Until now, advocates of the bill said, New York State had one of the harshest standards for determining whether to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment of an incapacitated patient.
And let's hold the authorities to the same harsh standards they apply to our adolescents.
No other state in the US applies such a harsh standard.
The department is expected to complete an ethics report about Bush administration officials who drafted memos, since discredited, granting leeway for harsh interrogation standards.
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday offered Ukraine a bailout of up to $18bn£10.9bnbn) over two years, in return for harsh economic reforms that may well worsen living standards for the already impoverished population.
Besides offering efficient, high-torque drives that meet tough reliability standards for the heaviest loads or harshest environment, the company prides itself on engineering custom modifications for specific customer applications and on its extensive support and distribution network.
Mr. Ansyaad also advocates government standards for what clerics can preach and harsher sentences for terrorism.
Last month, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees issued a report that called conditions there "below international standards for the reception and treatment of asylum seekers" and cited the "harsh" living arrangements for men in particular.
The report, based on the findings of 500 observers, offered some of the harshest criticism yet of Russian elections, saying the vote called "into question Russia's willingness to move towards European standards for democratic elections".
While Habitat follows standards for green design elsewhere in the country, it has not done so in the Northeast because of the harsher climate and a reluctance to deviate from standard practice, Mr. Hagy said.
From the age of seven he was educated at St. George's School, Ascot, one of the most expensive preparatory schools in the country but one known for harsh treatment; it was standard for the headmaster to flog pupils until they bled and force other students and staff to listen to their screams.
