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Another reason the government prefers coercion--I mean, persuasion--over legislation is that a law formalizes the power relationship between the government and the governed.
Zarco ruled the western half of Madeira, while his fellow Portuguese captain and navigator, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, governed over the eastern half from Machico.
It shall be unlawful for any source or unit subject to an approved extension plan under this subsection to emit sulfur dioxide in excess of the emissions limitations provided for in the permit and approved extension plan, unless the owner or operator of each unit governed by the permit and approved plan holds allowances to emit not less than the unit's total annual emissions.
Their genes are therefore coexpressed with different groups of genes, each governed by a distinct regulatory mechanism, in response to the varying demands of the cell (Figure 1a).
The expansion of government is limited by the consent of the governed.