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We were able to work on both our strengths and weaknesses, and it's encouraging to see that. The reality is that we'll be playing some of the top competition in the nation at our next tournament (the Pacific-10 Conference championships), and we'll need to be as ready as we can.

We were able to take Arkansas' strengths away from them, and it was really a solid all around defensive effort. The nice thing about our basketball team is you are going to have a different person step up on any night of the week.

We definitely were not prepared, but I guess we were prepared the best we could. I obviously wasn't able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of Colorado because we didn't give them a fair fight.

We worked off each other's strengths to intimidate those around us and propel us forward, ... The pack really stepped it up this week from our last meet two meets ago. As we continue with our speed training, this should only continue to improve.

Xircom's strengths in small-form-factor design combined with our silicon expertise will allow us to provide customers with new and innovative solutions for linking mobile computing devices to corporate wired and wireless networks.

The data available today emphasizes the multifold strengths of our alliance strategy resulting into a leading position towards time-to-market, figure-of-merits, and manufacturing flexibility by pooling significant R&D resources as also exploiting a huge amount of intellectual capital.

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There are no unknowns at this point. But from their standpoint, the X-factor is that they are a team that takes as many three-pointers as anybody. If they get hot like they can, they can cause you a lot of problems. But, one of our strengths all year was defending the three. Hope that continues.

We only lost five. But they had been playing together since they were freshmen. We're still working on our strengths and trying to find the right replacements. The girls were a little tenuous at first, but they started doing well and making some good pass combinations.

We pitched well in tight games. Pitching and defense were our strengths today.

We like Jason Bulger. But we think the way our staff sets up now, one of the strengths is the depth. Cutting him is something we debated, but you have to give up something to get something.

We were not able to finish off drives and execute and put the ball in the end zone. When they have nine men on the line of scrimmage and are playing man coverage, you have to take to strengths and use them.

We have been asked to do a complete analysis of safety net services, and the strengths and weaknesses of that system. Any issue is on the table.

We do have four seniors up front that I think are one of the strengths on our team.

We work with people to help them identify other possible solutions and recognize the strengths they have.

This reorganization adopts industry best practices and capitalizes on the strengths of our senior managers, positioning us to achieve our ambitious plans for the next several years.

We think we have a very competitive club in a very competitive league. I think our strengths will be in goal and our defense.

(To) reignite growth, we have structured our operations into three independent businesses that leverage our core strengths while providing customers with the products they want and need,

The program is all about the empowerment of teachers. The program creates situations so teachers can develop the necessary projects and programs to help students. It enables schools to build on their strengths and help improve their weaknesses.

We have seen what great strengths he has. The coaches haven't really been thinking seriously about him up until now, but I cannot say that it will stay that way.

There are guys out there who can hit it with him in terms of distance, but I've never seen somebody who hits it that far and that straight. I told people he'd be a better pro than an amateur -- and he had a great amateur career -- because he could use his strengths to separate himself from the field. On tour, if you can hit it far and straight, you can get at those flags in the corners with a short iron. John can do that. I think he's the best driver of the ball in the game.

There are a lot of teams that are pretty even, and we feel like we're one of them. We've kind of been in the mode where we haven't finished, and that's been one of our strengths over the years.

With the acquisition of Pacific Trail, we continue to strengthen our portfolio of authentic, outdoor brands. We are particularly enthusiastic about the opportunity to leverage our design and capital strengths to expand the growth opportunities for Pacific Trail products in distribution channels that Columbia has not yet developed.

When you are winning, your strengths show and your weaknesses don't. We can't dwell on this; you can only loose a game once.

We will have the ability to take advantage of our strengths to service the consolidating food service marketplace. We can take and match our efficiencies and our services to meet a changing landscape.

We watched them and thought our strengths matched up well with them. I was confident from the first point. They are an awesome team, but I never thought we would lose a game.

We are excited to welcome the ChildrenFirst employees, clients, and families into the Bright Horizons community. The combined strengths and offerings of our organizations will provide an even stronger platform for growth in the field of back-up child care, and will expand our network of high-quality child care and work/life services to even better serve our clients,

Both partners are already known for their strengths and skills in marketing, and the formation of this joint venture offers us an outstanding opportunity to grow our business in the world's largest ice cream market.

We're impressed with all of our goalies. We like the way these guys have performed in the past and we feel they all bring different elements to the table because they all have different strengths and styles.

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,

Women are just much better at getting degrees than men. It seems that school at every level plays to the natural strengths of women more than it does to men.

We will be reorganizing the business around these key areas, and as we capitalize on our strengths and focus the business, this realignment may also result in a reduction of the total number of our employees.

We have a couple of guys who are on call to make deliveries if we have a real rush but mostly it's just us. We do everything. We all bring our separate strengths to the business. Jan's background is in marketing and public relations. Teresa has 30 years of experience in sales in San Antonio and I take care of the business development stuff like paying the bills and updating the Web site.

What I've tried to do . . . is create a whole model that got away from test scores and avoided labels like LD (learning disabled) or ADD (attention-deficit disorder), and use a profile of strengths and weaknesses.

We just do what we're told, because Coach Kane is a great coach. Our strengths are we want to be good, and we are willing to play hard. We can hang with some of those in teams in the Top 10.

We don't script what these guys say. We play to the strengths of the instructors. We developed the curriculum so they teach what they know best.

To help you evaluate how your strengths stack up, you can build models based on statistical profiles of recent freshman classes at the schools, data on their applicant pools, and analysis of other primary sources of information. And of course realism is important. You do not want to place all your bets on colleges where you have little chance of getting in. At the same time, you don't want to be frightened away from colleges where your chances may be much higher than you think.

You have to market your strengths and your niche.

You have to know your players' strengths and weaknesses. And if someone's not playing up to her potential, of course I'm going to get on her case about it.

You have to work on your weaknesses, but you have to work on your strengths even more. After all, returning well is one of my chief responsibilities on a court.

We've really tried to play to our strengths a little bit more. Last year Mary really stuck behind the crease a lot and was a great feeder. I think now Mary has really worked hard to get in better shape and to get faster, and so I think she's a threat from up top as well.

We teach the child about his own strengths and weaknesses, and we give words they need for the things they need to work on,

We just got to do it with this group. Find out what our strengths are.

We weren't playing to our strengths early on, we were playing to our weaknesses. Credit Central. That is a direct result of what they bring to the table.

We were really focused tonight. We're playing to our strengths right now, which is pressure defense and fast-break offense.

We were pretty evenly matched; each team had its strengths and weaknesses. We executed our game plan, which resulted in a win.

We try to score the herd as to whether they're average in specific areas, above average or an excellent performing herd in certain areas. And that serves as our guidepost to determine whether they have weaknesses or strengths in specific areas.

We felt their weakness was outside shooting and one of their strengths was crashing the boards and rebounding, so we decided to play a sagging 2-3 and win or lose with it. Luckily their shots didn't fall and we rebounded very well.

We're going to be a team that's going to steal. We're going to put runners in motion. We got to get some stolen base attempts. That's one of our strengths as team on offense.

We feel that Fernando and Travis are going to give us a lot of depth at the catching position. Fernando ... was one of our strengths in the playoffs, and we're glad to have him back.

We feel that by combining Red Hat's strengths in servers and workstation technology with Cygnus' expertise in small devices, we're creating a compelling story for the post-PC world,

This offer undervalues the strengths of our brands and our financial position.

We didn't necessarily have a strategy. We all had our strengths and weaknesses, but we also had enough faith in one another to let whoever had a gut feeling about the answer go ahead and buzz in.

We want Brian to be here. We recognize him as an important part of this team, a quality person. I think Brian recognizes that this is a great situation for him. I think he recognizes that this system probably matches up to his own strengths and weaknesses better than any other system out there. So I think that in the long run, because we both have that mind-set about it, we'll find a way to get it done. I hope it's in the short run.

We have existing strengths in engineering and life sciences that we would like to bring together.

We have devoted the last six months to building and implementing a transformation plan that leverages our strengths and allows us to compete successfully in a changing airline industry,

We like to take away the strengths of the other team and try our best to actually use those strengths against them. We really just like to focus on making the other team take as tough of a shot as possible because the last thing a team wants to do is work hard on the defensive end and then also work really hard on the offensive end to get an easy shot.

Both Ford and Volvo have looked at injury and fatality rates in rollovers involving vehicles that meet the federal standard to vehicles that have roof strengths that are multiples of the federal standard, and there isn't a difference.

Both bring big and diverse strengths to the table, with each filling in key areas for the other. But the question you have to step back and ask is what would this mean to rival suppliers? And just how long would it take for a merged entity to be integrated from top to bottom and provide a true single face to service providers worldwide?

Brent developed into that role as the season progressed. He did a super job finding the open man out there. Overall I thought we progressed as a team and played to our strengths and that's probably why we finished third in the conference.

Being around different coaches, I've picked up several different styles of play. I can't really say, ?oh you'll see the wing-T or the spread.' We will have a system, but you have to adjust to your team's strengths and your opponents.

Every game is getting more difficult. Every team respects us more and defends more, looks only for the counter-attack, tries to reduce the time of the game, and fights with their strengths to make everything difficult.

Every law school is going to have its strengths and weaknesses, but no set of rankings can take all these into account evenly. It's still nice to see us ranked in the top 50.

At the beginning of the season, we knew hitting the ball would be one of the big strengths of our team and that has been the case for us all season. We are definitely playing some pretty good baseball right now.

ConAgra Foods has a number of great brands and businesses to drive future growth. We will build on those strengths by coupling disciplined investments in well-positioned brands with a more streamlined operating structure.

diversity is one of the strengths of the country.

Different vendors bring different strengths to SOX compliance.

Don't rush to develop a new resume. That's the mistake almost everyone makes. Instead, reflect on what isn't working, what's not right about where you are, what are your greatest strengths are, and what you love to do.

Croatia is a small country up against a giant country that invented soccer and is one of the best in the game, only we believe in our strengths and our chances of winning.

Dustin is one of the strengths that we've done a lot better with. We've struggled with our post play the last couple of years, and he's really given us an inside force.

The top items to be considered in this second session of the 109th Congress promote the core values and strengths of NAMIC members.

The United States can't allow its technology and scientific strengths to lessen because it will affect competitiveness.

They all have significant strengths, all have significant financial wherewithal. Every one has support within the industry and outside the industry. The strengths of the groups make this a very difficult decision.

The scary thing is he's only 21. Watching him when he was younger, I always thought one of his main strengths was the ability to make other people better. That can always be your major weakness if you do that too much. What he's done in the last month is on the fine line of when he needs to take over a game and when he needs to take a shot to win a game.

It was a case of surviving. It was not really a stage suited to the strengths of the Mitsubishis. It was interesting to compare our speed with the Volkswagens and now they have the twin turbo engines, there is really very little difference between us in terms of the top speed.

The strengths of the team have been different throughout the years. I do think we try to play a certain way of football. I think our philosophy is that we try to play smart and that we try to play tough and we try to play physical out there.

The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings.

The significant strengths of new Viacom to deliver consistent double-digit, bottom-line growth and the proven cash generation ability of CBS Corp. will underpin their performance and define their attractiveness to investors.

The thing about Bruce is that he knew from day one what he wanted to do here. One of his many strengths is that he knows what kind of people it takes to help him be successful.

I've looked at a few things to see what people think my strengths and weaknesses are.

I've made peace with the past. I have learned a lot. I know who I am. I know where my strengths lie now. I don't want to jump in too quickly.

Texas Genco is an ideal strategic fit with NRG. The strengths of its people and its assets align closely with our own, bolstering NRG's platform for growth and our ability to drive value for our shareholders.

Thank goodness we played those series of matches. With conference play beginning this week, the exhibition provided us with a real glimpse of where we have strengths and where we have weaknesses.

Sometimes you need a loss to realize you strengths and your weaknesses. And I think in that case, we realize our weaknesses. Hopefully, we can learn from it and get ready to play.

Proxim's brand name and distribution channel are recognized around the globe, and we are building on these strengths with an expanded product portfolio to enable our partners to pursue new revenue opportunities. Customers can expect to see even more benefits from our combined company as we continue to expand our portfolio of best-of-breed wireless solutions in virtually every arena, from Wi-Fi through wireless Gigabit Ethernet.

Rather than focusing on their strengths and weaknesses, we're going to focus on what we have to do well. We'll adapt on the fly.

Our customers will benefit from a partner with the scale and scope to design, build and manage increasingly converged networks that deliver the most advanced communications services to the market. That is what this combination will deliver with an unparalleled focus on execution, innovation and service for our customers. Serge and I will work hard with our leadership team to draw upon the key strengths and common culture of technical excellence within each company to uniquely position the combined company for success, growth and value creation from next-generation networking and services.

No question this is a positive. Kodak's strengths include wide product range, ease of use and a brand name with high recognition.

No question this is a positive, ... Kodak's strengths include wide product range, ease of use and a brand name with high recognition.

Northern Film & Media has successfully built on the creative strengths of the region, with its rich history of writing talent, whilst working actively to improve access to and engagement with film culture.

Normally, we would have played another Division 1-A (team), hopefully ... someone in the middle of the of conference in the Big-12 or Big-10, and I think you would have a little better understanding of where your kids are. But I think we know what we need to work on. We know what our strengths are.

Normally, it's three or four games into the season before you know the strengths and weak points of the various sides, so there'll more adjusting on the run in this one.

The Olympics are a platform, and with all your characteristics, strengths and weaknesses, the Olympics will enable you to present yourself to the world. And it's a very competitive world!

'StrengthsFinder 2.0' is an effort to get the core message and language out to a much broader audience. We had no idea how well received the first strengths book would be by general readers - it was oriented more toward managers - or that the energy and excitement would continue to grow.

Coaching helped me be a more effective leader in Barclays, helped me to reflect on my strengths and weaknesses and adjust leadership style to different members of the team.

Archipelago was created with the vision of making markets better for all investors, a vision that we share with the NYSE and has led us to this historic day. I am extremely proud of the innovation, the technology and the value Archipelago has brought to its customers and shareholders and am excited about combining our strengths with those of the NYSE.

At some of the other schools the programs were too big. It's very nice here. The professor gets to know us and our strengths and weaknesses. He makes sure we know what we're doing.

That showed us where we really are. Wisconsin really showed us our strengths and weaknesses. That we can have more control of the ball and play more possession not just kick it. Last year we used to just kick it and let me and Alexandra run on to it.

That gets back to Bruce's selection of people, seeing potential in people and knowing how to utilize their strengths to help the program.

Aikido is more practical in comparison to other Karate classes where you learn to hurt people. We learn to use attacker's own strengths against them.