"Good environmental stewardship," he said, "is transcendental of administrations".
Complicating the development process was the change of administrations at City Hall.
Think of all the former corporate executives in the last couple of administrations.
Mr. Burns has thrived under a succession of administrations, both Republican and Democratic.
Plenty of administrations would be delighted if their awkward artists were refused temporary visas by many more governments.
Projects range from renovating pitches to "strengthening of administrations".In other respects, FIFA is a laughing stock, or worse.
Some industry professionals, however, suggested the coming change of administrations in Washington might have prompted Wal-Mart's moves.
But some members were alarmed by what they considered a pattern of withholding information by a succession of administrations.
American officials in a succession of administrations and Congresses have been more like flashlights pointing in different directions at night.
Dr. Keusch said the procedure for appointing members of advisory panels changed markedly with the change of administrations in 2001.
The government should "resist the historical tendency of administrations to increase regulatory activity in their final months," Mr. Bolten wrote.
