Targets should make allowances for big economic shocks: strict budget rules that require measures to prune deficits in a downturn risk further weakening the economy.
But for comedy to survive, big hooks and strict brand cohesion aren't necessarily going to save the day.
The federal government could also take new measures to crack down on interstate gun trafficking, which allows weapons to flow into big cities with strict gun laws, and work harder to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers.
Even among the Chicago faithful, there was reluctant acceptance that, if politicians were unwilling to let big banks fail, stricter financial regulation was needed to prevent further taxpayer bailouts.
Pay experts said that the biggest drawback to strict holding periods, like the one suggested by Mr. McCain, is that they could cause executives to quit so that they can sell stock.
But the president's big push for stricter gun control laws after the Sandy Hook shooting failed to get those 60 Senate votes necessary, after strong opposition from the NRA and other gun rights groups.
Botsford, who was 17 years her senior, was "a big cutter" and "a strict editor.
Countries and big companies usually have strict rules about how many of their most vital people can fly in the same plane.
The Continental Europeans have been quicker to impose a raft of regulation on big financial firms, including strict limits on bonuses, as in France.
And the Facebook experience is sanitised, shielding users from the big bad internet with strict rules about what content it deems appropriate.
