as in mistreatment
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In 2017, still a puppy, he was rescued from abandonment and mistreatment by the Asociación Pro Defensa de los Animales, which restored his health and, with it, his chances.
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The displacement and mistreatment of Native Americans increasingly became a focus of concern in the 1960s.
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Officers understood that a move against Maduro without clear guarantees of immunity meant risking imprisonment, torture, confiscation of assets, and the ill-treatment of their families.
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On the stand, Nash testified to Combs’ ill-treatment Fine during the years he was employed.
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According to Seary, there is also currently no funded pathway specifically designed for former athletes recovering from coach maltreatment nor duty of care beyond retirement, meaning survivors are left to self-fund their own recovery, from legal fees to therapy and healthcare.
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Severe child maltreatment is not reducible to a single cause, and serious child welfare policy cannot be reduced to a single response.
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By establishing minimum federal standards and regulations for private benefit plans, the law aimed to protect workers’ pensions from fraud and mismanagement.
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Oftentimes, league bottom feeders are bottom feeders for a reason … ineffective coaching, talent deficiency, front office mismanagement, etc.
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