But the biggest worry about Mr Harper is his contempt for the rules of Canadian democracy.
Second, don't be lulled into believing that e-business alone is a substitute for the rules of good project management.
President Hollande has called for the rules in "public service" nurseries to be similar to those that apply in schools.
It wrote to the immigration minister Liam Byrne asking for the rules to be relaxed for catering workers from Bangladesh.
The Farmers' Union of Wales has called for the rules on burying animals to be lifted or allow carcasses to be collected for free.
The ruling is a setback for the motion-picture industry, which pushed hard for the rules in an effort to control distribution of its content.
But the economic benefits claimed for the rules do not seem large: if there were fewer small banks offering credit cards, would they be missed?
My career has always been distinguished by respect for the rules.
Ghodsi considers the sector very risky because each of the players in the sector need to be prepared for the rules of the game to change.
For the rules that have actually emerged make absolutely no difference at all to the particular problem that was used as the poster child to get the law passed.
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People had to make a choice about whether they were for the rules that governed Wall Street in September of 2008, or whether we think there ought to be a new set of rules going forward.
Until now, British leaders have taken the view that a few irksome rules are the price one pays for the right to help shape the rules for everyone else.
ETFs that fit into certain sectors follow the tax rules for the sector rather than the general tax rules.
The rules are not the same for the Democratic or Republican candidate - the rules for signature gathering are 10 or 20 times more stringent than they are for the major parties.
The FCC is being urged to include rules that would ease the way for open, flexible cell-phone networks when it sets the rules for an upcoming auction of the wireless spectrum.
The timeline for implementing the rules is projected at around four years, since member nations will have to approve the policy. (Some may be loath to do so if it means relinquishing any of their own controls).
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Robbins Geller, of course, has roots in the firm founded by class-action titan Bill Lerach who ultimately went to jail for bending the rules and paying plaintiffs kickbacks for participating in his suits.
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Sandy Baum, an economist at Skidmore College whose research laid the groundwork for the proposed rules, said the department's regulations set the bar very low but the judge had created an impossible threshold because "there is no one right measure, " she said.
The Scotland Office is responsible for the election rules for rejecting ballot papers, as laid out in the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007.
Meanwhile, Tiger Woods recovered from the loss of a hole for breaching the rules to beat Open champion Lawrie at the 18th.
As evidence for what it said was the need for updated rules, the FTC announced last week it was investigating an unspecified number of app developers which may have violated the law by gathering information from kids without their parent's consent.
In the US, it may also derail attempts by banks to water down the post-crash prohibition on how they trade for their own benefit in the drafting of the detailed rules for the implementation of the so-called Volcker Rule.
While the world awaits the proposed rules for Title III, the more important delay is in enacting the already proposed rules for Title II, general solicitation.
The new rules require that the President certify the creditworthiness of any nation before it can qualify for the borrowing program, but the rules set no guidelines for determining creditworthiness.
Besides, as I always said, the people most likely to be attacked were the policemen and the missionaries, not me, so I had a logical justification for bending the rules a little.
The software knows the difference between a publicly traded partnership like Enterprise and a private one, for which the rules are slightly different.
The only bad news for seniors in the rules about to take effect is a change in benefits for those who still earn a healthy living.
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There is no collective bargaining agreement so there is no salary cap, no rules for determining rookie base pay, the rules for free agents, the protections for veterans and the related priorities among those three groups of employees.
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Now the United Network for Organ Sharing is considering changing the rules for kidneys to be more like hearts, matching younger donors with younger recipients and also giving priority to the healthier patients.
In the European Commission's original proposal for the restructuring rules, there is no depositors preference.
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