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  • These standards are known as Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs).

    Exposure standards and guidelines 2007

  • The alien had iti "Permissible," Stile agreed gamely.

    Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981

  • In the shade of the portico, Adalana and I copied a list of Permissible Causes of Duels, including the Insulting Poem and Insolent Staring.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • In the shade of the portico, Adalana and I copied a list of Permissible Causes of Duels, including the Insulting Poem and Insolent Staring.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • In the shade of the portico, Adalana and I copied a list of Permissible Causes of Duels, including the Insulting Poem and Insolent Staring.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Permissible "temporary" deviations allow no basic human rights violations.

    Torture As Official Israeli Policy 2008

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Permissible Assaults Cited in Graphic Detail'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Thirty pages into a memorandum discussing the legal boundaries of military interrogations in 2003, senior Justice Department lawyer John C. Yoo tackled a question not often asked by American policymakers: Could the president, if he desired, have a prisoner\'s eyes poked out?

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Permissible Assaults Cited in Graphic Detail 2008

  • In "The Lesser Evil", Ignatieff stated: "Permissible duress might include forms of sleep deprivation that do not result in lasting harm to mental or physical health, together with disinformation and disorientation like keeping prisoners in hoods that would produce stress."

    does ignatieff as liberal leader spell the end of our hopes? 2008

  • Permissible "temporary" deviations allow no basic human rights violations.

    Torture As Official Israeli Policy 2008

  • Permissible exposure levels for numerous contaminants were weakened in the workplace, drinking water and air.

    Al Meyerhoff: The Next Green President 2008

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