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We have more than 30 years of operating experience with nuclear power and we have a good record of safe and reliable operations. In addition, we think it's very important to diversify our fuel mix as much as possible.

We're winning new customers at a rapid rate and successfully managing our operating expenses, ... Those strengths in the midst of a trying period give us great confidence for the long term.

We're very proud of the year over year growth that we did see. At the same time, we made progress in our operating loss as a percentage of sales, which is something we really wanted to do.

US forces are still detaining people without charge indefinitely in operating bases.

Users say their movement to Microsoft's latest operating systems will proceed on their schedule, not on Microsoft's schedule.

Virtual appliances are entire pre-configured systems that include virtual hardware, operating system, and pre-installed software application. Virtual appliances save customers the time and effort to install and configure software.

Valuations in general for e-commerce companies have been historically higher than we've been comfortable with and they have low operating margins. So it's an area we've shied away from.

With the Turin Olympics and the World Cup coming, everyone knows that televisions are being sold by the truckload ... Windows (new operating system) Vista will debut in the later part of the year, so people will want to trade up their computers. It is not a bad situation at all.

With the takeover offer open, the results are less relevant now, but it's clear that from an operating point of view things are going well, especially with regard to the top line.

We have an immoral government operating illegally. I feel morally compelled to act.

We have worked hard to improve our productivity and drive increases in operating margins and earnings. At the same time our balance sheet has continued to strengthen with increases in cash and deferred maintenance revenues.

We believe the lower top-line growth in Q4' 00 versus expectations and uncertainty over Amazon's top-line growth going forward will overshadow the operational achievements that we felt were necessary to achieve operating profitability by Q4 ' 01 and subsequently could have driven stock price appreciation.

We have the funding to double the (park) operating budget right off the bat.

Today's tracking technologies can generate significant cost savings derived from more accurate data collection. This includes the passive collection of data concurrent with the seamless flow of patient information throughout the hospital experience. The goal when implementing any of these systems should include automatic information collection to allow for improving quality of care, improving productivity, reducing redundancy in processes, decreasing errors, reducing overall operating costs, while increasing rapid availability of essential information, all without placing additional demands on the caregiver.

Time could be wasted when (the individuals operating the AED) are getting machine hooked up, when the individual doesn't need an AED.

Three market participants are down at the moment. As a result they are not able to generate quotations over our network. The market is open and operating otherwise.

Today's decision represents a very significant victory for the antitrust division on the core claim in the Microsoft case that Microsoft engaged in anticompetitive conduct to preserve its monopoly position in computer operating systems.

You know all those extra lines of code that we sometimes refer to as bloatware. It's actually very important and efficient stuff. There is some very substantial functionality built into the operating system.

We've been hearing for several years now that the industry is operating on a razor's edge due to a small amount of refining capacity we have in the United States in relation to demand.

Unlike RISC systems, Itanium allows a broad choice of operating systems, software and hardware.

Under the circumstances, it is difficult to envisage the United Nations operating with a large number of international staff inside Iraq in the near future unless there is an unexpected and significant improvement in the overall security situation,

We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King.

There are no terrorists' cells actively operating in Malaysia as far as the government is concerned,

We have now come to the conclusion that the only way to be certain of satisfying the Commission's demands is to go beyond the 2004 Decision and offer a license to the source code of the Windows server operating system. The Windows source code is the ultimate documentation.

We need the money now or we will be forced to scale down food deliveries. So far, we have been operating on reserves, and borrowing ... and the pipeline is drying up.

We are committed to excellent customer service, superior operating performance and solid credit quality as we continue our efforts to build shareholder value through our balanced growth strategy of strong internal growth, complemented by selective de novo and merger expansion.

We are committed to continued expense management and strategies to improve productivity in 2006. Execution in these two important areas should contribute to the achievement of our goal of improving operating margins by 50 to 150 basis points for the year.

We are disappointed that the provisions against the U.K. construction projects held back what would have been an otherwise very strong operating result. Lend Lease maintains a confident outlook for growth.

We are directing most of the funding where it is most appropriate. The new funds will be expended within the programs that are operating - aerials, moguls, skating - the sports where there are more potential medals for our money.

Unfortunately, we have a history with hurricanes. We have a fairly standard operating process.

Those were usually cuts and scrapes from debris flying while operating the chain saw.

We'll make sure that its operating safely, venting properly and as efficient as it can possibly be.

Thus, if the consumer business were to be sold, or perhaps restructured into a JV contributing below Pfizer's operating line, it would likely have the effect of increasing gross margins and operating margins.

We are actively looking for a CEO for the AOL division. That should come as no surprise since when Bob took the post in April, it was always noted an interim job for him. Bob is and has been the AOL Time Warner chief operating officer and in that regard nothing has changed.

We're not the little utility we used to be, ... We probably need to do a better job in staffing and operating our facilities.

We are quite pleased with our results for the quarter and continue to believe that we have a powerful operating platform that can generate strong growth well into the future.

We are pursuing opportunities to sell this technology to other luxury motor manufacturers, and to companies operating in the vehicle accessory market.

We are pleased that our strong top-line momentum continued this quarter across all operating divisions and on top of the outstanding growth achieved in the year ago period. We are especially encouraged that global pricing was positive for the first time in two years, despite difficult cost and competitive environments.

We are operating within a U.N. mandate, and we intend to do as much as we can and look for other ways to provide support for the Macedonian government well within that mandate,

We are operating under the assumption that they will extend.

We are operating our full schedule of flights, honoring tickets and reservations as usual, and making normal refunds and exchanges.

We are operating on a shoe-string budget as a community theatre and need funding.

We are operating in a manner that we unfortunately must do, under the circumstances." ()

We are operating in a large vacuum. It's exceedingly difficult to speculate.

The police are using brutal harassment and detention without charge to clear transgender people off the streets. These attacks reflect a law enforcement system that is unchecked and operating outside the law.

The patch is applied in the operating room, directly on the incision. The objective here is to eliminate any potential lapse in pain control from the time local anesthetic wears off to the time the lidocaine patch takes effect.

The outlook for the year remains unchanged, which means that the group should achieve an improvement in operating income,

We are confident that our operating results, excluding the impact of special items, will meet or be slightly favorable to our prior guidance of a loss of 4 cents per share.

We are concerned about the possibility that the next Vista operating system will include various elements which are currently available separately from Microsoft or other companies.

When you're operating at high volume with limited storage and large trucks making the delivery, you don't have to be just a little bit out of phase to be out of gas.

When you're on that operating table, knowing they're about to cut you open and work on your heart, you realize that basketball isn't really the most important thing in the world.

We're not going to ignore anybody at this point in time. The league will be operating in early April and we'll have a chance to look at those games to see if any of those players are a possibility for our April game or are still considerations for our roster.

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 have made great strides in operating efficiencies in the third quarter and remain committed to building a leading Internet media company,

We have made a good start to the year and we can maintain our full year guidance of 6 percent organic operating profit growth despite absorbing an increase in the cost of executing additional productivity initiatives in the second half,

We still have a couple thousand people split between hardware and software. When you look back at the people that originally created the operating system, it was a small team. We've done creative things at Apple typically in small teams.

We still don't have completely DCI-compliant systems operating in the marketplace. This year will see that those systems come together and begin to get integrated.

We are continuing to work. We are making adjustments to our operating modalities, to our staffing, to where our priorities are,

We are continuing to experience a normal operating day.

To break even only would have satisfied us. As one advisor said, it would be far better to invest (Challenger's operating costs) directly into social work and community projects.

We are looking for targets that have a tremendous strategic fit for the company. The colleges must have complementary education programs, have an excellent reputation, long operating history and solid regulatory compliance.

We are learning about Hong Kong's laws, regulations, and company operating practices. Only after we are familiar with these can we do business there.

We recognize that and are operating the business in a distinct way.

The ratings reflect the company's strong competitive position and strong operating performance. These positive factors are offset by the lack of available market instruments to allow full asset-liability management.

The rate increase is across the board. Programming costs continually go up, and of course our operating costs go up. It's the same things that always drive it.

There are a variety of operating restrictions that have been imposed on the operation of the casino resort itself . . . the market size is unknown.

There is less traffic going to Miami and some of the Florida airports, but the weather system that's operating along the whole East Coast is probably having a bigger impact on travel.

Voters are saying that they want someone capable of operating a government, someone who is steady at the helm. And considering the challenge to the city right now, I don't think that's a fact that should surprise anyone.

Walt Disney World engineers and ride system experts completed a thorough inspection of the attraction overnight and found it to be operating properly. A representative from the state Bureau of Fair Rides Inspection monitored the ride inspection and testing.

Wal-Mart's EPS growth is twice that of the S&P. For the third consecutive year it has seen an increase in operating margins and we believe it still has tremendous growth opportunity over the next 5 to 10 years both domestically and abroad. At the very least, this should allow the stock to come off the low-end of the trading range and move higher.

The question is, to what degree can Microsoft integrate what's on the operating system with the services it offers on the Web and avoid tripping over the antitrust issue? I think Microsoft is very sensitive to this.

The project would revitalize an area that has been underutilized and hasn't had much done to it in recent years. This expansion would be a big improvement and would go a long way to ensuring that clients remain here and the airport keeps operating at a high level.

Time Warner had another strong quarter on an operating basis against some tough comparisons, ... I continue to be very enthusiastic about the performance of our businesses.

Traditionally, operating systems had been written in tight assembler to extract the absolute highest efficiency possible out of their host machines.

Trading over the counter for a company the size and importance of Coors is operating somewhere in the Stone Age.

Today's announcement didn't do anything to calm my fears. They are probably still negotiating with their banks, but I can't believe the only issue is the credit rating. Deals don't blow up over ratings. Banks care about operating results.

We delivered on our commitments in 2005. We are pleased with this performance, but clearly are not yet satisfied. We are focusing on a number of initiatives to enhance operating results and grow revenues in 2006 and beyond.

We delivered another strong performance in the first three months of 2006 as our average daily volume exceeded two million contracts for the second consecutive quarter. The double digit growth in our core options business fueled a 40% increase in net income once again reflecting the operating leverage that is inherent in our business. We also continued to post strong cash flow which we now share with our stockholders by virtue of the implementation of the dividend policy that we announced last year.

We delivered another excellent quarter with strength in all areas of the business. Our strong operating results this quarter were driven by increased revenue growth, improved capacity utilization, favorable product mix and the timing of our spending initiatives.

We don't know the outcome of this. DP World owns us, but we're operating without any control or direction from DP World. Until we hear otherwise or until they dispose of us - however they wish to do that - that's the way it's going to remain.

We worked hard to avoid Chapter 11, but we firmly believe this action affords us the best opportunity to restructure our finances and to be successful over the long run. We have valuable assets, including our dedicated employees who continue to focus on operating a safe, reliable airline. We plan to emerge from this Chapter 11 case as a lean and competitive regional carrier flying for Northwest or other major airlines.

We want to look at how they're operating, if they should be operating at those locations or developing the parcels for facilities and utilities.

We want to keep this team operating and not shut down. We want to give our guys the opportunity to showcase their talents. We're not expecting any money back.

We believe FEI is poised for improvements in operating efficiency following the conclusion of its reorganization and restructuring efforts in 2005. We see FEI as undervalued due to its prior struggles and believe that the impact of its recently completed reorganization has yet to be appreciated by the market.

We believed we were operating within the system, but we recognize the confusion of the process.

We believe carefully managing the average age of our fleet allows us greater flexibility in addressing the cost and reliability issues involving tractor engines designed to comply with stricter emissions requirements in 2007 and generally lowers our operating expenses.

We are meeting the most demanding customers in the world, used to high quality and high service levels. Anyone operating in this market has to satisfy these demands.

We want the public to feel ownership in the process. We have to look at our finances. We have $1.5-million to work with. We are operating under two constraints -- time and money. If the public comes back with more (money for other options), it's up to council to approve it. Council is an integral part of the process.

We'll stop operating our buses and working on them, if we don't have an agreement by noon. Hopefully, we'll have an agreement, but if that doesn't happen, we'll just stop the service.

What is the purpose of operating it at this point? ... The time to turn it off would be about now.

What we've done to get all five teams in the position where they are right now is not by hiding information from each other. We're operating strong as a crew. We have to continue to operate strong because we need to try to work on finishing one through five next and we can do it, I think, if we continue to work together.

Wal-Mart has identified a strategy of urban expansion, and they're not going to walk away from it, ... They know that operating in an urban market is different from the suburbs and I'm sure they were already aware of things like zoning laws. Did they really need to put up a fight in Inglewood? No. What they did here is lay down the marker. Wal-Mart is saying that they've identified a new market and they're going to move it and attack.

Wal-Mart continues to show strong momentum and operating performance. Its food and apparel sales did well, which fits in with our thesis that Wal-Mart is really taking on the supermarkets. By adding new apparel name brands like Levi's, I think it's in a position to see tremendous success in apparel too.

Wal-Mart continues to show strong momentum and operating performance, ... Its food and apparel sales did well, which fits in with our thesis that Wal-Mart is really taking on the supermarkets. By adding new apparel name brands like Levi's, I think it's in a position to see tremendous success in apparel too.

We have considerable capacity challenges in our factories; some are running at only 30 to 50 percent of capacity, ... Operating as efficiently as possible, and focusing our resources on our core competencies are two keys to the future growth and competitiveness of Boeing. Consolidating operations that have underused capacity will help us achieve our goals.

There are many research reports that try to compare the number of vulnerabilities between Linux and other operating systems but none take into account the severity of the issues. ... This report shows there are relatively few critical issues affecting users of Linux-based operating systems. However, we believe even one is unsatisfactory, and our strategy is to rapidly respond to fix these issues whilst innovating new technology to reduce the risk of future issues.

We believe that we will continue to experience incoming order rates in excess of quarterly revenues for several quarters, although quarterly bookings will remain volatile. Critical to our success will be the ability to meet the needs of our major customers, alleviate the supply chain constraints restricting revenue growth, and drive increasing operating margins at higher business volumes.

We buy applications, not platforms. If the applications don't run on Windows 2000, then we won't buy it. Just because a new operating system is out doesn't mean we are going to buy it. The third-party apps will need to support it.

When legal opinions diverge, as they have here, legislative clarification is essential in order for school districts to move ahead operating on a level playing field. We'd just like to know what the rules are.