In contrast, China's National Development and Reform Commission, formed in 2003, has already established a Department of High-Tech Industry, whose stated goals include "drafting key policies to promote the development of high-tech industry" as well as "promoting the formation of new industries" in the Chinese economy.
So it may have been simply a matter of time until the two forces collided in irony of the highest order, courtesy of The San Antonio Express-News: It seemed like an honorable goal: Draft an honor code for University of Texas at San Antonio students to follow, exhorting them not to cheat or plagiarize.
At his direction, his top domestic policy adviser, Melody C. Barnes, is convening a series of discussions with people on both sides of the debate, with a goal to draft a set of policy recommendations by late summer.
In January, Francis officially announced his goal of drafting the encyclical — saying after an official visit to the Philippines that he wanted to make a "contribution" to the debate ahead of a major U.N. summit on climate change in Paris in December.
Formal talks with Elsevier began in August, with the stated goal to draft a contract that would go into effect on 1 January 2017.
Though some Prime critics were eager to kill the deal, that clearly wasn't Harris' goal in drafting the conditions, said Conway Collis, president of Grace, a nonprofit anti-poverty group sponsored by the Daughters of Charity.
In November 1998, a small group of tobacco control researchers participated in an Asian regional tobacco control meeting in Pattaya, Thailand with the ambitious goal of drafting a multi-disciplinary regional research agenda.
2009 John Tavares, the Ontario Hockey League's career-leading goal scorer, is drafted with the No. 1 pick.
Working toward that goal, the administration drafted the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, which, among other things, created a National Recovery Administration to help business leaders draw up and enforce codes governing prices, wages, and other matters (coded industries would be exempt from the antitrust laws).
Age 26, apps 35, goals 0, assists 2 Drafted by the Dynamo in 2007, the diminutive full back has been an undisputed first-choice for the past two seasons and has the speed to keep most opponents in check.
