Word: appeareance
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Rosales defended the legality of the bills, insisting that legislation passed in 1995 gives the Central Bank "exclusive authority" to mint and print money. The number of signatures that appear or don't appear on the money is not important, he said. Critics, however, argue that the Central Bank's exclusive authority doesn't give it creative license to invent new styles of currency that stray from the technical specifications laid out in the Monetary Law. "The government couldn't just start circulating cacao beans and say it's currency like the indigenous did," says economist Nestor Avendano. "They have...
...executives will benefit from the return of government funds. TARP-funded banks have to adhere to compensation rules that limit what the firms can pay their top executives. What's more, banks that received government assistance have put off buying private jets or remodeling offices so as not to appear irresponsible with taxpayer money. Industry insiders say that behind the scenes government regulators have also limited the risks that TARP-funded banks can take. (See the top 10 worst business deals of last year...
Blagojevich, Patti •acceptance by of NBC offer to appear on Costa Rican jungle-based reality show that husband of was unable to appear on due to being under indictment...
...hospital floor is a help or a hazard. An oft cited 2004 study of intensive-care units found that medical residents made 36% more serious mistakes during 30-hour shifts than during shifts half as long. So the simple solution to ensuring patient safety - and resident sanity - would appear to be reducing the length of their shifts, a plan endorsed by a lengthy Institute of Medicine (IOM) report in December 2008 that assessed the impact of resident fatigue and proposed a new set of guidelines restricting shifts to 16 continuous hours if no rest is granted, mandatory uninterrupted five-hour...
...doesn't include peddlers and street vendors that the chengguan developed into such a powerful institution. One need only look at Beijing during the 2008 Olympics, when most temporary food stalls, pedicabs, illegal taxis and beggars were banished, to get a sense of how China wants its cities to appear. "Some government officials are oblivious to reality, and aim to build a vendorless city as their political achievement," He says...