They both liked it a lot, and it passed the lobby test.
"It had to have three bedrooms, three bathrooms, pass the lobby and hall test -- Ali and Lindsay had a thing about lobbies and halls -- and not be on a two-way street, because Lindsay doesn't like two-way streets," said Doug Kenner, a rental and sales broker at Citi Habitats.
Humanitarian law, as well as the commercial sort, is going global: these days nobody would be surprised to see an American lobby group test the principle of "universal jurisdiction" (for egregious crimes) by trying to get an African dictator arrested on a shopping trip to Europe.But that is not the whole story.
As a result, a group of scientists, engineers, astronauts, and space travel enthusiasts has banned together to form a private organization--The Mars Society--both to lobby and test plans and equipment for a human mission to Mars.
He said that while he could not hold the testing lobby responsible for a policy the Legislature had approved, its role in the process must share some of the blame.
Most tellingly, documents recently uncovered by Environmental Working Group show that industry representatives allowed access to drafts of the state's permit plans, and used that information to lobby hard against testing for radioactivity in wastewater, for example.
Its annual £250,000 prize rewards people working in the fields of cruelty-free scientific research, it raises awareness of and lobbies against animal testing, its Charity Pot raises money for charities and other good causes – Lush empowers consumers to make a difference through their purchases.
House of Renewed Hope hasn't freed anyone yet -- but its volunteers have been fundraising for DNA testing, lobbying and providing post-release support since its founding in 2010.
"The whole airport will look dramatically different than it does today," said Rob Maruster, director of airport strategy and service for Delta, which has been testing its lobby concept for the last several months at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
In other words, sunscreen makers will lobby for whichever UVA test gives their formulations an advantage.
CONFRONTING the vociferous farm lobby is a critical test for every Greek prime minister.
