"I can't let you go in this direction," Ms. Nichols told her colleagues as they pushed for a vote on a more stringent provision.
But when air-quality board members tried to vote to impose a more stringent provision, one that would have required automakers to surpass federal mileage standards substantially to qualify, their efforts were blocked by Mary Nichols, the board's chairwoman.
According to the most stringent provision of the decree, even proposing a different use of the money or ships would entail the penalty of death.
But its effects on the typical suburban lawn are difficult to gauge because the law leaves it up to each county to decide whether to adopt the most stringent provisions, including a requirement that lawn care companies and other commercial pesticide users notify residents in advance of an application in their neighborhood.
According to one of the decree's most stringent provisions, surplus from a minting operation was to go into a special fund, and anyone proposing to use it otherwise was subject to the death penalty.
UBS has prepared a 20-page "action plan" outlining various options, while senior managers at Goldman Sachs have had preliminary discussions on eventually dropping its status as a federally insured bank, allowing it to escape several of the most stringent provisions in the new law.
Transparency: The contract has "very stringent provisions" about non-disclosure, including basic revenue information, contrary to international best practice.
Meanwhile, the deal gives the poorest countries, such as Vietnam, more time to adapt to the most stringent provisions.
Other stringent provisions of Shariah, like executing murderers, drug dealers and rapists, do not fall under the torture committee's mandate.
The 15-nation European Union -- except for Germany, which argued for less stringent provisions -- favors global restrictions on all forms of advertising and promotion of tobacco products.
His supposed step toward more openness for asylum seekers turned out to be exactly the opposite, once its more stringent provisions were made clear.
