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Mr. Falcon also took issue with the company's presentation that the accounting issues reflected judgments over ambiguous standards, saying that these were "black-and-white issues".

Several senators complained of what they said was the Minerals Management Service's lax enforcement of safety and environmental standards, saying that regulators regularly rubber-stamped drilling plans that lacked detailed environmental assessments.

Alumni from North America, Europe, Australia and the Middle East who attended the schools between 1935 and 1980 extolled the academic standards, saying that when they moved elsewhere, they were often years ahead of their peers.

Updated at 2.15pm GMT 1.53pm GMT Responding to the budget speech, Ed Miliband criticised the government for pushing down living standards, saying that the size of the £1 coin doesn't matter if you're £1,600 worse off.

THE interplay of all these issues is so complex that, while this year's panel recommends that mileage standards be raised and provides statistics on what increases are feasible, it has steered clear of recommending specific increases in mileage standards, saying that must be left to elected officials.

In February 1997, UL again revised its standards, saying that it would lend its seal only to halogens that did not light cheesecloth after direct contact for seven hours.

Democrats accused their opponents of employing a double standard, saying that Republicans who insisted on offsetting the cost of extended benefits with spending cuts never did the same to pay for tax cuts for affluent Americans.

Some advocates of higher standards say that more spending would not raise academic performance.

Stephen R. Kratzke, the safety agency's associate administrator for safety performance standards, said that new rules were needed.

Philip B. Corbett, the associate managing editor for standards, said that he expects to have "guidelines and best practices" for reporters very soon, perhaps within a week or two.

The old standards say that an average woman is size 8, whereas this study suggests that she is really a 14.