Word: leeway
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With so much leeway, procedures for choosing leaders vary widely among these organizations—ranging from the purely democratic to the exclusive...
...Whole Foods has a weakness, it's that occasional shoppers find the stores a bit confusing. Most national brands aren't available, and regional purchasing managers have so much leeway in how they stock shelves that Heinz ketchup, for example, is sold in some stores but not in others. The problem for some shoppers--and the charm for others--is that hundreds of the products Whole Foods sells are made by mom-and-pop producers. Few shoppers outside Austin, for instance, know of Boggy Creek Farm, a family-run business whose sun-dried tomatoes and pasta sauces are sold...
Unlike the other institutes for advanced study, which have had the leeway to develop space that meets the needs of their programs, Radcliffe remains entangled in space constraints. Many Radcliffe-owned buildings are rented out, providing the Institute with considerable income but also limiting its ability to develop a central place for fellows to convene and work, which Faust views as essential to the fellowship program’s growth and success. FAS currently holds leases to three major building in Radcliffe Yard—Byerly Hall, Agassiz Theatre and the Rieman Center...
...Other networks, take heed! You may not be able to match NBC in the ratings. You may not be match them in upscale audience or self-congratulation. But there is still some leeway to beat them in the party hors d'oeuvres department. Consider the gauntlet thrown...
...could try to force the CPD to include other candidates by in some way interpreting the CPD-sponsored debates as illegal in-kind contributions to the Republican and Democratic candidates. However, in Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Forbes, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that debate sponsors have broad leeway in choosing whom to include—or exclude—in candidate debates. Moreover, if the FEC did succeed in such action, it might simply mean no debates at all—clearly the FEC has no power to force candidates to debate anyone. The question, ultimately...