The report recommends more easements for farms and strong national standards for development.

Then why not recommend national standards for instruction so that, at the very least, American high school students can become more polished users of their own language?

It recommends new federal standards to guarantee, for example, that patients receive an average of two hours of care each day from nurses' aides.

The legislation, called the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, recommends academic standards for students in the 4th, 8th and 11th grades.

The goal of ICH is to recommend global standards to be followed by drug companies and drug regulatory authorities around the world.

The report recommends national standards requiring that centers provide at least one child care worker for every four babies under 2 years of age.

Many trade associations stipulate conditions upon which their members must trade, or at least recommend minimum standards.

The commission was created by the former mayor to recommend standards for museums that receive city money.

Under O'Neill's leadership, the group recommended national standards and unified testing standards.

EPA recommends secondary standards to water systems but does not require systems to comply.