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While we are rightfully proud of the outstanding research that has evolved from Ohio State's primate cognition project in the last decade or so, we believe the time is now right to move the animals to safer quarters where they can live out their lives in peace.

While there were a number of highlights, it was probably the U.S. that topped the highlight list with strong order growth of approximately 20 percent year over year. This is better order growth than we've experienced in the last six quarters in the U.S..

While the plan is reasonable and may potentially bear fruit, we believe it will take several quarters to materialize.

We wanted to come out here and put it together by playing four quarters of Navy football, and we played 2 1/2 . We wanted to come out here and make a statement that when we come to play, we play for real, and that didn't happen. But we got the win, and that's all that matters.

We've had two quarters of financial data that need to be updated.

We've had trouble finishing out games recently. I thought tonight, we played three really good quarters to end the game.

We've had a tough couple of weeks of practice. But for four quarters on the Mercy side, that was a well-played, well-focused game.

We've had a number of successive quarters of good revenue growth, basically reflecting fundamental strengths in the market. The Internet is exploding. All of these Internet companies need to make money. They buy our software to do so,

We've had so many close games go against us. Tonight we finally put four quarters together and played hard. Give Greer some credit. They fought back and made it real interesting at the end.

We've got a big bull's-eye on our shirts. Everyone is trying to knock off No. 1. They've (Franklin) got nothing to lose, so they're going to play as hard as they can. Bear Creek played really big for three quarters (last week against us), and that's as tough as I've seen them play.

We'll have to see how the next several quarters play out before we see if investment is returning to former levels.

We're taking it one game at a time and we're just try to win them all. We aren't going to hold nothing back, we're just going to go out there and play four quarters hard.

The recent progress shown by our quarterly survey is from a low base, and follows a marked deterioration in the first three quarters of 2005.

The recent pace of growth in the leaders suggests that economic growth should slow from its 3.6 percent over the four quarters through the third quarter of 2005.

There is so much momentum in consumer spending and business investment that economic growth in the third and fourth quarters will exceed 3 1/2%. Inflation may pick up a bit, but core inflation rates start at such low rates that the overall impact won't be nearly as bad as feared.

This was the story of our season. We had a hard time putting together four complete quarters all year.

This was the first game in two years we were able to put four quarters together. We played well in every aspect of the game.

We fumbled and bumbled and stumbled our way around for three quarters and we finally started making plays,

We had a game plan to not get beat off penetration and to make their guys shoot the ball over us. For three and a half quarters it worked. But a few turnovers, a couple missed shots down the stretch got us. But I'm proud of the kids, they played hard.

We kind of put ourselves behind the eight ball here. We had them. For three quarters we hung with them, but lost in the fourth.

To hit Mr Brown's forecast now, quarterly growth would have to average around 1.0 percent in the remaining three quarters which looks very unlikely.

We've really been in a slump offensively. We haven't been bad running stuff, we just haven't been putting the ball in the basket. I think it's just a huge amount of confidence. We basically just told these kids they have to go out and play. The first quarter concerned me. I mean four points, I was worried what was going to happen and then we go out and put up 60-something over three quarters so I was pleased with that.

We try to approach the end of the quarters on a high note, and that can be a great defensive stand or a good offensive opportunity. I think our kids are understanding the power of momentum more and more and we certainly want the momentum swinging our way, so we'll play good defense or work for the best shot or both. Maintaining our focus was a key to our success.

We just need to keep playing like we have been playing and not take anybody for granted. We have to play four quarters of basketball. We can't have any type of letdown.

We just lost. We played a good game but in the fourth quarter we just let ourselves get out of the game. We fought for a good three quarters and in the fourth quarter they showed that they are the champs.

We just talked about responsibility and running to the football. We were very, very pleased with our defense, we just flip-flopped and shut them out for the first three quarters instead of the last three.

We just flat-out didn't play well in the second quarter that night. It will be the same focus against Roosevelt - we've got to play four solid quarters to win.

We were playing so well for three quarters and to blow up at the end was so disappointing. It summed up our year; we couldn't and didn't finish it out.

When a man dies, what does not leave him? The voice of a dead man goes into fire, his breath into wind, his eyes into the sun, his mind into the moon, his hearing into the quarters of heaven, his body into the land cheerfully. earth, his spirit into space

We turned them over a few times in the second quarter, and that led to some easy baskets in transition. Then we hit some threes and got some baskets inside. That was one of our best quarters of the season.

With four quarters as a new company under our belt, we can say unequivocally that we have delivered on the promise of the Bell Atlantic-NYNEX merger, ... With our merger synergies, we have been able to produce solid operating results in our key businesses and fund our entry into new markets as well.

We felt good about where we were with only two quarters to play.

We informed our people on the surface, tracked it for a while and then headed to port. After we left port, I was in the executive officer's quarters and noticed a newspaper picture of a submarine with an article stating it was the first time a Russians nuclear submarine had ever been photographed on the surface while in operating waters,

We expect the DJIA to outperform the S&P 500 in 1999, following notable under-performance in many recent quarters due to differences in industry composition,

We expect modest rises in delinquencies in the quarters ahead, particularly as related to Hurricane Katrina and its effect on the Gulf Coast.

You get it over with, get it out of the way early, and then we're on to reporting season. We've seen for the past 12 quarters or so that this has meant what's left is good news and earnings surprises have been quite positive.

This will set an overall positive tone for the market in the near-term. Even the fact that they're not warning lower on future quarters is confidence building.

We are viewing the U.S. economic and auto market environment with considerable caution, ... That, combined with our poor business results in the first three quarters this year, really highlight that we are at a critical juncture in our company's history. And so we are accelerating the pace and scope of our turnaround actions.

We are still playing inconsistently. We played with great intensity in the fourth quarter. We need to play with that level of intensity for four quarters instead of one.

We do not see this as a one-quarter phenomenon for Apple, but rather as the beginning of many tough quarters ahead.

Brand building has been a hallmark in recent quarters and continued internal growth indicates the model's success.

Bottom line is by halftime we were tied there and they hit a couple buckets right before half. They jumped on us in a hurry and that's the biggest concern with them. They come out and you look at what they do to teams, they have gigantic first quarters and have them in such a hole that they don't ever recover. But we did a good job of regrouping and responding. I knew if we'd get close there at the half we had a shot to stay with it. You can't give up (that many) points in the first half. That's not the kind of score we wanted.

EarthLink, once again, achieved strong financial results with one of our most profitable quarters on record.

Because in recent quarters published estimates have regularly exceeded our guidance. This is increasingly becoming an industry-wide issue.

At this juncture, it's our conclusion that this isn't a far-fetched possibility if the kind of deterioration in results we've seen over the last few quarters should continue.

And whether one always agreed with this Pope or not, regardless of the political pressure that was being put from certain quarters in certain interest groups on certain countries, the Pope was always very consistent.

Earnings have been fine, but they just haven't been as robust as people were hoping. The guidance for the third and fourth quarters hasn't been that strong, and part of the rally was based on people betting that the second half of the year would be good, so with the numbers not saying that, you're seeing some selling.

Earnings for the fourth quarter have generally met or exceeded expectations. We've seen solid reports from a number of different industries, with strength not just in energy, as in previous quarters in 2005.

Dwight has to commit to his teammates that he's going to be a better free-throw shooter. It's a little difficult when you go to a guy for 3 1/2 quarters and then, down the stretch, you can't because he's not making foul shots.

During this critical stage in the holiday shopping season, online retailers face huge challenges to maintaining high satisfaction. Those who aren't able to meet customer expectations online during the last week or two of the holiday shopping season risk the long-term impact of lessened customer loyalty during the weeks and quarters to come.

Fast-growing global energy demands, an increased emphasis on the security of energy supply and the risk of climate change are driving a renewed consideration in many quarters towards investment in nuclear power.

Everything is first time here. Getting to the quarters was the first time. Getting to the semis was the first time. Getting to the final ... I hope it continues.

There's pent up optimism that the next couple of quarters should be OK for corporate America and the economy because the interest-rate environment has stabilized.

There's something to play for every week. I like to win. I'm always here to win. I don't care if quarters are on the line, or pennies are on the line, a win is always great. We've got things to play for, clear into February.

There's a discount on the marketplace for the possible stuff that could happen over the next couple of weeks, months or quarters that could be a drag on the economy.

There's no question that he's a special player for us, ... I can play him at forward or center and he switches out on guards on pick-and-rolls. I can play him after he sits there for three quarters and he does a great job. I can play him when I feel we need a more physical presence tonight, more defense. He does everything for us. He's important for us.

There's no question every team in the league wants to be like the Pistons. They are playing at an all-time high and they're playing for a purpose. We didn't meet the challenge in the second, third and fourth quarters and that kind of disappointed me. I don't like to coach games like this where we don't give ourselves a chance to win.

There's lots of work still to be done. With as much preparation work as you do beforehand, integrations begin at close, they don't end, and so we fully expect several quarters of hard work.

There's lots of work still to be done, ... With as much preparation work as you do beforehand, integrations begin at close, they don't end, and so we fully expect several quarters of hard work.

There's lots of prejudice, but if you examine yourself, you can make It. Of course, this doesn't make me too popular with some quarters in the women s movement.

I spent a lot of time in the White House in the public areas where reporters are allowed to go, but I spoke to people about the private quarters as well. Some of the things I learned were small, novelistic details. For example, the fact that there were still pet stains on the carpets from the Bush cats when the Obamas moved in.

I see people getting more encouraged, ... We need more companies to announce things are going to get better in the third and fourth quarters -- but things are getting better.

The worst of the deterioration is probably over. We are within a couple of quarters of seeing a turnaround.

The rise in prices in the first three months of 2006 was...slower than the gains recorded in the two final quarters of 2005.

I've never seen a time when there's been such a blow-up of the kind of risk to the U.S. economy. We've taken a 2 percent trade drag for the first three quarters of 1998 and yet we're still averaging a 3.25 percent growth rate for these first three quarters.

It would be naive to believe that kind of attraction stops after age 18, ... It takes no brilliance of vision to see that the sex abuse crisis involves the great difficulty of those with same sex attraction living in close quarters with males.

It would seem to make sense to think that we could see loss of GDP growth rate in the quarters ahead of half a percent or so,

The second and third quarters we played hard and played well but we got tired.

The second and third quarters hurt us defensively. We struggled and had some stretches where we couldn't stop them. Detroit is a team that is going to do a good job in the last play type of situations, but I'm more in tune to what happened in the second and third quarters than on the last play.

The second and fourth quarters were our best quarters. We have to get out tougher and not let them pull away at the end.

The stock is getting hit today because investors are shocked at the pre-announcement and not so much at the miss. Even after Sept. 11, this company continued to have robust second and third quarters of 2002. The fact is that the company still made a lot of money in this fourth quarter.

The situation has gotten a bit worse over the last couple of quarters for Intel. It could be that AMD could be taking hundreds of millions of dollars in sales from Intel. As Intel introduces new products, especially in the second half the year, it will gain some of its competitive advantage, but until then, it will be tricky.

The tech sector is where the money seems to want to flow. You can just look at last week's action, when all the averages were up, the money flows into technology, primarily in telecommunications. And even though the valuations have been high all of these quarters and still are, I guess if you want to do well in the market you've got to have some of your assets in technology, definitely.

Tenet's operating results have been anemic in recent quarters and are likely to remain as such.

Scioto just hammered us in the second and third quarters the last time we played them.

Romania has a distinctive smell on its own, ... You're in confined places with guys. ... I don't think there's too much body deodorant in Romania. It was definitely an experience as far as being in tight quarters with a lot of people, grown men.

Romania has a distinctive smell on its own, ... Driving to set stunk and then getting to set stunk even worse. You're in confined places with guys. And Europeans are not noted for their hygiene. I don't think there's too much body deodorant in Romania. It was definitely an experience as far as being in tight quarters with a lot of people, grown men.

Right now, we're just digesting. The market is waiting for companies to start saying that future quarters are going to look better.

Schering will be coming out with a second generation (Claritin) drug in the next few months, so it depends how many people they convert (to the new drug), ... They could be in Merck's shoes a few quarters from now, but I don't think they have the visibility to say.

Realistically we could be awful close to being 4-1, ... We had opportunities to win at Holdrege and against Chadron, but we didn't. We need to put four quarters together.

Our slower quarters had to do with ... trying to move in freshmen and less-experienced players.

Our defensive effort in the second and third quarters was outstanding. They had trouble getting away from it. And when we get stops, we are hard to stop.

Other Internet companies are not likely to blow through their quarters the way they have in the past,

On this basis, the doubling in the oil price since 2003 will have knocked something like three quarters of a percentage point off GDP growth during this year alone.

Offensively, other than one quarter against Kalispell, I don't think we put four great quarters together. But I feel good going into the tournament.

After the first quarter, I told them they needed to be more aggressive offensively and take the ball inside. Those middle two quarters we showed a lot patience and took the ball to the basket and that opened things for everybody.

A decline in shipments following the holiday quarter is expected of mature markets, and the handheld devices market is no different. After nine consecutive quarters of year-over-year decline, many are wondering how long this trend will continue, and whether the market will see a reverse.

After last week, we challenged the kids to play four quarters of football. I like the way the team responded.

After nine consecutive quarters of year-over-year decline, many are wondering how long this trend will continue and whether the market will see a reverse.

Street thinking over the last two quarters has been that Adobe is going into a slow product year. We believe Adobe is going into a strong product year in fiscal 2006.

Some quarters either on the basis of a suspect premeditated scheme or out of bad faith have used this crime in a despicable manner in order to fan the flames of hostility against Syria and increase accusations against it.

South Africa is currently in the longest upward business cycle since 1945, having experienced 28 consecutive quarters of positive growth.

No, we haven't played that much with him, we all know that. The best part is we played the last three quarters with him. To me, that was the start of what we have to do now. It's not like I'm going out there to catch the ball from my 5-year-old son who never threw a pass to me before.

The moons were aligned and the stars were aligned, ... It was probably one of our best quarters in many, many years.

Defensively, I wasn't displeased. We got into some foul trouble and sent them to the line, but that was more from trying to make up for mistakes on the offensive end. Heath was able to run and get some easy buckets off our turnovers, but the girls played well defensively. They probably had 30 points off our turnovers. They really didn't score much against us out of their half-court sets. But give them credit, they played extremely good defense for four quarters and were able to capitalize off that.

Dell's problems may take several quarters to work through,

Dell should be able -- for the next couple of quarters -- to come in a penny ahead of estimates.

Companies are as optimistic as they have been for the last five quarters over which we've seen job gains. Hiring intentions are holding at a high level.

Coming out the third quarter and having some success is something we've really talked about. We've told the guys they always need to play hard, but the first and third quarters in particular.

An unexpected surge in wages would likely see the bank raising its inflation forecast and needing to tighten rates, so keeping a close eye on wages and inflation data in the coming quarters will be important.