Some schools give students credit for the fashion week volunteering work or allow students to skip class, viewing the fashion week experiences as valuable.

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It also claimed the consultation process was defective and unlawful because it did not contain enough information to allow people to give "intelligent consideration" or "intelligent response" to the proposal.

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By the way, genuine campaign finance reform in the U.S. would allow individuals to give as much as they wanted to a candidate or party as long as there was full and prompt disclosure.

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Last week, the Senate passed an amendment sponsored by Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) that could reduce interchange fees that credit card processors charge to merchants and allow stores to give customers discounts for paying with cash, check or debit cards.

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Master Lock sells a garage-door opener with a built-in fingerprint scanner, the Kwikset SmartScan Deadbolt will open up your front door with another finger swipe and Schlage's LiNK door locks allow owners to give anyone access to their home by punching a code into a computer keyboard or mobile phone's keypad.

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States that allow same-sex marriages, civil unions, or domestic partnerships for tax purposes could give people in those relationships the federal tax savings from income splitting even if the court upholds DOMA. They could use the same approach some non-community property states used right after World War II: establish community property rights for tax purposes only.

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