"Dennis [ Ross is the best of the lot," though he didn't like him very much, "[Martin] isdyk is nextheand then [Daniel] Kurtzer," who he defined as "Meretz (the dovish Israeli party) with a yarmulke, he even wants to divide Jerusalem," though he granted that he was a "warm Jew and a Zionist".
Some in the PT muttered about extraditing Mr Pinto, even though he was granted asylum.Ms Rousseff, too, was not amused.
He claimed he does not speak with her, even though he has granted her several interviews since taking office and posed with her for a photo in the Oval Office.
"The CIA doesn't endorse this movie, essentially, even though they granted us some degree of access," Affleck explained.
Wilson is struggling to get work now, even though he has been granted a biometric card, because his security guard licence has expired and he needs to retrain.
In Michigan, at least, the state constitution has been interpreted as preventing state officers from compelling disclosure of facts which might tend to incriminate the witness under federal law, even though he has been granted full immunity from state prosecution.
Some, like the fool in the Psalms, say there is no God; but even the fool, on hearing these words, understands them, and what he understands exists in his intellect, even though he does not grant that such a being exists in reality.
Britain has promised to arrest Mr. Assange and send him to face questioning in Sweden on allegations of sexual misconduct if he leaves the embassy, even though Ecuador granted him political asylum on Thursday.
Even though he cannot take anything for granted, Mr McCain is roughly eight points ahead in the polls.
Mr. Kushner, a senior adviser, has worked down the hall from the president even though he has not yet been granted a permanent security clearance.
Jaws made Roy Scheider, previously a little-noticed character actor, a star; it made Richard Dreyfuss, an annoying, neurotic, nerdy sort of fellow, a star; and it made the brilliant Robert Shaw into the kind of crafty old codger the American public could no longer take for granted, even though he wouldn't last much longer.
