In the Chuskas, they said, the most important beings are the bears — they rule the mountains, and certain rituals must be performed to assure one's welcome.
Well, I would love to be able to make a film where everyone is paid properly and where you're assured of a certain degree of distribution and you're able to not compromise certain visual ideas.
* While I'm assured in certain circles that she's officially a "national treasure", rather than the slightly annoying old bat I mistook her for, I'm surprised to learn that Ann Widdecombe has taken particular exception to one television offer.
Assured of swift and certain victory by their nations' leaders, parents had sent off their boys for the glory of God and country.
They haven't gone away -- any doctrine that appeals to the prejudices of rich old men is assured of a certain basic level of financial support, and its adherents will always be able to find sinecures in the world of right-wing think tanks -- but they have gone into remission.
By sensing the risks and telling the risks in real time, the geo-risks could be controlled and the safety of geo-structures could be assured to a certain degree.
Public education should be about opening doors and creating opportunities, not sorting students and assuring that a certain percentage fail in school.
Now the group are coming to England, where they can be assured of a certain success.
That vision is far different from the one articulated by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in her speech in January 2010, "Remarks on Internet Freedom," in which she argued that "it's critical that its users are assured certain basic freedoms".
Paul Verhoeven is a director who is assured of a certain tongue-in-cheek praise from French cinephiles, on account of his much-chortled-over Starship Troopers and Showgirls.
