The CDU was being punished for an unpopular policy devised and articulated, with uncharacteristic audacity, by its leader.
But this emphasis also underlies its chief weakness: the implication that the foreign policy devised by Nixon and Kissinger lacked intellectual coherence.
It is also clear that an official policy, devised to govern British intelligence officers while interrogating people held overseas, resulted in people being tortured.
But many of the insurance companies say that they agreed to provide insurance based on the so-called Wilprop form, a policy devised by Mr. Silverstein's brokers.
Many of the companies say that they agreed to provide insurance based on the so-called Wilprop form, a policy devised by Mr. Silverstein's consultants to avoid multiple deductibles.
The jury said yesterday that Swiss Re, like 13 other insurers, had committed to providing insurance based on a proposed policy devised by Mr. Silverstein's own brokers, which was known as the Wilprop form.
The insurance companies, however, say that the document in force was the so-called Wilprop form, a policy devised and proposed by Mr. Silverstein's consultants to avoid multiple deductibles.
The 50th anniversary of Puerto Rico's constitution (editorial, July 27) is simply a reminder of the "unincorporated territory" policy devised by the same Supreme Court that brought us the policy of separate but equal and that harks back to the 19th century.
The British home secretary, who is the longest-serving and most experienced interior minister in Europe, was among those pressing for the new policy devised in response to Italian pleas that Europe take over the €9m (£6.5monthlyhly cost of their rescue operations.
Tan 8 stands for Technical Advice Note, no 8 - a policy devised by the Welsh government in 2005.
In recent days the new President announced abrogation of the "one China" policy devised by Richard Nixon and followed by every American administration since then.
