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Smith said he arrived at the decision based on precedent and three consultants used by the university.

The authors contend that the universe of buyers can be divided into five segments: "charismatics," people enthralled by new ideas; "thinkers," those who ponder every pro and con; "skeptics," who automatically question everything; "followers," who make decisions based on precedent; and "controllers," people who need to be in charge.

"Based on precedent, and the way his office has dealt with human rights issues in Iran, he will shy away from asking," said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, a rights group in New York.

In Japan, where university funding has been based on precedent and enrolment and there is little oversight of programmes and performance, the government is moving slowly towards greater accountability.

There are two general approaches to setting a threshold: (a) based on precedent and (b) based on an assessment of the risks from the disclosure of data.

Based on precedent by Soeder and Cartaya-Marin, we developed a distinct type of redox transformation that leads to amine α,α-difunctionalization (Scheme 12).

Yet the law is supposed to be based on precedent, tradition, logic, reason and objectivity, not political whim.

But such appeals don't often succeed, and based on precedent, it seemed likely that Muhammad wouldn't get to play until next year sometime.

Mr. Soros's legal team says it is now confident that the European Court of Human Rights, based in Strasbourg, will rule on the complaint in coming weeks and, based on precedent, will clear the way for the exoneration of Mr. Soros in France.

He also invested high hopes in President Obama and, based on precedent, had little cause to think a right-wing Israeli prime minister necessarily would be worse news than a centrist or left-wing one.

CAIRO (AP) — A Cairo court on Saturday ordered the government to block access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube for 30 days for carrying an anti-Islam film that set off deadly riots last year, but the ruling can be appealed and, based on precedent, may not be enforced.