The regulators may not want to, but, if public sentiment compels it, they will.
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But those growth assumptions may be overstretched if public sentiment turns against nuclear power following Japan's problems.
If public universities want to grant preferences (racial, legacy or otherwise) they should give taxpayers their money back.
And, as if public transport could not get any worse, apparently there are now haunted stations to deal with.
If public opinion does not support the unions, bolder measures might be possible.
The sudden loss of revenues would not be such a problem if public spending had been kept under control.
The question now is whether, if public spending on construction falls, the private sector will pick up the slack.
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If public health groups truly seek to help Americans deal with obesity, they should seek higher ground and abandon the attacks.
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Pro-lifers bewailed this movement, but at least it was progressing democratically--and if public opinion had changed, the laws could have been reversed.
If public opinion goes sour, in these days of the permanent campaign, the administration may lose its will to persist in toughness.
Even if public teacher pay remains low, the upside possibility of elite pre-school pay may cause more college students to consider that career path.
Again, if Public Safety had to make use of these systems, there would have been massive delays in many emergency responses throughout the region.
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But if public safety and common sense don't compel you, know this: Headphones atop a bike is an insult to an extraordinary, all-sensory city.
But he said progress could only be achieved if public support for green measures was sustained in the face of a recession and existing commitments not abandoned.
If public pensions aren't being entirely truthful about how they invest taxpayer money that has been set aside for public sector employees, the SEC should hold them accountable.
The chief executive of Banco Espirito, Santo Ricardo Salgado, says that if public finances are not dealt with and productivity improved, Portugal can look forward to four years of recession.
If public policy simply becomes a Utilitarian exercise in maximizing favorable correlations and minimizing unfavorable ones, then does society do that which it values, or just that which it can measure?
He argues that the succes of KIPP shows that if public schools would spend spend more money and do so with smart investments like KIPP, then they could improve student outcomes.
If public disclosure of new encryption technologies has served victimized companies well in the past in terms of reputation and share price, such disclosures must now be readied for instantaneous dissemination.
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The Scottish government earlier said it would approve plans by Aberdeen City Council to use the tax incremental financing scheme, to raise tens of millions of pounds, if public support for the project could be demonstrated.
If public opinion, already hostile to Mr Starr, turns against him even more after the dismissal of the Jones case, Republicans may come to feel his continued investigations hurt their electoral cause, and may talk him into abandoning his efforts.
As I found in my former department, if public servants are given this framework they work with dedication and pride and provide a service, which in the case of DFID, is known across the world as one of the finest development agencies in the international system.
If public-sector workers cannot afford to live in the south-east of England, then the government should be changing pay scales that currently discriminate in favour of public sector workers in cheap bits of the country and against those in expensive bits, rather than reintroducing something that once looked like a boon to the poor and turned out to be a shackle.
" As one wit said, "it would be easier to regard journalism as a public good if the public thought it was any good.
"When someone is trying to influence or change public opinion, there's always a concern if the public doesn't know exactly how much money they are spending to do that, " said Barbara Bartoletti, of the League of Women Voters.
"Let's make sure we at least have a private market that's robust and functioning and safe and trusted, so that either it's going to be supportive of a public market, or, worst-case scenario, if the public market is forever broken for smaller-cap companies, we have an alternative, " he argues.
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The labor lawyers that migrate to advising public funds regarding investment matters are courted by class action lawyers that offer to pay enormous referral fees if the public funds they represent join in class actions.
The spokeswoman was unable to say how much money the broadcaster wanted in public subsidy or if jobs and public service commitments would be affected without it.
But if the public option dies, some kind of health-care reform is more likely to survive.
But if the public has been forgiving, will the tabloid press be so also?
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