Word: granting
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...have you seen the film yet? I've seen it four times. I really love it. The second half of my book is quite dark - there's a lot of jokes in the first half and not many in the second half - and what Clooney and director Grant Heslov decided to do was make it a much more sweet-natured, slightly batty, feel-good film. It's sort of like Little Miss Sunshine goes...
Since I, unlike Weber, wasn't willing to subsist on lentils and superiority, I called my cousin Josh Burd, who will one day be rewarded with a MacArthur "genius" grant for coupon-clipping, which he will then exchange for three Fulbrights and a night at a Marriott. Years ago, by combining coupons, discounts, rebates and a CVS Extra Bucks card, he actually got paid $3 to buy a product that accentuates the curls of black women. He still owns that product, with the vague hope of befriending a black woman and inventing a time machine that goes back...
KEITH BARDWELL, a justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, explaining why he refused to grant a marriage license to an interracial couple. Bardwell added that he has "piles and piles of black friends" but believes the children of mixed-race couples "suffer...
...source of funding for the Band. According to Band Manager Alexander J. Ahmed ’10, “There is an alumni group called The Band Foundation, which funds some band activities. Every semester, we make financial requests and they decide whether or not they want to grant them,” he says. “For instance, this semester we asked for two new sousaphones and new speakers for the band room. Sometimes, directors will also ask for commissions for pieces for the Jazz Band and Wind Ensemble...
...FlyBy's other favorite Gates-ism: when asked by police to step out of his home, Gates, the University professor and MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient, reportedly told Crowley, "I'll speak with your mama outside...