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As for universities varying the grades students need to get on courses depending on their background - and the use of what is called "contextual data" - some already do that, but the sector will resist any attempt to bring in an across-the-board rule on it.
BBC: Education & Family
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The board Sunday reversed itself and adopted the broader standard after its attorney, a registered Republican, advised the board the "two-corner" rule would probably not withstand a legal challenge.
CNN: Florida GOP asks judge to recuse himself
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If they recommend the proposal it will go before football's rule-making international board in Zurich in March for a final decision.
BBC: Republic of Ireland ask for extra 2010 World Cup place
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The predictability and rule-based nature of a currency board are two of its biggest advantages.
ECONOMIST: The ABC of a currency board
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European football's governing body Fifa and its rule-making arm, the International Football Association Board, ordered a trial of the system last year as an alternative to using video replays.
BBC: Uefa trials new refereeing system
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Many expect the coming Independent Payment Advisory Board, created under the new health overhaul law, to exert an iron-fist rule over payment policies.
FORBES: Washington Is Tightening Its Grip On Medical Decision-making
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In addition, the judge said the Bloomberg-appointed Board of Health intruded on the City Council's authority when it imposed the rule, citing in part a case from the 1980s which questioned whether a state public health council had the authority to regulate smoking in public places.
NPR: Judge Strikes Down NYC Ban On Supersized Sodas
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JetBlue Airways Corp. had six diverted planes on the ground, and jetBlue officials said all its captains were acutely aware of the tarmac-delay rule, which threatens heavy fines on airlines if they keep passengers on board grounded domestic flights for more than three hours (four hours for international) without offering a chance to deplane, with certain exceptions.
WSJ: How Snow (and Libyan Soldiers) Led to Airport Logjams
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This was a key plank of the so-called Volcker Rule, named after Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board, who proposed it.
BBC: Q&A: US Senate's banking regulation bill