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I think to an extent we've taken for granted the last few Fed meetings, and next week's meeting takes on more significance, ... A quarter-point hike is pretty much expected, but I think the relative bumpiness of the recent economic news could mean the Fed will indicate that rates may not rise as aggressively last year as people had been thinking.

It is obviously a huge disappointment to lose a player of Chris's quality. The club has granted Chris his wish to move on and I would like to wish him all the best for the future.

It is necessary that the Silverstein organization be granted the $3.5 billion in Liberty Bond financing requested so that these efforts may continue without delay.

I was always steadfast in my belief that the amount of shares being granted were obscene.

I think there's a part of him that cares. He's always been one of the top defensemen and he's always played so well, that I think you just take him for granted because he's so dependable and so good. But, yeah, I think more people should know about him.

O Yahya! take hold of the Book with strength, and We granted him wisdom while yet a child / And tenderness from Us and purity, and he was one who guarded (against evil), / And dutiful to his parents, and he was not insolent, disobedient.

Our goal is to hold teams down rather than score more points than they do. The kids played really hard today. We're not taking anybody for granted here, so this was a good win for us.

Over 150 tribal nations have passed resolutions demanding that I be granted clemency. And of course millions of people just in the United States alone, and multi-millions around the world, have been supporting me.

RIM has consistently acknowledged that Supreme Court review is granted in only a small percentage of cases and we were not banking on Supreme Court review.

Picasso's lifetime ... reflects a wide diversity of style development and also technical innovation, ... He invented things that we take for granted today (like) the invention of collage, assemblage, cubism -- as a style, his surrealist period which is so rich.

Organizations that have been granted tax-exempt status ought not endorse specific candidates for public office. What we have in Odessa, what some people actually seem to be proud of, is an ongoing problem with separating the prerogatives of church and state.

State and federal forestry officials granted that money with the assumption that they were dealing with legal entities, which they were not. We need to make sure there are no liability issues.

Sprint does not just want to treat the enterprise like a big wireless consumer. Endpoint access must be secure before the user is granted network access.

That comes down to veteran leadership. It's also coming down to we don't take any team or any game for granted because even though we're having a successful season we've lost plenty of games over four years to always keep it fresh in mind of what it takes to be successful.

My thesis was on kinetics studies with the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase. When that was finished, I was granted a British Council Fellowship to work under the supervision of Malcolm Dixon.

Linda Lovelace and Gerry Damiano were witnesses for the government, ... They were granted immunity. I was not. They took the stand, pointed at me and said 'Yes, that's the guy.' 

I will then proceed to exercise the invitation granted to me by the president of Nigeria.

I'm sure after the Shore Conference (Tournament), everyone thought we were a joke. We take things for granted a lot of times. I think we do better as underdogs.

Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.

We no longer take it for granted that we can't be the most productive manufacturer. That's the way it used to be in the 1950s and l960s. We need to get back to that, as one element of a strong position in this excess capacity world that we're going to be in.

Don't take anything for granted. If you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a little more confidence.

The 1890s was a decade when life began to change in urban America. Modern conveniences that we now take for granted came into use; women's roles became less restrictive; and San Francisco, a port city with influences from all over the world, was a lively place in which to reside.

The 17-year-old was granted driving privileges out there. They had video games and arcade games out there.

I wasn't sure how or where my story would end. Once I knew we were granted the awesome blessing of another baby, her arrival became the natural ending to my story. I liked the idea of ending the book with a new beginning.

You just take the water for granted and you use it as you normally would. But then you go somewhere else, and you start drinking their water. You can taste the difference.

We have taken for granted our northern border, with excellent friends we have in Canada,

We really take for granted how easily we get things done today.

We don't foresee any problems (against Santa Clara). Of course they are a little stronger than last year. We have decided not to take any game for granted either.

We are truly surprised and disappointed by the DOT's actions. The decision is inconsistent with all of the DOT's prior decisions wherein they have consistently granted ATI to other global alliances, especially when, as here, the proposal is pro-competitive and will greatly benefit consumers.

We have to. I think teams took us for granted and we jumped on teams early. We just have to keep doing the same no matter who's in the lineup.

We have traveled a hard road, and grew as a football team, and individually. This is a very grounded and resilient group of guys. We've never taken anything for granted and looked beyond the next game. We have kind of had tunnel vision throughout the process.

We can see who was granted clemency and why, ... The big donors to the President's campaign were able to buy justice, something we just couldn't afford.

We came out and to our credit we didn't take for granted that we beat them once fairly handily. We realized the score was zero-zero tonight and we wanted to come out to a good start, pressure them, make some good shots and get out to an early lead. We were able to do that.

We were hollering '3,' and when I got over to the corner, he said he didn't hear it, and I probably should've called timeout and made sure he understood that. I think I took it a little too much for granted for this young man to know what to do, being down three with 18 seconds or so.

We were granted one of them. A major. He was standing outside the courtroom with his granted immunity, and the judge ruled his testimony irrelevant.

Assistance granted to the unemployed does not dispose of unemployment. It makes it easier for the unemployed to remain idle.

It is extremely difficult for our contemporaries to conceive of the conditions of free banking because they take government interference with banking for granted and as necessary.

The president has set a principle: No bank with an unsatisfactory CRA rating could take advantage of any of the powers granted by this deregulation,

We are disappointed that the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) has granted bail to some of those individuals currently detained pending deportation,

You do kind of take him for granted because he's so used to doing it. He's had the ball in his hand ever since he was a kid, so it's second nature for him.

You'd have to say all of them, but Barry Sanders was special. I remember the one highlight film against the Bears -- that's the one that stands out -- and he's had a couple of great games against us. The guy is amazing to watch and to play against. I might have whiffed on him once, but I saw a lot of others whiff on him, too. You can't take any one back for granted because others will make you whiff, too, but he really stands out.

We're not taking anything for granted at this point. Our feeling is when and if there is a division title in hand, then we can start looking ahead.

We're not taking anyone for granted and we're playing for the Big East championship.

We're not saying that we should turn into a nation of clock-watchers. Most people do not mind putting in some extra time when there's a crisis or an unexpected rush. But too many workplaces have come to depend on very long hours. They get taken for granted and staff have to do even more if there is an unexpected rush,

We are pleased that the Japanese Patent Office and the European Patent Office have upheld the validity of these important patents. The confirmation of these inventions strengthens our patent portfolio in Japan and Europe and emphasizes the international value of the many licenses granted by Qualcomm.

What you take for granted will change someone's life.

We pride ourselves on operating legally. Now the Interior Department is claiming it has the power to cancel royalty relief granted by Congress.

We pride in operating legally, ethically and responsibly. We believe the Interior Department does not have the power to take away the royalty relief that was granted by the Congress in 1995.

We had some guys just look over that game and just take it for granted that we would lose. We have to go in there and try to win. This can't be a game we go into and say, 'If we lose it's no big deal.' It's a big deal.

We do expect that any concessions and exception granted to India in the context of NSG (nuclear suppliers group) or any other multilateral arrangement will be applicable to Pakistan also.

The decision is inconsistent with all of the (agency's) prior decisions wherein they have consistently granted antitrust immunity to other global alliances, especially when, as here, the proposal is pro-competitive and will greatly benefit consumers.

The (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) has made it clear that they want to highlight Richard Pombo because of his leadership on updating and reforming the Endangered Species Act and on energy independence, and so that's made him a target. And so you don't take anything for granted in politics.

If somebody knew every time they did something it was going to be a hit there would never be any failures. Sadly, that's not how it works. You take nothing for granted.

We started Wayfarer Entertainment to create content that we felt could actually inspire people to be the best version of themselves. We take life for granted so often, and we don't realize that tomorrow isn't guaranteed.

I never took the game for granted as far as not having to work on what I needed to do to accomplish all of the things that I wanted to accomplish.

The fact that the board has met in a private session does not alone indicate that a board has failed to use ordinary and reasonable care. In fact, boards routinely meet in closed session to consider a variety of issues. However, ultimately the decision of the board must be consistent with the authority granted to the board.

What we see is the state taking over a number of responsibilities that have been granted not only to the local officials but local residents through the legislative process.

I took it all for granted, I'm sorry to say.

Look at everything upside down.Take absolutely nothing for granted.

Even if you're inches away from the finish, never take success for granted.

Few of us are granted the grace to know ourselves, and until we do, maybe the best we can do is be consistent.

So much of what you take for granted is the bedrock of happiness.

When will the arbitrary be granted the place it deserves in the formation of works and ideas?

Cassie Wright knows, the moment you make yourself available to any man, he starts to take you for granted

I honestly consider that the greatest gift to me, is the reaction that I get from my work. That is a given which I never, ever take for granted. But to be given that by audiences, individuals, on the street, in the theater, is an extraordinary feeling.

You just can't take a day for granted. We had to work really hard for anything, and so that's been instilled in me. And I don't look at myself as better than anybody else, because in an instant everything can change.

I find that the kinds of music Im drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.

Never give up and take nothing for granted in life.

We don't like to see board members overseeing a large number of funds. Granted they have trimmed their lineup, but they still have over 70 distinct mutual funds, and I think that's too many for one board.

We can't take it for granted for sure.

We can't relax or take anything for granted until after Richmond is over. I know throughout the race, it fluctuated huge. At one point, I was 30th on the racetrack, but we were able to come back.

We can't relax or take anything for granted until after Richmond is over.

There has only been a month's reprieve granted in addressing Iran's nuclear ambitions.

This year they assigned wrestling officials - which they hadn't really done before. I went to the head official and asked to be placed with Brian sometime during the tournament. He granted Rich's wish. Brian's a young kid who's done a tremendous job and I enjoyed working with him.

There are already a number of people that have already said that they are not going to vote for him, work for him. If he granted clemency, based on the evidence that has been presented, it would be a disaster.

When you play next to (Brown), you take for granted having that huge, massive body next to you. He could push anybody. He's a really good football player.

With every win, you get a little bit more greedy. You know, we're this far, so let's go ahead and finish it all the way. I don't think we're taking for granted that we won the Big 12. It's a great conference and we're proud of that. But at the same time, we're not done. We want to finish it right.

We welcome the judgement delivered... which has set aside the search and seizure warrant granted to the National Prosecuting Authority last August.

Extreme nationalism and Bolshevism have broken up the old world, a new world is in the making. It is literally true that old things are passing away; all things may become new, granted we have wise, unselfish, and determined guides.

Every time someone who arrives illegally in Australia is granted refugee status, it means that a place is denied to someone often in more dire circumstances,

But then we took it for granted and started playing lax and started taking bad shots and when we tried to turn it back on, it was too late.

But only a brief momentis granted to the braveone breath or two, whose wage isThe long nights of the grave.

The governor is going to exercise clemency the same way every other governor exercised it -- it's a rare intervention typically granted only in those cases where there are grave doubts about the guilt of the individual.

The government is just wrong. It's not retroactive. And the Supreme Court granted cert.

We've been owed this money for a while now, but because of the fiscal crisis at the time, it was never granted to us.

We've been asked in the past for others and we've always granted permission, but never while we're playing.

You can never take anything for granted especially against Heritage. They fight to the end and some crazy things have happened between these two teams in the past.

To some extent, granted they weren't in the A-10, but they had earned an opportunity to be ranked that high after making the NCAA Tournament the last few years. Nobody in the A-10 had done that. They put themselves in position to be looked at that way.

We already shut one bar down, and we're asking that the other bars take for granted that we are taking this stuff seriously. If you're going to sell to kids, we'll take your license as well.

We almost took for granted that we were going to out-skill some people. There were times we were lacking that extra grit.

We all think that Andre is this veteran player, because he has played so many games in his first two seasons. We take for granted that he should be at another level, but he has to grow a little more.

We've heard the argument here now that the FCC is the one that ought to redefine the definition of indecency. Perhaps that is true. I find it objectionable that those who have been granted the free use of our airwaves would not see fit to restrain themselves within their own conduct to define conduct that is less than indecent, that is that which we've heard the use of the words crude, inappropriate.

You have a lot of young guys that are being thrust into a position where they have a lot of money and a lot of attention and they don't realize this is a blessing, a big time opportunity, that is not given to many. It can't be taken for granted and you can't disrespect the game, you can't disrespect your teammates or the organization.

took for granted that the ball went out and he tossed it into the stands. He thought it was out. That's why he did what he did.

We might have taken them for granted a little bit. Coach told us they would come out and fight us and they did. But our defense made the difference. We were able to pressure the ball and get some easy baskets.

We have to consider what the impact is going to be across the street. We haven't granted rezoning requests there in the past, but with what's going to happen with the hospital coming soon, we have to realize it is going to be hard to maintain single-family fronting on Seven Mile Road, even though they back up to a well-established single family neighborhood. These are a lot of things we need to discuss.

We had such strong teams the four years I was there. Winning it in '90 and going back to the final again in '92, I guess you almost take it for granted in a way. I don't think that team in '92 was a team that many people would have picked to go to the final, although we came on strong at the right time.

We don't want them to take for granted that there's a lot of support for Bradley basketball. So many people commented on how they stood the entire game. I didn't see that from the Kansas fans. I didn't see that from the Pitt fans. Our fans gave us fire. I want our guys to acknowledge it. I didn't tell them to go into the stands. They took that on their own.

We're going to approach him the way we always have and just take for granted that he's going to be swinging the way he usually swings. I mean this guy's one of the greatest hitters of all time, so we're not going to treat him any differently. We'll try to approach him the same way we have in the past and that's to make quality pitches and hopefully not make a mistake.

We are of the view that status quo should continue to the extent that such persons who have been granted admission in the educational institution would continue with the course and not disturbed and likewise appointment, if any to public service is made, the same should not be disturbed.