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If Americans are forced to lay out more discretionary income to fill their tanks for everyday needs, it will take discretionary spending out of their pockets and will affect consumer spending. We need to act urgently to address the situation.

If workers have less money in their pockets to put food on the table, they will be spending less money; your economy will suffer.

He got some easy buckets and he was stroking the perimeter shots, too. He passed well and there were a couple of times when he picked guys' pockets on rebounds and went up for a score. He just had an overall great game tonight.

What we want to see is ... people get more money in their pockets sooner, ... There's some trouble out there, apparently, with the economy, and we want to see people have larger paychecks so that they can either pay down their debt (or) use it for some spending that they may want to do.

What we want to see is have people get more money in their pockets sooner, ... There's some trouble out there, apparently, with the economy, and we want to see people have larger paychecks so that they can either pay down their debt (or) use it for some spending that they may want to do.

We must dig deep in our pockets to make sure Pakistan isn't destabilized by the humanitarian crisis that may be about to engulf the country,

I always encourage our people and young business people that I meet to have a respect for cash, keeping some in their pockets and purses at all times. To me, that's essential.

He walked around with pockets full of quarters, handing out handfuls to people just to put a smile on their faces.

He certainly believes a portion of the surplus should go back into the pockets of taxpayers. We haven't reviewed either proposal.

Hal Rogers is just incredible, ... When you get someone like that on your side, you can't hardly tell him 'no.' He knows where the pockets of money are in Washington, all of 'em, and how to spend it.

There are still pockets of areas that are still having problems getting vaccine. The (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) promises it's on the way, so by the end of this month and December people should still be able to get their shots.

There are so many pockets of places around the country where I play at tiny little towns, and the audiences in general there are so much more appreciative than big city audiences.

It appears it's a process of taking money out of the pockets of poor people and putting money into the pockets of rich people.

It could bring 6 to 10 inches of rain in the Keys, and there could be isolated pockets of up to 15 inches,

It is clear and everybody knows that with the short amount of funds the (Department of Education) has that teachers in the classroom have to dip into their pockets to fund these projects.

I went on a Hot Pocket diet where I ate two Hot Pockets every four hours. I only had the pepperoni pizza flavour. I didn't go anywhere near the cheeseburger macaroni.

It is a new century, and the United States is in a renaissance of coin design, ... This is a very historic moment. It marks the first time in 65 years that Americans will reach into their pockets and pull out newly designed nickels.

Rising energy costs not only threaten our economy and our state's competitiveness but also greatly impact the pockets of Rhode Islanders, especially those on fixed incomes. Everyone is feeling the pinch. It?s imperative that we take action now to bring costs down.

Ring tones will be a nice little revenue bump for carriers going forward but it's not as if there will be billions and billions of dollars in their pockets tomorrow,

Record high gas prices are burning holes in peoples; pockets and harming our economy. They are squeezing everyone, farmers and truckers, small businesses and families. When oil prices rise, the prices of all goods increase. That's why the Administration has to step up and take action.

Such tax relief will put more money in the pockets of middle- and modest-income consumers, who will sink those dollars back into the economy immediately, helping to grow the economy and create jobs right away,

I was the only one working at the time. I was changing a tire when the man started cursing. The next thing I knew, he was up on me and I was looking down the barrel of a shotgun. He demanded us to empty our pockets on the ground.

Management is basically going home on Friday and coming in to work on Monday in the same job with the same responsibilities. I can't imagine how any self-respecting director would agree to an arrangement like that . . . In Calgary, in particular, it seems like it's just a standard thing to do. When there's a corporate development of any kind, management just put a lot of money in their pockets in the process, regardless of whether they created value or not.

We need someone to make sure that money goes to rebuilding businesses, homes and lives, not for lining the pockets of well-connected contractors,

Flattery, though a base coin, is the necessary pocket money at court; where, by custom and consent, it has obtained such a currency that it is no longer a fraudulent, but a legal payment.

Most of Indiana fared well in terms of weather and crop yields, but we knew that the lack of rain last summer was going to create problems in pockets of our state. These disaster designations will allow assistance for Hoosier farmers who need it.

Middle age is when you drink wine.... That combined with the health message means that you get a lot of aging baby boomers with coins in their pockets that are out to buy better quality wine.

You can count on the right wing reaching into their deep pockets to spread a lie, so our job is to make sure the truth prevails and knock back Republican Swift Boat-style attacks forever.

We had had several mine disasters where workers, some of the workers were rescued. It was, you know, who was lucky and who weren't. Some would find the air pockets But, in this one, bam, it was just, everybody was gone and it greatly depressed the state.

Three dollar gasoline is lining the pockets of investors and company executives, while working people who have no choice but to drive are suffering for those excesses. For the oil companies, too much seems never to be enough.

We know of approximately 30,000 victims -- and the numbers are growing every day -- and of losses that are in the millions and growing every day, ... In short, with a few keystrokes, these men picked the pockets of tens of thousands of Americans, and in the process, took their identity, stole their money and swiped their security.

Though there may be pockets of resistance, the idea that this is some kind of tactical retreat is just the latest Taliban lie. They are in total collapse,

We are optimistic that they continue their commitment to the stores in Montana. They have expertise in the retail field. They do have deep pockets and resources that can help us.

To us large creatures, space-time is like the sea seen from an ocean liner, smooth and serene. Up close, though, on tiny scales, it's waves and bubbles. At extremely fine scales, pockets and bubbles of space-time can form at random, sputtering into being, then dissolving.

We want to make clear that we don't have a problem with day-trading per se, but we want to make sure that people know what they're getting into. It's very risky, it's highly speculative, some people might call it gambling ... if you want to go into this, you have to go in with your eyes open and your pockets full.

Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the State.

How'd you get in here?" She raised her eyebrows. “You pick pockets.” Kat watched his hand fly to his back pocket. “I can pick locks. Looking for this?” she asked, holding up his wallet. “Oops. Maybe I can pick pockets too.

Kat," Hale groaned, then fell back onto the pillows. "Funny, I didn't hear a doorbell." "I let myself in; hope that's okay." Hale smiled. "Or the alarm." She stepped inside, tossed a pocket-size bag of tools onto the bed. "You're due for an upgrade." Hale propped himself against the antique headboard and squinted up at her. "She returns." He crossed his arms across his bare chest. "You know, I could be naked in here.

When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback!

Anyway, it's gone. And there's nothing left in my pocket to charm you. So from now on it's going to have to be tears or nothing I'm afraid. That's all I've got left to tell you see: tears, tears, tears.

When someone with a rural accent says, "I don't know much about politics," zip up your pockets.

Russell [Wilson] plays really well in the pocket [and] outside the pocket. He’s just a play waiting to happen.

It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on.

My preference is for prose with more silence in it, language that contains more pockets of strangeness.

Dave Rath is recovering. A month ago he had hip pocket replacement surgery.

You love me so much, you want to put me in your pocket. And I should die there smothered.

This sadness wasn't a huge part of me--I wasn't remotely depressed--but still, it was like a stone I carried in my pocket. I always knew it was there. [p. 179]

We started to put our intuitions and our feelings aside in the second game. We could have gotten out of our deficit with the way we were starting to play. Sometimes Mother Nature steps in, and that can be a good thing. At least we walk out of here with a little pride in our pockets from performing at the end.

It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure...

We have been seeing, in most cases, gas prices on the rise. Companies are having to drill deeper or locate new pockets to extract from. They pass that cost directly to consumers.

We have got to address how to get some sort of dynamism in our economies while tackling pockets of high unemployment and social exclusion,

We're not 'losing' the money we're talking about. That money stays in the community, in the pockets of our constituents. I'm of the opinion they can make a decision on spending it better than we can.

We're renewing the emphasis on trying to get broadband in those pockets where it didn't make economic sense to put it there.

With predictions of more price increases next winter, the government must act now to make sure pensioners have enough money in their pockets to cover basic living costs.

The problem is that a lot of people think we have very deep pockets when in fact we only have deepish pockets.

The one thing we can be confident of is that the books are cooked. We don't need to know who cooked the books to know that there is deep trouble for this company ... Bankruptcy reorganization looms and that the creditors are going to start looking for deep pockets to sue.

This will clearly hit consumers' pockets - and their state of mind.

When you have those pockets of problems they unfortunately bring a particular mood of negativity towards support and participation in the democratic processes and elections.

With the amount of money the Bush-Cheney campaign has received from oil and gas interests it's no wonder they're more interested in lining the pockets of their corporate friends than in looking out for Americans' pocketbooks,

We need to look at getting people in Michigan money in their pockets and do something tangible to reduce the price of gasoline.

The governor applauds both ideas. He's been an advocate of putting money back in the pockets of taxpayers.

Yes, we have heard about this, but it has only happened in limited pockets and is not a serious nationwide issue. In the total milk production and cattle across the country, there are only a handful of such cases.

There is always hope. Because we really don't know what conditions they are in, there could be pockets of air down there.

what our taxes should be going toward already. I don't think we should have to go deeper into our pockets for this.

With good earnings ... there were certainly pockets of strength.

You have to have deep pockets and you better have experience. I don't want to extinguish anyone's entrepreneurial spirit, but you should really start small.

We always knew we'd be up against deep pockets. Thanks to the F.E.C., the pockets got even deeper.

What we are seeing are pockets of rising and quite strong levels of infection originally among people who participated in sharing needles, drug use, and sex workers. But what we know from the experience all over the world is, it's spreading outside these groups.

We simply must ensure accountability for these massive expenditures -- so that these dollars don't just wind up lining the pockets of unscrupulous contractors, as we've seen all too often in Iraq,

We are still seeing pockets of strength, and pockets of weakness, and while I don't think the Fed will move in December, I do think we will see further rate cuts in '99.

We had small pockets of weather to contend with in the Northeast and some wind at O'Hare, but overall we got off to a good start.

We had pockets of success, but when we do we go off on our own and don't follow the plan. Until we change that mentality, we're going to struggle with teams.

Big Oil would rather fill the pockets of its executives and shareholders, rather than spend sufficient amounts to reduce the price of fuel, letting consumers, during tough economic times, pick up the tab.

bigger government in Washington (and) less money in the pockets of the taxpayers. I believe we're right on this one.

Everybody who knew Tiny understood this was the one thing he truly loved, helping people in need. Our firefighters will reach deep into their pockets to help contribute to this fund.

As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best classroom supplies. I feel strongly that the federal government should help make up for their personal financial burden.

As I spent a couple of days there, I realized how blessed I am, but you realize what still is going on in the pockets of this country that we don't know about. To say these kids are 'at risk' is an understatement. They have parents who are on drugs, shot, in jail,

Dig deep in those pockets and help those kids.

Consumption is still rising at a much slower pace than investment and people are still saving too much. Retail sales have been growing strongly in the cities but the government is trying to put more money into the pockets of rural areas which is where there's more potential for growth.

Another $1 out of consumers' pockets certainly affects consumers' willingness and ability to spend on items other than the basic necessities.

Eliminate patronage and wasteful spending. Don't ask taxpayers to dig deeper into their pockets when some county employees, some venders and some suppliers have Joel in their back pocket.

Electronics is certainly carving a big chunk of money out of the pockets of shoppers. Back-to-school is increasingly about how cool is your phone, or how new and cool is your notebook -- that $1,350 notebook -- and students are judging each other by their gizmos at least as much as by their clothing.

Early indications of consumer demand for the holiday season are not strong at this point, and although we have pockets of opportunity -- driven mostly by our specific product programs -- they may not be enough to offset weak end-user demand for this quarter.

During the scrimmage, Tarkanian paced the sideline with his hands in his pockets while biting his nails. - AP report describing Fresno State basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian

There's going to be pockets of technology that do incredibly well, ... But the valuation is still being the core of the very large companies are quite high, especially if they're really cyclical in nature.

There's no sign that spending is going to take off, but there's also nothing to show that consumers, finished with back to school spending, are going to put their hands back in their pockets and leave them there.

I understand that there are pockets where people have not gotten the basics, and we're working with the Coast Guard to get those,

The rising cost of fuel has also hit the hip pockets of Australian families hard this year.

The September numbers were generally on track, there were pockets of strength and there were some weaknesses. The numbers overall were not horrendous, but overall certainly the outlook could have more of a negative backlash from the higher oil prices.

The suburb in the 1950s was a bedroom community. The father worked in the city, and the mother stayed home. Now people live and work in the suburbs, and businesses have grown up or moved from cities to certain pockets of what was once the suburbs and created these places that are like cities.

The tax cut he played a large part in enacting returned much needed dollars to the pockets of hard-working Americans across the nation and bolstered a slumping economy,

Thank goodness Sen. Grassley is providing some adult supervision. It's not just the taxpayers who are harmed by the current Monopoly money mentality in Washington, D.C., but more directly the hurricane survivors themselves. Every penny spent should help the survivors instead of lining the pockets of disaster profiteers.

Thanks to them, I was able to get some of my money. They paid me out of their pockets on jobs they never got paid for.

Rotgut was, to me, just this way to get into the underground of Manhattan where you have these little pockets a villain could rise from; a rot in the bowels of Manhattan. It led to these stories that were just very creepy.

puts money in people's pockets and helps get our economy moving again.

Rather than forcing new Canadians to pay nearly C$1,000 on their arrival, immigrants and their families should be able to keep more of their money in their own pockets to start a new life in Canada.

Other moons in the solar system have liquid water oceans covered by kilometers of icy crust. What's different here is that pockets of liquid water may be more than tens of meters below the surface.

People cannot give up on the city as bad as this looks, ... It's devastating and it's catastrophic, but I have also been around the city and there are pockets of the city that can come back quickly, and I want people to come back.

Officers and directors of publicly traded companies who steer shareholders' money into their pockets should not lie to the board of directors to get permission to do so.

Advertisers are looking for new ways to get to the mass audience and see grocery stores as a big marketplace. The customers are in the stores, the wallets are in their pockets and the TV programming allows vendors to talk directly to them with their products in close proximity.