In addition, the president has decreed his right to interrupt all radio and television broadcasts, without notice, for as long as he likes.
Though city officials in the past have blamed court decrees guaranteeing the right to shelter for high rates of homelessness, the scale of the problem in New York is comparable to that in other cities, the report said.
If the idea is to free oneself from conscious will, Brown wondered, how can the composer issue decrees of right and wrong?
Some leading human rights groups expressed concern about the measures, noting that such decrees have led to rights abuses when invoked by various Colombian governments.
"Can we get her new legs?" After trying in vain to add a "baby bag" (i.e. a smallish handbag) to one model's look he issues a decree "to remove the right sleeve from every T-shirt and rib knit".
Mr. Zeman made his comments in response to criticism of the decrees by Jörg Haider, the right-winger in Austria who has seized on the continuing anger over the decrees to bolster his party's popularity.
He strengthened the social order by creating two new noble castes, putting in place further restrictions and responsibilities for each, and decreeing the right of every woman to choose her own husband.
The ruling decreed that the right to control one's image must yield when a photograph contributes to the exchange of ideas and opinions, deemed "indispensable" to a democratic society.
Royal decrees pertaining to religion granted Protestant lords, knights, and burghers the right to choose either conversion or emigration.
In keeping with the restaurant's motto, "Taste, taste, taste," we sampled the sauce with white plastic spoons at five-minute intervals until he decreed it to be just right.
