presented to date, viewed by a reasonable trier of fact, viewed in an objective manner, does not support or is not sufficient or capable of supporting a conviction. 'It is a political trial,' says Taylor's lawyer by Boateng, Osei / New African That was the sum and substance of a presentation last night by Vincent A. Cianci: Image is everything; Mayor who led revival says leaders must ... by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)			Suit on a promissory note suit one’s purpose suit to extinguish the equity of redemption suitability suitable suitable circumstance suitable for living in suitable for use suitable notice suitable occasion suitable time suitableness suite suited suited to youth suitedness suiting suitor sulk sullen sullied sully sullying Sultan sum sum and substance sum asked for sum certain sum charged sum derived from a sale sum entrusted sum of money sum of money borrowed sum of money lent sum owed sum owing sum paid for carrying a passenger sum shown sum stated sum total sum up sumere summa summarily dispossess summariness summarium summarization summarize summarized summary summary adjudication of issues			Sulu Sea Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion Suluk Suluks Sulus SULUV sulvanite Sulvere Sulvere Sulvere SULYP Sulzbach Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Music Festival Sulzberger, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Mayer Sulzer two-cycle engine Sulzer, Johann Georg Sulzer, William sum sum sum sum sum sum Sum (category theory) Sum (country subdivision) Sum 41 Sum and difference tones Sum and difference tones sum and substance sum asked for Sum Assured sum certain sum certain sum charged sum derived from a sale sum entrusted Sum formula Sum formula Sum formula Sum frequency generation Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy Sum Frequency Mixing Sum Index Flow Technology Sum of absolute differences Sum of Absolute Hadamard Transformed Differences Sum of Absolute Minimum Neighboring Difference Sum of Absolute Valued Differences Sum of all fears Sum of Available Market Sum of Defeated Opponents Scores Sum of Disjoint Products Sum of Double Bonds and Rings Sum Of Errors Sum of Hyper-Exponentials Sum of Infeasibilities

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