Some authors maintain that there are so many properties that allegedly non-rigid designators for properties always end up rigidly designating some property or other in the plenum: for example, 'the element most discussed in philosophy', a candidate non-rigid designator for gold, may be said to designate rigidly the property of being the element most discussed in philosophy.
The case is considering whether legislation designating Papua New Guinea as a regional processing country is valid under the Constitution.
As this idea gained ground, so did the clerical habit of designating a married woman by her husband's surname.
Countries such as Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece and Bulgaria – although not Germany, Ireland or New Zealand – have laid down a strict order for negotiations, generally designating the largest single party the "formateur" and giving them the first chance to assemble an administration.
To assuage this anger, the authorities pioneered a new strategy of drawing black and Asian communities into the mainstream political process by designating specific organisations or community leaders to represent their interests.
American regulators are therefore thinking about designating BlackRock and some of its rivals as "systemically important".
Hopes of a thaw in Cuban-American relations had already been dampened by America's decision to keep designating Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism.Retreat or bluff?In an unexpected turn of events, Vladimir Putin said that a referendum by separatists in south-east Ukraine should be postponed and that Ukraine's presidential election planned for May 25th was a step in the right direction.
The whole idea of designating systemically significant firms is based on the erroneous notion that the AIGs of the world are so "interconnected" that their failure would produce a systemic breakdown.
Laws for reforming central government, improving the disclosure of public information, designating the Hinomaru (Red Sun) as the national flag, and the Kimigayo as the national anthem were all enacted surprisingly quickly.
The former governor, George Allen, who left office in 1998, issued various annual proclamations designating April as Confederate History Month.
has sought to head off some of the committee-jurisdiction skirmishes by designating the Governmental Affairs panel as the lead committee for producing legislation.
