Word: edicts
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...UC’s bank balance is $63,791.21. But after the UC defied administrative edict and ploughed on with its quasi-legal party grant system last week, the College announced that it would not disburse the funds normally earmarked for the UC, meaning that what would otherwise be the first installment of the UC’s budget for this fiscal year remains in some locked drawer in University Hall, not in the UC’s bank account. Where, then, did the $63,791.21 come from? On Sunday evening, Treasurer Anthony R. Britt ’10 told...
Blackwater's killing of at least nine civilians in downtown Baghdad Sunday leaves the Bush Administration with a hard choice. Either leave an intolerable status quo in place, and stand by a 2004 Coalition Provisional Authority edict that puts security contractors above Iraqi law. Or divert military resources to replace private security contractors...
...REINCARNATION POSSIBLE? Tibetans think so, believing their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is the 14th reincarnation of the same god-king. But China has banned the Dalai Lama and Tibet's other living Buddhas from--get this--reincarnating without government permission. The 14-part edict also prevents anyone outside China from taking part in the process to recognize a living Buddha...
...easily to compulsory quarantine or isolation. It is critical that if we were to implement such public health measures that we have adequate medical and psychological support, says Markel. "If you come down with the force of the law very hard, you have to ask if the public health edict helps public health or endangers it," he says. "The onus is on us as physicians, public health experts, government public health officers at the city, state and federal levels to embark on a huge educational campaign...
...after each game reviewing tape and critiquing their on court performance, on balance the level of officiating has actually never been better. "The refs are just doing what they're told," says Hill. If that's the case, then it's up to Stern to ease his "no-whining" edict and tell the officials to let the players play, especially for the playoffs. Post-season basketball is enormously emotional, and in the heat of these high-stakes games, it's no surprise that griping will grow...