Many in the utility industry worry that the most vulnerable part of the power system is its work force, as a wave of retirements is depleting the supply of linemen and other craftsmen who keep the lights on.
After outlining the principles contained in the South African constitution guaranteeing freedom of expression and the restrictive definition of its limits, Thloloe described the system of self-regulation of the press in force in his country.
Given the rapid acceleration of technological development, any system that relies on a small, elite force of highly trained government agents may be doomed to failure.
Fifteen years on, Malaysia has built 20 new dams and introduced a system of escalating tariffs in an effort to force people to save water.
And in the end, after he has felt the full force of our justice system, what will be remembered are the good people who were impacted by this tragedy.
Japan, by contrast, needed to scrap its antiquated banking system, migrate half of its industrial work force into new-technology exploits and open up its service economy to the withering discipline of foreign competition.
Noting that we are now in a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, as humans are the major changing force of the Earth system, she explained that the answers provided by technological solutions can only go so far it they do not come with social transformation as well.
In June 2010, a new system came into force in which the number of judges required to make important decisions was reduced in an effort to speed up the court's work.
At the same time, however, the Administration is using capital controls against Panama and, at the Summit, strongly supported the creation of a "financial task force" to track drug money through the banking system and staunch the laundering of drug profits.
He outlined his plans for "a health insurance exchange" that would allow Americans to choose between private plans and a public option that will "inject competition into the health care market... force waste out of the system and keep the insurance companies honest".
This, of course, will force a huge accommodation in the world because our system is laid out in such a way that many of us travel 50 or 60 miles to work.
The findings led to the setting up of the task force to consider the system's future.
The capacity of the force's digital radio system is also being boosted in the run-up to 2012 Games.
Its new system of economic governance to impose fiscal discipline is coming into force.
Some fear that Monday's hearing could spell the end of the whole federal sentencing-guidelines system, in force since 1987.
They will also be automatically available for those on the new system of personal independence payments (Pip) which come into force next spring.
The constitutional system of checks and balances limits the House's ability to force the Senate majority leader to act.
The flurry of dealmaking coincides with a new pricing system, which went into force on April 1st and makes it more attractive to sell new drugs.
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The government could also force the pension system to roll over the 10% of public debt held by the private funds on terms of its own choosing.
It is the nearest thing that exists to a world policeman, but it must operate without a world police force, a world judiciary or a proper world system of law.
And we honor the small businesspeople and the strivers and the dreamers and the risk-takers who've been the driving force between our free enterprise system, the greatest engine of growth and prosperity that the world has ever known.
Because the system would be based on the size of the vehicles, and not force automakers to reach an overall target, overall fuel economy could conceivably worsen if automakers built, and drivers bought, more and more bigger vehicles.
As Americans, we honor the strivers and the dreamers and the risk-takers, the entrepreneurs and the small business people -- the folks who are the driving force behind our free enterprise system, the greatest engine of growth and prosperity the world has ever known.
This strictly delimited function of government requires the establishment of a police force, a military, and a judiciary system.
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Take the chaos that has engulfed Brazil's airports for the past six months, the result of a creaking air-traffic control system operated by disgruntled air-force staff.
Ms Gilbert told the committee that she expected a drop in the number of schools rated good or satisfactory when the new inspection system came into force in 2009.
The Justice Department may well demand reforms ranging from new training protocols for officers to new guidelines on the use of force, as well as setting up a more effective system for identifying problem officers.
Britain has had a reserve of part-time or retired soldiers - often known as yeomanry - since the Middle Ages but the system was only regularised in 1907 with the passing of legislation creating a Territorial Force.
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At the conclusion of the debate on his amendment, Mr Chope, a supporter of the current first-past-the-post system, did not force a vote on the matter, but gave notice that he might re-visit it during later stages of the bill.
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