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The judge grants a divorce with a waiting period of 90 days, during which they can't stay out of each other's lives, in part because of their shared custody of Mister Smith, their dog (who classic film fans will recognize as Asta from the Thin Man series).
Once they actually get into the dialogue it becomes apparent the script has vast layers to it, it essentially is a comment on modern existence and the conflicting views held by people, it uses the two characters in the film as symbols of society; Andre representing the new age thinking, while Wallace represents the rational scientific mind and shows the conflicting desire of wanting to retreat back to primitive living to find our humanity but also wanting to enjoy the benefits modern society grants us.
The plot, as incredibly(and messily)convoluted as it is, is about some Aztec glass skull which seemingly grants powers.
The movie was produced with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the West German Kunstministerium, another example of taxpayers' money going to waste.
The historical background adds a significant amount of authenticity to the whole plot and grants the movie additional quality.
After some hesitation his commanding officer is taken by Alyosha's innocent sincerity and grants him a six day leave; the rest of the movie details Alyosha's journey home.
"Mad Foxes" is what happens if someone grants a bunch of drunken loonies access to a camera and simultaneously offers them $20 to make their very own movie.
On the night of his execution, the FBI finds the real criminal and Eddie grants an indulgence.
Grants and planning must be coordinated, and the consent of Afghanistan's neighboring countries assured.
Indeed, a strong case can be made that development aid would be more effective if it took the form of outright grants, rather than loans that ultimately need to be repaid.
Not unreasonably, President George W. Bush wants government grants to bail out only the approximately 20,000 homeowners who can’t be faulted for failing to buy flood insurance, because they lived outside the designated flood plains.
They invited charities to apply for grants of $25,000 in five broad humanitarian categories, with the application process demanding the kind of information that they had been seeking.
After the invasion, no one expected Iraq to get loans, let alone outright grants.
Only grants from the US will reduce output volatility.
The limp debt exchange agreed to in July can be thrown out and replaced by one that grants the country meaningful debt relief.
The World Bank’s traditional instruments have been (and still are) low-interest loans, interest-free credits, and grants.
But this would require a dramatic increase in education spending, including more funding for existing programs, like Education Cannot Wait, which supports the continuation of schooling for children in disaster areas, and the Global Partnership for Education, which provides grants to support education in countries with the most need.
In fact, the European Patent Office (EPO) is not particularly committed to assessing the moral implications of the patents it grants; in its view, “ordre public” would be violated only in the extreme case of a truly outrageous invention.
The Marshall Plan, through its generous provision of grants, was designed to relieve the dollar shortage in post-war Europe.
Every time there is war or a natural disaster, the international community passes the hat for donations to finance UN peacekeepers or World Bank development grants.
The problems are rooted in the field’s incentive structure – a winner-take-all system in which grants, prizes, and other rewards go to those who publish first.
Romney supports gradually increasing retirement ages, a premium-support model for Medicare, and shifting Medicaid (health insurance for the poor) to the states via block grants.
But if we are to avoid winding up in another debt crisis, some, perhaps much, of the money will have to be given in grants.
Similarly, crowdfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter and Lending Club, allow start-ups to raise grants, loans, or investment from the general population, rather than relying on a financial intermediary.
Through the 1980's, massive loans, grants, and "technical assistance" to state-owned monopoly telecom providers did almost nothing to increase the number of people with telephones in poor countries.
The key to Bangladesh’s success was government programs that created an enabling environment for private investment through micro-credit, risk guarantees, and small installation grants.
What produces good appointments is the threat that mediocre professors will make it difficult to attract good students and large research grants.
The Kremlin has effectively prohibited some foreign donors, including the Open Society Foundations, from issuing grants in Russia, and has implemented a requirement that organizations receiving any foreign funding declare themselves to be “foreign agents” – essentially, spies.
Moreover, through research and travel grants, foreign organizations have connected Russian intellectuals to the outside world, facilitating the linkages that are crucial in modern academic communities.
To be sure, the presidency grants Trump considerable power to shape trade policy, so one cannot ignore the possibility that he will pursue protectionist measures to appease his supporters.
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