Word: leeway
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite the hesitancy, the officers have not reacted against the "corrections" Chafin has instituted. What remains to be seen is whether the University administration will give him the leeway he needs for close cooperation with members of his department...
...plan is designed to shelter Community countries against fluctuations of the dollar, as well as other currencies, and thus also help stabilize the dollar itself. Schmidt's proposal features two devices: 1) a so-called boa of currencies, which would have more leeway than the old snake to let weaker currencies, such as Britain's pound and Italy's lira, initially move up and down within a broader margin than the stronger currencies; and 2) a kind of "mini-IMF" of pooled reserves from which the members could automatically draw funds to support their currencies and deter...
...override any local regulation. If a local government wished to apply a stricter standard than the federal guidelines, it would have to apply to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), who would administrate the guidelines. Critics of this clause protest it would not give local governments enough leeway to regulate DNA research in their own communities...
Another twist in the effort to regulate DNA research is the recent proposal to make the NIH guidelines more lenient, lowering the containment restrictions on certain viruses used in the research and giving the local biohazards committees more leeway. While the proposals cannot be approved for at least a few months, sources involved in monitoring DNA legislation say the director of NIH has already given tacit consent to the proposal...
...despite the mounds of paperwork, Gibson finds plenty to keep her busy. She hopes to be actively involved in writing the preliminary report of Epps's Committee on Race Relations this summer, and in general she feels her job provides her with a lot of leeway. Gibson believes most deans appreciate employee initiatives. "They don't try to hold you back or pigeonhole you. It's to Dean Epps's and my mutual benefit for me to take on more responsibility, and I can make my own job more interesting that way," she explains...