• After that, only the country's president can grant her a reprieve.

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  • Mr Bernanke's term ends in early 2014 and in the unlikely event he wanted another, a Republican president would not grant it.

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  • Kennedy was also influential in bringing about peace in Northern Ireland by urging President Clinton to grant Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams a U.S. visa, an act opposed by U.S. ally Great Britain.

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  • Ahmed Wali Massoud, a senior figure in the old Northern Alliance, says Mr Rabbani had been pressed by the president himself to grant the urgent request for a meeting, and had rushed home from abroad to attend.

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  • "The economics of wine are supply-driven, " says John Grant, president of Hardy Wine, a division of the U.S.' Constellation Brands.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • In my last film role, I played President Ulysses S. Grant.

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  • Fifa president Sepp Blatter will grant honorary membership status to the Makana Football Association, which was formed by prisoners on the island during the apartheid era.

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  • But on page 5, next to a dull column on President Ulysses S. Grant's address to the Congress of the United States, was a headline, loss of the deutschland.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Exiles'

  • Tony Grant, president of the local chamber of commerce, says that Leeds might just become a regional European capital, spoken of in the same breath as Barcelona or Munich.

    ECONOMIST: Leeds: Streets paved with brass | The

  • "The economics of wine are supply-driven, " says John Grant, president of Hardy Wine, a division of the U.S.' Constellation Brands (nyse: STZ - news - people ).

    FORBES: Quality vs Quantity

  • It would also extend the life span of import restrictions to ten years from five and grant the President the power to impose emergency restrictions on the importation of cultural artifacts from any country in the world, like Afghanistan, not just Unesco-convention parties.

    FORBES: Collectors Guide

  • It would also extend the life span of import restrictions to ten years from five and grant the President the power to impose emergency restrictions on the importation of cultural artifacts from any country in the world, like Afghanistan, not just Unesco convention parties.

    FORBES: Collectors Guide

  • Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez persuaded Congress to grant him almost all the emergency economic powers he had demanded.

    ECONOMIST: Kosovo

  • Along with Collins and Bennett, former chief financial officer Robert Trosten and a former president of the company, Tone Grant, have been indicted on multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "Everybody needs service at the exact same time, " said Grant Mitchell, senior vice president of Divisions Inc.

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  • The inspection report on the Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative grant came a day after President Barack Obama lauded U.S. efforts to invest in alternative energy.

    WSJ: U.S. Grant Helped Pay for Idle Time at Battery Factory

  • Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says his government cannot grant an amnesty to the militant Islamist group Boko Haram because it is not known who its members are or what they want.

    BBC: Nigeria's president rejects Boko Haram amnesty call

  • Since eight members of the U.S. Senate -- just two questions -- since eight members of the U.S. Senate wrote the President strongly opposing the possibility of his using executive power to grant amnesty to more than 10 million illegal aliens in the U.S., is the President still planning to extend any such amnesty?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • But the president offered to support a measure which would grant Ford an annual sweetener of 180m reais, a compromise that Mr Magalhaes declared himself satisfied with.

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  • Perhaps the last illuminating memoir by a former president was written 124 years ago, by Ulysses Grant.

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  • Sharon Grant, Chicago's former School Board president, was convicted in July 1995 for tax evasion.

    FORBES: Chain Saw Paul

  • That's why one's heart sinks at the banality of Mr. Weitz's screenplay, and the clumsiness of most of the cast: Dennis Quaid as the befuddled president, Marcia Gay Harden as his wife, Hugh Grant as the TV show's smarmy host, Chris Klein as an amorous soldier and Sam Golzari as Omer, the singing assassin.

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  • On higher education, the president is working with Congress to increase funding for the Pell grant, which is targeted to low-income students.

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  • Bordeaux president Jean-Louis Triaud said on Wednesday that he would grant Chamakh his dream move to Arsenal if Gunners manager Arsene Wenger returned with a improved offer.

    BBC: Chamakh pushes for Arsenal move

  • Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Sri Lanka's president on Tuesday appealed to Saudi Arabia's king to grant clemency to a housemaid convicted of killing her employer's baby.

    CNN: Sri Lanka appeals to Saudi king to spare maid's life

  • President Lula is currently debating whether to ratify a bill that would grant legal status to illegal settlers and loggers in the Amazon region.

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  • In the 1970s, Nixon became the first sitting American president to visit that country, but in the 1870s Ulysses S. Grant was the first former occupant of the White House to do so.

    WSJ: Book Review: Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

  • President Obama concluded in his press conference that Congress has two options: either grant him the authority to raise the debt ceiling or raise the debt ceiling themselves.

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  • Yoky Matsuoka, a MacArthur genius grant winner and professor at the University of Washington, serves as vice president of efficiency algorithms.

    FORBES: Nest Labs: Can Apple Alums Make A Thermostat Hip?

  • Security Council members are backing Annan's efforts, said Mark Lyall Grant, the British ambassador to the United Nations and the current council president.

    CNN: Annan: Syrians 'want to get on with their lives'

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