They favour cooling-off periods before big decisions, such as marriage, divorce or even buying cigarettes.
In some places (eastern Slavonia, northern Iraq), they provide a cooling-off period before reintegration into another country.
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The Treasury has tabled two new amendments offering to provide written details of any proposed scheme and a seven-day "cooling-off" period.
Companies that have tried to push the envelope have been chastened with a cooling-off period, another time out for the misbehaved children.
Quite possibly, no compromise will be reached in the 80-day cooling-off period.
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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Mr Bush is not alone in feeling relieved that the dispute is over, for now (the lockout could resume if no new contract agreement is signed during the cooling-off period).
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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In 2003, Stanford University spin-out company Cooligy showed off its Active Micro-Channel Cooling (AMC) technology which allowed fluids to circulate through hundreds of tiny channels on the upper surface of a chip.
Under the plan, the week without violence is intended to lead to six weeks of cooling off, followed by confidence-building measures.
Kuroda (6-2) struck out five and walked one in cooling off a club that had scored 33 runs in its previous three games and had won a season-high four in a row.
There are already signs that the red-hot real estate market is cooling off in some areas.
The latest figures suggest that the house-price boom in Britain itself is finally cooling off.
The range of connected services is rounded off with a pre-entry climate control option offering individually timed pre-heating or cooling.
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