The intent was to take the responsibility for vast spending decisions out of the normal Congressional process and place it into the hands of 12 members, evenly divided by party and chamber.
(The notion that vast economic decisions, sometimes unwise, have been made — and then smoothed over — by the E.U. on political grounds, and that the sorry example of Greece shows what was always likely to ensue, is a constant beef among Euroskeptics. They may have a point, but few of us are economically literate enough either to agree with them or to offer a spirited rebuttal).
A vast array of decisions have been considered including consumption and savings decisions (e.g., Thaler and Shefrin 1981; Shefrin and Thaler 1988; Levin 1998), criminal behavior (Lee and McCray 2005), overeating (Ruhm 2012), consumer pricing decisions (Esteban et al. 2007), welfare receipt (Chan 2014), and worker compensation (Kaur et al. 2010, 2011; Parsons and Van Wesep 2013).
A vast array of international decisions, non-decisions and decisions not to decide ensured that the Rwandan people and the peacekeepers would be abandoned to their fates.
The vast majority of decisions made by the moderation team are sound and therefore we ask our community to support the authority of these decisions, even if you don't necessarily agree with every single one of them.
So, perhaps it is no coincidence that in Hollywood, where depictions of women and sexual violence are often unsatisfactory, to say the least, the vast majority of decisions, both creative and executive, are made by men.
But at lower levels of Medicare's review process, where a vast majority of decisions on coverage are made, some Medicare contractors — companies that review and pay medical claims for the government — terminated or refused coverage if there was no prospect of patient improvement or if there were signs that the patient's condition was deteriorating.
The vast majority of decisions (including withdrawal/withholding life-sustaining therapies) in the intensive care are evidence-based, stemming from ICU trials.
However, analysis indicates that if MPs for Scottish constituencies - there are currently 59 - had not had a vote it would have made no difference to the vast majority of decisions on both devolved and non-devolved issues.
"The vast majority of decisions are still in favor of the trademark squatters, because the way you get trademark rights in China is by filing a trademark application, not by being famous".
