query: where does the uk import from?

title: Where Does My Heart Beat Now

text: Where Does My Heart Beat Now "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" is a song performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion, taken from her first English-language studio album, "Unison" (1990). It was released by Columbia Records as the third single in Canada on 1 October 1990. It was also issued as the first single in the United States in late 1990, and in other parts of the world in early 1991. "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" was written by Robert White Johnson and Taylor Rhodes in 1988 and recorded by Dion one year later. It was produced by Christopher

title: Where Does My Heart Beat Now

text: handles this stirring ballad." AllMusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine picked it as album standout together with "(If There Was) Any Other Way." "Chicago Tribune" editor Jan De Knock wrote: Dion shines brightest on torchy love songs, including her current hit "Where Does My Heart Beat Now." In Canada, "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" entered the charts in October 1990 and reached number six on "The Record" Retail Singles Chart on 8 April 1991. It also topped the "RPM" Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks in February 1991. In the United States, "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" debuted

title: Where Does My Heart Beat Now

text: a top ten hit there. It did even better on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks peaking at number two. "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" reached also top ten in Norway and Canada, peaking at numbers four and six respectively. Two accompanying music videos for the song were filmed. Dion performed "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" during many of her tours. In 1989, Dion was recording her first English-language album, "Unison". One of the songs chosen for the album was "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" written by Robert White Johnson and Taylor Rhodes, and produced by Christopher Neil.

title: Where Does My Heart Beat Now

text: On 6 May 1989, Dion performed "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" for the very first time during the Eurovision Song Contest in Lausanne, Switzerland. The song was released as the third single in Canada on 1 October 1990. It was also issued as the lead single from "Unison" in late 1990 in the United States and in early 1991 in the rest of the world. Dave Sholin from the "Gavin Report" wrote about the song: "Climbing the Adult Contemporary chart this French Canadian only learned to speak English three years ago—a surprising fact in light of the way she

title: Import Genius

text: Import Genius Import Genius is a provider of business intelligence for the import-export industry. Import Genius gives customers access to shipping manifests for all shipments entering the United States of America in addition to several other countries around the world. In 2008, the company gained considerable notoriety by using U.S. Customs records to detect the arrival of the 3G iPhone prior to Apple's announcement of the phone. Import Genius was founded by Ryan Petersen, David Petersen, and Michael Kanko. Import Genius was initially founded on July 20, 2007 however didn't become well known until a few years later. Import Genius

title: CHL Import Draft

text: CHL Import Draft The CHL Import Draft is an annual event in which every team in the Canadian Hockey League may select the rights to eligible import players. An import is classified as a player whose parents not residents of Canada, or the United States. The draft is conducted online, during the last week of June, or first week of July, following the NHL Entry Draft. Teams from the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League, and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, systematically take turns making selections in reverse order of the team's standings in the CHL from the previous season.

title: Where Does My Heart Beat Now

text: on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart dated 8 December 1990. It peaked at number four on 2 March 1991 and became Dion's first "Billboard" Hot 100 top ten single. She also became the first French-Canadian artist to land a top ten hit there. The track entered "Billboard"'s Adult Contemporary chart dated 27 October 1990, reaching number two on 2 February 1991. "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" was successful in Norway peaking at number four in March 1991, and also reached top forty in Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands and New Zealand. The song also charted in Australia and the United

title: Captive import

text: that company should not be considered a captive import. The Ford Crown Victoria, which was known for livery use in the United States, particularly for taxi and police duty, was exclusively built in Southwold, Ontario, Canada at St. Thomas Assembly from 1992 to 2011. It is not considered a captive import in the U.S. because of free trade between the two countries, originally under the Canada–United States Automotive Products Agreement and now under NAFTA. In the American market, captive imports "blurred national distinctions" because they have been designed and built elsewhere, but wear a domestic nameplate. The chief reason domestic

title: Right Back Where We Started From

text: Where We Started From" was included on the 1988 Sinitta album "Wicked" and was released as the album's second single in June 1989 reaching #2 in New Zealand, #4 UK, #5 in Ireland, #7 in Australia, #16 in Denmark, #7 in Finland, #25 in Germany and #17 in Spain. Sinitta's "Right Back Where We Started From" also reached #48 in the Netherlands and became the singer's only chart item in her native US reaching #84 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #48 on the magazine's Hot Dance Chart (Maxi-single sales). It was certified silver by the BPI. "" served as the

title: Captive import

text: an import, and an import buyer is unlikely to enter a domestic showroom. Also, consumers of a specific domestic brand might feel that a captive import does not have the qualities that they want and expect from vehicles of domestic vehicles manufactured by that brand. A captive thus easily falls between two stools. This is probably why the practice of using a separate brand name, such as Merkur and General Motors' short-lived Geo, has ceased — the foreignness of the car is thus discreetly made less apparent. Another factor concerns servicing where captives often do not share components with their

title: Where Does This Door Go

text: Where Does This Door Go Where Does This Door Go is the third studio album by American singer Mayer Hawthorne. It was released on July 16, 2013, by Republic Records. "Where Does This Door Go" received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on 17 reviews. Michael Gallucci of "The A.V. Club" stated, "For all of his apparent devotion to the genre, Hawthorne comes off somewhat soulless on "Where Does This Door Go"." Derek Staples of "Consequence of

title: Grey import vehicle

text: Ireland from both Northern Ireland and Great Britain is at record high levels due to high new-car taxation in Ireland and the fact that UK cars are of a higher spec than Irish ones. This trend was highlighted by RTÉ in a consumer programme entitled "Highly Recommended". In the United Kingdom, many people have chosen to buy new cars in other EU member states, where pre-tax prices are much lower than in the UK, and then import them into their own country, where they only pay the UK's rate of value added tax (VAT). This is especially the case in

title: Where Does This Door Go

text: "Billboard" 200, and number four on the R&B Albums, selling around 10,000 copies in its first week. It has sold 38,000 copies in the United States as of March 2016. Notes Sample credits Where Does This Door Go Where Does This Door Go is the third studio album by American singer Mayer Hawthorne. It was released on July 16, 2013, by Republic Records. "Where Does This Door Go" received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on 17

title: Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight

text: Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (CHIEF) is the computer system of the United Kingdom's revenue and customs services, HMRC. CHIEF manages both the declaration and movement of goods into and out of the United Kingdom and is a means by which UK traders communicate with counterpart customs systems in the other member states of the European Union. It also manages movement of goods across EU borders where the moved material belongs to a UK party. The major function of CHIEF is to manage the data behind import and export movements and

title: Where Does This Door Go

text: door does go, it is a place that calls for boat shoes, a relaxed attitude, and a returning fan's patience." Harriet Gibsone of "The Guardian" stated, "Packed with cleverly crafted production, "Where Does This Door Go" may be a sonic adventure, but it's not quite slick enough to challenge the current crop of R&B luminaries." August Brown of "Los Angeles Times" stated, ""Where Does This Door Go" feels like a once-promising OK Cupid date that's gone off the rails." Mike Powell of "Rolling Stone" stated, "From modest goals come modest returns." The album debuted at number 30 on the US

title: Marginal propensity to import

text: ratio of the change in imports to the change in income, thus giving us a figure between 0 and 1. Imports are also considered to be automatic stabilisers that work to lessen fluctuations in real GDP. The UK government assumes that UK citizens have a high marginal propensity to import and thus will use a decrease in disposable income as a tool to control the current account on the balance of payments. Marginal propensity to import The marginal propensity to import (MPI) is the fractional change in import expenditure that occurs with a change in disposable income (income after taxes

title: Where Does My Heart Beat Now

text: 1994. Dion is also performing "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" in her current Las Vegas residency show, "Celine". On 13 May 1992, "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" received an ASCAP Pop Award for the most-performed ASCAP song during the 1991 survey year (1 October 1990 – 30 September 1991). Additionally, Dion's performance of "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" at the Juno Awards of 1991 was nominated for the Gemini Award in category Best Performance in a Variety Program or Series. Where Does My Heart Beat Now "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" is a song performed by

title: Where Does It Hurt?

text: Japanese, insurance companies, hospitals, Poles, and humanity, you'll love this movie.” Nonetheless, the film holds a 67% fresh rating, based on 142 reviews, on Rotten Tomatoes. Where Does It Hurt? Where Does it Hurt? is a 1972 American comedy film written and directed by Rod Amateau, starring Peter Sellers, Jo Ann Pflug, Rick Lenz, Pat Morita, and Harold Gould. The film is a darkly satirical look at capitalism in a hospital environment. Sellers plays hospital administrator Albert T. Hopfnagel, who oversees a facility that is more interested in generating revenue than it is in providing sound medical care. When construction

title: Where Does It Hurt?

text: Where Does It Hurt? Where Does it Hurt? is a 1972 American comedy film written and directed by Rod Amateau, starring Peter Sellers, Jo Ann Pflug, Rick Lenz, Pat Morita, and Harold Gould. The film is a darkly satirical look at capitalism in a hospital environment. Sellers plays hospital administrator Albert T. Hopfnagel, who oversees a facility that is more interested in generating revenue than it is in providing sound medical care. When construction worker Lester Hammond (Lenz) shows up needing nothing more than a chest X-ray, he is immediately admitted and subjected to a battery of tests. Hopfnagel rides

title: Import substitution industrialization

text: as automobiles). Volkswagen, Ford, GM, and Mercedes all established production facilities in Brazil in the 1950s and 1960s. The principal concept underlying ISI can thus be described as an attempt to reduce foreign dependency of a country's economy through local production of industrialized products, whether through national or foreign investment, for domestic or foreign consumption. It should be noted, as well, that import substitution does not mean "import elimination": as a country industrializes, it begins to import new materials that become necessary for its industries, such as petroleum, chemicals, and other raw materials it may have formerly lacked. In 2006,

title: Captive import

text: domestic counterparts - this often leads to parts incompatibility and/or backorders. Not every vehicle that appears to be a captive import really is. A vehicle which is foreign-designed or badged but assembled in the market where it is sold does not fall into this category. Such vehicles are frequently the result of joint venture or strategic alliance arrangements between automakers. For example, the Renault Alliance, which was sold through American Motors (AMC) dealers in the 1980s, was actually assembled by AMC as part of the brief tie-up between the two companies. The 1985–1988 Chevrolet Nova and the later Geo Prizm,

title: Parallel import

text: Act of 2006 prohibits future FTAs from categorically disallowing the parallel import of patented products. The United States has unique automobile design legislation administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Certain car makers find the required modifications too expensive. This creates demand for grey import vehicles, where certain models are modified for individual customers to meet these requirements, at a higher expense than if this were done by the original manufacturer on an assembly line. This procedure interferes with the marketing scheme of the manufacturer, who might plan to import a less powerful car and force consumers to accept

title: Where Does This Door Go

text: mind Ernie Isley's work on "Summer Breeze"." Zachary Houle of "PopMatters" stated, ""Where Does This Door Go" improves over his last effort, which was already pretty good to begin with, and may go down as one of the year's most exceptional releases. "Where Does This Door Go" is as refreshing as a tropical breeze, if not a good cup of joe at your favorite hangout." Nate Patrin of "Pitchfork" stated, "Inconsistency or complexity? Depends on how much you believe in this music as sincere self-expression versus its status as smartly crafted, artist-as-listener-proxy pop." David Jeffries of AllMusic stated, "Wherever this

text: had no further updates for the meeting. The minutes of the JCCC Customs Change Sub Group Meeting in June 2013 state: Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (CHIEF) is the computer system of the United Kingdom's revenue and customs services, HMRC. CHIEF manages both the declaration and movement of goods into and out of the United Kingdom and is a means by which UK traders communicate with counterpart customs systems in the other member states of the European Union. It also manages movement of goods across EU borders where the moved material

title: Import

text: Import An import is a good brought into a jurisdiction, especially across a national border, from an external source. The party bringing in the good is called an "importer". An import in the receiving country is an export from the sending country. Importation and exportation are the defining financial transactions of international trade. In international trade, the importation and exportation of goods are limited by import quotas and mandates from the customs authority. The importing and exporting jurisdictions may impose a tariff (tax) on the goods. In addition, the importation and exportation of goods are subject to trade agreements between

title: Grey import vehicle

text: cars tend to be cheaper than official UK imports, but often have better Japanese domestic market specification levels by comparison. The range of Japanese vehicles in the UK is rising all the time as UK customers see the impressive high spec, low-mileage Japanese vehicles on the roads. Each month new models are being imported by dealers and rapidly become popular on the UK market. In Australia, the commercial import of used motor vehicles is significantly regulated and restricted. The allowed imports are limited to what are called special and enthusiast vehicles, or most cars manufactured before 1 January 1989. Until

title: Import replacement

text: lead to confusion since, in practice, import substitution in India and Latin America were government subsidized and mandated, whereas Jacobs' concept of import replacement is a free market process of discovery and division of labor within a city. Import replacement Import replacement refers to an urban free market economic process of entrepreneurs replacing the imports of the city with production from within the city. The idea was invented by Jane Jacobs who spun off from the idea of import substitution developed by Andre Gunder Frank and widely discussed during the first and second Latin American debt crisis. Import substitution is

title: Where the Heart Is (UK TV series)

text: West Yorkshire using the real life villages of Marsden, Golcar, Slaithwaite and Meltham for many of the external shots. The first series was mostly filmed in Slaithwaite, with some exterior shots filmed in the village of Baildon, but from series 2 onwards, Marsden was used as the principal filming location. DVDs of the series in the UK are listed below, released by Network DVD. So far Series 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been released. Where the Heart Is (UK TV series) Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite.

title: Where Does My Heart Beat Now

text: Neil. Dion premiered this song at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Switzerland, where she performed it along with her 1988 winning track, "Ne partez pas sans moi." "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" received positive reviews from music critics and won the ASCAP Pop Award. It was the most successful single from "Unison" album and became Dion's highest charting English-language single at the time. In 2008, it was included on the North American version of "" greatest hits compilation. The song reached number four on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and Dion became the first French-Canadian artist to land

title: Where Does My Heart Beat Now

text: Kingdom. Three versions of the music video exists: black-and-white Canadian version for the Canadian market (released in October 1990), color performance version for the US promotion (November 1990) directed by David Phillips and black-and-white version mixed with performance version made for the "Unison" home video (July 1991). Dion first performed "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, along with the previous year winning song, "Ne partez pas sans moi." She also sang "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" on various Canadian and US television shows in 1990 and 1991, like "The Tonight Show", "Good Morning

title: Import

text: that can be manufactured overseas. In a direct-import program, the retailer bypasses the local supplier (colloquial "middle-man") and buys the final product directly from the manufacturer, possibly saving in added cost data on the value of imports and their quantities often broken down by detailed lists of products are available in statistical collections on international trade published by the statistical services of intergovernmental organisations (e.g. UNSTAT, FAOSTAT, OECD), supranational statistical institutes (e.g. Eurostat) and national statistical institutes. Industrial and consumer goods. General Procedure of Import Trade Import An import is a good brought into a jurisdiction, especially across a national

title: Export–Import Bank of the United States

text: Export–Import Bank of the United States The Export–Import Bank of the United States (abbreviated as EXIM or the Bank) is the official export credit agency (ECA) of the United States federal government. Operating as a wholly owned federal government corporation, the Bank "assists in financing and facilitating U.S. exports of goods and services". Under its charter, the Bank does not compete with private sector lenders, but rather provides financing for transactions that would otherwise not occur because commercial lenders are either unable or unwilling to accept the political or commercial risks inherent in the deal. Its acting chairman and president

title: Import/Export

text: to pay his tab, he finds that Michael has a prostitute. Michael insists Pauli watches him humiliate the prostitute before he can leave. The next day, Pauli leaves Michael's company and searches for work at a local market, where he fails to find any. The last we see of him is when he is walking along a long country road, hitchhiking, either back to the West or further into Ukraine. Import/Export Import/Export is an Austrian film by the director Ulrich Seidl from 2007. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand

title: The Boy Does Nothing

text: given to "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" by Beyoncé. "The Boy Does Nothing" debuted at #84 on the UK Singles Chart. The single became her first solo single to reach the top 10, following a 76 spot jump from #84 to #8 on downloads alone, selling 27,683 copies. On 16 November 2008, "The Boy Does Nothing" had advanced to #5 on the chart after the physical release of the single. The song spent 16 weeks in the UK Top 40. On the Irish Singles Chart, the song peaked at #19 on 11 November 2008 and falling to #20

title: Import replacement

text: Import replacement Import replacement refers to an urban free market economic process of entrepreneurs replacing the imports of the city with production from within the city. The idea was invented by Jane Jacobs who spun off from the idea of import substitution developed by Andre Gunder Frank and widely discussed during the first and second Latin American debt crisis. Import substitution is a national economic theory implying that if a nation substituted its imports with national production the nation would become wealthier, whereas Jacob's idea is entirely about cities and could be called "urban import substitution". However, even this would

title: Import-Export Clause

text: states, and with the Indian Tribes," complements the authority of Congress given in the Import-Export Clause. Following the "Michelin" interpretation of the Import-Export Clause, the U.S. Supreme Court re-examined its application of the dormant commerce clause doctrine in "Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady", which related to interstate commerce and established a four-prong test in which a tax is valid if it "is applied to an activity with a substantial nexus with the taxing State, is fairly apportioned, does not discriminate against interstate commerce, and is fairly related to the services provided by the State." In "Japan Line, Ltd. v.

title: From Despair to Where

text: (2002), the Manics' greatest hits album. From Despair to Where "From Despair to Where" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 7 June 1993 by record label Columbia as the first single from their second studio album "Gold Against the Soul". The single reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart on 12 June 1993. The CD included the B-sides "Hibernation", "Spectators of Suicide (Heavenly Records Version)" and "Starlover (Heavenly Records Version)". The 12" version didn't include "Starlover", and the cassette only featured "Hibernation". "From Despair to Where" made an appearance as

title: From Despair to Where

text: From Despair to Where "From Despair to Where" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 7 June 1993 by record label Columbia as the first single from their second studio album "Gold Against the Soul". The single reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart on 12 June 1993. The CD included the B-sides "Hibernation", "Spectators of Suicide (Heavenly Records Version)" and "Starlover (Heavenly Records Version)". The 12" version didn't include "Starlover", and the cassette only featured "Hibernation". "From Despair to Where" made an appearance as track number twelve on "Forever Delayed"

title: Grey import vehicle

text: in money from service and spare parts. In order for the arbitrage to work, there must be some means to reduce, eliminate, or reverse whatever savings could be achieved by purchasing the car in the lower priced territory. Examples of such barriers include regulations preventing import or requiring costly vehicle modifications. In some countries, such as Vietnam, the import of grey-market vehicles has largely been banned. Grey imports are generally used vehicles, although some are new, particularly in Europe where the European Union tacitly approves grey imports from other EU countries. In 1998, the European Commission fined Volkswagen for attempting

title: Static import

text: codice_5. Prefixing the field with its class name will disambiguate the class from which codice_2 is derived, but doing so makes the use of a static import redundant. Static Import in Java 8 (Oracle) Static import Static import is a feature introduced in the Java programming language that allows members (fields and methods) defined in a class as codice_1 to be used in Java code without specifying the class in which the field is defined. This feature was introduced into the language in version 5.0. The feature provides a typesafe mechanism to include constants into code without having to reference

title: Import scene

text: that import racing was now gaining popularity in other Southern California communities. Street Import racing venues and street meet-up locations in nearby cities such as Carson, Ca. and Long Beach, Ca. eventually arose from the original Meiji Market Location, and then came huge drag racing events at Palmdale, California often packed in over 10,000 spectators per day. Racers like Stephan Papadakis, Ed Bergenholtz, Myles Bautista and Eric Sebastian on the East Coast dominated the first import drag racing circuit IDRC (Battle of the Imports) in the mid 1990s. Show car clubs became a huge factor within the import scene: Southern

title: Import Genius

text: was envisioned to be used as a database tool in order to assist importers and exporters involved with international trade. Import Genius' debut happened in 2008 when Ryan Petersen used the information found in Import Genius’s database to predict the release of the 3G iPhone. Since then, Import Genius has been developed not only for importers and exporters, but also to assist freight forwarders, investors, researchers, and even for legal purposes. Import Genius Import Genius is a provider of business intelligence for the import-export industry. Import Genius gives customers access to shipping manifests for all shipments entering the United States

title: Where Does My Heart Beat Now

text: America", "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee", "Into the Night with Rick Dees" and "Super Dave". Dion also performed it on television in Norway and the Netherlands in 1991. She sang "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" during the Juno Awards of 1991 as well. She also performed it during her Unison Tour, Celine Dion in Concert, The Colour of My Love Tour, D'eux Tour, Falling Into You Around the World Tour, and her 2013 Sans attendre Tour. Live performances are currently available on the DVD, "The Colour of My Love Concert" recorded in 1993, and "À l'Olympia" CD from

title: Import

text: formula_5 and the real exchange rate formula_6. These are the two largest factors of imports and they both affect imports positively: formula_7 There are two basic types of import: Companies import goods and services to supply to the domestic market at a cheaper price and better quality than competing goods manufactured in the domestic market. Companies import products that are not available in the local market. There are three broad types of importers: Direct-import refers to a type of business importation involving a major retailer (e.g. Wal-Mart) and an overseas manufacturer. A retailer typically purchases products designed by local companies

title: Grey import vehicle

text: from the USA (as left-hand drive cars). Mercedes-Benz Thailand, an authorised distributor, does exist, but many Mercedes-Benz cars are imported and sold by grey importers. As of 2011, Mercedes-Benz Thailand has a new policy of not providing warranty work to grey-market imports. In Trinidad and Tobago nearly all used imports come from Japan, with some vehicles coming from Thailand and Singapore. Before February 2016, cars under six years old could be legally imported. Since February 2016, no car can be imported and registered if over four years old. An import licence is required and most imports are through dealerships. No

title: Import and export of data

text: Import and export of data The import and export of data is the automated or semi-automated input and output of data sets between different software applications. It involves "translating" from the format used in one application into that used by another, where such translation is accomplished automatically via machine processes, such as transcoding, data transformation, and others. True exports of data often contain data in raw formats otherwise unreadable to end-users without the user interface that was designed to render it. Import and export of data shares semantic analogy with copying and pasting, in that sets of data are copied

title: Import and export of data

text: data in non-automated ways (such as manual rekeying), and because lack of interoperability between systems unable to import or export data between each other causes stovepiping and lack of opportunity and efficiencies such as those seen in, for example, mash-ups. Import and export of data The import and export of data is the automated or semi-automated input and output of data sets between different software applications. It involves "translating" from the format used in one application into that used by another, where such translation is accomplished automatically via machine processes, such as transcoding, data transformation, and others. True exports of

title: From Where to Eternity

text: he responds that he does, and that God has been very generous to him. Tony agrees, and the two toast. The episode's title is a play on film "From Here to Eternity" (1953). It also refers to Christopher's taking a trip to the afterlife and not knowing whether it was purgatory or hell. From Where to Eternity "From Where to Eternity" is the 22nd episode of the HBO original series "The Sopranos" and the ninth of the show's second season. It was written by Michael Imperioli and directed by Henry J. Bronchtein, and originally aired on March 12, 2000. "*

title: Where Does This Door Go

text: Sound" stated, "For those awaiting more of Hawthorne's soul revivalism, his new carefree mentality has also had a positive effect on the songwriter's more straightforward soul affairs." Ryan B. Patrick of "Exclaim!" stated, "With "Where Does This Door Go", Hawthorne's falsetto-inflected voice has become more commanding, his production more intriguing and his indie-soul aspirations have morphed into mainstream ambitions." Andy Gill of "The Independent" stated, "Hawthorne's muse is steeped in '70 influences—notably falsetto and symphonic-soul giants like Curtis Mayfield and Barry White, while trailing threads of piercing lead guitar through songs like "Wine Glass Women" and "Corsican Rose" bring to

title: Import substitution industrialization

text: its intent, import substitution exacerbated inequality in Latin America. With a poverty rate greater than 30%, the internal demand that import substitution relied upon was not available. Protective policies and state ownership reduced the incentives for business risk, resulting in decreased efficiency. Lastly, the large deficits and debts resulting from import substitution policies are largely credited for the resulting Latin American crisis of the 1980s. Critics of neoliberal economics, however, argue that the elimination of tariffs in nations with immature tax systems reduces the government revenues that are required to service public debt. Import substitution industrialization Import substitution industrialization (ISI)

title: Come to Where I'm From

text: and remixed to become "Come to Where I'm From". As this was not the official finalized release, few promos were made. Note Come to Where I'm From Come to Where I'm From is the second studio album by Joseph Arthur released by Real World Records on April 11, 2000. The album was co-produced by T-Bone Burnett, and features the singles "Chemical" and "In the Sun." Real World Records reissued the album in July 2012, as a part of their "Real World Gold" series. In the UK, there were two singles released from the album: On March 11, 1999, a promo

title: Captive import

text: Captive import Captive import is a marketing term and a strategy for a vehicle that is foreign-built and sold under the name of an importer or by a domestic automaker through its own dealer distribution system. The foreign vehicle may be produced by a subsidiary of the same company, be a joint venture with another firm, or acquired under license from a completely separate entity. The brand name used may be that of the domestic company, the foreign builder, or an unrelated marque entirely (this is one type of badge engineering). Captive import arrangements are usually made to increase the

title: Parallel import

text: [https://www.dutchparalleltrading.com/ Statement on Parallel import and export, or parallel trade Parallel import A parallel import is a non-counterfeit product imported from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner. Parallel imports are often referred to as grey product and are implicated in issues of international trade, and intellectual property. Parallel importing is based on concept of exhaustion of intellectual property rights: according to this concept, when the product is first launched on the market in a particular jurisdiction, parallel importation is authorized to all residents in the state in question. Some countries allow it but others do not.

title: Import license

text: Import license An import license is a document issued by a national government authorizing the importation of certain goods into its territory. Import licenses are considered to be non-tariff barriers to trade when used as a way to discriminate against another country's goods in order to protect a domestic industry from foreign competition. Each license specifies the volume of imports allowed, and the total volume allowed should not exceed the quota. Licenses can be sold to importing companies at a competitive price, or simply a fee. However, it is argued that this allocation methods provides incentives for political lobbying and

title: Grey import vehicle

text: Grey import vehicle Grey import vehicles are new or used motor vehicles and motorcycles legally imported from another country through channels other than the maker's official distribution system. The synonymous term parallel import is sometimes substituted. Car makers frequently arbitrage markets, setting the price according to local market conditions so the same vehicle will have different real prices in different territories. Grey import vehicles circumvent this profit maximization strategy. Car makers and local distributors sometimes regard grey imports as a threat to their network of franchised dealerships, but independent distributors don't mind since more cars of an odd brand bring

title: Import

text: is given below: Basic trade statistics often differ in terms of definition and coverage from the requirements in the national accounts: Balance of trade represents a difference in value for import and export for a country. A country has demand for an import when domestic quantity demanded exceeds domestic quantity supplied, or when the price of the good (or service) on the world market is less than the price on the domestic market. The balance of trade, usually denoted formula_1, is the difference between the value of the goods (and services) a country exports and the value of the goods

title: Grey import vehicle

text: new importer dealerships are permitted. Grey imports from France are generally being most common in Senegal. There are also grey imports from Spain, especially vehicles formerly being owned by their taxi companies, though some are brought in from Italy or even Belgium. Grey import vehicle Grey import vehicles are new or used motor vehicles and motorcycles legally imported from another country through channels other than the maker's official distribution system. The synonymous term parallel import is sometimes substituted. Car makers frequently arbitrage markets, setting the price according to local market conditions so the same vehicle will have different real prices

title: Come to Where I'm From

text: Come to Where I'm From Come to Where I'm From is the second studio album by Joseph Arthur released by Real World Records on April 11, 2000. The album was co-produced by T-Bone Burnett, and features the singles "Chemical" and "In the Sun." Real World Records reissued the album in July 2012, as a part of their "Real World Gold" series. In the UK, there were two singles released from the album: On March 11, 1999, a promo CD titled Rusty Water was released via Virgin Records. The CD featured 13 tracks, most of which would later be re-recorded, edited,

title: CHL Import Draft

text: competition, and forces Canadians to prove their talents against a broader pool. In the four NHL Entry Drafts since the ban was implemented, 36 goalkeepers have been selected from Europe, 26 from elsewhere in North America (NCAA, USHL, NAHL), and 22 from the CHL. For the 2018 draft, the ban was lifted and European goalkeepers became eligible again for selection. List of CHL Import Draft selections, organized by IIHF member association of origin. "(Updated as of 2017 draft)" CHL Import Draft The CHL Import Draft is an annual event in which every team in the Canadian Hockey League may select

title: Import substitution industrialization

text: the industrialized West.” While import substitution policies might create jobs in the short run, as domestic producers replace foreign producers, both output and growth will be lower than it would otherwise have been in the long run. Import substitution denies the country the benefits to be gained from specialisation and foreign imports. The law of comparative advantage shows how countries will gain from trade. Moreover, protectionism leads to dynamic inefficiency, as domestic producers have no incentive from foreign competitors to reduce costs or improve products. Import substitution can impede growth through poor allocation of resources, and its effect on exchange

title: Import certificates

text: Import certificates Import certificates are a proposed mechanism to implement balanced trade, and eliminate a country's trade deficit. The idea was proposed by Warren Buffett in 2003 to address the U.S. trade deficit. In the United States, the idea was first introduced legislatively in the Balanced Trade Restoration Act of 2006. The proposed legislation was sponsored by Senators Byron Dorgan (ND) and Russell Feingold (WI), two Democrats in the United States senate. Since then there has been no action on the bill. Buffett's plan proposes creating a market for transferable "import certificates", (ICs) that would represent the right to import

title: Import scene

text: Import scene The import scene or import racing scene or tuner scene refers to the American subculture that revolves around modifying imported brand cars, especially those of Japanese brands. Car modifying has been popular among youths in the US, especially in Southern California, since the days of hot rods in the 1950s and 1960s. There is significant evidence indicating that import drag racing first started in Southern California in the mid-1960s, with modified Volkswagen Beetles, Ford Populars and Austin A40 Devons: Documentation of quarter-mile passes were published in "Hot Rod Magazine" as early as August 1965. Puerto Rico also has

title: Commercial Import Program

text: Commercial Import Program The Commercial Import Program, sometimes known as the Commodity Import Program (CIP), was an economic aid arrangement between South Vietnam and its main supporter, the United States. It lasted from January 1955 until the Fall of Saigon in 1975 and the dissolution of South Vietnam following the invasion by North Vietnam after US forces had withdrawn from the country due to the 1973 cease-fire agreement. The initiative was a trading plan that was designed to inject large amounts of American capital into the South Vietnamese economy to help fuel its industrialisation, growth and self-sufficiency, without incurring the

title: Import-Export Clause

text: purpose of the clause as: Import-Export Clause Article I, § 10, clause 2 of the United States Constitution, known as the Import-Export Clause, prevents the states and the federal government, without the consent of Congress, from imposing tariffs on imports and exports above what is necessary for their inspection laws and secures for the federal government the revenues from all tariffs on imports and exports. Several nineteenth century Supreme Court cases applied this clause to duties and imposts on interstate imports and exports. In 1869, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Import-Export Clause only applied to imports and

title: Import-Export Clause

text: Import-Export Clause Article I, § 10, clause 2 of the United States Constitution, known as the Import-Export Clause, prevents the states and the federal government, without the consent of Congress, from imposing tariffs on imports and exports above what is necessary for their inspection laws and secures for the federal government the revenues from all tariffs on imports and exports. Several nineteenth century Supreme Court cases applied this clause to duties and imposts on interstate imports and exports. In 1869, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Import-Export Clause only applied to imports and exports with foreign nations and

title: Import/Export

text: Import/Export Import/Export is an Austrian film by the director Ulrich Seidl from 2007. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot reward at the Yerevan International Film Festival. The film was shot in Vienna, Ukraine, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia from 2005 until May 2007 on 16mm film. Simultaneously, the film follows a nurse from Ukraine searching for a better life in the West and an unemployed security guard from Austria heading East for the same reason. Olga is a Ukrainian woman from Eastern Ukraine, who

title: Hot Import Nights

text: Hot Import Nights Hot Import Nights (HIN) is an auto show featuring compact and tuner import cars. The show originated in California and has been hosted in various major cities throughout the United States. The Hot Import Nights Company is based in southern California's Orange County with a network of associates nationwide as well as in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. The company serves the car enthusiast community which it helped build over the past two decades. Hot Import Nights (HIN) is the world's largest and most unique indoor/outdoor automotive lifestyle event and the leading influencer in the tuning

title: Hot Import Nights

text: Import Nights events typically feature promotional models. These models promote the products of individual companies/magazines/websites with booths, participate in fashion shows, and dance on stage with a DJ playing the music selections. Hot Import Nights Hot Import Nights (HIN) is an auto show featuring compact and tuner import cars. The show originated in California and has been hosted in various major cities throughout the United States. The Hot Import Nights Company is based in southern California's Orange County with a network of associates nationwide as well as in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. The company serves the car enthusiast

title: Where the Heart Is (UK TV series)

text: Where the Heart Is (UK TV series) Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite. First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone and focuses on the professional and personal lives of the district nurses who work in the town. The original leads were Sarah Lancashire and Pam Ferris, who played sisters-in-law and colleagues at the Skelthwaite Health Centre. Both actresses had left the series by 2000, but the format of at least two female leads continued with various actresses until the show's end. A

title: PIERS: The Port Import/Export Reporting Service

text: PIERS: The Port Import/Export Reporting Service PIERS is a brand of JOC Group, headquartered in Newark, NJ with multiple offices throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. JOC Group is a division of IHS Inc. Founded in the mid-1970s, PIERS was the first venture into digital global trade intelligence. PIERS gathers raw import Bills of Lading for all waterborne cargo vessels that enter and exit ports in the United States, sourced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Additionally, PIERS staff reporters manually collect export Bills of Lading from each port in the United States. These import and export records account

title: Commercial Import Program

text: the Saigon regime and its American sponsor" and that it "provided the means for a way of life that was as artificial as the economy upon which it rested". Kahin said that the initiative had the opposite effect of its stated aims, in that it promoted increasing economic dependency. Commercial Import Program The Commercial Import Program, sometimes known as the Commodity Import Program (CIP), was an economic aid arrangement between South Vietnam and its main supporter, the United States. It lasted from January 1955 until the Fall of Saigon in 1975 and the dissolution of South Vietnam following the invasion

title: Parallel import

text: been able to identify products exhibiting Price Discrimination, also known as the "Australia Tax". In 1991, the Australian Government resolved to remove parallel import restrictions from a range of products except cars. It followed this up with legislation making it legal to source music and software CDs from overseas and import them into Australia. An Australian Productivity Commission report recommended in July 2009 that legislation be extended to legalise the parallel importing of books, with three years' notice for publishers. The commission also recommended abolishing restrictions on parallel importing of cars. Federal Court of Australia decision shows that parallel imported

title: Captive import

text: lineup with vehicles such as the Dodge Colt. Mitsubishi would only start selling vehicles under their own name in the United States in 1982. In countries or regions where a foreign manufacturer might have a fully owned subsidiary that develops and manufactures vehicles or a strong manufacturing presence, a captive import can be a vehicle from the manufacturers' indigenous country or an affiliated manufacturer worldwide. Holden is the Australian subsidiary of American General Motors, and was considered to be a domestic manufacturer in Australia until Australian domestic production completely ended in 2017. In the past, Holden has also imported the

title: Import and Export (constituency)

text: narrowed from individual voting to some 1,000 electors are only limited to import and export companies. In 2016, there were a total number of 1,400 electors, 865 corporates and 535 individuals in the constituency. Import and Export (constituency) The Import and Export functional constituency () is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1995 as one of the nine new functional constituencies under the electoral reform carried out by the then Governor Chris Patten, in which the electorate consisted of total 113,241 eligible voters worked related to the import and export

title: Where It Is

text: 1987. The CD edition includes all of the group's early singles ("A Hundred Words", "This Means War" and the double A-side "Surprise Me"/"Forever Dancing") as well as the "Happy Now" EP, all of which made the Top 30 on the UK Indie Chart, but failed to reach the UK Top 75. Although "Where It Is" does not include any lyric sheet, and features spare, black and white cover art, each song is neatly accompanied by essential notes including recording and release dates. It didn't chart on the UK Albums Chart, but it reached Number 17 on the UK Indie Chart.

title: Marginal propensity to import

text: Marginal propensity to import The marginal propensity to import (MPI) is the fractional change in import expenditure that occurs with a change in disposable income (income after taxes and transfers). For example, if a household earns one extra dollar of disposable income, and the marginal propensity to import is 0.2, then the household will spend 20 cents of that dollar on imported goods and services. Mathematically, the marginal propensity to import (MPM) function is expressed as the derivative of the import (I) function with respect to disposable income (Y).formula_1In other words, the marginal propensity to import is measured as the

title: Import scene

text: Wangan as their own personal racetrack. The cars often were modified to attain high power (this is reflected in the arcade game: it allows cars to be upgraded to over , at the cost of having virtually no grip) with bodykits and other modifications to make the cars go fast. While not as well known as Initial D, the series gained a cult following after the arcade game "Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune" was ported to the US by Namco. Import scene The import scene or import racing scene or tuner scene refers to the American subculture that revolves around modifying

title: Import license

text: bribery. Government may put certain restrictions on what is imported as well as the amount of imported goods and services. For example, if a business wishes to import agricultural products such as vegetables, then the government may be concerned about the impact of such importations of the local market and thus impose a restriction. The Système Intégré de Gestion de Licenses (SIGL) is the European Union Directorate General for Trade's integrated IT system for the management of licences for imports of textiles, clothing, footwear, steel and wood to the EU. Import license An import license is a document issued by

title: Right Back Where We Started From

text: Right Back Where We Started From "Right Back Where We Started From" is a song written by Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards which was first recorded in the middle of 1975 by Maxine Nightingale for whom it was an international hit. In 1989, a remake by Sinitta, then 25, reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart. The music features a significant repetitive sample from the song "Goodbye, Nothing To Say", written by Stephen Jameson and Marshall Doctores, which was recorded first by Jameson under the name of Nosmo King, and then by The Javells featuring Nosmo King, both in

title: Right Back Where We Started From

text: title cut for a Sinitta retrospective released in 2009. Right Back Where We Started From "Right Back Where We Started From" is a song written by Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards which was first recorded in the middle of 1975 by Maxine Nightingale for whom it was an international hit. In 1989, a remake by Sinitta, then 25, reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart. The music features a significant repetitive sample from the song "Goodbye, Nothing To Say", written by Stephen Jameson and Marshall Doctores, which was recorded first by Jameson under the name of Nosmo King, and

title: Parallel import

text: Parallel import A parallel import is a non-counterfeit product imported from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner. Parallel imports are often referred to as grey product and are implicated in issues of international trade, and intellectual property. Parallel importing is based on concept of exhaustion of intellectual property rights: according to this concept, when the product is first launched on the market in a particular jurisdiction, parallel importation is authorized to all residents in the state in question. Some countries allow it but others do not. Parallel importing of pharmaceuticals reduces price of pharmaceuticals by introducing

title: Import scene

text: outside the original Japanese car crews and this attracted more outsiders to visit, as well as American Car race Crews to appear, which inevitably became somewhat problematic. This local Import Racers scene became a hotbed for pink slip racing and more aggressive tension between race crews. Non-Japanese automobile racers & car clubs started to appear from far outside the Gardena, Torrance, & South Bay communities and in approx. circa 1983-86 Import racers and midnight racers started to meet at another local restaurant called "Naugles," which was located on Western Ave & and 186th street. Naugles was the "1st obvious step"

title: Import parity price

text: Import parity price Import parity price or IPP is defined as, "“The price that a purchaser pays or can expect to pay for imported goods; thus the c.i.f. import price plus tariff plus transport cost to the purchaser's location. This and the export parity price together define a range of the possible equilibrium prices for equivalent domestically produced goods”." A simpler definition is used by the UN World Food Program: "“The import parity price (IPP) is the price at the border of a good that is imported, which includes international transport costs and tariffs”". The USAID Market and Trade Glossary

title: Import parity price

title: Kiss Does... Rave

text: of the CD version of the album comprised 19 rave tracks from the 1990s; the second disc contained 18 new rave songs from the 2000s. The USB version held 26 tracks in 256kpbs WMA format. "NME" described "Kiss Does... Rave" as being "the first album to draw the line between original and nu rave". Kiss Does... Rave Kiss Does... Rave is a compilation album released by the Kiss Network on 30 April 2007. It was released on both a two-CD album and on a 1GB USB flash drive – it was the first album in the UK to be released

title: Palmolein Oil Import Scam

text: plea of bad faiths (mala fides) and eventually obtaining a stay order from the Supreme Court of India in August 2007. The appeal remained pending before the Supreme Court of India until Karunakaran's death in December 2010. The government of Kerala decided to import 15,000 tonnes of palm oil from Power and Energy Ltd, a Malaysian company in Singapore, at a price higher than on the open market. The price of import was fixed to USD405 per tonne, while the international market price was USD392.25 per tonne. The import order was signed by P. J. Thomas, who was then Kerala's

title: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure

text: Allmusic, stated: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure From Gardens Where We Feel Secure is the first album by Virginia Astley, issued on her own label Happy Valley and distributed by Rough Trade Records. The album was released in July 1983 and peaked at number 4 in the UK Indie Chart. The album was trailed by a couple of its tracks "A Summer Long Since Past" and "It's Too Hot to Sleep," which were included on the 12" of the earlier single "Love's a lonely place to be." The album is an instrumental collection of tone poems that describe the

title: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure

text: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure From Gardens Where We Feel Secure is the first album by Virginia Astley, issued on her own label Happy Valley and distributed by Rough Trade Records. The album was released in July 1983 and peaked at number 4 in the UK Indie Chart. The album was trailed by a couple of its tracks "A Summer Long Since Past" and "It's Too Hot to Sleep," which were included on the 12" of the earlier single "Love's a lonely place to be." The album is an instrumental collection of tone poems that describe the cycle and

title: Greetings from L.A.

text: elsewhere (Detroit, New York, etc.) until it was deleted by Warner Brothers (whereupon Greetings continued to sell as a UK/European import into the '80's). The album was later re-released on November 7, 2005 in a compilation with debut album "Tim Buckley" by Elektra. All tracks by Tim Buckley, except where noted. Greetings from L.A. Greetings from L.A. is the seventh album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released in 1972. It was recorded at Far Out Studios in Hollywood, California. Like most of his other albums, "Greetings from L.A." did not sell well, this is probably his best seller (seeing at least

title: Captive import

text: automakers market captive imports is because "it is cheaper to import those cars than to produce them" in the United States. The Nash-Healey two-seat sports car was produced for the U.S. market between 1951 and 1954. It combined a Nash Ambassador drivetrain with a European chassis and body and was a product of a partnership between Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and British automaker Donald Healey. After the first model year, the Nash-Healey was restyled and assembled by Pinin Farina in Italy. The Nash Metropolitan, sold in the U.S. from 1954 to 1962, a captive import for Nash Motors (who designed it themselves,

title: Grey import vehicle

text: and are used and serviced without comment throughout society. A huge industry servicing and supplying parts for these vehicles has developed. After years of trying to stop grey imports the car companies themselves have become involved, importing in competition with their own new models and providing owners with spare part and repair services. Russia and many African countries, albeit not South Africa where second-hand car imports are illegal, import large quantities of secondhand vehicles from Japan and Singapore. Nevertheless, a great many used vehicles are imported, 94.6 percent of which come from Japan, most of which are Japanese makes. Most

title: Right Back Where We Started From

text: let's go and remake it... it was the original demo session...[That] multi million selling recording, I would think, cost [Tubbs] less than a £100 if you put the other tracks into the pudding". Released within two weeks of its recording by United Artists, who employed Tubbs in its art department, "Right Back Where We Started From" broke in the London discos and reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart dated 29 November 1975.<ref name="Chart For Week Up To 29/11/1975"></ref> United Artists issued "Right Back Where We Started From" in the US in January 1976, and the single entered the charts

title: She Does It Right

text: compilation album, "Twenty Five Years of Dr. Feelgood". She Does It Right "She Does It Right" is a song by the band Dr. Feelgood. Recorded in 1974 it appeared on their debut album, "Down by the Jetty". "She Does It Right" was also issued as a single in the UK in March 1975. It failed to reach the UK Singles Chart. Written by Wilko Johnson, and produced by Vic Maile, the song was Dr. Feelgood's second single release, following their debut with "Roxette". The b-side of the record, "I Don't Mind", was also penned by Johnson. "She Does It Right"

title: She Does It Right

text: She Does It Right "She Does It Right" is a song by the band Dr. Feelgood. Recorded in 1974 it appeared on their debut album, "Down by the Jetty". "She Does It Right" was also issued as a single in the UK in March 1975. It failed to reach the UK Singles Chart. Written by Wilko Johnson, and produced by Vic Maile, the song was Dr. Feelgood's second single release, following their debut with "Roxette". The b-side of the record, "I Don't Mind", was also penned by Johnson. "She Does It Right" was also later included in Dr. Feelgood's 1997's

title: Import-Export Clause

text: ports. The Export Clause (Art. I, §9, clause 5) prohibits the federal government from imposing any "tax or duty ... on articles exported from any state." The clause was proposed by southern states, which feared that northern states would control Congress and raise a disproportionate amount of revenue for the federal government from southern states through taxes on exports. The Export Clause has historically been interpreted in harmony with the Import-Export Clause. In "Brown v. Maryland" (1827), the Supreme Court remarked that "there is some diversity in language" between the Export Clause and Import-Export Clause, "but none is perceivable in

title: Import-Export Clause

text: remarked on the applicability of the Import-Export Clause to interstate commerce, remarking that "we suppose the principles laid down in this case, to apply equally to importations from a sister State." In 1860, Chief Justice Taney, who had argued for Maryland in "Brown v. Maryland", wrote the Supreme Court's opinion in "Almy v. California", which found a tax on a bill of lading for gold dust exported from California to New York violated the Import Export Clause. "We think this case cannot be distinguished from that of "Brown v. Maryland"," he wrote, concluding that "the state tax in question is

title: Mandatory Oil Import Quota Program

text: by President Richard Nixon. Mandatory Oil Import Quota Program The Mandatory Oil Import Quota Program was a program of import restrictions on oil into the United States, beginning in 1959. Created by Presidential Proclamation 3279 by President Dwight Eisenhower, the scheme was intended to prevent a dependence of the United States on imported petroleum supplies. From 1962, the maximum level of imports was set at 12.2% of domestic production. The program was established after an investigation by the director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization established that oil imports threatened to impair U.S. national security. The import quota

title: Mandatory Oil Import Quota Program

text: Mandatory Oil Import Quota Program The Mandatory Oil Import Quota Program was a program of import restrictions on oil into the United States, beginning in 1959. Created by Presidential Proclamation 3279 by President Dwight Eisenhower, the scheme was intended to prevent a dependence of the United States on imported petroleum supplies. From 1962, the maximum level of imports was set at 12.2% of domestic production. The program was established after an investigation by the director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization established that oil imports threatened to impair U.S. national security. The import quota was lifted in 1973

title: Nobody Does It Better

text: piece, became synonymous with Payton, particularly the end of the song where Simon laments how "Sweetness you're the best". "Sweetness" was a nickname for Payton. In the 1989 VHS release of "Baseball: Funny Side Up!" hosted by Tug McGraw and narrated by Mel Allen, the song was used for the opening sequence of bloopers and blunders from past MLB seasons. During the 1980s and 90s, clips of the song were used in commercials for the American Safeway supermarket chain, whose slogan at the time was "Nobody does it better." In the UK, the song was used in advertisements for the

title: Export–Import Bank of the United States

text: buyers and delays in ratification of the Articles of Agreement for the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The Export–Import Bank Act of 1945 increased lending authority from $750 million to $3.5 billion, almost a fourfold increase to help address these shortfalls. In 1945 and 1946 credit was offered to France, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Italy, Ethiopia, Greece, Poland and Austria to purchase equipment, facilities, and services from the United States. The financing was designed to aid reconstruction of the nations and to repair their import and export capability through the