Showing results 65 - 68 of 73
PREV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | NEXT
Anti-jargon lobby put the boot into Glazer's baffling Man U bid |
May 25, 2005 Manchester United supporters battling American sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer's attempt to take total control of their club today won support from an unlikely source - the Plain English Campaign.
Full Story: edinburghnews.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=572252005
|
VA Lays Blame In Disability Disparities |
May 20, 2005 Staffing shortages and an outdated system for assessing claims are among the reasons for wide differences in disability payments for veterans, the government said Thursday.
Full Story: www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_blame_052005,00.html
|
Laws are better when easy to read |
March 12, 2005 Thomas Jefferson fought legalese. He drafted the Declaration of Independence with all the passion and strength his words would permit. He particularly disliked legalese in statutes. : &lqt; ... from their verbosity, their endless tautologies, their involutions of case within case, and parenthesis within parenthesis, and their multiplied efforts at certainty, by saids and aforesaids, by ors and ands, to make them more plain, are really rendered more perplexed and incomprehensible, not only to common readers but to lawyers themselves.&lqt; After reading that you are also probably thinking, &lqt;Huh?&lqt;
Full Story: www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050312/COLUMNISTS0201/503120304/1089/businesS
|
FCC extends truth-in-billing rules to wireless phones |
March 10, 2005 The Federal Communications Commission has expanded the federal consumer protection rules that apply to consumers¿ wireless phone bills. It has also asked for comment on additional measures to facilitate the ability of telephone consumers to make informed choices among competitive telecommunications service offerings. Full Story: hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-257319A1.pdf |
PREV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | NEXT