Word: leeway
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...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...
...instead of imposing it on you," Ralph Zito '81, who plays a leading role in the production, says. "You watch for a spontaneous revelation," Havergal says, "a moment when something in the text will give them a clue or a bridge to cross." "He gives you a lot of leeway," Aquino agrees. "It seemed like the play came out of us. If we're not comfortable with a piece of blocking, Giles will say, 'By all means, change it,' and then he'll watch us and let us know if it's all right...
...river stands between us," said a young skeptic named Sam. "What can we do?" But He was not worried, for He had already crossed the Glen and was still Fine. He knew, as he sat on his mule, its front Hoofs dug in water, that He still had leeway. So He turned around and spoke to the swelling number of friends who had gathered for phase two of the miracle...