Sentences with phrase «about illicit»

Bitcoin's meteoric rise has captured the attention of the White House, according to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who cited growing concern about illicit use.

When three people barged into his home armed to the teeth with guns, knives, and an insatiable desire to take what wasn't theirs, the victim was able to passively allow them to go about their illicit business, knowing that the things they stole would be replaced by his policy.

The more likely concern they had was that Ledger had initially lied 7 months earlier on his application about any illicit drug use.

After all, spam is about illicit drugs, diets and deals scams»...

For more information about illicit diamond flows, please see a briefing paper by Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada available upon request.

There's even some decent voice acting and the beginnings of a story about illicit government experimentation gone horribly wrong.

When three people barged into his home armed to the teeth with guns, knives, and an insatiable desire to take what wasn't theirs, the victim was able to passively allow them to go about their illicit business, knowing that the things they stole would be replaced by his policy.

Instead of confronting them about the illicit liaison, Ted sets about carefully concocting an elaborate plan for revenge.

Researchers are analyzing sewage for clues about illicit drug use in Europe.

«We are thinking about illicit drugs detection and this could be the next aim we focus on,» says the project's sensor specialist Frank Schnürer of the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Testifying in the White Plains federal corruption trial of the plot's alleged mastermind, ex-City Councilman Dan Halloran, Manhattan GOP Chairman Daniel Isaacs said he called then - Republican mayoral candidate and Gristedes tycoon John Catsimatidis about the illicit offer made outside Spark's Steakhouse in Manhattan on Valentine's Day 2013.

She also conceded that because smoking is so prevalent among inmates it was «unlikely that many prisoners would complain» about illicit smoking in public areas.

The Alberta government did not issue a province - wide warning to doctors about illicit fentanyl until December, 2014.

Not exact matches

As Brito points out, «There is nothing illicit or illegal about bitcoin.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has been vocal about bitcoin's ability to aid criminals, telling CNBC in Davos in January his main focus on cryptocurrencies is «to make sure that they're not used for illicit activities.»

And while nearly 30,000 families are now receiving benefits from Colombia's Comprehensive Program for Illicit Crop Substitution, that's only about one - quarter of the families who have signed collective agreements, which is just the first step in a long process to get aid.

Trudeau met Thursday in Ottawa with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who told their joint news conference about his country's decision in 2000 to decriminalize illicit drugs, and how that has helped to mitigate their addiction problems.

A few weeks prior, the Bank of England governor warned about a major regulatory crackdown Regulation cryptocurrencies to address illicit activities is a positive message viral.

For instance, he throws out the old canard about women conspiring to form a «shadow government» behind the scenes in order to function as illicit leaders in the congregation.

Jeremy, you could write a novel, without any thing illicit being said or done, as Lewis did, about a man who found ways to talk about Jesus (Gods Grace you know what I mean) over and against the forces surrounding him.

In short, even if this attitude could be considered hardly «politically correct» according to the current sensibility, we must not ignore the fact that according to our tradition the society that is about to make these decisions is greatly exceeding illicit limits and it is our duty to oppose these choices, not to remain indifferent.

There's nothing illicit about a marriage license that specifies Spouse A and Spouse B, and I was wrong to imply that it would be intrinsically wrong for a pastor (or anyone else) to sign one.

So the villagers came up with stories about how the Jews poisoned the river and engaged in various grotesque and illicit practices.

He knows all about this — in order not to follow it, but rather by the very opposite conduct to keep as free as possible of these deceptions, that he himself may not adopt any illicit way of deriving some advantage from the Good (earning money, distinction, and admiration) and so that he may deceive no one by a figment of the imagination.

Perhaps, like Anna Karenina's illicit lover Count Vronsky's line adopted as that film's tagline, Malick's only message is, «You can't ask why about love.»

Ted Haggard spoke publicly for the first time about his fall from grace two years ago when he was caught in a double - life of illicit sex and drug use.

If our models are to lead us to ask, and seek answers for, new questions about the world, we must regard them as something more than «logical superfluities», «illicit attempts at explanation», «convenient fictions», or the like.

Underage drinking and driving is a growing problem in this country, and drugged driving is also a concern, with marijuana the most commonly identified illicit drug in fatal accidents (about 14 percent of drivers), sometimes in combination with alcohol or other drugs.

They can also help you figure out the best approach to talk to your teen about the possibility of illicit drug use.

We're talking about ridding the party of the establishment class - ridding Washington of the Washington elite monsters that have given us this illicit government that people just can't stomach any more.

She tried without success to get him to talk about allegedly illicit dealings with Schneiderman when Schneiderman was a state senator, a source told The Post.

Revealing that Africa loses about 50 billion US dollars annually to corruption, he advocated greater efforts in addressing «the causal relationship between corruption and illicit financial flows.»

He also disclosed that suspected illicit drugs totaling about 779.572 kilogrammes were seized within the period.

Anthony Weiner did a round of television interviews today, joining the declared field of candidates in attacking Christine Quinn's record on term limits, and offering some new details about the timeline of his illicit texting.

He urged the court to compel him to immediately mount the witness box to explain all he knew about the alleged illicit transactions.

«We did expect that the cannabis - primary individuals would be less likely than the illicit drug group to use formal treatment; but very little is known about the magnitude or nature of such differences,» says Kelly.

Researchers also noted that little is known about the efficacy and safety of off - label use of naloxone for treating overdoses related to newly emerging illicit uses of more powerful opioids such as fentanyl and fentanyl derivatives.

The confidential survey also asked participants about their use of illicit drugs — marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine.

1 - lack of relaxation 2 - devitalized food 3 - unfulfilling employment (dead - end jobs) 4 - dead - end relationships (romantic or not) 5 - surgery 6 - junk food 7 - trans fats and rancid fats 8 - financial stress 9 - sedentary lifestyle 10 - excessive exercise 11 - death of a loved one 12 - alcoholism 13 - smoking 14 - illicit drug use 15 - prescription drug use 16 - toxins 17 - poor eating habits 18 - marital stress 19 - repeated traumas 20 - workaholism 21 - nutritional deficiencies 22 - hormonal imbalances 23 - oral contraceptives 24 - stimulants 25 - counterproductive attitudes and beliefs 26 - conventional hormone replacement therapy 27 - non-prescription drugs 28 - psychological stress 29 - persistent fears 30 - emotional stress 31 - lack of sleep 32 - being in denial about feelings 33 - acute or chronic infection 34 - repeated stresses 35 - persistent negative stressors 36 - fun or enjoyment deprivation 37 - allergies 38 - caffeine 39 - white sugar and white flour products 40 - antacids 41 - artificial sweeteners and colors 42 - major life events — even if perceived consciously as «good» (e.g.: graduating high school, moving, etc..)

The research, which came from several top marital affair and illicit dating sites, surveyed more than 11,000 affair website members to find out more about their cheating habits and discovered that the greatest volume of site activity takes place on just one day — January 6th.

Ashley Madison teamed up with YourTango to ask 1,300 male and female respondents about how and why they partake in their illicit affairs.

Addressing the skeptics who think there's something illicit about his service, Wade noted his experience growing up as a shy, socially inept «nerd» who had little luck on the dating scene.

Illicit Romance provides a nicer / better extramarital dating During the last glacial period, and up until about 10,000 BC, most of Ireland was periodically covered in ice.

So if you're looking for singles as crazy about music as you are, you'll meet great Extra-Marital Dating sites UK for No Strings Illicit Affairs and Adult Dating.

The only difference now is it seems our government currently doesn't care about throwing their illicit behavior in the faces of the American people and back in the days of Kennedy and Nixon, they at least tried to keep it hidden.

The revelations in the film about modern cultural anthropology are indescribably delicious, speaking to pleasure in a way that Jonathan Rosenbaum once identified as including the sensations of fear and unbalance — as an experience, the picture is as exhilaratingly unnerving as only an illicit document can be.

Based on the book by Jake Bernstein titled Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite (clearly, they couldn't use that title), the movie focuses on the story about leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonesca, which showed how the wealthy and other such connected people funneled money illegally in and around the world.

Its opening scene is fiendishly clever, a distillation of all that Ansel is as he tries to skive an illicit second comped meal at a restaurant by a hotel at which he is giving a seminar about cults, mind control and deprogramming.

This time around, the truth comes out in ugly fashion, and the miffed mistress ends up a tad torn about continuing to carry on an illicit liaison with a proverbial Ugly American she now recognizes as a bit of a narcissist.

Amalric speaks frankly about the stakes involved in collaborating with wife Stéphanie Cléau on the film, in which an illicit affair leads to a very public murder trial.