• At one point I started spending my evening writing instead until I could get to a place where my material was strong enough to be granted a regular time slot.

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  • Okay, so technology was pretty much crap compared to what we take for granted today, especially when it came to the computational power required to get to the moon and back.

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  • Granted, they are struggling to get by but the other thing is they are also very disconnected.

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  • If they could only get visas, which are rarely granted, tourists would flock to its beaches and nearby game parks.

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  • There is no possible way anybody could get past physical obstacles unless they were granted the freedom and the opportunity to do so.

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  • Microsoft has twice granted Windows XP a reprieve to allow computer makers to get licences for it for far longer than was originally planned.

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  • Tunisia, where the father of independence, Habib Bourguiba, granted women the right to divorce and encouraged them to get a higher education as far back as the 1960s, is a case in point.

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  • Rob Kulat, a spokesman for the Federal Railroad Administration, said the agency was aware of states' concerns and would look into whether waivers can be granted in next year's round of funding to get around the matching requirement.

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  • We had a tremendous effort to get us here so we cannot at all take second place for granted or be disappointed we didn't get the win because we've had extraordinary pace and it was a tremendous effort from everyone.

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  • Does anyone in this room believe that she would have been granted -- that Mr. Jordan had made that call to get that second interview -- that she we would ever had the help from the -- her friends in high places?

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  • Fifty-year-old Basuki Rachmad, a furniture maker from Banjarmasin, complains he cannot get a permit to obtain his raw materials since a legal license to buy wood is only granted to businesses that purchase over 100 cubic meters a month, three times his requirement.

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  • Another recommendation is that planning applications should be granted on a three year basis and no longer automatically renewed - again to get developers to build rather than sitting on a land asset.

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  • "I think the most important lesson to be learned is that you just can't take things for granted when you get a warning sign that people's lives could be endangered, " he said.

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  • Europe's earlier refusal to countenance default gave some lucky bondholders a year in which they could get repaid in full with loans granted by official creditors.

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  • Granted, a magical little smartphone is all the gadgetry most casual gaming fans require to get their fix, but when LaserVR's Travis Haagen popped by our informal meetup at Portland's Ground Kontrol to talk about Alpha Range, we couldn't help but be impressed by the project.

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