At its widest, it can refer collectively to the three traditional branches of government – the Executive branch, Legislative branch (the President and Parliament of Singapore) and Judicial branch (the Supreme Court and Subordinate Courts of Singapore).
In a small minority of cases where its ruling are ignored or flouted, it can call on what the ASA calls its "legal backstop", meaning it can refer miscreants to the Office of Fair Trading for punishment (ie, fines).But things look very different when the ASA is policing broadcast ads.
The clinical definition of trauma isn't super flexible, although much of its linguistic ambiguity comes from the fact it can refer to both a negative event and a person's reaction to that event.
It can refer to world history or theater history.
In Provence, a good vintage can refer to wine, or it can refer to olive oil.
It can refer to machinery that is overused without proper servicing, but can also apply to situations in which people are overstretched.
It can refer to pushing boundaries and attempting to escape from your social station, in stories such as Great Expectations or The Grapes of Wrath.
If the President's office signs off on the draft, it can refer it to parliament for a final review - and a vote.
The board overwhelmingly agreed that it can refer those cases to local and federal prosecutors in addition to the Police Department.
To them, it can refer to an individual's internal spiritual struggle, for example, and opposition to bad morals in a culture, as well as to armed conflict.
Or it can refer to changes in American attitude — a real loosening up — toward race and gender since Mr. Ligon came on the scene in the mid-1980s.
