After spurning offers from such interested parties as maitre d’ Craig Susser — who opened his own namesake restaurant in 2011 — Tana sold Dan Tana’s in 2009 to friend Sonja Perencevic, who still runs it.
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Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
Shortly after spurning his conjugal love tent vehicle, Colby received a call from Pontiac with a proposition.
Tesla's world class at rejecting how things were done previously.
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James Morris,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
The roughly 3,200 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 837 went on strike on August 4 after rejecting the company’s previous offer.
This consistency, Nassau argues, shields founders from the reputational hit of a prior lead refusing to participate in follow-ons.
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Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries say they are united in refusing to back any spending measure that does not include key health care protections and commitments not to roll them back.
The request comes days after federal Judge James Boasberg ordered Jones to meet with her psychiatrist in New York City and approved home detention with a GPS monitor, overruling a magistrate judge.
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Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
2 Sep. 2025
And the company also claims that by ignoring or overruling comments submitted during the rule-making procedure, these regulations are also procedurally invalid.
The Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Before the city council voted to temporarily suspend the anti-discrimination law, nearly a dozen residents spoke in front of the dais disapproving the action.
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Rachel Royster
September 2,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Sep. 2025
His marks on trade remain weak as well, with 54 percent disapproving of his handling of foreign trade last month.
In 2022, Vail passed an ordinance prohibiting delivery trucks from entering Vail Village and Lionshead Village, to make those areas friendlier to pedestrians.
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Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
Even if Florida’s law prohibiting open carry were nullified, state law still bars people from carrying firearms in any capacity to certain places, including police stations, courthouses, polling places and college campuses.
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