But the LDP tries to wrap its gift nicely and deliver it without knowing if the box is empty or if there is a bomb inside.
If showy residential towers are now old hat (if often empty) in an increasing number of Chinese cities, these kind of digs are still new to much of rising India.
People know that if they empty their savings accounts or cut back on their 401(k) payments, they may never get that money back--precisely because they have a hard time saving in the first place.
Their fridges were classed as adequate or inadequate if they had rotten food or produce that past its best before date, or empty if it had less than three different food products.
However, MPs rejected Labour MP John McDonnell's amendment to allow squatters to occupy a building if it had been empty for six months or more and if there were no significant steps being taken to "refurbish, let or sell the building at the time of the trespass".
If more than empty rhetoric, this would likely provoke more Israeli strikes.
After you vacate your home, the best-case scenario if it remains empty is that it gradually falls into disrepair and becomes an eyesore for your former neighbors.
That means houses and neighborhoods remain empty even if there are buyers ready, willing and able to do so.
Mr Leslie wound up his speech for the Bill by saying it would give charities and voluntary groups a ready source of income if they were to empty bottles and cans.
Camden has proposed charging an extra 50% if homes are left empty for more than two years, and replacing the 12 month-exemption on empty, uninhabitable properties with a discount of 25%.
If you pave an empty field, drivers will park in whatever way is most convenient for them but that in aggregate can turn out to be random, confusing, and at times, dangerous.
When the hammer comes down, if the chamber is empty, the ECB and Mr. Supposedly Tough Guy (or gal, in the case of Christine Lagarde), the IMF, will give the banks enough money to keep the game going.
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Another problem for High Streets is that landlords must adhere to a law in the U.K. that makes them responsible for paying special business taxes to the government if their stores remain empty for longer than three months, Mr. Manning said.
Ferguson insists on staying ahead of demand, even if that means the occasional empty cell block.
"The only way you get your next drink is if you bring back your empty bottle or glass, " he said.
He has widened a scheme which gives new businesses a year's discount of 50% if the premises were previously empty.
Whatever happens, they have a trophy in their cabinet this season, whereas Chelsea know they will end empty-handed if they lose in Moscow.
Opponents of the Palestinian bid argue that it is a unilateral action that will undermine attempts to negotiate a two state solution, and that it could be little more than an empty gesture even if it succeeded, since it will hardly charge the lives of Palestinians.
They routinely refill personal toiletries, (if your toothpaste is nearly empty they get you a new one), the in-house bathroom amenities are exceptional, and they provide an eyeglass cleaning cloth if you leave your glasses on the nightstand or bathroom counter, again, something I have never seen.
"If you're running on empty and trying to exercise, you're more inclined to feel any aches and pains, " he says.
The bridges and main plates are crafted in blue sapphire, allowing the flying Tourbillon to appear as if it is floating in an empty space.
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But the Tax Court has ruled that you can allocate interest and property taxes as if the days the property sat empty were for personal use.
The popular wisdom at the time was if a school stopped serving these empty-calorie foods, the cafeteria would lose money and the district wouldn't be able to make up for the gap in federal funding with those profits.
But it's hard to create a norm of "physically together" if the office is always half-empty.
If you have a glass half-empty view, you can focus on the overall drop compared to a year ago.
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If he's glass half-empty, he might be wearing real gold-nugget cufflinks.
However, if Redmond plays dumb or comes up empty handed, a figurative tail will find its way between the company's legs and a handful of dirty looks and I-told-you-so's are likely to ensue.
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