The petition calls for a single system for issuing gun licences as well as more co-operation between authorities.

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This could be achieved through a cap-and-trade system by issuing each adult with 1.05 of a birth permit (ie, 2.1 permits per couple to achieve the replacement fertility rate) and allowing such permits to be tradable.

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For Ahuja, that means issuing the final approval to operate a system that the company has been pursuing for more than a decade.

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Well, actually issuing more planning permissions, the same as weakening the planning system, would solve all three of those problems.

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After seeing its consumer satisfaction ratings plummet in recent years, largely because of its confusing and often downright confounding MyFord Touch infotainment control system, Ford announced it would not only be issuing its second major software update to help make the array easier to fathom, but will extend the warranties on existing systems by an additional two years.

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The public distribution system, for example, could be made accountable by issuing smart cards to beneficiaries to eliminate bogus cards and fraudulent withdrawal.

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The faulty computer system also lowered the company's revenues because of delays in issuing bills, some of which are now so overdue that they will probably never be paid.

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This point-based system may allow the U.S. to put legal immigrants on a path to citizenship by issuing green cards to legal immigrants based on criteria such as number of years present in the U.S., level of education, employment potential, etc.

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