"Further, the photographic telegraph permitted the dispatch over long distances of the facsimile of any writing, signature or design and permitted contracts to be signed at a distance of 5,000 leagues," he writes.

By permitting contracts that exclude class action arbitration, the high court's decision will make it much harder for consumers to file class action lawsuits.

This approach permits such specialized instructional strategies as tiered assignments, curriculum compacting, flexible grouping, learning stations, independent projects and independent contracts.

Colorado permits both trust-funded and insurance-funded contracts.

The PWG Report had recommended permitting "standardized" contracts, so long as they were subject to regulated clearing.

What happened with our higher officials, when they permitted such contracts as Adam Woodstock's to be signed?

No one at the company pretends that the crisis will be resolved easily, permitting new contracts to be struck, particularly in Japan, a key market that gave the complex a third of its initial reprocessing orders in 1994.

The alternative is allowing resources to be hijacked and spending decisions to be made behind closed doors; permitting contracts to be given out to companies without the scrutiny that prevents bid-rigging, and work to be done without quality control or regular audits.