Now it has watered down a scheme that is intelligible and popular (neither of which can be said of its health reforms) and apparently successful.When the welfare state was first devised after the second world war, people had to work first in order to receive benefits.
This was first devised about 432 bce by the astronomer Meton of Athens.
Those conditions have indeed changed greatly since the test was first devised.
World Water Day was first devised at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro almost 20 years ago.
When the land campaign was first devised, American commanders envisioned a far more deliberate assault.
"ONE country, two systems", the formula supposed to guarantee Hong Kong's autonomy under Chinese sovereignty, was first devised for Taiwan.
d. "High concept" marketing -- i.e., a premise that can be succinctly communicated -- was first devised by Steven Spielberg with "Jaws".
The program, which was first devised for victims of domestic violence, gave away 500 phones, all programmed to dial 911.
That system — based on a complicated scoring method that relied on the processing of reams of data — was first devised by an outside consultant, Ken Strasma.
When "Sizwe Banzi" was first devised and performed in Cape Town, and later brought to London and New York, the white government that had imposed apartheid on South Africa remained firmly in control.
