Word: allowable
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It’s unclear what is most offensive about this troubling trend: the fact that they serve no function (they neither block UV rays nor allow effective vision) or that you have to jump continuously to see the loser next to you at a party...
...addition, all states should take more dramatic measures to loosen restrictions on voting by absentee ballot. A few states already allow any citizen, regardless of his or her residence, to vote by mail, and these measures have been met by marked upswings in participation...
...posts, the council also approved a set of revisions to the FAS “procedures for responding to allegations of misconduct in research” in order to accommodate mandated regulations from the Public Health Service, a federal program that distributes research funds. One policy revision will allow FAS Dean Michael D. Smith to review research issues that do not fall within the federal government’s definition of research misconduct, including administration of sponsored awards and representation of academic credentials, according to Dean R. Gallant, assistant dean for research policy and administration and director of the Science...
...week ago, Congress gave its final assent to a deal that would allow American companies to sell nuclear technology to India, a nation with decades of hostile relations with its unstable nuclear-armed neighbor, Pakistan, and whose decision to test nuclear weapons in 1974 prompted Congress to adopt the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Since then, not only has India declined to join the NPT regime, it has refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and has continued to actively acquire nuclear material for its weapons program, despite a few recent concessions to stop unilateral nuclear tests and secure...
...goes back to the reasonable expectation of privacy inside one’s home,” Sulivan said. “When you allow someone into your home, do you really assume that you are also allowing in the state...