If these were somehow inadequate, why did the administration not go to Congress and seek adjustments to the law, rather than contriving to defy it?
Because of the possibility and effectiveness of personal behavior adjustments (e.g., decreases in the amount of clothing worn, the wearing of hats, or carrying of an umbrella) in decreasing thermal discomfort, people choose to seek adjustments in external environments.
The bills passed by Wisconsin Republicans will require the incoming Democratic governor to get permission from lawmakers before banning guns in the State Capitol or seeking adjustments on public benefit programs, among other measures.
The bills would also require Mr. Evers to get permission from lawmakers to seek adjustments on programs run jointly by federal and state governments, such as public benefit programs.
The new CAFE rules are scheduled to be reviewed this summer, and automakers are pushing back hard, seeking adjustments that would weaken the standards to reflect this new reality of cheap gasoline.
And borrowers who have kept their mortgages current shouldn't complain, as those seeking adjustments would have to subject themselves to bankruptcy court jurisdiction for at least three years.
The company, in a filing with the S.E.C., said reductions reflect a pattern of malfeasance in which "account balances were reviewed, sometimes at the request of senior executives, with the goal of seeking adjustments so that quarterly objectives could be met".
In its response Dell also said: "The investigation found evidence that … account balances were reviewed, sometimes at the request or with the knowledge of senior executives, with the goal of seeking adjustments so that quarterly performance objectives could be met.
This new effective flexibility with respect to the decision modeling that can be deployed in empirical applications of game theory relieves most pressure to seek adjustments in the game theoretic structures themselves.
The auto industry will surely seek adjustments to federal regulations that force them to build cleaner, less polluting cars, and want to push deadlines into the future, industry experts told The Times.
Sections 245.1 and 245.2 of this chapter do not apply to aliens seeking adjustment of status under this section.
