This year, it might be a blank, judging from the results of an annual panel discussion the magazine holds to debate the possibilities.
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This would not be a blank cheque to finance lifestyle statements but would sensibly pay for the upkeep of property that essentially belongs to the taxpayer.
The red tarmac would be replaced with a new surface and existing flowerbeds and lighting would be removed to create a "blank canvas" for the new design.
So, the 40-year-old Lennon will not be expecting a book of blank cheques to buy players.
Dr Vivienne Nathanson, Head of Science and Ethics at the British Medical Association said: With the UK deep in recession the government must ensure that Connecting for Health confronts the lessons of the past - the NHS IT project can't be paid for with a blank cheque.
The organ was searched and a film retrieved, which proved to be blank, but meanwhile Podesta was spotted trying to hide a video cassette under a pew cushion.
It may be a long time before nations are given by the UN such a blank cheque again.
Its white sand beaches were a blank page waiting to be written on.
Pinker believes we live in a world that prefers to see the mind as a blank page ready to be overwritten by culture rather than something already shaped by our genes and evolution.
"The bill needs to be withdrawn...and to start with a blank sheet of paper, " he said.
However, due to the current economic volatility and pressure to be profitable, organizations can no longer afford to write a blank check for their marketing initiatives.
In Atlanta he plans to begin construction early next year on a 270-unit condo tower in the first of up to nine new residential towers to be built on the largest blank slate in the city, a 20-acre parcel.
This reverts the drive to a blank state, but means that the drive can still be used again in the future.
They will be heartened that she has been denied the kind of blank cheque that a first-round victory might have implied.
At Sigfox we started with a blank piece of paper and designed what we believe to be the optimal network operator for IoT applications.
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In Ogilvy's case, the product to be sold was a pretty nice one, but he had to start with a blank page, nonetheless.
On its back, a blank scroll supplied a space wherein the recipient's name could be engraved.
To get any category one or four weapons, like the Glock or the Sig Sauer used in Newtown, you need to be 21, to have joined a shooting range for the last six months, provided a blank criminal record and a certificate of physical and mental health not older than two weeks.
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If a firm sells software on floppy disks then the number of blank disks purchased can be used to verify sales.
Dratel said he could not sign a blank check, documents that might commit him to regulations that have yet to be written.
If you reside in the US, you'll need to fill out a form, send off pictures of your keys, and you'll be provided with blank "Blade" inserts for making compatible copies.
Everywhere you looked, one of them seemed to be staring at nothing, drinking it in, transfixed: a dead stalk of dock weed or the blank corner of a stone wall or an icicle dribbled from the lip of a gutter.
It also has a blank space where people can specify a state in which they wouldn't want to be kept alive.
"They don't want to be the next auto or airline industry, " says benefits lawyer John A. Nixon, a partner with Blank Rome in Philadelphia.
The newly elected Democrats in the House will be full of conservative southern "Blue Dogs, " and they're not likely to give Pelosi a blank check for anything.
Starting with a blank canvas, users can choose color themes and pull in tablet-compatible image files that can be controlled as separate layers.
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