Word: implementation
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...associate dean of the University of Texas School of Law, who favors strict government neutrality toward religion, finds it hard to believe that it could be unconstitutional merely to tell a classroom of kids to keep quiet for a minute. He says, however, that "it's beastly hard to implement it in a fair way. Teachers do deliver messages, and the children do have understandings...
...this economy is proving to be one of the toughest challenges of the century. In previous downturns, policymakers were able to jump-start the engine through tax cuts, higher government spending and falling interest rates. But this time around, such techniques either haven't worked or are difficult to implement. Though interest rates have been falling since 1989, overextended banks won't ease up on new loans. Budget deficits exceeding a quarter of a trillion dollars discourage tax cuts or spending increases for fear of renewed inflation and higher interest rates...
This is no renegade operation: Bush, chief of staff John Sununu and Budget Director Richard Darman are fully apprised of the panel's activities. When such agencies as the EPA and the White House differ over how aggressively to implement a law, the council moves in to referee. Staffed by fewer than a dozen officials, who are, even by Bush White House standards, unusually conservative, the council regularly sides with business against the environment. Even Administration officials marvel at how powerful the body has become. "Because Quayle has Bush's total confidence," said a former Administration official, "nobody can touch...
...council's favorite target is the 1990 Clean Air Act, which the White House backed but now fears will cost more than $26 billion to implement. Last summer the council asked the EPA to make more than 100 changes in proposed regulations for carrying out the act, changes that top EPA officials say undercut the law. The most controversial proposed change would allow polluters to unilaterally increase their emissions if states ignore a waiver request for more than seven days. "You could drive a big truck through some of those holes," said a top EPA official...
...Cambridge Bicycle Committee, a citizen's group commissioned by Mayor Alice K. Wolf, urged the city to establish more bike routes, construct bicycle racks, and implement biker education courses...