The State Department of Education estimates that preliminary notices will be given to 26,500 teachers by the Sunday cutoff.
And so, critics say, the 14-day cutoff could miss heart attacks in these people.
It said, and some outside experts agreed, that a 14-day cutoff is frequently used in clinical trials.
However, using an arbitrary day cutoff or clinical signs can be suboptimal for some, especially multiply injured patients, resulting in relapse and/or antibiotic resistance.
In New York City, tests are used much like SAT cutoff scores by some competitive middle schools; in other communities, the scores determine who enters the "gifted" track.
The all-day cutoff threw the White House into a kind of communications Dark Ages, forcing workers to talk to one another on the phone or even in person.
Because of the arcane rules for such "discharge petitions," those lawmakers face a Tuesday cutoff to gather the 218 names needed to force floor action in late June.
Such country-specific baskets are distinct from the World Bank's oft-quoted "dollar a day" cutoff, which states that any reasonable basket around the world should cost $1.25 87pperper day per person (at purchasing power parity rates).
The use of the 14-day cutoff was also criticized by some members of an advisory panel to the F.D.A., including Dr. Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, at a meeting on Vioxx in February 2005.
The new data, which includes heart attacks after the 14-day cutoff, shows 26 events in the Vioxx group and 21 in the placebo group in the first 18 months.
However, the police can exercise discretion to accept later claims if there are extenuating circumstances, and there has been at least one case where a riot victim was allowed to claim after the 42-day cutoff.
