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But reform of their terms of service is overdue.Ministers have earned some unpopularity by concentrating power in Whitehall, and through the relentless edicts they have issued.
The fine print about nicotine regulation requires the FDA rightly but awkwardly to show "substantial evidence" that any edicts it might issue to reduce the amount of nicotine in a cigarette would not create a black market in full-strength smokes.
It has a web of bilateral deals with Brussels though these may yet be torn apart by the Swiss referendum in February that rejected the free movement of workers.Above all, Switzerland has a successful currency union without the euro zone's onerous central edicts on everything from deficits to labour policy, pensions and investment.
The winery made its first shipment to China last year, ahead of January sales for the Chinese New Year holiday.Mr Koegelenberg has had to keep up with China's changing tastes: for example, sales of expensive wines for "gifting" to business partners have fallen off under the edicts of President Xi Jinping.
Among these are larger down-payments and higher mortgage rates for people buying second homes and a reminder to local governments that a 20% capital-gains tax on second-home sales must be enforced.But plenty of central-government edicts are ignored.
These acts and edicts sound farcical, yes, but no more so than the actual events in Washington, circa 2008.
Although the government wants to close less efficient smelters to save energy, local officials, keen to preserve growth and jobs, are slow to follow its edicts.
Ashoka, who united much of the Indian subcontinent in the third century BC, was the first ruler to issue edicts protecting his natural surroundings ("Forests must not be burned in order to kill living things or without any good reason," said one rule).All that bodes well.
One reason to think so is that the edicts issued by the federal government to curb market fervour are enforced with vigour only in the largest cities.But it is just possible that the downturn could lead to a reversal of fortunes.
So, to court greater support from the warily ambivalent Helmand population, they have eased some of their resented social edicts.
The central team at World Cleanup does not issue top-down edicts ; it relies on local groups to direct their litter-blitzes in a way that suits conditions (literally) on the ground, tapping into whatever mix of civic pride, patriotism or other sentiment works best.
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The word "edicts " functions primarily as a noun , typically used in the plural form. It refers to formal, authoritative pronouncements or commands. According to Ludwig, the word is correct and can be used in written English. Examples show it describing governmental decrees, religious rules, or official orders.
Expression frequency: Very common
