But first he wants to replace the current centralised but arbitrary arrangements for funding federal universities with a British-style system, in which each manages its own finances but is funded according to a standard formula tied to the number of students on each type of course.
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Exacting a threshold by which utility companies must supply green energy is not just arbitrary but also expensive, forcing consumers to buy products that they may not typically select, the groups say.
"But the effect of arbitrary rule changes has been to discourage and undermine the morale of some head teachers, " he said.
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The number was arbitrary, but the mood was beginning to bear down, not the cold or the wind but the missing light, the missing man.
But it is an arbitrary and gratuitous distinction.
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David Sloan Wilson, of Binghamton University, in New York state, agrees with that point, but reckons the actual moral sense an individual acquires is not arbitrary, as a language is, but is functionally adapted to circumstances.
It's an arbitrary assumption, but it does show the relative success of schools in their missions.
And not feelings about unruly (but fungible) politicians or arbitrary targets?
The quest to remake teachers' annual performance grades began in 2010, when the state passed a law requiring districts to jettison systems that allowed principals to judge teachers on a simple up-or-down system that critics considered arbitrary and all but useless.
It's not clear at this point why a year-old system is being stifled by this seemingly arbitrary restriction, but with the PlayStation 3 offering developers Bluetooth out of the box, it seems that Microsoft either needs to change its tune or risk losing the small-but-vocal "rocker wannabe" demographic to the enemy.
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But union leaders say it will mean hundreds of arbitrary sackings, a version that has been vehemently denied by the Peruvian government but that has been carefully used by union leaders to manipulate the teachers to march.
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She said unions were willing to work with departments to make efficiencies, but did not want an "arbitrary cut".
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But there need not always be arbitrary, inefficient, and wasteful government regulation.
Many have advocated a restructuring of mortgage loans to keep people in their homes, but the proposals advanced are relatively arbitrary, with ill-defined incentives.
You can indeed watch a movie on your phone or tablet and pick up where you left off on the Xbox 360, but you can't push arbitrary footage to the console.
Rep. PUTNAM: Well, you know, we've been talking about benchmarks for some time, but it's unfortunate with these arbitrary deadlines.
Congress permitted Medical Savings Accounts in 1996, but last year virtually paralyzed MSAs by adding more arbitrary, onerous restrictions.
This will be a challenging balancing act, but it should be driven by strategic concerns rather than arbitrary benchmarks.
But the effect was increased dependence of Microsoft and its sometimes arbitrary whims.
Because the effort targets bodegas, restaurants, food carts, and movie theaters, but not convenience and grocery stores, critics say it is arbitrary.
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But with the dollar unhinged the Fed was free to print arbitrary amounts of money and the last shreds of spending discipline disappeared.
The sight of this arbitrary rearrangement of riches strikes not only at security, but at confidence in the equity of the existing distribution of wealth.
Congress leaves broad discretion to administrative agencies to decide how to implement the law, the court noted, but businesses also have a right to be protected against sudden and arbitrary changes.
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But the trouble is that even a higher ceiling would remain just as arbitrary as today's 3%.
Last year, a judge ruled that Mr Duvalier should be tried for embezzling public funds but that the statute of limitations had run out on charges of murder, arbitrary arrest, torture and disappearances.
But MSAs have been severely hobbled by mandates such as grotesquely high minimum deductibles and arbitrary, restrictive rules that determine which companies are allowed to offer MSAs to their workers.
In January 2012, a court decided Mr Duvalier should stand trial for embezzling public funds but ruled that the statute of limitations had run out on charges of murder, arbitrary arrest, torture and disappearances.
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