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Some sports are more challenged than others, but we're committed to improving the numbers. We don't want any sport below 925. It's not an easy job. We just need to make sure that anybody who is admitted to the university has the ability to graduate, has the right support and is monitored appropriately.

Some farms have APH yields below their most-likely yields.

Some people were concerned that with yields below 2 percent there might not be enough demand for the bonds. However, the auction went okay and that spurred buying of futures.

Once you get past funny, my other qualities are so below average. It's not like I'm handy.

Now, ... instead of sacrificing to build assets, he is in effect trying to raise shareholder value and he was under pressure to do so because News Corp. stock was selling below the average of the other major entertainment and media companies.

Oil, oil, oil, the price of oil fell back below $US60 a barrel after some bearish inventory numbers. That was the catalyst that spurred some buying in the stocks.

Oil, oil, oil, the price of oil fell back below $60 a barrel after some bearish inventory numbers. That was the catalyst that spurred some buying in the stocks.

Oil could ease back a bit today, though the hurricane season runs into November so we're not out of the woods yet. Asian demand is still pretty strong, so we're likely to see some buying if it goes much below $60.

Oil below $60 a barrel grabbed folks' attention. When the market decides to pay attention to things is a bit of Rubik's cube, but this is a big deal.

Oil below $ 60 a barrel grabbed folks' attention. When the market decides to pay attention to things is a bit of Rubik's Cube, but this is a big deal.

Oil below $60 a barrel grabbed folks' attention.

Oil and natural gas prices have fallen sharply from their post-hurricane highs. However, production from the Gulf of Mexico is still down by more than 15 percent, keeping supplies tight. As of mid-March, the national average retail price of diesel fuel was around $2.55 per gallon, 60 cents below the record set after Rita but 35 cents (16 percent) higher than a year ago.

Once these restructuring initiatives are complete, North American capacity for the 'traditional' Big Three will likely drop below 10 million units, down from over 12.5 million in 2005.

Actually, it's quite a bit below normal right now, at least at the airport.

During the last month or so, those sea surface temperatures have been below normal, further enhancing what we have been seeing.

Do you realize there's no place to have a birthday party in Harlem? You have to go below 96th St..

Defensively, we were disruptive also. Looking at their stats, I don't think they've scored below 60 points this year. In fact, I think they only scored below 80 once. So to hold their basketball team to under 60 points tonight was great. We forced them into long shots and long turnovers, and we got run outs.

Demand worldwide is down, and we should eventually have more oil than usual in this country once more refined product arrives by the end of the week. It's hard to know what normal is anymore, but we will never see gas fall below $1 per gallon again in this country.

December advertising, which was down one per cent, resulted in fourth-quarter results below our expectations.

Despite recent rainfall, precipitation levels over the last two months are below normal in every corner of the commonwealth.

Depending on competition from other bidders, you can generally buy properties at public auctions for 25 to 35 percent below market value.

Anybody who misrepresents or doesn't voluntarily reveal that they are being paid to write the article by an interest obviously has fallen below the standard that we would hold any published author to.

An unemployment rate below 5 percent is a sign that the job market is getting tight. These kinds of job and wage numbers will keep consumers spending right into spring.

Appraisals are coming in high and that tells us the market is dropping. Prices may not be below where they were last year, but in some cases they might be below where they were three, four or five months ago.

Apparently a punch was thrown. Loren is hurting. It was below the belt. You don't get any better officiating crew than we had, and they said they didn't see anything, so it was fine with me. You hate to see something like that ruin a great game.

An idealist is ahead of his time only in the sense that he is articulate. The same is true of a nation. For even primitive people, even effete races have a message for those above or below them. The heritage of the Ideal, however small can not be exhausted.

Anything below a B-, for my whole life has been unacceptable.

Anything below 5 percent still amounts to a strong labor market.

An exchange rate below 10.60 gives the central bank margin to cut interest rates by 50 basis points.

Any time capacity drops below 80 percent in the steel industry, it has a drastic impact.

As a team, most of our guys shot around their averages for the season. Ryan Robley did shoot a couple of strokes below with his best back-to-back nines of the season.

A score of 70 would indicate a reasonable level of satisfaction. Anything below 50 should be considered totally unacceptable.

As a result, places in the Southeast, like Atlanta, are having quite a wet time of it, and we are getting nothing. There's not much in the way of relief for the next 10 days, and January through March show below normal predictions.

The big thing is the second-quarter sales and earnings (forecast) being below expectations. It's not going to be greeted favourably in this environment.

The big question now is whether the ISM survey will follow the Philly down and dip below 50,

Average earnings growth was far softer than anticipated. It remained at 3.5% ... and is well below the 4.5% rate that the Bank of England has in the past considered compatible with its inflation forecast.

August sales results were disappointing and merchandise margins were slightly below last year.

At six years, 70% of boys are below the mean for girls; so in other words, 70% of boys are worse than 50% of girls,

A threshold question is whether -- if the president is not above the law, as he should not be, is he to be treated as below the law? ... Is he to be singled out for prosecution because of his office in a case in which, were he a private citizen, no prosecution would result?

As oil prices go below $60 per barrel, it should translate to yen strength. I think we are far closer to a top in dollar/yen and it is reasonable to expect a turn in the pair.

That panel makes a decision about whether the doctor was below standard of care, whether he was negligent.

That time period has historically been a lower electricity cost time of year. However, in 2005 prices rose considerably due to the high cost of natural gas and other fossil fuels and temperatures were below normal.

That's in the groundwater, that's well below the surface and not unusual for a landfill.

That's kind of what everyone is waiting for. If we settle below $60 by the end of the week we may see some further pressure on prices.

The Mister Hyde is down here, below 8,000 ft, on the Front Range and out on the Eastern Plains and in Southern Colorado where the fuels tend to be as dry as match sticks.

You're not going to shut him down. He's going to get shots. He's going to take shots. He's got range. We've done a good job on a lot of guards this year, keeping them below their averages. You can't let him get going. He's been very dangerous this year.

You really have to get below 28 for four hours. I would rather have 32 than 80, even though it's not chamber of commerce weather. It keeps the fruit like a refrigerator.

You need skywalks in cities like ours, where it can get to 40 below zero to 110 degrees.

This is below the average for the last 25 years of 4,500 units per year.

This is a slight negative for the dollar, because the number came out below the trade deficit.

This is essentially Microsoft self-serving. The Microsoft names helps and it provides some much-needed cash for Nextel, but the price paid was somewhat below what it should have been.

This is essentially Microsoft self-serving, ... The Microsoft names helps and it provides some much-needed cash for Nextel, but the price paid was somewhat below what it should have been.

This is the first time since 2001 that the annual number of deaths in traffic accidents has fallen below 100,000. These figures show the effectiveness of our work.

This is the first time in two years the Civil Rights Initiative is below 50 percent. It's an amazing change.

This is not an easy course to take. However, our performance on the ice this season fell below our expectation. A new head coach will bring a new perspective, a new approach that will yield future results that we expect.

The weather was so mild this January there has not been as much an increase as normal. Throughout the winter, claims have run 10 to 15 percent below last year.

The whale spit fish at the surface of the pool and then sank below and waited. The gull came down to get the fish, and the whale grabbed it.

This doesn't do anything to change the expectation for payrolls tomorrow, even though it is eye-catching that claims fell below 300,000.

This cleans up our structures below and helps us be integrated.

This fund had another disappointing showing in 2005. Its 4% gain ranked below 70% of its peers in Morningstar's large-cap growth category.

This building is pretty much new from inside to outside from about 40 inches high. That's about how high the water got, and everything below that line is new.

This budget also is committed to fiscal discipline. It holds government spending below the level of inflation. In the non-security, non-homeland security area it reduces actual spending. And it's consistent with the president's commitment to cut the deficit in half by the time he leaves office.

Thirty-two jockeys were tested today before racing. They are given something called a no-go test which registers either a green or red light. Richard Quinn was the only jockey to receive a red light. It's a borderline result. A reading of below 17 micrograms is not sufficient to have any effect upon a rider's performance.

This is a minor correction of three-hundredths of a degree, concentrated in the tropics. The satellite data still suggest warming well below the levels the alarmists trumpet. Real-world data, as opposed to theoretical models, continue to point to a modest warming that humanity can easily adapt to.

This is a fairly big negative, correlated to other unfortunate news, like weak financial markets, which have their own impact. So far it still looks like the economy is growing, but below trend.

This has been a difficult year and our financial performance has been below expectations.

They that crouch to those who are above them, always trample on those who are below them.

Although we fell below our expectations for the fourth quarter, we enter 2006 with exciting new products.

Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a result of lower auto sales, we expect that GDP will still edge back above 4 percent on an inventory rebound, higher business spending, and hurricane recovery spending.

Although we are only one month into the second quarter, we are concerned by the May sales trend, ... We are hopeful that more seasonably warm weather in June, combined with the boost to the economy from lower interest rates and anticipated federal tax rebates, will trigger a strengthening of sales as we move into the summer. Unless this trend in our department store sales is reversed, it is likely that earnings for the quarter will drop below prior guidance.

Although the London index may have closed just slightly below these levels, with the overall mood for equities remaining positive, expectations are now for the market to hold onto these gains in early trade.

Although the gain in real GDP came in somewhat below market expectations, the details of the report were much more favorable,

Although the company met consensus, the quality of earnings was poor, in our view, because sales growth was weaker than we forecast, expenses were lighter than expected, interest income was above guidance, and the tax rate was significantly below historical levels.

Although our fourth quarter EPS results were better than expected, they were significantly below a year ago, reflecting a continuation of very challenging business conditions. While we are taking steps to improve our cost and expense structure, at the same time we are committed to maintaining our strategic investments in new product development and branding to strengthen our positioning in growth market segments in which we are currently underrepresented.

Although our cost reduction efforts will position Kodak for an improved 1998, the growing strength of the U.S. dollar, continuing competitive pressures and the phased implementation of the cost reduction program will make it likely that results during the first quarter of 1998 will be below those of 1997,

Although our business levels remain ahead of last year, overall volumes for the quarter are projected to come in below our expectations across all of our asset-based business units. In addition to general competitive pressure, some of our large retail customers have made significant inventory adjustments in the quarter, which have impacted our business levels.

A lot of people with technology and business degrees are unemployed or working in garment factories, way below what they're educated for.

A lot of the results yesterday have been a little disappointing. Microsoft had a decent quarter but was a little below expectations. It was the same with both Amazon and Coke.

Almost a third of these people were below the poverty line, ... would have to include a broad-based plan to revive business, industries and jobs.

Also, and very importantly, we think there is a high likelihood that management significantly lowers its earnings per share outlook during its analyst meeting this week, well below the current $1.28 Street consensus.

They made the approach here. They tried to get in. But the weather (conditions) were below minimum.

They not only missed revenue and guided below consensus, but they are giving us higher expenses, higher tax rates, so the numbers are going to come down.

This precinct, being a large precinct, is below average but that's more than I expected, ... My guess is we might get 200-250 votes based on the rate we are going now. I hope we beat that.

This means CPIX inflation will be below four percent by mid-year, raising the possibility of an interest-rate cut.

There was a time I never thought I would be below 200 in my life and I'm there, so that's one milestone I thought I would never be at and I made it.

There was no way I was going to recommend 15 years when that is below what the (sentencing) guidelines said.

There was no news this week that would drive mortgage rates in one direction or the other. Therefore, mortgage rates didn't have much reason to move a lot, staying below 7 percent for the second week running.

There were some times when I thought we didn't perform to our capabilities offensively. It may have cost us some. Do I think that we were way below the expectations of what we had? Probably not, but there were times when it became really apparent.

There really hasn't been much Arctic high pressure up there to come down, and what has come down has been a glancing blow. Even Canada isn't that cold. You have to go way up by Hudson Bay ? and way up in northern Alaska, to find anything well below zero.

The report came in below the psychologically important $60 billion figure many had been expecting due to mounting oil imports.

This is the start of a hiking cycle. A series of small hikes will follow until inflation falls below 3%.

This marks the second consecutive year BRE has introduced guidance well below the consensus estimate.

This is a very weak number and well below what everyone expected. It's not the kind of report the Fed likes to see, but I think they'll recognize that the economy is already rebounding and raise the federal funds target rate to 4.5 percent.

They reported much better earnings than we suspected. It was all based on Fingerhut being better than plan. Department stores were actually below plan, so the quality of that (earnings) improvement reflects better delinquency rates than anticipated.

They're perhaps approaching 75 percent or better by now. The consensus building is that there maybe a limitation to the upside in the quarter but it's not likely to get to the point where it's going to bring the numbers below what the analyst expectations are.

They're cutting holes through the roof ... hoping there's people trapped below that roof in a spot ... where there might be a little room for them to breathe and where they might not be crushed.

They're above the tracks and we're below the tracks.

They're only one division below us. They are a good ball club. They play very smart, and they're always communicating. I told (my players) at half that's how I want them to play.

There's a watch change at two in the morning, ... So seven people who have been on deck for four hours in immense waves and windchill get to go down below. They're covered in sleet. They're bruised. They're exhausted. And they've got four hours before they're due back on deck. They clamber out of their dry suits. They lay out their moldy sleeping bags on the bunks on the high side of the boat, and they get in. They've already used up 30 minutes. After another half hour, the wind shifts, and the guys on deck need to tack the boat. That means the guys down below have to wake up, grab their sleeping bags, walk across the boat, and lay out on the other side. Now they've lost even more sleep.

There's been a pattern change and we are looking at temperatures in New York which will average 6 to 10 degrees below normal. Things will bottom out on Wednesday when temperatures should fall to 18 degrees when the normal low is 34.