Recently, however, I was reminded that such core knowledge also has direct real world utility.

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The TRAIN Act would nullify the Utility MACT Rule and direct EPA to adopt less burdensome regulations to control power plant HAP emissions.

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So, for example, Frey and Stutzer have argued that the Swiss get a lot of procedural utility out of their relatively direct democratic institutions, which is independent of the results produced by those institutions.

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It would also have included direct debits in the package, allowing a company or utility in one euro country to draw funds directly from a customer's bank account in another.

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Then add in all of your regular monthly direct debits - mortgage or rent, council tax, insurances, car costs including petrol, utility bills, food etc.

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