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We remain focused on building on the momentum in all of our businesses to produce strong quarterly results, and I am confident that we will meet our growth targets for this fiscal year.

We're so far removed from the end of the season. There are still 20 games to go. We're all focused on our own group.

We're going to spend the next 30 days at least focused on relief restoration rather than business as usual.

We're going to enjoy this win for the moment, but I told them to come in Wednesday and be focused because Thursday is a totally different game.

What we're more focused on is continuing to get the aid and necessary supplies to those in need.

What they're really looking at is the long-term implications of this. In the past, there was a decidedly short-term mentality, and basically what (GM) would say is we'll settle so we can meet our quarterly profit projections. That's different today. The financial community is concerned about the short-term return?but what they're focused on is the long-term profitability.

When we can go inside to Curtis, he's good at scoring with the basketball. I've really focused this year on our offense. We're a little behind on defense.

When we got back to Philadelphia and we talked about it, we just said, we got a second chance here - we got a second chance in life, forget about basketball. It just made every guy grow up - I think every guy became a little more mature, a little more focused on what's important in life, and I think it had a cumulative effect on our team.

What a dumb number to be at. She's ready to go over 12-feet She has been really focused and could possibly regionally qualify at this meet.

We would see each other coming and going. She was really focused on training for her mission.

We felt like we let those two (games against South Carolina) get away. We've got to come back in more focused (today).

We believe we have the tools in place to stay on top these metrics going forward. We are starting the next phase of our service and quality initiative, which is focused on delivering faster project completion rates while maintaining our high quality standards.

We believe today's investment environment presents excellent opportunities for those with buy-and-hold strategies, and we encourage all investors ? particularly those with less experience in the markets ? to stay focused on their long-term investment goals.

What's interesting to me is how many vampire/urban fantasy authors are writing young adult series as well, often set in the same world as their adult books, but focused on a younger audience.

We're going to have to be intense and focused and take care of football.

We're just very excited it's behind us. We're looking forward now and we're focused on the future.

Unions are focused on this company and these lawsuits are only increasing, ... The other thing that both shareholders and analysts will focus on is: Where does Wal-Mart go from here? In other words, what is next in terms of its growth?

Usually, in the past, they were hard games for us. This year, we're more focused on those games. We don't want those games to slip away. We know we've got to come out early and set the tempo.

Usually I like to take a nap. I'm not sure (how it started). After a long day of school... Twenty minutes, that's about it. ... I listen to music to get focused and think about the meet or whatever it may be.

US product markets remain extremely weak at present, with most of that weakness focused in gasoline markets.

We're more than just a supplier to the trucking industry. We have always focused on helping to improve the trucking industry by offering innovative solutions, and we feel the need to do more than business-as-usual in this case. By helping to fund this specific program, we hope to make a positive difference.

With the launch of this website, Choice is opening the door to a new generation of hotel owners. The site will continue to evolve as we are focused on providing first-timers with the tools to make the right business decision, with the right partner.

With the information at his or her fingertips, someone in the emergency room or on call is able to give more focused and better care. When people don't know what's been done, they repeat things.

With the holidays now upon us, everyone throughout our global toy organization is focused on maximizing our performance during this season, ... We have begun to execute our holiday strategies, and we believe consumers are clearly recognizing that we have the widest assortment of toys available.

With my fiction, I focused on chapters and overall conceptions, while in poetry, I crawled along in the trenches of each sentence, examining every word for a sign of a deeper significance.

We're in uncharted waters now for (Scioto girls basketball). We've really focused on trying to play possession basketball. We preach that and we're working harder in practice. We should enjoy our seed, but we don't want to lose our edge.

We're just much more focused on what we're trying to do. We're trying to build our program to be a night-in, night-out winning program.

We're focused on working with that ASTB and doing what is necessary to get the government loan guarantees. A big part of that is getting all employees to participate in the recovery plan.

We're focused on this year's tough schedule. The SCIAC is really up this year. With the improvement in the league, it should be a dogfight week in and week out all the way to the end.

We're focused on things that will do one of three things. Put more electrons into the system, more electricity, reduce the demand by conservation and energy efficiency, and make the transmission, distribution, billing and generating system more efficient.

We're focused on the SMB market. Our customers are Fortune 500 companies and down. We don't sell into the data centre. Our focus is on simplicity and ease of use.

We're focused on the Internet community. That market today is for PCs.

We're focused on stopping it right now. Maybe after we have it under control we'll explore the origins of the outbreak ... even if we knew what was causing it, it wouldn't change how we are addressing the situation.

We're focused on our program, making our stuff as good as we can make it and then we'll find out how we stack up against the competition.

We're focused on N.C. State. The way we lost last year ...

We're focused on managing our capacity for maximum effectiveness, in order to best serve our customers with a broad range of solutions, including our suite of converged IP services. Alcatel continues to be a valued partner and contribute strongly to our industry-leading network performance and global capabilities.

We're focused only on improving at this point,

We're focused on keeping the House open, not shutting it down, ... It's the opposition that seems to be focused on shutting it down and dragging Canadians back to the polls.

We're focused on getting good, solid design wins that put us in a good position for the future.

We're focused on fixing and returning, I should say, our North American business to profitability as quickly as possible.

We're focused on finding out the cause of crashes so we can take the best approach long-term to saving lives.

We're focused on a positive message for America. The president and vice president have provided unwavering leadership in some of the most challenging times of our country.

We're not an uptight bunch. We just like to have fun. A lot of coaches like the team to be quiet and focused before a game. The way we focus is to clown around. We think about the task at hand. But we don't worry. We like to have fun, study and practice hard.

We're a veteran group. We have a lot of upperclassmen with a lot of experience. I think with this team, we're more focused on not just going to the bowl, but going in and winning.

Throughout his tenure, Mr. Raines sought to create a leadership culture that focused on openness and good governance.

Yes, Daniel Robbins has decided to leave Microsoft to pursue his passion for software development with an independent software vendor where he will be focused on building in .Net on Windows. This move also takes Daniel and his family back to their hometown community of Albuquerque?We thank Daniel for his contribution to Microsoft and wish him the best of luck on his new job.

We're really focused on rebounding and forcing turnovers. We know our defense is there; we need to work on our offense a little more.

We're really focused on outfitting teams from top to bottom.

We're real excited and focused and relaxed. Our season is not about how we started out but how we finish. It all comes down to a one-game playoff and we feel we can beat St. Joseph.

With version 1, we've focused on consumers and families but there is definitely a need for classroom situations so we're looking into that for future versions -- specifically, the ability to apply a policy that administrator or teacher can set up across multiple PCs.

We knew what we had to get done. We knew the things that had plagued us in the past were turnovers, penalties and not making the plays when we had the opportunity. We were a lot more focused today. That starts with Mike and Matt.

We knew what they were going to do to try to break the press. We just had to adjust to it. We got active. We're focused in on Saturday.

We let the game get away from us, it wasn't that pitch that lost it. Overall, we just didn't have great games yesterday and it humbles us a little bit and makes us even more focused for our upcoming competition.

We knew they liked to penetrate and dish off to the open shooter so we focused on stopping that. We defended them very well in the first half.

We lack social awareness because we're so focused on what we're going to say next - and how what other people are saying affects us - that we completely lose sight of other people. This is a problem because people are complicated. You can't hope to understand someone until you focus all of your attention in his or her direction.

We know what we're playing for. We know what we're going to Milwaukee for. It's just a matter of us keeping everyone focused. I think we were really focused last weekend, which was why we were able to be so successful.

We know how long it's been since somebody won back-to-back, but we're not focused on that. We're trying to get another state championship for us. That would be lovely to know that's your place in history. If we win it, it will be more special to us.

Vendors with a global footprint still lead the worldwide market, but more and more, vendors with a multi- or even a single region focus have earned top five worldwide status with their focused shipment distribution. The departure of other worldwide vendors has opened the door for smaller vendors to improve their position within the market. During the course of the year, several smaller vendors remained within striking distance of beating each other for the number four or five position, and even posed a challenge to some of the worldwide vendors.

With this complex issue, the devil is truly in the details. Too much of the debate has not been focused on provisions that would bar the courthouse door for many immigrants who deserve their day in court and would require that everyone in the United States who wants to work must apply for 'permission to work' from the government. Congress should not pass a bill until these misdirected provisions are addressed.

We're still learning, but we have a lot more experience than we did last year when we were 0-3 in the league at this time last season. After the East Valley game, we've been focused on improving every game.

We're seeing a continuation of the trends that were generally in place through much of the first quarter. We continue to see a number of uncertainties below the surface, but investors have mostly focused on the positives.

We've got a tough schedule from now on. We have to keep focused and working hard for our ultimate prize.

I'm more focused at the plate- that's the key.

What the terrorists have done has caused us to take an assessment of what's important, ... I have been concerned for too long about a culture that says if it feels good just go ahead and do it. I believe that this nation is strong enough, and focused enough, and dedicated enough to usher in a culture that says each of us is responsible for the decisions we make in life.

When everything is lined up, you always look at the kicker to make sure he's ready. Usually Andy would give me a nod, or something, as a signal. But on that kick he never looked at me. He was totally focused on the spot.

We want it. In the Stanford game last year, I was horrible, and I think we all played pretty bad. That is something we are determined not to let happen again, and I think we are good enough when we are focused not to let it happen again.

We want everybody out there, and we miss the guys who are out, but there's a mentality in the room where we're focused on what's in front of us. It's just something that builds over the course of the year.

We were a superior team, but we brought out some bad intensity. I think it starts from practice. We need to get fired up, get focused and have good work habits.

We were a lot more conscious of him. I think, to begin with, we were probably focused on (point guard) Baron Davis more than anybody, because he makes that team go.

We are also focused in a preliminary way on the 2006 season.

We actually focused on getting stops and rebounding. And we definitely did that. There are signs of us peaking, and I think it will come at the right time.

We actually focused on getting stops and on rebounding. And we definitely did that.

We accepted full responsibility for the wrongdoing that occurred, and we felt that the loss of scholarships, extended probation, and other penalties imposed by the NCAA were an appropriately severe response to the violations. Our appeal was focused on the additional postseason ban, because we believed it fell disproportionately on the current, innocent players and coaches.

We always feel we win in our business when we stay focused on our strategies and our customers. It has always been a competitive business and it will continue to be a competitive business.

We are very focused on the fact that people do not have a paycheck at this point. We want to get money into their pockets so they can make their own decisions on what they want to do,

We are very focused on securing and maintaining the servers on our network. From a security standpoint, there should be no difference between servers.

We are very focused on improving our fleet's velocity and creating additional capacity for our existing and prospective customers by applying economics, which maximize the utilization and performance of our fleet. Ultimately, by improving the velocity and utilization of our fleet, we lower the cost to the shipper community for barge transportation.

We are very focused on hoping that these negotiations do succeed,

This will probably be the last time we say he has a steep learning curve. He's now got experience of all the rallies and his year will be focused on building on 2005's solid foundations. Both he and the team will be looking for good finishes.

This was as good a team as we've ever had. We have depth and versatility as well as star power. This team has been on the same page since September. They've been very focused and committed.

We are heavily focused on the federal marketplace; it's 98 percent of our revenue.

We'd go to games, and there were fans wearing T-shirts that said 'transfer' on them, and they'd start in with all kinds of chants. I thought it was kind of funny. It was rough at first getting all of the transfers on the same page, but we just stayed focused and took care of business.

What we really focused on was trying to defend today. They defend well. We were trying to push the ball and keep their score down and we did a good job of doing that. We didn't shoot well, but defensively we did a great job, boxed out and kept their men in front of us.

What we'll be focused on in early January will be more reports on how the holiday season went for retailers.

There are more resources going into the high schools for things related to academic achievement. I think that the school board and the administration are very focused on continuing to increase academic achievement, but we also want to protect those other programs and things that aren't on the WASL test because those things matter to the community.

We shift back and fourth between a focus on supply versus the world situation. Today we are focused on supply because of tomorrow's report.

We've been in the planning stages on a number of things for some time. We will now be very focused on developing the TOD (transit-oriented development) sites.

We've been hitting the ball hard, and we've really focused on hitting the ball in the gaps. We're not happy with just singles.

We really hit a turning point in our win over Iowa Western. That win answered a lot of questions people had of our team. It's a matter right now of staying focused heading into a tougher stretch of matches.

We really focused on trying to slow her down a little bit and making somebody else do something to beat us. The game plan we had, defensively especially, really worked.

We really focused on the big three. We kinda slowed them down a bit, but we couldn't slow the perimeter down.

We really focused on controlling the basketball and making them work on defense. To make the separation we had to do the grunt work.

We're absolutely focused to keeping to time and keeping within costs because delays cost money,

We're absolutely focused completely on Spanish Fork. If you get caught looking too far ahead then you don't get far ahead. The bigger picture takes care of itself.

We rarely have turnover. Our employees are our product. They represent us out there everyday. We are focused on hiring good people, training them and keeping them. We are fortunate that we have found good people and they have found us.

We're a rodeo association, not a bull-riding association. Our efforts should be focused on making our rodeos better.

We're a pretty focused team and know we can't look past anyone. We know (Mid-Prairie) is going to want some revenge on us.

We held their offense to one touchdown in the first half. Things were looking good. In the second half, we lost our focus. We knew what we had to do to stop them and we would have stuck with them if we were focused in the second half.

We heavily focused on native plants for this event. All of these plants will be native to North America.

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