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From every indication we have from interviews, he intended to hit the concrete barrier.

I don't think his resignation actually ends the story at all. And I think it now offers the Democrats more concrete proof that there is something wrong in Washington.

I don't think we've done nearly a good enough job tracking the money in Washington and the influence it buys in concrete terms.

For weeks after 9/11 you could smell the dust and pulverised concrete in New York, and the National Guard came in, so there was a military presence on the streets. It was intense. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking.

For more than a century, Pennsylvania contributed its natural resources to the nation and the world, leaving behind environmental scars, pollution and a reduced ability to compete for economic development. Our policy agenda provides a specific list of concrete actions our state can take to reverse this trend and make our state competitive.

Giving thanks are the concrete steps to happiness

If the Fed offers more concrete action on the end of the tightening, it is possible that the subsequent move of the small cap market may be sideways to down.

He is entitled to his opinion. We can only say that we have no concrete evidence that an attack is planned.

He'll hopefully be in the race but there's nothing concrete to speak of at the moment.

Whatever Frances didn't destroy, Jeanne took apart. We stripped the hotel down to the concrete structure.

Whatever direction we go in will not be justified by history any more. It's no longer about history, but about the concrete problems that we have. This has really changed.

There is a general consensus in the community of the need for a multipurpose facility. A general consensus doesn't provide the details needed for funding, so we are collecting this data to solidify the consensus into a concrete form.

There is no concrete plan. I think development is certainly possible, but I don't think there is any guarantee.

There is no accord yet, only an idea. This is a theme that needs to be examined when we receive a concrete proposal.

We're offering a concrete business model with which we can go forward with vendor partners to allow readers access to the contents of our books in way that satisfies readers' interest in sampling and discovery.

We support leading scientists who make concrete and crucial contributions to the innovation of science and technology.

We are full speed ahead right now. All of our main supplies should show up this month, and we'll start pouring concrete and won't stop until we are finished.

We are extremely encouraged by the vision and leadership shown by the OIC and ISESCO in mobilizing Islamic countries to accelerate progress for children. UNICEF shares their commitment and stands ready to work with them to ensure their actions have a practical impact and generate concrete results for children.

To express is to drive.And when you want to give something presence, you have to consult nature.And there is where Design comes in.And if you think of Brick, for instance,and you say to Brick,""What do you want Brick?""And Brick says to you""I like an Arch.""And if you say to Brick""Look, arches are expensive, and I can use a concrete lentil over you. What do you think of that?""""Brick?""Brick says:""... I like an Arch

What we have done today is to set down the most concrete benchmarks by which the conditions in which the elections in Zimbabwe are able to take place, with an overriding imperative -- even at this late stage -- of trying to secure as free and fair elections as is possible.

We look at a vast number of opportunities every year at locations around the country, but we tend not to discuss anything until there is some type of concrete announcement to discuss.

We look at their ability to learn, how fast they are, how quick they are. And their experience. What have they done with their life? What concrete accomplishments have they made? Are they a finisher? When they start a project, can they finish the project, or do they start 20 projects and then have them all open-ended?

I always dreamed of having very concrete engineering plans, something like that.

He knows the secrets of the sea, of the woods and of the vineyard. They are simple and natural worlds, beautiful and varied. He prefers them to the concrete and hard worlds built by other men. Ideas blossom very quickly, and then they are very painstakingly realized and evolved. His many harvests of thought go on and on, and the origins emanate from things as simple as a golden bluebell. Like a positive parent he gives love at the moment of creation, bowing to the beautiful things that he originates.

I think it is still possible to have a peace agreement, ... It is not a minute possibility. It is a very concrete possibility. Again, the talks in Abuja are not bad at the moment. It is going to the right direction. They are not divided in Abuja. The situation is much better than people are saying. It is not lost.

I think it's important for us to not overstate what we know, ... We want to be concrete about what we know and what we don't know.

It could affect it bad, if the dust gets blowing or the concrete gets blowing.

I think the only thing the government can do in a concrete way is to look at the supplementary revenues we have with the GST and ... return them to the poorest people of our society who have to pay more for their energy bill in general,

It isn't clear how concrete this report is, ... We would like to do our best so that no such thing happens.

It is important to keep in mind that some dairy products, like whole milk and many types of cheese have a lot of saturated fat, which we know can increase the risk of heart disease and possibly other cancers. Also, many dairy products have growth factors such as insulin-like growth factor I, which have been shown to promote breast cancer cell growth. More study is needed before we can make concrete recommendations." ()

It is not a credible report, ... too much politics and less concrete actions.

It is no longer about promises of aid tomorrow, it is about signing up today to concrete actions starting now to deliver for every child in the world the chance of education.

It is indeed, ... But to get the oil from the Caspian Sea into the hands of the West you can't use buckets. You need pipelines and those pipelines have to be installed and protected. The oil reserves in the Caspian Sea are vast. The pipelines mean that security in the Balkans is of concrete economic and strategic importance.

I will believe it when I touch the trophy, not before. They are young. It's all right, they can dream. I am a concrete man and I want to continue to work hard. When I wake up I start to work. Dreams finish with the night.

Last Night was pretty low-key as far as activism. But I want to know what motivated police concern to infiltrate, and there are other people in town ... who want concrete assurances they haven't been spied on.

Pakistan wants concrete legislation by the European Union countries including Denmark with backup laws to control unlimited freedom of press which allows anyone to disrespect others.

Our goal in sponsoring this resolution is to encourage China to take positive, concrete steps to meet its international obligations, to protect human rights, and fundamental freedoms of the Chinese people.

Our critical security systems are operational. All our Energy Department nuclear materials are secure, ... Some of the high explosives are kept in concrete bunkers surrounded by earth and we don't see any problem.

Overall, they have an intention to firmly implement the agreement. But the question is how they will do that in a concrete way and no agreement has been reached on that score.

Party (Communist Part of China, or CPC) and government organizations should place the two matters high on their agenda and look for concrete achievements,

Our language is polarized. Concrete words are usually the language of poets. Abstract words are usually the language of politicians.

My previous best was 6-4. On 6-8, I thought I would clear it, but on my third attempt, I slipped on the concrete and scratched. I'm just having a little fun and I ended up winning my event.

My method is different. I do not rush into actual work. When I get a new idea, I start at once building it up in my imagination, and make improvements and operate the device in my mind. When I have gone so far as to embody everything in my invention, every possible improvement I can think of, and when I see no fault anywhere, I put into concrete form the final product of my brain.

I will then come up with concrete legislative proposals by the end of this year. I want to make sure we get the best conditions for investment and growth in e-communications markets.

I was in Nashville, Tennessee, and I saw - we talk about crumbling bridges - I saw one, concrete literally falling onto the underpass below, threatening auto traffic.

I tell my clients to never use any de-ice product that contains salt. Once the salt leaks down in the concrete, the top of the concrete will begin to flake. You really can't repair concrete once it has maintained salt damage.

I think (impact fees) have been overshadowed by the increase in concrete and steel. It seems to have settled down.

We nonetheless hope that this tool will provide some of the accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons. We also look forward to adopting concrete commitments in the near future to regulate the activities of brokers of small arms and light weapons.

The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to try to discover behind them the only concrete realities, which are human beings.

That's a tough one. It's difficult for me to give a concrete answer. We've had so many lineups and people getting hurt.

Most of our schools and other divisions have taken concrete steps to determine how they can support university students whose families have felt the brunt of Hurricane Katrina, ... Several are accommodating students from Gulf Coast colleges whose plans have been entirely disrupted this fall.

Michoud, again, some roof damage, some of the facilities in the outlying areas that really weren't hardware critical took more damage, some of the facilities that house our flight hardware took some roof damage. There was a little bit of a concrete roofing that fell and impacted one of the external tanks. We haven't been able to evaluate that yet, it's still ongoing. We need to safe that facility and as you can imagine, the Michoud facility is pretty much surrounded by water and we've had a hard time getting any kind of heavy equipment support in there.

When that happens, it's a clock. It's nature's clock, and we are able to predict tide levels based on what we record today. Today, as I speak, right in front of me there's a construction crew. I'm looking out the window and they're driving pilings and pouring concrete for a dock. You would hope the engineers knew just how high the highest tide would be there.

We haven't really heard any concrete information about it yet. We like going down to Madison, when you think of the state meet you think about Madison. I swam there for my state meet and it's always been such a big deal to go to Madison.

Whoever can step up to the plate first and own this issue, and come forward with concrete proposals to address it, they'll have an advantage.

We can't find any more concrete example of Arctic warming, which is twice as fast as in any other part of the world,

We hope the Japanese side will make positive and well-meaning responses with concrete measures and join hands with China to put bilateral ties back on track and move toward healthy and stable development as soon as possible.

We hope that in the next few hours, or thereabouts, we will get more concrete information about these hostages,

We hope it will be a beautiful day, but we've got a covered concrete building at the Farm Center in case of inclement weather. We'll have the cook-off rain or shine.

We hope it shows ? yes these things are effective. We want concrete evidence.

We have taken the leadership role we promised last year. This is by pushing for concrete targets and timetables,

We have to raise the money to do this move. We're paying for that concrete slab at the VAC; it's only fair. And we'll need to sustain funding for the ongoing restoration, too.

We handed them a complete file, which is a concrete evidence of cooperation with the tribunal and fulfillment of obligations that we took upon ourselves.

We've had leaders who spoke of national affirmation instead of independence, who said they were waiting for winning conditions or who talked about sovereignty without taking concrete action to bring it about,

We will also be conducting additional tests on the spent fuel pool concrete to determine if any further cleanup is needed prior to the demolition of the spent fuel pool building this year.

We have this intention in the long-term, but at present we don't have any concrete plan.

We were given clear concrete tools. The course did a great job demystifying the art of fiction writing and fostering confidence. The instructor brought complex concepts down to earth. I will miss coming here every week.

History makes one wise, but not competent to solve concrete problems.

Under the current scenario, a round of profit-taking usually comes shortly after bargain hunting. Without any concrete regulatory stimulus and rosy corporate earnings reports, the market faces a downward pressure after gaining more than 10 percent this year.

We can build a 50-foot concrete wall around a refinery, it just costs a whole lot of money, ... That kind of storm is extremely rare. At some point, somebody said, 'This is a risk I can live with.

We are committed to the maintenance of peace and stability on the peninsula and support continuation of the six-party talks and look forward to concrete and verifiable progress toward a complete and permanent nuclear weapons-free Korean peninsula.

We don't have any information on that. We've got some allegations but no concrete evidence.

We are on the right track in Europe -- trying to build Europe on concrete results.

The only reason we didn't add it at the time is that Old Salem wanted a more visual historic quality than concrete apron so we pulled it out of the contract and did it separately.

We are definitely in concrete talks with the U.S. to be Frankfurt's Guest of Honor in 2008.

We are not going to extend the ceasefire just for the sake of extending it. We would like the Indian government to come up with a concrete solution or else we are prepared for any eventuality.

We have lost about four weekends of work that we were going to pour concrete. And people are asking us why do we only pour concrete on the weekends. Well, we need to close couple lanes and we need three days for the concrete to cure.

Tomorrow tire conservation is going to be tricky with the surface changes and all concrete on the track. I think we have done a good job and Jorg put in a great lap. We are always nipping on their heels in qualifying and that is the way we like it. But the real result up for grabs is tomorrow.

We are looking for a concrete sign that Mr. Layton is ready to defeat this government,

There is a U-shaped footing around the base of the shelter, so that when we pour wet concrete on the unit they anchor firmly in the ground. Then we continue to pour concrete -- up to 12,000 pounds of concrete.

The prospective increase in the budget deficit will place at risk future living standards of our country. As a result, I think it would be very desirable to take concrete steps to lower the prospective path of the deficit.

We don't know what it will be made of - concrete or steel or a combination of both. Steel costs right now are so high. And, maintenance costs over time can be higher with steel. It certainly won't be $50 million.

We didn't stop construction this winter. We've got more than 12,000 cubic yards of concrete in there now. It's more than half way.

The demand for concrete has been outstripping supply for several years. We've become more steadily dependent on imports.

The explosion did displace manhole covers two round steel ones and it also displaced a concrete cover as well.

The real thing is the heart, you know the heart shouldn't be covered with concrete.

We urge the U.S. government to use the tools at its disposal to persuade the Russian government to take concrete action to reduce piracy significantly.

We're trying to make the promises as concrete as possible,

We build all of our houses out of concrete blocks.

With a building of this kind, because it's masonry, it is more susceptible to weather than maybe a steel frame building, because steel is not as affected by rain and cold in same way that rock and concrete is,

We don't anticipate any concrete problems similar to this.

We will continue talks tomorrow. We will make efforts so that we will be able to bring about concrete results tomorrow.

There have been some intermittent improvements over the years, but the station has, over time, experienced deterioration to its concrete passenger platform. We have conducted annual inspections that revealed water infiltration and the effect of salt corrosion.

When I see a spot with concrete on three sides, I get goose bumps.

Why should a female hip-hop artist have to spend time in an urban concrete jungle while other female prisoners are assigned to rural, suburban-type prison camps?

We've come a long way from the charcoal grill by including gas ranges, sinks, faucets and countertop prep areas along with pizza ovens, fireplaces and even concrete seating. Long gone are the days of drab, grey concrete. Through methods of stamping or staining, there are hundreds of color choices, patterns and designs that can be used to create any shape you can imagine.

We also hope the Iran side, the EU side can ... adopt concrete and practical steps to break the deadlock so as to quickly resume their dialogue, consultation and negotiations.

We believe in the need to have a safe building. We have a safe room that's practically a vault -- it's reinforced with 2 feet of concrete all the way around.

This will help people who have been uncertain (about the fats in foods) to be much more concrete about what's in these foods.

There is no reason to support such a proposal when the system of appointed members still exists and no concrete timetable has been laid down by the government on how to achieve universal suffrage.