At the six-minute mark, half were assured by a health care provider that "from this point forward your allergic reaction will start to diminish, and your rash and irritation will go away". The other half received no such assurance.
Still, the person who sold me the ticket and the person who tore it in half both assured me that even though it appeared to admit me to "Idlewild" in Theater 11, I would indeed be seeing Neil LaBute's remake of a semi-well-known 1973 cult horror film.
American Media Inc. paid McDougal $150,000 for the rights to her story (her lawyer took nearly half) and assured her she would be able to write fitness columns for two years.
Bogdan Stancu ensured Romania remain in touching distance with Group F leaders Northern Ireland after his two second-half goals assured his side of a 2-0 victoverover Finland in Helsinki.
But even before that sting in the tale, newcomer Sarah Dollard's deeply strange story was looking ominous from the moment the Doctor half-heartedly assured Rigsy they could save him from the killer tattoo and the Hero Music kicked in, notably too early and notably sluggishly.
Don't be surprised if the result is another half measure, assuring the need for yet another restructuring, employing more investment banks.
If the teachers bought the bonds then the city's solvency for the next month and a half would be assured.
As the occasion became more frenetic, so the centre-half appeared more assured.
Warwickshire captain Varun Chopra then hit an assured half-century and shared an 88-run first-wicket partnership with Ian Westwood before the latter was bowled by Leach (34).
Meanwhile, Syracuse sophomore point guard Michael Carter-Williams has quelled concerns that he can't score in the half-court and assured himself a top-10 draft position, should he decide to turn pro.
We employed a sample of convenience and recruited half males and half females to assure that we had adequate numbers to assess the effects of gender.
