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The supplementary information published with the Final Rule clearly states the preemptive effect to be given to the rule; what, if any, retroactive effect its provisions may have; and the administrative procedures to be followed prior to any judicial challenge to provisions of the rule.
The NYT lead story, also the off-lead at the WP , describes Clinton's proposal that the IMF distribute preemptive emergency lines of credit to countries that show relative economic stability but nonetheless could succumb to panic swings.
Finding his woods "infested" with an endangered species, the red-cockaded woodpecker, a North Carolina landowner launched a preemptive strike.
Since Hawaii's 1993 decision, 29 states have passed preemptive laws saying they would not accept gay marriages from other states.
Participants noted that with increased globalization of businesses' operations and the need for harmonization of accounting and auditing standards, as well as the need for preemptive measures, there may be more federal involvement such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.