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We did not match their level of intensity.

We did not feel it rose to the level of a black box.

We did have a modest upward revision in the previous week's claims, but we remain under the psychologically important 400,000 level and that's definitely something that we've been looking for.

We did find out that $1.30 is the level where motorists cease paying and start complaining.

What the MOVE index measures is the level of complacency or confidence in the interest rate world. The market chooses not to see much risk in anything.

What we're doing at Dow falls very much in line with what the secretary was talking about. We approach security from a risk management perspective, and we try to identify the right level of risk and the right approach to reduce that risk at all of our sites.

What we really tried to do is just simplify everything, both in the field club area and on the promenade level, improve circulation around the promenade level but also give people more of an opportunity to take advantage of taking in the views outside and inside the park.

What we really hope is that schools will one of their neighboring schools on this list and contact them to find out what steps they have taken to help them reach this level of achievement.

What we're allowing is access anywhere, anytime, that can be unique to the user and flexible enough to meet different people's characteristics. And this is a whole new level of sharing.

What we're all going to have to do is ratchet back production capacity, and that's painful, ... Once you swallow that, then you hopefully reach a steady state and lower level of production across the board.

There is a real sense of cynicism about the level of corruption in Washington. The feeling among public is it is endemic.

There are poor and hungry people right around us. When you see the level and depth of suffering that's going on, then you have no other reaction than to help.

There are no emergency managers at any level in the Department of Homeland Security. It's all law enforcement. It doesn't look like anyone's in charge to me because the system has been deconstructed.

There are no easy opponents in the playoffs. The easy opponents get left behind in the regular season. Whoever you draw, everyone is going to bring their game up a level because it's the playoffs.

There are no easy games. We've got a tough game at their place. We have got to improve everything every day. There's nothing special about playing them. They bring a high level of intensity and we have to do the same.

There are some things that we know, ... We know our nucleus. They know the league. They know how to win. We've got a proud bunch of players. That's a good start. The new CBA has been put into place to level the playing field, but you know what? At the end of 82 games, somebody has to be in first overall.

There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote - regardless of age, race, or income level - is one of them.

The OPEC demand revision is more of a reminder than anything else. Between the high level of crude stocks and the downward revisions to demand, the price should have trouble climbing like it has done this week.

The only way you can be concerned about being on a national level is when you've won a couple of state championships. Then you're thinking, how does your state compare to other people. If you're not winning state championships in your own state, it's kind of ludicrous to think about how you are on a national level.

The only way to keep a level playing field is to have full public financing.

There are fewer and fewer places teaching horticulture, so it's important for students to take this at the high school level and go on to college and study. It's a profession we need to keep going. Flowers are important in our lives today.

We're playing four straight at home, and it's exciting to play in front of big crowds. We just have to keep getting better now that we're playing games at a higher level like this week. We're really looking forward to it.

We've been impressed by his performances at regional level and over the last couple of months he has come on in leaps and bounds.

We really hustled, we got after them, played with a high energy level and rebounded the ball extremely well.

We really haven't played well in the last week. We need to pick it up to a higher level (this weekend). But this team is that way and I think they'll do that.

We really haven't played a lot of teams outside of our area, so there is a bit of an unknown going in. There are several powers that are always good on the A level Bradley, Emerson, Guy Perkins and Kingston. We just want to go down there and play our best basketball.

We really feel we've got a hidden gem if we can get him back to that level that he was at the end of '03-04. I'm confident that we can get him there.

We're actually more in a deficit than we were at the height of the drought when the lake was at its lowest level back on Nov. 20.

We're about to witness, on a new level for North Carolina, the scope of corruption and illegal activity tied to the private system of financing public elections.

We're about to jump back into the (Southeastern Conference) and the level of competition is going to go up a notch and all we're trying to do is get these guys playing at their best.

We're about getting all the people who want to compete with Samsung to be able to build devices. So we're kind of down at the guts level saying, 'Hey, we can give you the hardware, the sensor platform, the software you need to go build your own one.'

We're about delivering the highest level of customer service when they want it. And we'll work off that for referrals.

We're a better defense than we were at the beginning of the year, and that's because we've got so many young players learning a new system ( Ted Cottrell 's) and so many young players playing at this level for the first time. I don't know what everybody else would call it. I'd call it progress.

We're $5 billion or $6 billion short of getting people trained to a level that would make me comfortable.

We ran into a really good basketball team. They played at a level that our girls are not accustomed to playing against. Our girls didn't know how to handle it until it was late in the third and fourth. Our intensity level picked up, but it was too little, too late.

We're at a point now where we feel pretty confident in who we bring in from the sideline. The level of play doesn't go down and that's the difference.

We're a small town here in Upper Bucks. If (council) can keep the taxation and services at a reasonable level I think they're doing a good job.

We're a quick team and we can move the ball, drive the lane, hit our shots. We just needed to calm down there early, because none of us have been to this level before, but this is a great feeling.

We held them there a couple of times then we were able to score and things started to click from there. We had a great intensity level and the girls really played well as a team.

Yes, people do tip more for good service, but they don't tip that much more. Literally, the weather outside has as much of an influence on tipping as does the level of service.

We have really come a long way from where we were to where we are now. We've gotten to where we can compete with the best teams in the area. We're playing at a very high level now.

We have really been so successful because of the hard work and dedication the girls have put in. It was a difficult transition for the freshmen coming in, but the seniors really stepped up and got them used to high school level competition.

We have reached a level with our program that we should be in the Top 5 in the nation every year. Our goal is to have an Olympic-level program. We have the talent to be that if our kids are mentally tough, work hard and are disciplined.

We have raised a substantial amount ourselves and of course these races are expensive. We are going to keep doing what we are doing and we feel comfortable with the level of involvement that we have.

We have a young team and I think they've shown me they have a level of commitment and desire to compete. It's really exciting.

We've selected eight players who are uncapped at test level and a further eight with less than ten caps to their name,

We've seen this team this year with the same level of intensity that they had, but we just couldn't match it tonight.

We've seen that when you have lots of them (dams), they're not easy to inspect and the specifications tend to be not quite at the same level as those for large dams.

We have had 6,000 hits in the first 24 hours. I'm a Kylie fan, but I'm finding there is a whole other level of fan.

We have renewed interest in bowling, so we are going to revisit it at our meeting and find out the level of interest.

The expectations here are high. That's the level we compete at. There's always pressure to win at Michigan. We go into every season thinking that we're going to win the national championship. Why would we shoot for anything less?

The expectations for Mike have always been so high, he's raised that bar to a level that only he can reach. And when the puck doesn't go in the net or the team struggles, he's certainly the one that everyone's going to point to,

The expectations are obviously very high, but I think that's what makes it a high-level program and the level it takes to be great every day.

The fact that our kids can get statewide recognition from a small school in a new program bodes well for our future success. It sets the bar pretty high for us to maintain that level of competition, and I know it's something we can build on.

The fact that it hasn't gotten done at the federal level has certainly been an impetus for it to happen at the state level.

The extremely low level of organ donation in Australia is leaving hundreds of people young and old living on the edge for an average of four years with their lives on hold while waiting for a telephone call for a kidney transplant.

The creation of this series will generate collective interest and excitement at a level that has not existed between our great events in the past. The result of these marathons partnering together is increased visibility, exposure, and growth for the sport of marathon running on a national and international scale.

The fact a one-page paper has generated this level of discussion underscores the paucity of direct scientific information that exists on the effects of management intervention following natural disturbances.

The process at the state and federal level was not to put an animal on the list and leave it there forever.

There are a lot of good teams there and just because you put on a Canadian jersey, it doesn't mean you're going to win. But that's the pride our country has. Those are the expectations and there's bitterness when you don't get it done. There's nothing else we wanted to do except win the gold medal. And a lot of countries, they just want to beat Canada. They played at a whole new level against us.

There are a lot of good teams in our conference where 100 percent of the players are international. The level of tennis in Houma and the Louisiana isn't high enough, so you have to go internationally.

There are a lot of crosscurrents now, but falling yields might indicate that demand for credit is slowing down and that the Fed, by holding the fed funds rate where it is, is actually keeping rates all along the curve from falling to their equilibrium level, or to the level where would they would more naturally go.

The reality is that every human being is placed on this planet, and one of the things that drives humans is their need for meaning, and if you can make every job meaningful, then you will guarantee that every job will be done to its highest level of excellence.

There are a lot of bad things happening right now in the Bush White House. Obviously, leadership at the highest level is very important to investors feeling comfortable about making investment decisions. This is probably the darkest or the lowest point in the Bush presidency.

There is a level of stock in the system and one other thing to consider is that we're a net food exporter.

There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.

There is a level of mistrust. The lack of a consolidated effort by HB-LED manufacturers with OEMs has been a hallmark and a drawback for the HB-LED industry.

There is a level of expectation here when it comes to the steeple. It's not much different than Ohio State football. We expect to be one of the top programs in the country each season.

There is definitely an increasing level of tensions down here and the harpooners are certainly starting to take shots that perhaps a week or two weeks ago they would not have taken.

There is clear, unmistakable evidence that the level of terrorist activity that has killed and injured people has soared to unprecedented levels since we invaded Iraq.

There is certainly significant quality in our book both in terms of the quality of the horses at the end of the shank and in their racetrack performance. We had a bunch of horses that worked well during our first under tack show, they looked good doing it, and they look good when you go to the barn. In the 2-year-old sales, you've got to pass all three tests, and we had a number of horses that I thought passed all three tests with flying colors in the first preview. They have good conformation, they looked good on the video, and they worked within a reasonable timeframe in terms of demonstrating some level of athletic ability.

We use radio signals to make rogue signals look like noise. It's based on a microsecond level of timing.

We used to send all footwear? men's, women's and kid's?all together on a pallet. It was a big hassle at the store level because a lot of it would go to the back room. They were touching every carton. It was crazy.

The people of New Orleans need to get back to at least the level of hurricane protection we had before Katrina. We were authorized to do that, and do it quickly. It's up to Congress to decide to take it to a higher level.

The process was so graceful; I was lucky to have such a wonderful team. I created the score in the most easy and fun collaboration I think I've ever had. We were blessed to have the A-list of LA players with us. They brought the score to the next level for sure...as they are so apt to do. I'm grateful for the opportunity to create this score, and so glad I had the chance to work with everyone at Radical and at Vivendi-Universal Games.

The process was so graceful; I was lucky to have such a wonderful team. I created the score in the most easy and fun collaboration I think I've ever had. We were blessed to have the A-list of LA players with us. They brought the score to the next level for sure...as they are so apt to do. I'm grateful for the opportunity to create this score, and so glad I had the chance to work with everyone at Radical and at Vivendi-Universal Games.

The process is slow in happening. The level at which the consumer starts making changes is pretty inelastic, In other words, it takes a high threshold of pain before they start making changes.

We're just trying to get people back on a professional level of things.

The outer level is symbolic and represents the world in its divine form and the inner level represents a map where the mind is transformed into an enlightened mind. The secret level represents the balance of mind and body and the energies surrounding them.

The pool of available labor is diminishing and worker efficiency is growing more slowly. This adds up to a higher level of pressure on wages, and, by inference, on inflation.

The one thing that we should stick to is to figure out how to become better human beings, but in order to do that we have to go to the second level which is to work on defining the palette of what a better human being is made of, and creativity is one of them.

We have a significant level of deposits nownearly $10 million worth.

We (have) a sense of concern that the rate of growth especially in revenues and expenses in Division I-A is not sustainable, and it's growing three times as fast as university expenditures as a whole, ... Athletics requires a special level of attention.

We have a routine we go through, ... and without question, there's a comfort level there.

We have a responsibility to show respect for the game, for the opponents, the officials and ourselves by approaching all the games in the same manner. As so many coaching books talk about, you can't just turn on and off the concentration switch. You're either always focused and always ready to play at a high level or you're not.

We have a real opportunity on renewable fuels to take this to a whole new level in Iowa.

We have a really young team with plenty of freshmen and sophomores. This team has been really fun because they play a high level of enthusiasm and focus. They seem to want to play at their highest level every game.

We're looking to what level of partnership we can get, and what a partner wants from us in exchange.

We're having to go through a tough transition. For whole lot of people, there is a comfort level in having paper to go back to. It's difficult for someone to track this electronically, rather than on paper.

We're happy. To be able to play these games early in the year is tremendous for our team. We're just beginning to try to shape our team. We won't be able to do things at the same level now as we will at the end of the year.

We're good for the first six months of the year, looking at what the economy is doing, at earnings and at inflation, which should pretty well stay at the level it's at right now. We should continue to see stock market gains.

This really gives a level of strain for the red blood cell that is similar to what that cell experiences as it moves through tiny blood vessels.

This realignment marks the logical transition from the founder phase of CA to the next level of corporate activity, which is more focused on enhancing shareholder value,

This promotion is a reflection of the outstanding job Neil has done positioning Business Wire as truly the global leader in news distribution. He has built Business Wire's global distribution network to an unsurpassed level and has initiated myriad exclusive distribution agreements for the company throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

This project showcases the level of talent in the county schools.

This program is not new to Hill or the industrial world. It's actually a management system that starts at the employee level. You get them to take charge of their safety program and then all the way up through management you develop a level of accountability.

This program is another way in which we are working with local high schools and universities to develop future talent for our organization here on Long Island. We hope this program will help us generate more interest in the sciences from the junior and senior high school level to develop tomorrow's aerospace industry leaders.

This win was really big. This was huge. The girls started the game with a high intensity level and really put in a lot of effort in this game.

The PT Cruiser will take the Chrysler brand to the next level in Europe, where it is already sold out for the first-year allocation. In addition, this incremental gain in production volume will allow more PT Cruisers to be sold in the North American market.

The protest in 1999 certainly raised the level of discussion that wasn't happening before. It's a valuable thing to bring all these groups together to continue to improve the level of inclusion on highway projects, but we are still not there yet.