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- adjective Attributive form of
safety valve , noun.
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Examples
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But now that I have some “Plan B” safety-valve ideas, I am feeling much better should Obamacare come to pass.
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Here are my top four “Plan B” safety-valve ideas if ObamaCare passes:
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A second example -- that warms the hearts of economists, but appears to be politically irrelevant for the time being -- is the case of a Federal policy that sets price, not quantity, i.e., a carbon tax, or a binding safety-valve or price collar in a cap-and-trade system.
Robert Stavins: California's Global Warming Solutions Act and National Climate Change Policy Robert Stavins 2010
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There is a safety-valve idea #5″ I am considering should ObamaCare pass, but it is kind of humiliating, and I would need the help of my wife.
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A second example -- that warms the hearts of economists, but appears to be politically irrelevant for the time being -- is the case of a Federal policy that sets price, not quantity, i.e., a carbon tax, or a binding safety-valve or price collar in a cap-and-trade system.
Robert Stavins: California's Global Warming Solutions Act and National Climate Change Policy Robert Stavins 2010
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In full it reads: Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety-valve is to the steam engine: every discontent is by means of it immediately relieved in words--indeed, unless this discontent is very considerable, it exhausts itself in this way.
William Astore: The Failure of Our "Free" Press William Astore 2012
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In other words, no regulator has the omniscience to decide which plants are "must run" and therefore deserving of a safety-valve exemption.
Government vs. EPA 2011
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Importantly, trading brought about by unrestricted links between CAT systems will lead to the automatic propagation of certain design elements, including: offset provisions and linkages with other systems; banking and borrowing of allowances across time; and safety-valve provisions.
Robert Stavins: A Wave of the Future: International Linkage of National Climate Change Policies Robert Stavins 2011
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Schopenhauer's statement also condemns our press for its failure to serve as a "safety-valve" for democracy.
William Astore: The Failure of Our "Free" Press William Astore 2012
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A second example -- that warms the hearts of economists, but appears to be politically irrelevant for the time being -- is the case of a Federal policy that sets price, not quantity, i.e., a carbon tax, or a binding safety-valve or price collar in a cap-and-trade system.
Robert Stavins: AB 32, RGGI, and Climate Change: The National Context of State Policies for a Global Commons Problem Robert Stavins 2010
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