Certain makers of automobiles, fine jewelry and spirits, among others, have been doing this for years.
Certain makers of musicals, like Stanley Donen and Vincente Minnelli, were fêted or decried for their organizational verve and a fetishistic appetite for color; only with time did it emerge that what they sought was a shape for emotional longings, and that could happen here, too.
In the U.S., where the 19th-century (and turn-of-the-20th) dominates the high-end market, pieces that are signed by certain makers or artists typically command the top prices.
That means if a certain PC maker's forecasts are off slightly, small businesses may not see certain notebook models for a few months.
A team with Tamim is a little harder to dismiss as a certain loss-maker.
Do certain drug makers highly reward executives when a new drug receives approval from the Food and Drug Administration, Mr. Donaldson asked, without making the same executives take responsibility — and give back their huge paychecks — if a Vioxx-like problem were to develop?
While the share prices of certain drug makers have benefited as the virus spread, some airlines, and consumer stocks, suffered before the summer because of swine flu-related concerns.
When the Cannes jury finishes deliberating, certain film-makers and actors are asked if they might care to come back to Cannes to attend the Sunday prize-giving gala.
"If true, these allegations represent a cynical manipulation of the laws intended to protect nursing home residents, as well as yet another rip-off of the Medicaid program," Senator Charles E. Grassley, the Iowa Republican who has investigated the corporate conduct of certain drug makers, said in a statement Friday in response to a reporter's question.
The looks themselves, though, were a kind of mask: in 1960, after a stunning few years at the Bristol Old Vic and that run in London, O'Toole was advised by certain film-makers to fix his nose (Joseph Losey was against it, Nicholas Ray was in favour).
