Word: provisionally
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Some probusiness sections of the bill are at least palatable to environmentalists as well. One provision that reduces the regulatory barriers to construction of natural-gas pipelines pleased the gas companies but also promised increased use of this relatively clean energy source. Even the nuke- licensing provisions are less threatening...
Parliament met the day after Suchinda went into hiding, and it quickly approved a constitutional amendment requiring future Prime Ministers to be elected members of the national legislature. Another provision would limit the powers of the military-controlled Senate. Final action on the constitutional reforms will be taken next week...
Earlier this year it was hoped that the Earth Summit treaty would include a provision making genetic materials of all kinds the sovereign resource of the originating country. Nations would have control over who had access to their genetic resources, and if someone else found a way to make money...
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN capitalist gospel, it is no sin to go belly up. Quite to the contrary, U.S. firms enjoy the most liberal bankruptcy laws on earth -- a privilege strengthened by a provision of the code known as Chapter 11 that holds creditors at bay while often allowing sick...
Congress added the Chapter 11 provision to the federal bankruptcy code in 1978 so companies could stay in business while working out repayment plans. But a national debate has now sprung up over whether the country would be better off if sick firms were allowed to die. Last year nearly...