provisions

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The next day Melchior came not, nor the next: my provisions were all gone.

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  • "If these Buy America provisions are applied, they would have a significant and detrimental impact on Canadian businesses exporting to the United States," Jayson Myers, president of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, says in a letter to International Trade Minister Stockwell Day. —  Irish Eagle
  • Frank said the provisions are abundant -- and buried -- in both state and federal legislation this year, and provides trial lawyers with a gift that doesn't draw much attention. —  Madison County Record
  • Over the next several weeks, the provisions will be the subject of negotiations in House-Senate budget conference committee meetings, which largely takes place behind closed doors. —  Hub Politics
  • These higher provisions were the result of increases in the level of non-performing assets and other impaired loans and $11.2 million in net charge-offs for the year. —  GuruFocus Updates
  • The public safety spending bill that includes the provisions was a bitter one for legislators who might be worried about having a "soft-on - crime" label pasted on the next campaign brochures. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
 

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