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The news comes after Vaughn's critically praised, box office hit "Kick-Ass", made inroads with fanboys for its subversive humour and comic book smarts, produced, directed and self-financed by Vaughn's Marv Films after every major studio turned him down.
Archive 2010-05-01 Michael Stevens 2010
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The collection of a rent/tax based on land values to help defray the public expenditures that lead to (the) creation (of higher) land values is very sensible and would generate a spiraling process of self-financed urban development.
Scott Baker: Will India Lead the Way in Urban Land Tax Reform? A Mission Director from the Indian Ministry of Housing Provides Some Answers Scott Baker 2011
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He's a major party nominee, a Member of Congress and the winner of a hotly contested primary over a self-financed zillionaire.
Rob Richie: What Howard Dean Could Tell Bill Clinton and Kendrick Meek: Change the Voting System Rob Richie 2010
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This week — just days before his Brioni show — Mr. Dell'Acqua rolled out the second collection for a new self-financed line called No. 21.
Imagining the Brioni Woman Christina Binkley 2010
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The growth of streaming on the internet means that increasingly many self-financed, independent films will have significant opportunities to discover and build their audience online via sheer merit and the viral word-of-mouth it creates, rather than having to rely on traditional marketing hype whose control lies mainly in the hands of glorified bean counters.
John Farr: The Dirtiest Word in Hollywood John Farr 2011
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A well-to-do small businessman in Oshkosh, Johnson has largely self-financed his campaign.
Sanford D. Horwitt: Packers Upset the Jets; Can Feingold Score an Upset, Too? Sanford D. Horwitt 2010
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Even though Whitman's campaign was largely self-financed, she also spent heavily on fundraising.
Meg Whitman Spending: Where Did $160 Million Go? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Short films are often self-financed so you enjoy a much higher level of creative freedom.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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Even though Whitman's campaign was largely self-financed, she also spent heavily on fundraising.
Meg Whitman Spending: Where Did $160 Million Go? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The growth of streaming on the internet means that increasingly many self-financed, independent films will have significant opportunities to discover and build their audience online via sheer merit and the viral word-of-mouth it creates, rather than having to rely on traditional marketing hype whose control lies mainly in the hands of glorified bean counters.
John Farr: The Dirtiest Word in Hollywood John Farr 2011
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