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"Embargoes ... look, if it were up to me, I wouldn't show movies to anybody before they were released," Fincher, the film's director, told the Miami Herald.
David Fincher Wants Critics Screenings Banned After 'Dragon Tattoo' Review Snafu 2011
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Embargoes and other restrictions being removed, our commerce begins to revive, and with it the spirit of industry and enterprise.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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Embargoes and other restrictions being removed, our commerce begins to revive, and with it the spirit of industry and enterprise.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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"Embargoes have been lifted, and we are being invited to bid," he said, adding that while bidding for large deals the company plans to give customers an upfront payment equivalent to the amount they would save by giving it the order, a tactic followed by Tech Mahindra.
Satyam Chief Looks to Rebuild Brand as Uncertainty Dissipates 2009
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Embargoes made food expensive, and we had hundreds of hungry mouths because of the feeding center.
Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007
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Embargoes made food expensive, and we had hundreds of hungry mouths because of the feeding center.
Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007
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Embargoes made food expensive, and we had hundreds of hungry mouths because of the feeding center.
Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007
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Grain is not to be had at any rate in this State and the Embargoes of other States, has hitherto prevented any supplies.
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 2 January 1779 1973
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Embargoes &c. These discourage Industry and turn that Ingenuity which ought to be employed for the good of the ge general Good, into Knavery.
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I detest all Embargoes, and all other Restraints upon Trade.
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 April 1777, letterbook copy 1963
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