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Conservative critics of DADT were disappointed that he failed to withdraw the " don't ask " directives and return the military to its earlier complete ban on service by gays and lesbians.

Earlier in December 2005, the European Commission initiated the second stage of infringement proceedings against the British Government relating to Gibraltar ’ s failure to transpose five European Union directives on electronic communications, but these were closed after the relevant legislation was passed into law by the House of Assembly in June 2006.

Himmler adopted the doctrine of Auftragstaktik (" mission command "), whereby orders were given as broad directives, with authority delegated downward to the appropriate level to carry them out in a timely and efficient manner.

Their home games were played in the traditional Eilenriedestadium till they moved to the AWD Arena due to DFL directives.

These men were able to issue orders and directives to IRA guerrilla units around the country and at times to send arms and organisers to specific areas.

Although the Army's initial July 1941 guidelines for OCS had been drafted as race-neutral, practically speaking few black applicants were admitted into OCS until after subsequent directives by Army leadership.

Industries were organized into guilds and monopolies, and production was regulated by the state through a series of over a thousand directives outlining how different products should be produced.

The so-called " Mill Letters " of Kekkonen were a continuous stream of directives to high officials, politicians, journalists and others.

Implementation of the Council's directives on the liturgy was carried out under the authority of Pope Paul VI by a special papal commission, later incorporated in the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and, in the areas entrusted to them, by national conferences of bishops, which, if they had a shared language, were expected to collaborate in producing a common translation.

Organizations in individual nations, across Europe and worldwide, were set up to maintain these directives and associated standards.

Although the UK and Japan enacted national laws in 1960 and 1967 respectively, these laws were not at all comprehensive or fully enforceable as to address ( a ) generally rising ambient noise ( b ) enforceable numerical source limits on aircraft and motor vehicles or ( c ) comprehensive directives to local government.

Many of Patton's directives on caring for the enlisted men under his command, such as ordering that captured supplies of enemy food and liquor be delivered to frontline units were overlooked in the media in favor of more popular news items, such as his system of fines for officers and men who failed to shave daily and wear helmets and leggings at all times.

While she could not change her past, she and her teammates were able to change the directives of all the Sentinels of the era to preserve all life, thereby ending the genocide that had prevailed for years.

The Emperor's words were considered sacred edicts ( 聖旨 ), and his written proclamations " directives from above " ( 上諭 ).

The problem for Codrington was that these officers were acting on their own initiative, largely ignoring the often contradictory directives of their employer, the Greek provisional government.

During the American occupation of Japan, there were no directives by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to restrict the use of " Kimigayo " by the Japanese government.

Notwithstanding the fact that directives were not originally thought to be binding before they were implemented by member states, the European Court of Justice developed the doctrine of direct effect where unimplemented or badly implemented directives can actually have direct legal force.

Advance directives were created in response to the increasing sophistication and prevalence of medical technology.

The directives were made under the internal market provisions of the treaties, notably Article 95 EC ( formerly Art.

However, the Académie française's directives are not always considered very appropriate ; for instance, it has decreed that " online chat " be replaced by causette or parlotte, but these are terms for " chat " that are not commonly used.

In practice, the region's status differed in no way from that of the other seventeen regions and it did not enjoy autonomy of any kind – laws, decisions and directives from the centre were rendered compulsory by the very constitution that created it, and the State Council of the Autonomous Region was merely a façade.

The driver of D 203 made one very serious error, which his complaining colleagues had not made: The alternate signal for, by the station entry signal, had precedence over any other directives – had he followed that signal, nothing would have happened.

These directives could be interpreted to suit personal interests, in turn aiding factions ' goals in being most loyal to Mao Zedong.

Following directives to avoid leading the Covenant to Earth, Cortana, the AI aboard the fleeing UNSC ship Pillar of Autumn, selects random coordinates that lead the ship to a Halo installation.

Many more nations became aware of EMC as a growing problem and issued directives to the manufacturers of digital electronic equipment, which set out the essential manufacturer requirements before their equipment could be marketed or sold.

Paramedics in Anglosaxon countries normally function under the authority ( medical direction ) of one or more physicians charged with legally establishing the emergency medical directives for a particular region.

Guiding the Army as it transitioned to an all-volunteer force, he issued many directives to try to make Army life better and more palatable for America's youth, e. g. allowing soldiers to wear sideburns and drink beer in the mess hall.

Fearful of their old combat directives of not interfering with Protoculture, the Zentradi perform attacks to test their theories about the people on board the Macross, and even have their Zentradi soldiers " micloned " ( miniaturized ) to learn more about their culture.

As the community developed, Mrs. Kelley implemented numerous innovative directives, including operating a shuttle service to local shopping areas, and allowing the financing of automobiles as part of the financing of houses, which created a stronger connection between the relatively isolated townsite and more established suburbs, as well as the city of Detroit.

The implementation of directives on copyright has been rather more controversial than for many other subjects, as can be seen by the six judgments for non-transposition of the Copyright Directive.

Also the directives given to the team tend to become more general and less prescribed.

However, according to Warren Smith, these directives were either never fully implemented, or quickly discarded, as the Qing were more interested in a symbolic gesture of authority than actual sovereignty ; the relationship between Qing and Tibet remained one of two states.

The State Planning Commission, sometimes called the " Economic General Staff of the Council of Ministers ," advised the Council of Ministers on possible alternative economic strategies and their implications, translated the general targets set by the council into planning directives and more specific plan targets for each of the ministries beneath it, coordinated short -, medium -, and long-range planning, and mediated interministerial disagreements.

On this level, even more institutions are involved because of the local and supra-local administrations that are active in handing out directives and in feeding back reports to the government.

Between 1995 and 1999, President Clinton issued executive directives ( and amendments to the directives ) that allowed the release of previously classified national security documents more than 25 years old and of historical interest, as part of the FOIA.

As new forms of communication have brought the members and staff of BBYO in closer contact, and as the differences between geographic regions continue to deteriorate, BBYO has become much more of a top-down organization, with standardized marketing materials and directives.

DSC comments that serve this second function are more akin to preprocessing directives and are not purely comments.

In the United Kingdom business lobbyists argue that the government and its agencies often tag additional measures on to the back of European Directives which place UK business at a competitive disadvantage in relation to other EU states where directives are implemented more literally.

In more recent years, however, the burden of EC law has led to calls for deregulation, and accusations that some member states still indulge in protectionism when implementing directives into national law through gold-plating.

As governor, Allen was nothing more than a stooge who enforced Long's directives issued from Washington, D. C.

The program which resulted from that revision continued to be implemented for more than a decade, its academic, formation / spiritual and pastoral aspects guided by the Program of Priestly Formation of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the directives of the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Institutions.

The guidance in NESI is derived from the higher level, more abstract concepts provided in various directives, policies and mandates such as the Net-Centric Operations and Warfare Reference Model ( NCOW RM ) and the ASD ( NII ) Net-Centric Checklist.

The value of this statement would be greatly enhanced if it defined the meaning they attached to the passages in the Mandate safeguarding the rights of non-Jewish communities, and if it laid down more explicit directives on such vital issues as land and immigration.