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There are very important policy issues and very complicated issues, and some basic factual issues that we think are going to be clarified by the Federal Circuit in about three weeks.

There is an interesting phenomenon going on now - which is that culturally we live in a world where we are surrounded by images of media violence, frequently fictional images of violence in terms of movies and television, and yet at the same time we are essentially shielded or prevented from seeing actual images of violence.

We must continue with the shortened session since our actual trading capacity hasn't been expanded yet. We plan to expand the system sometime around May or June. We'll make an official announcement on Feb. 21.

We must continue to follow the policy of being both strict and lenient according to the actual situation of the cases, and show leniency to the convicts who only committed minor offences or merited milder punishment and even exemption of punishment.

We look for actual GAF (General Merchandise, Apparel, and Furniture/Furnishings) spending - which accounts for most holiday spending by consumers - to reach between $172 - $174 billion, which would represent a 5 - 6 percent increase over last year, ... This could make the 1998 holiday season the best since 1994's 8 percent gain.

We started introducing clear pricing two years ago. The success of Mustang and Fusion proves that it works. We will bring sticker prices more in line with actual transaction prices and cap 'cash on the hood' rebates as we introduce new cars and trucks into the marketplace. It will protect our margins and consumers, too, through higher resale values.

Where it makes me a little bit uncomfortable is taking the editorial content and turning one of those words into a commercial thing. I just feel like the actual editorial content within a news story should be sacred.

Most of the time building permit activity has a direct bearing on actual construction activity, since developers do not want to expend capital to pay for permits only to be not working on their projects.

Most of the work, the jokes and the observations and the smaller narrative episodes, come with the actual writing rather than with the preparation.

I would've liked to see more spectators but the actual tournament was great.