In order to fund the advances and to build our service, we raised a number of rounds of capital and negotiated commercial agreements that contained substantial guarantees and advances with device manufacturers and network operators, who like us, understand that truly unlimited music is insanely valuable to consumers".
On that subsequent call, Mr. Bostock told Mr. Ballmer that "with substantial guarantees on the table and an increase in the TAC (traffic acquisition cost) rate, there are the pillars of a search only deal to be done".
The Bush administration's mishandling of this crisis guarantees that Haiti will require substantial American help for many more years to come.
In fact, of the fee income generated by its guarantees that Farmer Mac reported as earnings, a substantial portion was money it paid itself -- 25percentt in 1999 and 19percentt in 2000 -- ostensibly to guarantee loans that never left its possession.
In this scenario, theory from subcritical branching processes (19 ), also known as mortal branching processes (20 ), guarantees that an outbreak will eventually die out, although perhaps not before a substantial number of transmissions occur.
The service revolves around eBay, acting as a pseduo-insurance policy that guarantees that customers will be able to resell the items they are purchasing right now for a substantial amount a year down the line.
Fund-raising idea: A substantial donation will guarantee that no pedophile priest teaches catechism to your kids).
This guarantees that both models score high.
That triggered a slide in the stock price of electric vehicle battery maker A123, another recipient of a federal loan guarantee that depends on sales to Fisker for "a substantial portion" of its revenues, according to its financial filings.
Increasing budgets, reducing class sizes, giving the mayor control and renovating buildings without insisting on educational practices shown to work would guarantee that a substantial proportion of New York City's children would not become competent readers.
