A. There's no clear-cut rule except that clerks have to tally everything before they leave.

Thus, there's a clear-cut rule: Everything else being equal between two candidates, don't hire the person who has unwillingly lost a job.

While there is no clear-cut rule about how much personal information they need to provide, more information is almost invariably better than less.

Some parents choose a private school in a search for more clear-cut rules and standards.

For this purpose, a weighing evaluative process is required, rather than a clear-cut rule of law.

She wants clear-cut rules that Ray, and this series, refuse to dole out.

Others contend that what Britain most needs is clear-cut rules for takeovers, which are consistently applied.

Unlike politics, love or foreign policy, every sport has clear-cut rules.

The game offers him the opportunity to focus on the cards within clear-cut rules, in contrast to his confusing life.

It is the social group most concerned with care and protection, most in need of clear-cut rules to be respected.