1. It is going to fundamentally alter the rules by which which business operates. 2. The government has altered the rules governing eligibility for unemployment benefit. 3. Except with the consent of all its members, an association has no inherent power to alter its rules. 4. Appeals officers have broad powers to alter the rules, according to Goldberg, who once served in that capacity for the IRS. 5. Any such accord would require congressional approval because it would radically alter the rules under which states and individuals could sue the industry for actual and punitive damages. 6. But he acknowledges that a tax treaty can alter the rules. 7. But such a possible compromise appears unlikely to attract the three-quarters majority that would be needed to alter the rules. 8. But their existence has altered the rules of the game. 9. But tournament officials, citing a lack of Grand Slam precedent along with a reluctance to alter the rules in midevent, denied their request. 10. But tournament officials, citing a lack of Grand Slam precedent along with a reluctance to alter the rules in mid-event, denied their request. |