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The optimist would say we're in the early stage of a broad rally, the pessimist would say this is a dead-cat bounce and markets are going to head lower as oil heads toward $50 a barrel.

The original sense of the word 'influence' is 'to flow into.' For the most part, these writers that I admire... their style flows into me without my intervention, which is what explains the broad range of writers who I've been compared with; it reflects my reading.

umbrella sense of real personal treatment, real customer service and spanning a broad financial arena.

This whole bid process has been a great experience for me personally. It's given me an even deeper appreciation of how much hockey means to such a broad cross-section of the Ottawa community. I felt it was very important for us to bring a strong delegation to Calgary. I'm confident we gave Hockey Canada and the site selection committee a lot to ponder on why the nation's capital would be the perfect backdrop for hosting the World Juniors.

This visit will represent one of the key milestones in the broad and complex undertaking that both countries work together to contribute to international growth and stability in ways that benefit both countries.

We give our firefighters broad latitude to make decisions regarding their safety.

We have a broad spectrum of representation at this point. And we're trying to take in as much input from the community as possible.

Through the broad extent of country over which you have marched by your respect for the rights and property of citizens, you have shown that you were soldiers not only to defend but able and willing to defend and protect.

To his right walked a huge red-headed man, with broad smile and merry twinkle, whose clothes seemed to be bursting and splitting at every seam, as though he were some lusty chick who was breaking bravely from his shell.

You hate to think someone can commit a crime in broad open daylight and never have anyone arrested or charged with it, brought to justice.

What we are doing is attempting to open it up to appeal to the broad base of the community. There's a lot of things to delineate, particularly with the short time frame to get it on the ballot for June.

What we are doing is a broad initiative to make sure that every product we sell contributes to profitability. But we have not changed one bit our mission to provide people a place where they can find and discover anything on the map.

We tell them about Earth science, astronomy, plant science and marine science. But what we don't do is explain what the four basic sciences are and what the building blocks are. We go too broad too early. We don't go in depth enough.... You've got to understand the big picture of what science is and how all the sciences relate to one another. If you don't do that, you'll never get it and you'll never get a real interest in science.

We tried to get a broad representation of the student body.

We just put 'proven and probable' reserves, but now there are three broad categories.

We went into a period there where we could not hit the broad side of a barn. We knew we had to shoot the ball well, since they are so much bigger than us, we knew we would not rebound.

We think it's firmly in a downtrend and will continue to see further weakness - pretty broad based weakness.

We're very interested in broad asset classes. So many people's portfolios have gravitated toward large growth.

We feel positive about our many growth opportunities and our cost reduction initiatives outlined in January. We also have already begun to see the benefits from our lean manufacturing initiatives and have experienced a broad base of support for these efforts throughout our operations.

You get the impression we're pretty sanguine about the broad economic outlook.

We should have a string of pretty nice, dry autumn weather complete with a warming trend as we go into the weekend. That broad ridge of higher pressure should control our weather until Wednesday of next week.

We're devastated. In 30 years we've never had anything remotely like this happen. You worry about (it), you would expect this kind of thing on the midnight shift. But this was broad daylight on a Monday morning. There's still a body in there.

We are still ready to negotiate. I urge the United States to take a broad view,

We wanted a broad enough range to choose from, but not so large a list that we were spinning people's wheels.

We have decided to open a broad diplomatic offensive,

Both events have the broad appeal for males and females with a wide range of people and ethnic diversity, so they will allow us to have a broader range of creative work over both events.

Both companies are evaluating a broad array of strategic options.

Bookings outpaced even our strong sales growth during the fourth quarter driven by a combination of broad end market demand and longer lead times. In addition to higher order rates for products supporting notebook and desktop applications, bookings for products serving the display end market increased significantly.

Bob's broad range of interests, his quick wit and his deft interview skills will engage viewers in the best King tradition, ... We are delighted that he will be filling in for Larry from time to time.

Branding New York City is too broad an image these days. It's no longer as powerful on the macro level. The trick is to find the brands that are unique, but not so niche and so in-the-know that only 12 people who live in the neighborhood will get it.

Broad Ripple attacked the basket and gave us some difficulty with its transition. But in the second half, we did a better job of getting back and our trap helped turn things around.

Broad perceptions among Pakistanis of the government as indifferent to them are being reinforced.

Broad participation is the key to a cleaner, healthier environment,

Broad claims of authority and broad claims of illegality are equally suspect.

Broad based support is needed among manufacturing customer organizations to support standards development and deployment activities. The success of this effort and future development of standards based software components is dependent upon demonstrating a strong market need and customer commitment.

Brown-Foreman has kept its portfolio relatively simple and its ambitions broad by focusing on these markets in Europe.

Be Silent yourself, that will induce Silence in others. Do not fall into the habit of shouting, talking long and loud. Reduce contacts to the minimum. Carry with you an atmosphere of quiet contemplation, wherever you happen to be. The less you talk, the more will become your mental power. With the increase in your mental capacity, there will be increase in your power of discrimination too. Consequently, you will give up individual discrimination . Because of this, you will begin to consider the good of the world at large rather than your own individual welfare. You must cultivate such broad feelings from this young age itself.

Even in tough economic times, when most companies cut back on training and on relocating people to develop their skills, these companies keep right on doing it. That gives them a broad pool of people to promote. And it helps with retention, too, because employees can see long-term opportunities.

Between these two there lay a broad zone comprising all the centre of the country which was a land of blood and violence, where no law prevailed save that of the sword.

Bob has extensive experience as both a legal executive with leading corporations and a partner in major law firms. His broad range of experience will be extremely beneficial as we continue to execute our aggressive strategic growth initiatives. We couldn't be more pleased to have Bob as part of our executive management team.

Every minute this broad spends outside of bed is a waste of time.

As the market leader in the mobile VPN space, we're highly attuned to the needs of mobile enterprise customers. We've seen significant demand for Windows Mobile 5.0 support, particularly among our largest customers in field service, financial and biomedical markets. This release sets the stage for broad adoption of Windows Mobile 5.0 powered devices among our current and future customers.

As the global mobile workforce grows, so will collaboration vendors need to offer more flexible, integrated and cost-effective solutions to meet their needs. Suppliers successful at addressing these mobile workers' needs reflect the customer focus and commitment necessary to support the broad range of mobile devices in use today.

As the elected executive, we believe the governor has broad power to guarantee the continued smooth delivery of state services.

As the work was decreasing, it became harder and harder for us to justify that broad base of skills while remaining competitive.

As Thomas Friedman points out in his bestseller 'The World is Flat,' broad changes in global education, technology, world economies and markets and communication have made the world's citizens more dependent on each other than any other time in history. The south Montgomery County area similarly is impacted by what occurs around the world.

Corporate governance mandates, new business practices and recently created regulatory agencies have made this a dynamic time for accounting and finance professionals at all levels, and have led to new opportunities and challenges. To succeed in this environment, accountants must go beyond their traditional roles of simply delivering financial data. Rather, they will need to discuss the implications of this data in the broad context of compliance and how it impacts other areas of the business.

consider some action to stop the proliferation of businesses on Broad Street, which do not cater to shoppers.

Comprehensive reform is critical to strengthening our worker pension system, and I remain confident that the House and Senate can complete our work on broad reforms this year,

And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.

And, you know, we're looking at some broad themes for the convention, stronger at home, respected in the world, and looking at -- at how John Kerry's career and life experiences play into those themes.

During his tenure, Charlie used his broad business experiences and sound judgment to help steer the company through many challenges over the past decade. Through Charlie's leadership, we have built a world-class financial organization and strengthened Lilly's reputation for sound financial operations, transparency in our financial reporting, and strong internal controls.

During his 36-year career at GM, Mike has made a tremendous contribution to GM in a broad range of assignments, ... And, he's been a long-time advisor and friend to me and many others in the company. We thank him and wish him well.

(FedEx) is really a play on the broad based global recovery. Sort of moving out of the truckers, moving into the international people away from a strict domestic U.S. focus, more toward international focus,

Everything we know in biology agrees with Darwin's theory of evolution in a broad sense, and the theory is tested probably 1000 times a day in various laboratories without anyone going out to test it. They (the American-funded movement to foist intelligent design teaching onto science teachers in Australia) really want a science teacher who may well be atheistic anyway, introducing the concept of God into science. It's a ridiculous idea and has no place in science teaching.

There's probably broad agreement within the Tory party for that. There's no concrete details on that, but you get the impression that Conservatives would probably support that as well. Obviously, the Liberals would support it because it's their program.

There's a fine line between tasteless and crass and just out-there, offbeat sensibility. This is sophisticated lunacy. ... If you are looking for a very broad silly comedy, it works on that level, but if you are looking for something intellectually subversive, that's really there, too.

There's no way you can get jazzed up about the broad technology market, no way,

The time has come for major tax change. We need a broad tax cut.

The United States is a leader across a broad range of scientific disciplines. Our technological prowess is part of our greatness as a nation. Sadly, among the rich industrialized nations, we also lead by a substantial margin in the rate of poverty among children.

Is there a right to privacy under the Constitution? If so, what does it cover?' These are the broad questions senators must ask, ... You cannot ask a question that encompasses all possible disputes, but you can get a pretty good view of a nominee's philosophy. The American people have made clear they want to know what the nominees think of the basic principle of Roe v. Wade, and they've made it clear they expect nominees to answer questions.

'Is there a right to privacy under the Constitution? If so, what does it cover?' These are the broad questions senators must ask, ... You cannot ask a question that encompasses all possible disputes, but you can get a pretty good view of a nominee's philosophy. The American people have made clear they want to know what the nominees think of the basic principle of Roe v. Wade, and they've made it clear they expect nominees to answer questions.

'Islamism' itself is such a broad and nearly meaningless word as used by the mainstream Western press, including everything from Turkey's AKP party to al Qaeda.

I share with my colleagues a broad consensus on what needs to be done, although there are issues where I want to move faster than they.

It would probably have to be pretty narrow because I think both constitutionally and probably politically people don't want to tinker with the commitment to the public school system in a broad way.

I understand that laws like this are necessarily broad to prevent future loopholes, but this bill would seem to cover things as innocent as the Linux operating system and many legitimate security diagnostic tools, which in the wrong hands could be used for criminal purposes.

Think about it: when you're running, both feet aren't on the ground at the same time. Running is a form of jumping. You're jumping from one step to another. There's a correlation between vertical jumps and broad jumps. That's why we have so many jumping drills in our camps. My favorite saying is: If you jump high, you jump fast.

The Russian-U.S. relationship is so important and so broad that it could not be damaged by the Kosovo situation,

I've taught everything, ... I've taught kindergarten. I've taught adult school at night. I taught math in high school for nine years. I think I have broad experience. I made a purpose to study multi-age education and how it benefits children.

It would be minimal. In a broad perspective, we shouldn't really be looking for a tremendous slowdown.

These storms are pretty big and broad sometimes, so you take no chances. This is standard operating procedure when storms like Rita appear.

These storms are pretty big and broad sometimes, so you take no chances.

These results show the ongoing strength of our broad business portfolio, ... We saw very good customer response to our new System/390 servers and continuing strength in services and hard disk drives.

The sheer growth of the sport and the broad demographic that follows the sport make it appealing.

These data indicate that the deterioration in the labor market has not been halted. Therefore, the slowing in the broad economy has likely not been halted either.

These mid-day fights in broad daylight on State Street is a broad change from how gangs used to steel their difference, which tended to be more in back allies at night, in neighborhoods belonging to one gang or the other. Meeting together in the most visible, heavily traveled area of Santa Barbara is something we want to stop right now.

The secretary-general and the United Nations stand fully behind the millennium development goals, which are internationally accepted and which have the broad support of member states and civil society.

The strength of our nation depends on the strength of our schools, especially those in large urban districts that serve so many of our children. Broad Prize finalist districts are doing what some say is impossible -- improving students' performance, regardless of their race or family income -- while at the same time closing persistent achievement gaps. Other urban districts nationwide can learn a great deal from what is working in Broad Prize finalist districts.

The strength in platinum prices reflects two key factors: the broad enthusiasm for commodities by investors and speculators, and the continued tight industry fundamentals.

The solicitation will be broad enough to accommodate a wide variety of product types, including national and regional vendors. We expect that the solicitation will lead to a healthy competition among potential providers.

The study process was able to point us toward a balance, based on good science and broad consultation, ... Whenever a balance is struck there are going to be those who will be displeased.

The (student) had to get some stitches but he'll be okay. Regardless, we have a weapon involved where desperate people are doing desperate things in broad daylight. Students need to be vigilant.

The strong sentiment of the US and Japan markets helped push up the index. The rally is very broad based.

The signs are positive, are good, that there will be broad participation, that the results will reflect the views and the will of the Iraqi people, and that there will be a firm basis for moving forward on the next step, which is an election, another nationwide election on 15 December. And the infrastructure of democracy is growing, is strong.

The telling of these truths is an important part of our work in building a strong and broad peace movement in the United States.

The sweet spot in the market during 2005 was systems priced between USD 50,000 and USD 149,999. This segment, which serves the needs of a broad range of data centers and applications, grew to over USD 1 billion in the fourth quarter.

The sweet spot in the market during 2005 was systems priced between $50,000 and $149,999. This segment, which serves the needs of a broad range of data centers and applications, grew to over $1 billion in the fourth quarter.

The surge in the Monster Local Employment Index in February suggests a healthy and confident business climate across all major metro areas in the U.S., with particularly strong growth amongst markets in the West and South. The first quarter of the year is clearly off to a solid start with the Index results showing strong, broad growth in employer demand for workers.

The Sunnis are joining the base of this broad political process. That will ultimately undo this insurgency. But of course, they can still pull off violent and spectacular attacks.

The thing we learned from this is to build broad coalitions. It all starts with relationships.

Sosa was great because he appealed not only to the Hispanic audience, but he appealed to the African-American audience as well as Caucasian audience. So he was the perfect fit because he had such broad appeal.

Sony is one of the largest and most influential consumer electronics manufacturers and entertainment companies in the world, with a broad range of quality products, ... For the sixth year in a row in the annual Harris poll, consumers rated Sony as America 's number one brand. As the newly installed global head of Sony, Howard is a natural choice for the 2006 International CES keynote program and we are thrilled to announce his participation.

TEC is in just about every industry. Being the largest in the world at what we do, we have a very broad based membership. We're kind of a representative sampling of small to mid-sized business in this country as well as other countries.

Sometimes I watch the broad comedies coming out of Hollywood and I think, 'You know, sex is a big part of people's lives, but is that really the only thing men are ever concerned about?' People are more complicated than they appear in film or television.

See the Divine in everyone. Eschew hatred and ill will. After years of devotion, many still lack a broad outlook and an all-encompassing love.

Scientists and academics in particular focus on detail and the minutiae. When they talk to each other, they usually don't focus on the broad ideas; they don't focus on social interconnectedness. They focus on the task that they're doing.

Right now, we're looking at the 16th straight quarter of double-digit profits. We've seen broad gains, not for the entire world, but it's going to be a very decent quarter.

Prayer must be broad in its scope - it must plead for others. Intercession for others is the hallmark of all true prayer. When prayer is confined to self and to the sphere of one's personal needs, it dies by reason of its littleness, narrowness and selfishness.

Say you have cancer - you have this broad thing we call cancer; we're going to irradiate you and pump this poisonous material into you and hope more of the bad stuff dies than the good. That is going to seem so medieval when we can fix it on a genetic level, and Foundation Medicine is the first step to diagnosing it on a genetic level.

Quayle has given a broad sense of credibility to Cerberus. Having a respectable person like Quayle earns the trust of people who doubt the company.