The actual wording of rule 9.34 is: "Where possible, the broadcast of charity appeals, either individually or taken together over time, should benefit a wide range of charities".
As Mr Anastassopoulos has rightly said, the wording of Rule 110 is extremely clear.
Also last week came word of rules requiring Chinese Internet companies to receive approval from three state agencies before they issue shares of stock.
It can be life-giving, a spiritual and ethical inspiration and the undercurrent to a life well lived, but all too easily it can become a dead word, a book of rules instead of a way of life.
Still, if you read the wording of the rules, voters should look at Hodges as a player, as a manager and as a man.
But the 71-page opinion issued Tuesday, which included suggestions for how to sharpen the wording of existing rules, was the first time that the European Central Bank's 23-member governing council has weighed in officially.
I wonder whether this was in response to the expenses scandal which broke in May, when some MPs claimed that they had been faithful to the wording of the rules.
The Bonn and Durban meetings are widely expected to produce only a few clarifications of countries' emissions targets – already deemed inadequate by campaigners – and some detailed wording of the rules on issues such as forestry and carbon trading.
"Regrettably, due to the vague wording of the rules, I inadvertently claimed 10% more than my annual living allowance, money which was paid directly to my landlord in London and not to me.
Stay tuned, opening pitch will be around 8 15pm EST/1:15am BST but we'll be back well before then with starting lineups, predictions and endless debates over the wording of MLB rules.
