The European debt crisis looms as a subplot to the game, and although soccer has no direct effect on European fiscal policy, the game serves as an outlet for the tension between the Greeks and the Germans.
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Microsoft's pre-owned game policy for their new Xbox One console has been a source of confusion and contention.
If Bloomberg's ban goes into effect, fast food restaurants can easily game his policy by offering a regularly portioned sugary drink that will likely come with free refills.
Players set policy every quarter and each game lasts for a total of eight (notional) years.
The moment zombies are added to the mix, a dry public policy problem suddenly becomes a game of sorts, accessible to ordinary citizens.
Now we see President Barack Obama engaged in this same game regarding federal tax policy and financing for a so-called jobs plan based on the same Keynesian theory that he just proved fallacious yet again, as has been proved over and over since the 1930s.
Mr. Assad's forces appear to be increasingly resorting to a brutal game of whack-a-mole by relying on increasingly heavy weaponry, said Andrew Tabler, a Syrian expert at the Washington Institute for Near Policy, referring to the carnival game where players bash a mole which rears its head from one hole, only to see it pop up from another.
President Obama last week promised a "vigorous investigation" into the issue, warning that it would be a "game changer" for US policy if the reports were to be proved true.
The company blog didn't reveal to what degree the ban was mandated by the FBI, saying only that "Linden Lab and Second Life residents must comply with state and federal laws applicable to regulated online gambling" and threatening to remove players and objects from the game that violate the new policy.
"An investment-policy statement forces the client to lay out a game plan, maybe for a comfortable retirement, " says Mr. Lyons.
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Diplomacy should be the "end game" for the administration's policy regarding North Korea, said Richardson, one of the few U.S. politicians to have visited the country.
We stated the policy in a public address announcement toward the end of the game.
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For one thing, going slowly is hardly the best policy for a firm that is already late into the international game.
The administration and Congress should keep SOPA in mind as a game show trivia answer, but not as a policy solution, as it returns from the conventions and finishes up work this year.
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The rule has been in place since 1973, when the United States Congress compelled the NFL to change its policy, which permitted the league to black-out any televised game, including the Super Bowl, whether or not the game was sold out.
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Being informed about the hidden costs also provides companies with the advantage of being able to help shape policy and allows them the opportunity to already be ahead of the game in terms of their business practices once new regulation kicks in.
"It was very clear that a task force was needed to really look at corporate tax policy and where there can be some common ground, a neutral sum game both on revenues and tax implications, " Mr. Wolf said.
The White House policy analyst also mentioned other ongoing partnerships and iniativies the government had with the game industry.
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However, while fascinating, there's no game-changer so far - nothing where we believed that US policy was X and it has actually turned out to be Y.
This current policy is expected to be a baby step of sorts after the Fish and Game Commission figures out how to implement the fishing ban and how to enforce it.
When markets get choppy, reviewing the policy statement can remind investors that trying to time markets is a sucker's game, and that over time periodic rebalancing aside investors are better off leaving their portfolios alone.
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Could this be a game-changing privacy feature for the first social network to adopt such a policy?
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Most of the pre-match talk focused on Ian Holloway's selection policy after the Blackpool boss threatened to quit if he is punished for making 10 changes for the midweek game against Aston Villa.
The Tribune article quotes the IHSA as saying it already has a policy in place for these kinds of situations, and have already allowed Chicagoland Jewish to shift a playoff game from Friday night to a post-Sabbath Saturday night.
While these themes are familiar, LaPierre broke with precedent in key ways, most significantly with his explosive broadside against journalists, movie studios, video game producers, record labels and elected officials who have failed to embrace the NRA's policy goals.
"Everything that has been in any bill that has been passed by the House or Senate is fair game and is at high risk of being done, " warns Clint Stretch, managing principal for tax policy in the Washington office of Deloitte Tax.
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