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• “One of the primary criteria in granting a visitor visa is proving the applicant intends to return to Mexico and does not intend to immigrate.”

  visa for wife

• “The man somehow succeeded in granting the 50,000 people that came to hear him the feeling that we were all in some intimate jazz club, and Cohen, rather than was singing to a massive stadium was in fact just sharing the evening in the company of the most intimate circle of his closest friends.”

  Global Voices in English » Israel: Leonard Cohen Performs to Rave Reviews

• “… Choruss is the name of the new entity, backed by three major record labels, that is interested in granting blanket licenses to universities (and someday residential ISPs) to authorize the music swapping (on P2P and otherwise) that has become a fact of digital life.”

  Warner Music’s Choruss, revisited

• “I have no problem in granting criminals from any of those groups due process.”

  Think Progress » Obama: Gitmo Has ‘Been Subject To A Lot Of…Pretty Rank Politics’

• “For example and indisputably, in granting certiorari petitions.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Someone Like Me

• “Thus, that issue must be resolved by the trier of facts, and the trial court erred in granting summary judgment.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » What Should Landlords Do If a Tenant Is Accused of a Violent Crime?

• “YOu abandon all idea of rights if you begin granting some people the right to take from other people.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Colorado State University board rescinds ban on licensed firearms carry 

• “Congress has essentially abdicated all responsibility for foreign policy, a reality severely exacerbated post-9/11, and the current judiciary has more or less conceded this point as well in granting the president extremely wide leeway in conducting any operations deemed to be related to national security.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Our Strange Constitution

• “With a real Declaration of War against Al-Quada and its affiliates, the Executive branch can extend POW status to those unlawful combatants captured on the battlefield since it now appears that domestic anti-American elements have been successful in granting the unlawful combatants rights and privileges above and beyond that of POWs.”

  Attention Congress: Impeach Judge Ricardo Urbina Now and finally Declare War on Al-Quada « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy

• “We won that battle but now we have a new one: California Prop 8, if it passes, would change the part of the state constitution that the State Supreme Court upheld in granting us our new marriage rights.”

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