It refuses, too, to count paper ballots as a check on controversial voting machines.
Only tort liability acted as a check on the manufacturer, and, interestingly, there were few lawsuits.
Some financial firms record phone calls to ensure compliance with industry regulations and as a check on fraud.
This is hardly a recipe for an effective upper house, capable of acting as a check on a mighty executive.
The Founding Fathers put the writ into the Constitution as a check on the government's power to arbitrarily put someone in prison.
Politicians opposed to the expansion of state power, who take seriously the principle of subsidiarity as a check on cartelised government, are to be found across Europe.
Several top Democrats, including Pelosi, have questioned whether it is possible to contain spiraling medical costs without creating a public option to serve as a check on private insurers.
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The way the Justice Department tells it, Grupo Modelo acts as a check on price increases by ABI, which usually come in concert with higher prices from the other heavyweight in the U.S. beer industry, MillerCoors (a joint venture between Molson Coors and SABMiller).
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As such, his opinions are elicited by journalists on a regular basis as a directional check on stocks.
Even before sonar depth sounders were available, navigators would also use lead lines to determine the depth of the water as a cross check on where they were.
The investors are likely to pull the raw information about a borrower, roll up their sleeves, and analyze the credit quality themselves, either as a primary decision-making tool, or as a double-check on the rating.
Its remit, which does not focus on alleged misdemeanours by individuals, is described by the committee as a "useful check on current standards and the effectiveness, or otherwise of the arrangements in place to ensure the highest standards of propriety in public life".
Does this part -- did the FBI use this as part of a background check on Allen?
Oil prices could peak in the near term as high prices put a check on demand growth and supply continues to be constrained.
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They can also be used for different functions as users can watch a video on one screen and input commands on the other, or check email on one screen and use the other as a soft keyboard.
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So its members may at last start to see it as their role to be a check on the abuse of executive authority.
Whether it is arbitrary strike zones, differing philosophies on what constitutes as a strike with check swings or being out of position when determining safe or out on the base paths, the time has come for an appropriate checks and balances system.
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In theory, the idea of a single Facebook page with aggregated job postings struck me as a great concept: a one-stop shop where users can check on friends and job opportunities at the same time.
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So rather than being a check on government, as textbooks suggest, federalism makes government bigger over time.
Colleagues and business contacts I have bumped into are really looking at the World Economic Forum meeting as a chance to compare notes and check in on how we are all viewing the world in these extraordinary days.
We can do a quick reality check on this as well.
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Just as a bank will check your credit rating before offering you a mortgage, so too will a potential customer on a collaborative marketplace check feedback and ratings before considering making a transaction.
Before then, the check was used mostly as a trench coat lining or on accessories, such as hats.
"When we started developing the app, we set out to take our users on a journey throughout their day as they check their hourly, daily, and future forecasts, " said Pascal Racheneur, Vice President of Interactive Media for AccuWeather.
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As a result, China announced a fresh set of measures on 1 March this year to try to keep prices in check.
Similarly, Publishers Clearing House never hired a celebrity to serve as a spokesperson, and it was the Prize Patrol, not McMahon, that showed up on doorsteps with a giant check.
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Before then, the check was used mostly as a lining for trench coats or on accessories.
Baker sees Mozilla as a democratizing check against the predations of some of the biggest names on the Internet.
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