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There's not really a ban on the KIA bracelet specifically. There are regulations for wearing the uniform and specifically jewelry, and Marines are not allowed to wear bracelets. This falls under that spectrum. Now, the KIA bracelet will be lumped into the same category as the POW/MIA bracelets, which are approved for wear.

Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God.

That which concerns everyone must also be discussed and approved by everyone.

In real life, my parents pretty much approved of all my boyfriends. I guess I was doing something wrong. I should have been more rebellious.

Anything you see on the screen was at one point approved by me.

One thing that in my reporting that I found and was amazed to find was that, as far as I could determine, neither high-level White House officials in the Bush administration nor even the top brass at the CIA even knew the history of water boarding when they approved it.

I think that magic, at its root, is a very abstract notion. There's no real, approved definition. And, in that sense, it's like love; you can only see magic by the effect it has on people.

Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the council, at the demand of the king, were not approved of for successors.

Foreign journalists have to have an approved interpreter assigned them, which they have to pay for, who also acts as guide. As an Iranian, even writing for foreign media, I've been mercifully unrestricted.

We spend all this energy keeping our lives normal and safe and predictable, and the result is that our approved cultural safety valve is the movies. So in films, anyway, the hero is obliged to represent the continuance of social values and institutions, and his permission to act is much more seriously limited than the villain's.

In 1971, near the middle of Nixon's first term, he approved a plan to install a White House taping system as a way of preserving an accurate chronicle of important discussions and decisions. Except for Nixon, three aides, and the Secret Service, no one knew about the listening devices.

I was certainly never conscious of 'playing the woman.' I would not have approved of that. It is not a winning tactic. I operated in the world as I found it, and it was a man's world.

I like to think I would not have approved those methods in the past, but I do not fault those who made the decisions at that time, and I will absolutely defend those who carried out the interrogations within the orders they were given.

But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children.

Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the power of the state to enforce those preferences.

Many critics of the Palestinians, especially those in Congress, think the current calm is merely the eye of the storm. That's why the House of Representatives approved a foreign aid package last week that forbade the direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority .

Now back in those days, to become a rural mail carrier you had to be approved by congress.

There is no denying that auto-bill pay is easier and more convenient than keeping track of and remembering to pay all of your bills each month, so it makes sense to use it for fixed expenses that you have approved and that you're 100% comfortable with.

We concluded that one thing we can do is to just go through the locker room and make sure that if anybody is using anything, it's a product from one of the approved manufacturers.

When Ignatius understood that God did not wish him to remain at Jerusalem, he began to consider what he should do. The plan he approved and adopted was to enter upon a course of study in order to be better fitted to save souls.

I feel that heterosexual marriage is the more excellent way, and it surely is approved holy by the Holy Bible, and it holds so many more possibilities: the possibilities of having children of both the mother and father, the male and the female.

I have smuggled so many ingredients across so many borders, like shallot confit from Thailand, or a new sauce from New Orleans not approved by the FDA.

We appear to be heading out of BRACC with quite a few more aircraft and people that we had heading into it. If approved by the president and Congress, this can only be viewed as an expansion of the missions to be conducted out of the new joint base in the future.

We believe that the accounting seems to proper and the company reports that it has been reviewed and approved by its auditors.

We believe that Microsoft's ultimate goal is nothing less than to establish Microsoft-controlled choke-points to Internet access so that Internet access is available using only products made by or approved by Microsoft,

There are dangers to consumers who purchase diet pills that contain drugs of unknown origin and quality. These products are not approved by the FDA and if people experience side effects, it is difficult to trace problems and for physicians to treat them.

We stand with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan in this lawsuit, ... The Illinois Commerce Commission does not have the legal authority to order a power auction with unlimited rate hikes as the outcome. The ICC should tell Ameren and ComEd to take their auction proposal to Springfield for review by the General Assembly, which approved a Public Utilities Act that clearly gives Illinois regulators final say over electricity rates.

We're spending the money the district approved four years ago. I have not enough fields and too many teams,

We're going to have information on how people can develop a team and we will tell them what their responsibilities are. It's just getting started right now. I'm glad that the school has approved it.

unless and until its board of directors has approved a specific transaction.

United fully complied with the solicitation and tabulation procedures, which were approved by the bankruptcy court.

Usually if a Planning Commission is on board and their recommendations are incorporated into the plan, it's somewhat unusual to not have it approved by the council.

We're still considering expanding into Cincinnati. It's contingent upon the incentives that may be approved by the state.

We're not handing it out in stagecoaches! The government is sending this out Your doctors approved the protocol.

We were aware that they were approved for positions that, I believe, are very similar to the positions they hold at Christina.

We were approved for 18 new units in January. The new units will be similar to the ones in phase II, in that they will be in an enclosed space.

We're approved from the city, and the steel is already ordered.

We're amending the tax levy for 2005 to capture the education rate money that's legal since it was approved (by voters on March 21) and modify next year's levy so we maximize state aid.

We have received permission to interview and possibly sign Herman Edwards as the next head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. If an agreement is reached with the coach, then we will give the New York Jets our fourth-round draft choice in 2006. The NFL has approved the compensation if or when we come to an agreement with Herm.

The fact is we published this report. I approved the press release. I am quoted on the press release

The reality is -- if the design was not sensitive to the site, and if it didn't preserve those vistas that are so important to the Mall (it) would never have been approved by the national Commission on Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission,

The people of New Jersey do have a history of supporting public education. So despite the problems with state budgets and property taxes, I do think we will see a majority of budgets approved by voters.

We have approved them. That means we like them, otherwise we wouldn't have done that.

We have approved giving them this money, but if they can't get the improvement district together the project won't go forward.

This project was approved before Terry Johnson was mayor. When Terry lived in the house (on Barnwell), he paid $2,000 a month rent just like anyone else. He didn't get any favors. He paid rent. He paid utilities.

There are very strong arguments that the NSA spying the president approved is illegal.

When I graduated from college, I got a 9-to-5 traditional job doing social media for a company, and I'd spend all day long fighting with the system of getting things approved and the fact that social media has such a quick turnaround. Things had to be very reactive and instant.

Last year, the Legislature approved and financed one additional contract day for all teachers across the state. We hope they continue that and have even heard of two (additional) days. Teachers have asked for a per diem in that eventuality. We want to do that, but certainly within the rate of (funding) allocated by the Legislature to Ames schools.

Let's declassify that memo I sent on January 25. And let's declassify the national security directive that Dr. Rice's committee approved nine months later, on September 4. And let's see if there's any difference between those two, because there isn't,

Many countries in the Western Pacific still do not have a (pandemic) plan of their own -- only seven have completed plans that have been approved by their governments,

Many consumers do not realize that E-10, a commonly available blend of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline, can run in all automobiles currently sold in the United States. In fact, all major auto manufacturers that sell cars in the United States have approved ethanol- enriched fuels. Many even explicitly recommend using ethanol for its clean- burning benefits.

Secured cards can be helpful credit rebuilding tools for two reasons. First, because of the collateral, you can get them at a time when you're not likely to be approved for nonsecured cards. And as long as you maintain an on-time payment history, they can help you start to build a recent credit history that's fairly pristine.

She went before a group of people at the state level, and she adequately demonstrated her problems were in the past. With that, we approved her.

She's not dropping out. She's taking an approved leave of absence to focus on her increasing responsibilities and live her life.

Should the President's budget be approved as is, every region in the country-and thus our state as well-would stand to lose resources that help prevent youth violence and promote drug awareness. This would be particularly devastating to those communities in the 6th District combating a growing opiate problem among their youth.

Mr. Stein relied on the hard work and advice of the tax experts who approved the strategies at issue and continues to have no reason to doubt the validity of the tax advice he ultimately provided.

Max is absolutely livid about this. The administration screwed up royally ... The Federal Highway Administration were advisers to Max on this language and they approved it. They approved it and said the language was fine and now they are changing their tune.

Medtronic I think is a great way to play sort of everyone getting older, as they say, the aging baby boom. They have a new product out that was approved last winter. It does two different things. An implantable device, and I'm not sure I'd explain it all well enough, but it's the next generation from the old pacemakers. And they have just over the past week implanted that for the first time in a patient and that's a whole great new product cycle about to start.

None of us do this for the money. But, I've asked for this to be placed on the agenda because I think it's timely and it needs to be approved within the confines of the budget process.

New planted Colonies are generally attended with a Force and Necessity of Planting the known and approved Staple and Product of the Country, as well as all the Provisions their Families spend.

Obviously, if I had thought that the chances were great for mass suicide, I never would have approved the plan,

People working together to implement new marina waste ordinances that were approved in Graham and Swain counties made this program successful.

I was going to give them a first, ... Obviously, I didn't start at a first, but I was going to give them a first. I had made my mind up and it had already been approved so we were going to go with that regardless.

I worked on the presentation for the school district for the past year. It was worth it, because they unanimously approved it last December.

If we get to the point and vote witnesses, we will have approved a process by which we will ensure that they have a chance to depose those witnesses first and so on, ... It will be a process that gives the president's lawyers ample time to depose that witness first and be able to be treated fairly.

If this deal isn't approved by the U.S., it wouldn't proceed.

If this proposal is approved in Minnesota, it will have a disastrous effect on consumers. It will force good drivers and responsible homeowners to subsidize those with poor loss histories by hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

I didn't want any senators to vote based on his assertion that I'd approved his speech.

I don't feel conformable approving something just because the county approved it.

I am extremely concerned about the recent application, approved by current directors, to convert to a mutual savings bank. And I'm even more concerned about the lack of communication from board members and executive management to members.

I am concerned that the AOL-Time Warner merger, if approved with this intertwined interest with AT&T, might have anticompetitive effects to the detriment of consumers,

I am extremely glad to see that this project has been approved and is moving forward. It should be a real source of pride for the community and will benefit all Madera students and athletic programs from high school to youth sports.

I can't say anything now because the project should be approved by the State Council.

I found that in March of 1973, that Bob Haldeman, the White House chief of staff, was told by one of the lawyers over at the re-election committee that Jeb was saying to them that the plan to break in the Watergate had been approved by the president,

Getting these systems approved is our top priority, and we are laser-focused on it. But Secretary McPherson can't force vendors to come forward with qualified systems.

From what we can see, no current employee approved the trading arrangements, and that gives us a measure of comfort.

If approved by the legislature, this budget will set in stone Governor Bush's environmental legacy.

If Americans were to make the effort to manage their weight using a variety of options, including better nutrition, more exercise, approved medications or even surgical approaches, we would be rewarded with significantly better health,

Given the strength of this (trial) court decision, the opponents to Proposition 71 should demonstrate their respect for the voters of California who overwhelmingly approved this initiative, and patient families who suffer every day with the advance of chronic disease, by dropping their intent to appeal.

If the stories in the media over the past week are accurate, the president has exercised authority that I do not believe is granted to him in the Constitution, and that I know is not granted to him in the law that I helped negotiate with his counsel and that Congress approved in the days after September 11.

If we make people think they are approved plots of land, then people might go out there to look at it.

If the government does not have a majority (in Congress), getting its tax objectives and other measures approved would not be so easy.

He would, I suspect have approved of the brevity if nothing else.

Had we known ... then what we know now, we wouldn't have approved the license -- no question.

We can get verification that they're approved and whether or not we can get the insurance to go through right then or not we still can fill the script and do the nightmare later.

We're pleased that the BPU has approved the franchise so that Elizabethtown Gas can provide natural gas service to the entire community. We've done the groundwork and are ready to move quickly, starting in the Fawn Run area, so that those who live and work in Bloomsbury can rely on natural gas to heat their homes and businesses this winter and beyond.

We're pleased for the citizens of Illinois that our request for assistance for Greene and Morgan counties was approved by FEMA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

We suspect that this announcement shows that they think they can't go forward with the deal approved by shareholders. We regard this notion of the separation of control from ownership as absurd.

Guru falls in love with the Lord of the Universe, and his efforts are approved

Having just approved the 2006 annual operating plan, I and the other directors believe the company is essentially on the right course for long-term growth, and that our employees and senior management team have a sense of urgency about improving the company's financial results. However, we will take this opportunity to re-examine the strategic direction of Gateway to fine-tune our products, services and approach to our professional and consumer direct markets.

Historically, these contracts have never been approved the first time around.

We looked at the Medicare market and knew that it was a growing market. Our first challenge was actually to become approved by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services).

I absolutely have to keep on top of all things changing within the parameter of investments. We hire professionals to make recommendations, but if we have no knowledge of what's going on, we don't know whether or not we approved something rational or someone had a silly idea and let's take a chance.

He wanted us to have the best system we could, and I think he never really approved of what we took.

He cannot go until he has an approved residence.

The only thing that has been approved so far is the subdivision of the land.

Just saying it was approved by the board and accountants wasn't going to cut it.

It can be hard to get large and expensive projects approved in a federal budget. The recent events show that it is better to make the investment before a disaster occurs.

It is a good marketing tool that the FDA has approved it, so I am quite sure they will make some inroads in the U.S. That is for sure.

Last night I approved a company's request for loan from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve,