Word: proviso
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...sleep and food, and placing them in a narrow cell called "the cage." Beating is prohibited, though occasional slaps to the face are not. Detainees belonging to Hamas who are suspected of involvement in violence are now being subjected to such pressure, and the more aggressive "ticking-bomb" proviso will also be applied more liberally...
...Hamas, a "ticking bomb" proviso and shoot-to-kill threats...
...moral equivalent of straights. A Honolulu Advertiser poll found two-thirds of respondents opposed to same-sex marriage. Legislators quashed the idea by more than 3 to 1 and referred it to a study commission, a majority of whose 11 members must belong to specified religious groups -- a proviso that many observers say ensures a negative outcome...
...Glyndebourne either to learn a role or to do spring cleaning on one they already know. But for an international star, going there is time consuming and economically disastrous. The commitment is to at least five weeks of rehearsals and about 14 performances, with a no-play-no-pay proviso and no stipend for rehearsal time. The top salary is $1,800 per performance; international stars earn as much as $12,000 a night. So Sussex gets them early or not at all: Pavarotti, Frederica von Stade and Kathleen Battle all passed through, but Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Cecilia...
...provision of campaign-finance law that allows "independent expenditure" operations -- I.E.s in the trade -- outside normal restrictions on fund raising and spending. An I.E. group such as Brown's can spend as much money as it wants, praising its candidate or knocking his rival. There is one critical proviso: the group cannot coordinate its effort in any way with the beneficiary...