Some loans are granted on the basis of relationships, not the viability of the project and the quality of collateral.
In response to my query, a Commerce spokesman e-mailed a statement that such license requests are granted on a case-by-case basis, and Commerce cannot comment on specific instances.
The Industrial Excellence Awards are granted to management teams on a national level, and those winners then become nominees for the top European prize.
These taken for granted systems are what modern societies depend on to sustain human life.
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In the post-Enron era, these self-appointed do-gooders are granted breathless audiences by Congress, extolled on national television and lauded by Time magazine as Persons of the Year.
The former businessman from Peckham, south London, also has an appeal pending in the federal appeals court, which his lawyers say they will ask to be put on hold if they are granted a Florida court review.
Small firms are to be granted a bit more influence over the industry-wide agreements on pay and conditions that are foisted on them by unions and big business.
They are simply granted per diems that automatically get piled on top of their final salary.
There are so many people focused on pushing our children to live their lives without the privacy that we took for granted growing up, it is important to support the entrepreneurs that are focusing on leveling the playing field for parents.
Granted, these are among the most expensive rides on the road, but even the wealthy enjoy getting a bargain, right?
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As several people are pointing out Apple has been granted a US patent on the slide to unlock feature of the iPhone.
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The first is that organized cultural minorities whose practices and preferences are granted legitimacy in the public sphere become potential claimants on a variety of institutional spaces and practices regulated by the state.
While none of the Somerset players, like the Australian players, ever take their positions for granted, they are given some room to concentrate on their role within the team rather than their position within the team.
Soybean futures are all based on Chicago prices, with discounts and premiums granted in the major soy markets in South America.
So it goes in the Byzantine world of whistleblowers in the U.S. In the post-Enron era these self-appointed do-gooders are granted breathless audiences by U.S. Congress, extolled on television and lauded by Time magazine as Persons of the Year.
So it isn't a shocker in the least bit that the FCC has granted a waiver on the mandate and now while operators are still required to make boxes with functional 1394 ports available to those who request it, the rest of the boxes can just support an IP interface instead.
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The Rugby Football League are set to announce which clubs have been granted Super League licences for the next three years on 26 July.
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Granted, it relied on Cingular's painful EDGE network, but things are only marginally better on 3G or 4G as web apps have become more complex.
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Granted, it doesn't matter where teams are ranked, since that has no bearing on the NCAA tournament.
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That is, state and local government workers on pension boards, by virtue of being granted access to financial advisers or experts who can educate them on investment decisions, are thereby catapulted to a higher level of sophistication.
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The results showed that huge numbers of carers are left isolated and lonely, missing out on opportunities that the rest of the population takes for granted.
However, the number is just an estimate, and what an executive ultimately receives will depend on the performance of the company's stock in the years after the awards are granted.
Sure, more money is nice, but what they really need are the basic skills and experiences most of us take for granted: learning how to show up on time every day, how to work in a hierarchy, how to work with peers, how to interact with customers (not to mention job-specific skills, from cooking to carpentry).
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Because when you watch a movie, you are so unaware of what's been going on behind the scenes, that you take it for granted.
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Granted, it is reasonable enough that most urban transport systems are subsidised, with subsidies ranging from nothing on Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway to around two-fifths of revenues in Madrid.
We are satisfied that there is no reason, on air quality grounds, to prevent consent for the plant being granted.
Granted, the returns on your current investments look good in today's economy, and you are using the power of leverage to control multiple assets.
The fashion industry has historically sought and been granted protection for limited aspects of their products, like trademarks on logos and brand names, which are recognized as their property.
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While the situation continues to develop, eyes are now turned to the EU and the IMF as market participants asses the conditions on which Portugal will be granted emergency funds.
Granted, these are all extremely minor, but things like this just look bad, and they reflect poorly on a product that could be absolutely rock solid from a technical perspective.
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