I once had to bank £7000 in takings from a shop I was managing, which is certainly the most British currency I've ever handled. From Wordnik.com. [The Friday question: money] Reference
The takings from the box office will be good, for once. From Wordnik.com. [I came, I saw, I spemmed] Reference
For years, New Hampshire allowed eminent domain takings for urban redevelopment projects. From Wordnik.com. [N.H. voters opt to curb eminent domain; smaller House districts also at stake] Reference
The time has come to categorically reject eminent domain takings solely based on underutilization. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » An Actual Court Victory for Property Rights] Reference
(So, for example, a 100% tax on compensation payments for eminent domain takings would not be okay, but this wouldbe.). From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Standing and Ripeness in State Lawsuits:] Reference
But the expanded concept of takings is already having dire consequences for environmental protection in the lower courts. From Wordnik.com. [The Hapless Toad] Reference
As a result, this so-called takings bill would actually take away the rights of your communities to control their future. From Wordnik.com. [Statement By The Vice President On Takings Legislation] Reference
A constitutional ammendment on the "takings" clause. From Wordnik.com. [A Challenge to right-wing readers of this blog...] Reference
Isn't the idea of "takings" meaningless since Kelo? bk. From Wordnik.com. [Constitution, Schmonstitution — What Gov’t Wants it Takes Law or No - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState] Reference
Let's read between the lines because all of the "takings" initiatives (as they are called), did not suddenly appear out of nowhere. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Kraus: Call to Action: Property rights this time, what's next? - Part 4] Reference
Well, the voters don't get to vote on the "takings" legislation, so the President will vote for them, and the President will vote no. From Wordnik.com. [President Remarks At 25th Anniversary Of Earth Day] Reference
Ms Joseph will give her "takings" to a local hospice. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
The Merchants who develop the demands for the "takings". From Wordnik.com. [Tyee - Home] Reference
Perhaps the most famous and controversial "takings" case came in. From Wordnik.com. [Click Orlando - Local News] Reference
While on the subject of "takings", is an easement a property interest?. From Wordnik.com. [deseretnews.com - Top Stories] Reference
The "takings" argument is an interesting one, but you know, Kelo worked out so well, didn't it?. From Wordnik.com. [Snowflakes in Hell] Reference
The entire battle of regulatory "takings" is rooted in the notion that corporations are persons. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Here we have six distinct "takings," invasions, or colonizations of Ireland in pre-Christian times. From Wordnik.com. [An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800] Reference
That sounds to me like grounds for a massive suit by the bondholders under the "takings" clause of the 5th amendment. From Wordnik.com. [Ron Paul Wins! | Campaign for Liberty at the Daily Paul - Blog] Reference
We are all incarnations, flesh-takings, of the infinite. From Wordnik.com. [Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles] Reference
Fletcher obeyed that order too promptly to allow of any further leave-takings. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
After the usual regrets and leave-takings, I started by the mid-day boat for England. From Wordnik.com. [Real Ghost Stories] Reference
They were seldom demonstrative to this extent save in his home-comings and leave-takings. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
It was soon time to parade for the station, and I had to rush through as many leave-takings as possible. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
He has not begun to obscure his intelligence by the vicious habit of purposed note-takings for literary uses. From Wordnik.com. [My Contemporaries In Fiction] Reference
They suspected the takings were going straight to the Provisional IRA's coffers, with the priest's connivance. From Wordnik.com. [Claudy bombings: Father Chesney, the 'Provo Priest'] Reference
Richard Epstein, a law professor at the University of Chicago, wrote a book on takings that's become a manifesto. From Wordnik.com. [Pay Me, Or Get Off My Land] Reference
Two years ago, he launched a wave of hostage-takings and beheadings, posting the videotaped decapitations on the Internet. From Wordnik.com. [‘His Work Was Done’] Reference
One can hardly think of late suppers without turning quite away to those ideal tea-takings of the Wordsworths at Grasmere. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
The three newest justices-Anthony Kennedy, David Souter and Clarence Thomas-are all likely to read the takings clause broadly. From Wordnik.com. [Pay Me, Or Get Off My Land] Reference
It is one of an increasing number of fin de siecle stock-takings, epitomized by Francis Fukuyama's recent "The End of History.". From Wordnik.com. [Through A Glass, Very Darkly] Reference
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