What is a self-governing authority that cannot govern decisions about natural resources?

But when they have to actually govern and make decisions, big problems arise.

"The need for this security, the support provided for such security, and the procedures governing such support, as well as decisions regarding our relationships with the Indonesian government and its security institutions, are ordinary business activities."

In the end, he believes, the best solution would be "to get away from cops and robbers, governing bodies, formal decisions, committees, and all these things which gum up scholarship."

A further principle was enunciated by Cardinal Bernard Law, archbishop of Boston, in a recent column in his archdiocese's newspaper: "The grave obligation to protect innocent human life must govern our political and military decisions."

The logic that governs decisions about investment in education and training suggests a possible answer.

Reviewers have been known to let their own biases and vested interests govern decisions about papers submitted by scientific competitors.

SWIFT transmissions were instantaneous; the politics that governed decisions made by intelligent beings, however, were rarely that quick.

Most people, he explained, particularly those with any religious training at all, are raised to live under two different belief systems: the rational, which governs most decisions in life, and the transcendental, which guides matters of spirituality and faith.

He responded "Most people are raised to live under two different belief systems: the rational, which governs most decisions in life, and the transcendental, which guides matters of spirituality and faith.