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meaning of highlights
This is an extract from New York Times.please help me to know the exact meaning of highlights.
At the center of the investigation are the owners of the Silk Roads Gallery, Jonathan Markell and his wife, Cari Markell, and Robert Olson, who is said in the search warrants to have smuggled looted antiquities out of Thailand, Myanmar and China.
In affidavits supporting the warrants, federal agents said the Markells had imported looted antiquities provided by Mr. Olson and then arranged to donate them to museums on behalf of clients who took inflated tax deductions for the gifts.
thanks a lot
At the center of the investigation are the owners of the Silk Roads Gallery, Jonathan Markell and his wife, Cari Markell, and Robert Olson, who is said in the search warrants to have smuggled looted antiquities out of Thailand, Myanmar and China.
In affidavits supporting the warrants, federal agents said the Markells had imported looted antiquities provided by Mr. Olson and then arranged to donate them to museums on behalf of clients who took inflated tax deductions for the gifts.
thanks a lot
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Warrant -- a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts affidavit -- written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath support- - make more certain or confirm with evidence or authority on behalf of -- as a representative of or a proxy for inflated -- unduly increased in level
- Warrant -- a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts affidavit -- written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath support- - make more certain or confirm with evidence or authority on behalf of -- as a representative of or a proxy for inflated -- unduly increased in level
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Warrant-- a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
affidavit-- written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath
support-- make more certain or confirm with evidence or authority
on behalf of-- as a representative of or a proxy for
inflated-- u
affidavit-- written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath
support-- make more certain or confirm with evidence or authority
on behalf of-- as a representative of or a proxy for
inflated-- u
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In affidavits supporting the warrants, federal agents said the Markells had imported looted antiquities provided by Mr. Olson and then arranged to donate them to museums on behalf of clients who took inflated tax deductions for the gifts.
In the US, if you donate a piece of artwork to a museum, then you a
In the US, if you donate a piece of artwork to a museum, then you a
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