To feel pressed to give a present is also to feel oneself passively exerting the equivalent unwelcome pressure upon other people.
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Give a present to that special person in front of people who matter to them yet are from a different part of their life than the part you share with them.
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Asked by his barrister Marian Lewis why he had given her chocolates, Mr Thorley said it was normal for the school to give a small present to a child who had been injured.
Apparently, Mr Watson made the 1, 000km (600-mile) round trip just to drop in on the Browns and give them a present for their new-born son, Fraser, and politics was the last thing on their minds.
Why not give everyone a Christmas present whether you can afford it or not?
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He thought it was attractive and was going to give it to his mother as a present.
The agreement allows Mr. Schulze to proceed with due diligence on non-public company information which should give him the opportunity to present a fully financed proposal within 60 days.
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Once we agree we have a problem, we can do what our parents and every other generation of Americans have done: sacrifice our present comforts to give our children a better life.
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All of which makes me wonder: If we do midwife Neanderthals into the present, could we somehow give them a longer childhood, too?
The first was the Russian meteor that was caputred by dozens of dashboard cameras and give a real feel of what it was like to be present at that event.
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All the senators present said they hope to give her commission a lot more money, which is fine, says Carter Keithley, the president of the Toy Industry Association, as long as the government doesn't try to replace the testing the private sector is already doing.
London Mayor Boris Johnson is to give tandem bicycle based on the city's bike hire scheme as a wedding present to Prince William and Kate Middleton.
But there would probably be only a limited impact on capital because accounting rules give banks wide latitude in calculating the net present value of the bonds, enabling them to reduce the hit they would take to capital.
Speaking to supporters Wednesday during an event at Hunter College in New York, Clinton said she would continue to present herself as someone who has the experience to provide solutions and not just give a good speech.
But when asked to give to a mildly worthy cause (helping a team to buy sports equipment), the offer of a present made no difference.
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Wailing even more operatically are several cameo figures who have been able to exercise some influence under the present arrangement, but whose parties might be wiped out if a new law were to give Italy an entirely first-past-the-post system.
Two major events in the 1950s typified this give and take between past and present: the staunchly forward-looking Festival of Britain in 1951, a nationwide celebration of new art, architecture and design, and Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953, to which millions of Britons tuned in.
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The parliamentary bible, Erskine May, makes it clear that witnesses who "give false evidence, prevaricate, present forged or falsified documents... or attempt in any way to deceive a committee... may be reported to the House and dealt with as determined".
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