Quiet diplomacy and a cooling off period leading Beijing and Tokyo to hand each other a ladder to climb down might prove more helpful in averting some grave miscalculation over the divisive islets.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 203, imposed a five-year rotation and five-year cooling-off period, from a seven-year rotation with a two-year cooling-off period.
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In some places (eastern Slavonia, northern Iraq), they provide a cooling-off period before reintegration into another country.
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Companies that have tried to push the envelope have been chastened with a cooling-off period, another time out for the misbehaved children.
The best that can be hoped for now is a cooling-off period to reintroduce a measure of predictability in dealing with the two most dangerous issues: nuclear weapons and Kashmir.
These called for an immediate ceasefire, followed by a cooling-off period and a series of confidence-building measures to bridge the gap between the current violence and a resumption of long-term negotiations.
The European Union currently requires only partner rotation every seven years and a cooling-off period of two years, the U.K. has a five-year-on, five-year-off policy, and Australia has a five-year-on, two-year-off policy.
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The effect of the president's order is to impose a 60-day cooling off period and give negotiators more time to reach an agreement, according to a White House spokesman.
Industry guidelines say patients should have a two-week cooling off period after booking procedures and they ban the use of time-limited financial inducements.
In 1999, the Maryland state attorney general cracked down on adult entertainment site Efox with a 120-day cooling-off period for using its Web site to hype an IPO that after the cooling-off period never materialized.
Meanwhile, Parliament will debate an abortion bill calling for compulsory counselling - rather than the voluntary counselling offered currently - and a seven-day "cooling off" period, to allow women time for further consideration.
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On a trip to the region last week, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell got the two sides to agree to complete seven straight days without violence -- to be followed by a six-week "cooling-off period" when the two sides would begin to implement confidence-building measures.
The Treasury has tabled two new amendments offering to provide written details of any proposed scheme and a seven-day "cooling-off" period.
Earlier this month, Congress passed a sweeping ethics and lobbying reform bill that would extend this "cooling off" period to two years for senators and Cabinet officials.
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