The commission must "achieve the regulatory goal in the safest, most effective, and least costly manner," the letter said.
The good news is that I am able to work on the two degrees concurrently; the not-so-good-news is that although I have some need-based financial support, these five letters are costly.
A charming but - forgive me - obscure blogger called PhDiva made some relatively innocent comments about nutritionists, mentioning McKeith, and received a letter threatening costly legal action from Atkins Solicitors, "the reputation and brand-management specialists".
The loss of the 12% weighting "is likely to discourage schools and colleges from offering these more costly subjects", suggests the letter.
"Do you really believe that with all the troubles facing our nation, the federal government should be on a crusade to encourage people to buy costly new television sets?" the letter read in part.
Furthermore, experience from the Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke (DHDS) Pilot study suggested that sending out invitation letters or questionnaires is costly in terms of staff time [ 40].
A May 26 letter states that "a costly graduate education is often needed to become a qualified teacher of children," and adds, "Settling for less shortchanges our students".
Giving the strains illegal status could "cause more harm than good," the letter said, by forcing costly testing when resources would be better spent on measures to prevent bacteria from getting into the meat in the first place.
But letters of credit are cumbersome, costly and rarely resorted to, firms say; by January the guarantee had been used only once.
Devotees are asked to make costly sacrifices and obey orders to the letter.
