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When targeting money, prices or credit monetary authorities typically follow rules that combine flexibility over short horizons with discipline over longer horizons, usually by committing to average targets for monetary aggregates or inflation over prespecified periods. Yet, when targeting exchange rates, monetary authorities typically follow rules that require strict adherence to announced targets in both the short and the long run. In this paper, an exploration has been made for the implications of a policy for exchange rate intervention that combines flexibility- over short horizons with discipline over long horizons. A study have been made for the implications of this policy for the volatility of exchange rates and for the vulnerability of the exchange rate arrangement to speculative attacks. Practical reasons, including the difficulty of targeting money and inflation on a continuous basis, contribute to common use of soft rules when targeting these aggregates.

The article discusses the process of values integration into laws. Several ways of incorporating values in laws include the flexibility of the legal rules applications, implementation of legal rules, and the result of spreading an important value. The need for a common organization for effective incorporation of values is also emphasized.

This paper considers some aspects of the category of adverb in six monolingual Italian dictionaries. After a brief presentation of the treatment of adverbs in modern grammars of Italian, I will first focus on the information provided in the users' guides of the dictionaries selected. In doing so, I will show that the dictionaries analysed fall into two more or less distinct groups: the traditional and innovative dictionaries. More evidence of this grouping will be provided by the analysis of the Italian adverb praticamente at the level of the microstructure of these dictionaries. Finally, a short discussion of the traditional and innovative features of the dictionaries selected will lead us to conclude with a proposal for a dictionary that focuses on the Italian category of adverb. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Soit n ≥ 2, r ≥ 2 et d ≥ (r+1)(n-1)+2 des entiers. Nous montrons qu'un d-tissu de codimension r sur un germe de variété de dimension rn est algébrisable au sens classique s'il est de rang maximal, sauf peut-être lorsque n ≥ 3 et d=(r+2)(n-1)+1. Dans ce dernier cas, nous montrons qu'il est algébrisable, mais en un sens généralisé. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As is the case in most jurisdictions, French NGOs are not defined as such in French domestic law. They may be considered either associations or foundations. Moreover, their mandate is whatever their founding members have decided to make it. At the international level, the only international legal instrument that conveys a legal status to NGOs is the “Convention européenne sur la reconnaissance de la personnalité juridique des organisations internationales non-gouvernementales.” [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

At the time of Cardinal Mazari's death, there were 641 paintings in his collection. They were, for the most part, of Italian origin with a definite preference for Venetian paintings of the sixteenth century and Bolognese masters of the seventeenth century. This article proposes to explain how and where the Cardinal acquired his paintings. Through his agents he looked for works in The Milanese region and tried to purchase paintings directly from contemporary painters such as Guercino and Guido Reni. In particular, however, he improved his collection by adding works which had already been absorbed into collections and which had belonged to Abbot Gavotti or to the Barberini family. Among these, are prestigious paintings such as the Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Correggio or the Virgin sewing with her companions by Remi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Switzerland is a party to the Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction. The Swiss government follows seven guiding principles in providing assistance to victims: non-discrimination against victims of landmines; integrated approach; participation of host country; national responsibility of host country; transparency and efficiency; sustainable development, and respect of victims' rights and dignity. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Although some may wonder whether there are too many NGOs, the proliferation of small NGOs is in fact positive as they bring a different dimension to the humanitarian field. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]