Against this backdrop, Gregory Garre, the lawyer for the University of Texas, struggled to defend its policy of admitting a minority of freshmen through a "holistic" process in which a student's race can be considered along with other factors including extracurricular activities, socioeconomic background and "hardships overcome".
The Bush administration has admitted to a policy of interrogation techniques most of us would consider torture, and the press has documented instances of civilian slaughter by the coalition forces.
As the Department of Health admitted in a policy paper three years ago: "In some cases, it seems that the NHS does not always give a prisoner patient the same level of priority as they would have in the community".
Some of the best financial aid packages are offered at 31 selective colleges that generously promise to meet the full financial need of any admitted student, a policy known as need-blind admissions.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 began a policy of admitting an equal number of slave and free states into the Union.
The first of these is a complex desire-like state roughly, embracing a policy that admits a set of standards as authoritative.
Last year another new-writing specialist, London's Bush theatre, changed its literary policy to admit a wider range of work.
Even in the most basic Keynesian models, which admit a large role for fiscal policy and contain a constant multiplier, the ultimate change in GDP from deficit reduction depends on the split between spending cuts and tax rises, and on the response of monetary policy.In any case, the political debate is somewhat misplaced.
Additionally, community colleges often have open-door, open-access policies that admit a vast majority of its applicants, Ms. Kent said.
Swerdfager admitted there is a policy that requires certain types of communications to go through the minister's office, but he believes the problem is being overstated.
