The only hesitation at NBC, he said, was about whether the premise (everything goes wrong for a young man trying to impress his future in-laws) could be sustained on a weekly basis.
Putting aside the words of shock and surprise at George Galloway's astonishing victory in the Bradford West byelection, I should premise everything I say in this article with a word of warning: seeking wider meaning from the result of just one election is a hazardous business.
Outside the city, many wineries also have inns on the premises, offering everything from simple rooms to luxurious hideaways with access to horses and golf.
Working 24 hours a day, living on the premises, doing everything for the children, including teaching them, etc.? It looks as if we're finding out what the economic value of the mother of the household is — at a minimum, since this is the amount the family is willing to pay to offload that work to another person.
Restaurants on the premises offer everything from pan-fried Hokkaido scallops to "the most tender cut of corn-fed beef".
It starts with the premise that everything in the world is contingent for its existence upon other factors.
"If you accept the premise that everything about the brain is explainable by a computer program," he says, "then Kurzweil is absolutely right.
Essential to the creed is the premise that everything changed that day, in the lives of anyone involved, in New York City, and in geopolitics.
"We start with the premise that everything in the world should be seen through the prism of the new global, digital, technology-driven economy," he says.
"We're the richest state in the country, and the premise of everything the governor is doing is that we can't afford to take care of our people," Mr. Livingston said.
