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...derivatives; they will also require the latest that math technology has to offer. Under new rules set by the College Board, all students who take the test must have a hand-held graphing calculator. Those who lack this powerful machine, which graphs complex equations, will have to sign a waiver stating that they will not challenge their scores if they do poorly on the exam because they do not use a graphing calculator...
Murdoch agreed to sell the Post, which he repurchased in 1993 under an FCC waiver granted to help him rescue the struggling paper, but the second obstacle proved more daunting. Murdoch abandoned his Australian citizenship and with great fanfare became an American. Next he structured the deal so that he, now an American citizen, and Diller would together own 76% of the voting control of the stations. Through a long chain of intermediary companies, Murdoch's Australia-based News Corp. would own the remaining 24% of the voting stock, just under the federal threshold...
Insurance companies have demonstrated their interest in such knowledge. Patients applying for medical insurance must sign waiver forms to reveal their medical records. Insurance companies would like to know whether or not applicants for insurance have received HIV tests; they see it as relevant to their assessment of the risk they would take on in insuring a given individual...
...Senate gave the nod to aworld trade agreementin a 76-24 vote Thursday evening, making passage of the accord the last act of the 103rd Congress. Debate over GATT in the Senate took up two days but the body had been expected to approve the pact despite needing a waiver with the support of at least 60 members. The Senate approved the waiver by a 68-32 tally. The 124-nation trade agreement cuts tariffs by an average of 38 percent worldwide and creates a powerful World Trade Organization to moderate trade practices and disputes. President Clinton has said...
...handful of incoming House members -- a group with a different composition, who objected to the vote in the waning days of the lame duck session. Now the treaty goes to the Senate where a much tougher fight is expected. There, it can be approved only after being granted a waiver from Senate rules that demand that any expenditures must be covered by revenues for 10 years. This waiver must get the nod from at least 60 of the 100 Senators. The treaty itself needs just a simple majority and has the requisite support. Today President Clinton took time...