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United comes out of Chapter 11 with no significant advantages over its major competitors. Michael Boyd
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Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first. Benjamin Franklin
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The potential advantages that we can get from owning Egg make it clear that retaining it is the right decision,
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The potential advantages of Office 12 sound interesting, although they're hardly earthshaking. Are these the kind of changes that are going to compel companies to rush out and immediately upgrade? We don't think so.
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There are compelling advantages to combining these operations. It allows us to leverage the strengths of each business, while simplifying our structure.
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We're in an exceptionally challenging electoral environment. We start off on a battlefield today that is tilted in their direction, and that's when you have to use the advantages you have. Tom Cole
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While I appreciated the educational advantages I enjoyed in the school and was proud of what I could show in mental culture, I had an earnest desire for something more than a mere business education... I desired to study for a profession, and this prompted me to leave my native state.
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would take on the same responsibilities and practices and acquire the same benefits and advantages as other leading countries with advanced nuclear technology, such as the United States. Manmohan Singh
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I decided that if I want to write about a female hero in the 1920s, I'm going to have to give her all the advantages I can because she has serious disadvantages in being a woman. I wasn't going to have her cowed or overawed by class, so she had to be titled. Kerry Greenwood
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We're staring down the barrel of a loaded gun and that gun is ready to fire,
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We're staring down the barrel of $4 a gallon for gas.
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When we had $10 a barrel a year ago, it was the market that was making the determination, ... To blame 'big oil' on profiteering is a little misleading ... the market is setting the price, not U.S. 'big oil.' Frank Murkowski
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World demand in the second half will average 3 million barrels a day more than in the second quarter. Gary Ross
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We're forecasting oil will grind higher up to $33, ... with an ultimate spike up to $40 a barrel on the outbreak of hostilities.
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You can be straight as a gun barrel theologically, and as empty as one spiritually. Aiden Wilson Tozer
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...I'm very pleased when the smartest people come [to the U.S.] and almost never pleased when the very bottom of the mental barrel comes in.... Charlie Munger
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The potential for going through $70 a barrel is certainly there, it wouldn't take a lot of bad news. You've got the U.S. hurricane season in the not too distant future, as well as the driving season.
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We believe that the oil ministers are inclined to defend a $55 per barrel floor in the near term.
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We believe this partnership with FEMSA will strengthen Kaiser's overall position in the Brazilian market. By maintaining a minority ownership interest and the possibility of launching Coors Light in Brazil, we expect to continue to participate in the upside we see in the Kaiser business and the Brazilian beer market.
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Working families need care. They need care that is regulated, safe and secure, and that's what we're building here. Don't give people C$25 a day to blow on beer and popcorn. Scott Reid
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Would I were in an alehouse in London. William Shakespeare
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Blessings of your heart, you brew good ale.
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And I will make it felony to drink small beer.
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I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.
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And it occurs to me that if I were aboard a rowboat floating in the middle of all the beer I've drunk in a lifetime, I'd never be able to see the shore. Al Purdy
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If somebody attacks me with words, I'm always like, Do you know me? Do you know me that well? Let's have a beer and talk about it. Chris Bosh
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Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small beer in it, and the second reeked claret. Charles Lamb
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When we were making 'Arrested Development,' it was the hardest thing I'd ever done. You know, nobody was watching. We weren't getting feedback. The job wasn't paying very well. But the one thing I did feel confident about was: No one will ever be able to do this again. Because no one would be stupid enough to try. Mitchell Hurwitz
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Tom's has a strong heritage and solid reputation in the snack food business, and we believe that this opportunity will make our company stronger. The transaction developed quickly, and we are still developing our plans. In the near term we intend to continue business as usual while we develop a plan to effectively meet the needs of our customers and consumers. We are confident that the combination of increased sales and operating synergies will create value for Lance, Inc. stockholders.
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We're more confident now that we've won so many games,
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We're more confident and believe we can win every game we play. A rematch sounds really good right now.
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We're making key hits and playing tight enough defense to win some close games. I think we'll get more confident with our hitting as we go.
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We're making it up as we go along. It's what we always did in the past. We're writing the book as we live it. We feel confident that we will have a good time and that it's something that will live up to the same level. It's an exploratory thing, and we're just having fun with it. We'd like to go out and play for the people that supported us and love the music as much as we have all these years. We want to celebrate what we did and the memory of our friend. Jerry Cantrell
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We remain very excited about our recent acquisition of Bio-logic Systems. We have made great progress in the integration of Bio-logic, including the successful combining of our two sales and marketing organizations. We are also making significant operational changes to the organization that will make their operations more efficient. We remain very confident that the acquisition of Bio-logic will be accretive to our earnings in 2006 and beyond.
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We remain on plan to begin rolling out a number of new products, including our instant single-use camera in the second half of 1998. We are confident that 1999 will be one of the company's strongest in recent years.
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We remain focused on building on the momentum in all of our businesses to produce strong quarterly results, and I am confident that we will meet our growth targets for this fiscal year.
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We've asked for all Texas officials to keep an accurate accounting of costs that are directly related to the relief effort so that we can ensure these are reimbursed." ()
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We've always worked cooperatively with the department, and we're only asking for cost of living increases.
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When we were 14, it was Cost of Living. Then later, it was Because Because Because. That band was real ambitious and networking, looking for a deal. And that sucked, so we broke up. Nada Surf was formed for fun. Matthew Caws
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We remain open to exploring various options to attain the needed labor costs savings but we need to resolve the issue quickly.
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We respect Porto and know the game will be difficult, but we want victory at all costs and we know we can achieve it. Javier Zanetti
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We're some weeks away from putting our budget together, but I can tell you this, that energy prices as high as they are will affect costs across the board. There's no doubt about that, Jon Huntsman
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We're going to see the cost of everything go up, just to get basic supplies here, shipping costs will go up, ... We'll have to deal with that as we go, we just have so much money to spend, it's always a challenge. ... Budgets are just a projection and it's so volatile, it's just hard to plan. If things rise in one area, we'll just have to make up with it in another.
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We're going to see higher construction costs anywhere.
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We're going to pay it one way or another. We think paying based on what the actual costs are over a 5 percent difference is a good way to do this. It's not that we're unconcerned; it's just the price of doing business. Bill Smith
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When I was involved in Finnish domestic problems, I used to bring people together and make them work together instead of fighting against each other. Harri Holkeri
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What we're seeing happening is the best of all worlds. The economy is strong yet inflation remains quiescent. The earnings outlook remains reasonably good. Given those things, the money continues to flow into the market from both domestic and foreign sources.
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What has occurred is that supply swelled as our domestic refinery capacity came back on line after recovering from hurricane damage and gasoline imports flooded in to help fill the demand.
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We got whacked on the Fed comments (Wednesday), but that reaction doesn't make sense, ... Don't you think if the Fed is hinting that interest rates will go up sooner, that suggests the economy is doing well? I think the comments bode well for the GDP (gross domestic product) report tomorrow and next week's monthly employment report. Robert Long
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What's pushing these figures is domestic demand, with a major contribution from investment, which means productive capacity should continue growing in the coming quarters.
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Unless the US stock market enters a serious downtrend for some reason, the domestic stock market should continue its bull run going forward.
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U.S. military forces executed the largest, fastest, most comprehensive and most responsive civil support mission ever. In a domestic relief operation unprecedented in scale, over 72,000 federal military and National Guard forces flowed into the Gulf Coast region over a 12-day period to assist fellow Americans in distress.
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We're being told there's an order of protection in place, and as I said, it's an ongoing domestic situation.
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Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture. Charlotte Bunch
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We remain solidly on track to deliver our 2006 financial goals of double-digit earnings per share growth and mid to upper single-digit revenue growth. We continue to make progress on our medium-term goal of 9.5 percent operating margins.
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We remain prepared to deliver double-digit earnings growth in 2001, but most importantly we're excited about how well GE is positioned for the future,
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We remain on track to deliver earnings per share growth for the 2006 fiscal year which equals or exceeds the average of our peers.
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We remain focused on building on the momentum in all of our businesses to produce strong quarterly results, and I am confident that we will meet our growth targets for this fiscal year.
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We remain enthusiastic about the start of this holiday season, as several categories saw substantial revenue increases. The growth in 2004 holiday revenue suggests that consumers are shifting more dollars to the Internet this season.
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We remain confident that our continued strategic focus on profitable branded growth will positively impact fiscal 2007 and beyond.
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We remain confident that digital music will return the industry to growth in due course.
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We remain confident of our growth outlook for the second half of 2001 and all of 2002.
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We remain confident in our long-term guidance of compound annual growth rate for sales and EPS of low 20s for the 2001-2005 period and sales between $8 billion and $9 billion in 2005,
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When we were there, our influence on where things were going was dramatically higher because of the lack of an open-source community, standards bodies, and the inability of developers at-large to communicate. Those days are so over, it's frightening.
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When I was nine, we moved to Stanford University in San Francisco so that my father could do a Ph.D. I went to Terman Junior High in Palo Alto. It was terrible, because my hormones were all over the place, and I became an ugly adolescent full of rage and loathing. Caroline Lawrence
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When I was in my last year in high school, I decided I wanted to try to make it in the NBA. So I went to college and figured out I could do it. Once I figured out I could play in the NBA, I also figured I could be an All-Star. I knew I could do it. Steve Nash
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When I was in high school, we would load up out-of-state hunters in a 1955 International pickup truck and tell them to hang on. We would bring them back after the hunt, dustier than heck and they would give us some cash.
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When I was in high school, we had track for five weeks my senior year. That was all for women's sports. So, we've come a long way from having almost nothing.
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When I was in high school, there was 'Superbad' and 'The Girl Next Door' and 'Wedding Crashers' and all these great movies. You hope to be a part of something that's smart, funny and in that Todd Phillips-vein. You want to make something like 'Superbad.' That movie was so good and so funny. Miles Teller
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When I was in high school, there's no doubt I was trying to swing like Tiger Woods when he first came on tour.
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When I was in high school playing against those guys I really didn't feel friendly towards them at all. I tried to make myself think I hated Unionville at the time, and there was definitely a lot of trash talking. You run into those guys all the time. It's pretty important to have those bragging rights so you can walk with your head a little higher. But now that I'm out of school and you see those guys there's no hate there. I have a lot of respect for them. John Goodman
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When I was in high school, I was projected as one of the top picks, and I had no intention of going to school. But, I had a bad senior year and I fell. Looking back, if I had gone (pro) out of high school, I would not have made it. I wasn't mature enough. ... Going to college was the best thing I ever did. Mike Pelfrey
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When it come down to it on most nights it is about the player and the teams that work the hardest and not so much a chess match of strategy. Composure is key to playing defense and you cannot allow others to get under your skin and throw you off your game. Cody Franson
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When it came to entering mutual-fund orders, Bear Stearns essentially handed the keys to the system over to the hedge funds.
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We remind the Burundi government and security forces that respect for human rights and peaceful dialogue should be key elements in their efforts to re-establish security in the country.
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We're making key hits and playing tight enough defense to win some close games. I think we'll get more confident with our hitting as we go.
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We remain focused on improving key fundamentals of our business and making operational improvements that resulted in a solid quarter across the company.
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We're spending more time on our computers. Even though television viewing is up, there is still a percentage that they're losing. If they put programs on the Internet, they can capture more of the audience. That's one of the key factors driving the networks.
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We're slightly lower to unchanged basically for the second day in a row after a little bit of a rally. That 11,000 continues to be a key resistance area.
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We're getting to the age when we're starting to see that responsibility isn't such a bad thing, when we see maturity as the key to sustenance. William Petersen
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We're going to score some runs this year, you can count on that. Timmy is a big key to our club, but we have a really potent offense overall so we'll be quite all right. We've got a good freshman core and the big hitters to drive them home so I like our chances. We are going to compete for one the top spots in our league and before this year is over, they'll know the names of these guys.
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When we were practicing for Italy that was one of my main things I talked to Coach Sue and Coach (Cori) Close about - how do I bring that leadership in that two spot? I think it's still coming up and being encouraging and still being positive and energetic. Holly Johnson
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Tom Taylor brings decades of company and retail experience to his new role. He has touched virtually every part of company and has in-depth knowledge of stores, products, associates, suppliers and customers. Tom has served in numerous leadership roles that have directly influenced merchandising and marketing efforts.
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We're missing some of that leadership in the White House now. John Edwards
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We're making a change in the leadership of the men's basketball program effective immediately.
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We remain enthusiastic about eBay's business model and market leadership position. Henry Blodget
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We're going to try new things, folks, ... That's what leadership is all about. Antonio Villaraigosa
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We're going to need them to play with the same kind of fire and emotion against Carrollton that they did in the fourth quarter against Elbert. They have been leaders all year. This senior class has shown a lot of leadership all year and we're going to need it.
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When we get on a roll, we've got enough leadership to push them through the ups and downs.
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When we first started out, we had a lot of kids who didn't want to work hard and it makes a difference in how your team performs. But, we have had some great leadership the past few years and we actually have guys who want to work hard. Jim Connors
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When I was a child, I lived in Morocco, and I would always buy a lot of beads from the markets and to make jewellery for friends. Later, at 18, I would do my own clothes and make my own patterns. When I first came to New York, people just assumed I was a stylist because I was so into fashion.
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We're making significant changes in strategy. The value proposition is completely changing. How we partner is completely changing. Markets that we go after are changing.
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We remain convinced that our home-improvement markets are fundamentally attractive and that the actions we are taking will position Kingfisher well for the future.
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We respectfully request that Congress do no harm by distorting markets or seeking punitive taxes on an industry working hard to respond to high prices and supply shortfalls.
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We're getting to a phase where European data could have more of an impact because a solid U.S. economic scenario is so widely expected. The markets are also very thin, so traders aren't taking on large amounts of risk.
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We're going to see volatile markets for the next little while with all this uncertainty regarding earnings. We need to see a general improvement in the tone of earnings and especially with guidance.
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When the economies of emerging markets don't just grow but beat expectations, there's scarcely a mention. Kenneth Fisher
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Indeed, bull markets are fueled by successive waves of prior skeptics finally capitulating as their fears fade. Eventually, fear turns to euphoria, and that's the stuff of bubbles.
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What we're seeing as we look into the futures markets presently are increases that seem to be never ending,
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We remain focused on building on the momentum in all of our businesses to produce strong quarterly results, and I am confident that we will meet our growth targets for this fiscal year.
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We're starting to build momentum heading into the tournament. If we start playing good now, hopefully it will carry over there.
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We're going to eat, sleep, breathe (Indian Hills). It's all about Saturday. This is a good momentum builder. We've got to get ready for it.
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What we're seeing around the country is a concerted effort by Democrats to manufacture momentum by talking up a lot of candidates with no resources.
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What they've done for us lately is when we've had a couple of shifts where we haven't done things well and lost momentum, they've been a great line to regain that momentum or at least get it turned around. You know what you're going to get for the most part every shift. Brad Shaw
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When we came into this race last year, we were just off our first career win at Homestead-Miami Speedway and we had a lot of momentum and energy,
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When we go down to Miami, we've got to keep the snowball going. We've got momentum going. We've got confidence. So we've got to keep it up. Ben Gordon
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When we go down there, we've got to keep the snowball rolling. We have momentum right now. We have confidence. So we need to keep that up.
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When we gave up those two buckets at the end of the quarter, we never got the momentum back. The tempo slowed down, and it was not to our advantage.
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We've always tried to reduce the number of people getting bit by sharks through education and awareness. We try to get our safety tips out through our Web site and in publications.
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We've always said we have a number of strategic alternatives that we're looking at...We continue to do that.
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We've always played three guards in certain instances over the years. A number of programs do that. Oftentimes, your smaller players are your better players. Last year, our bigger guys were our better players. Jamie Dixon
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When I was playing, it was 10 or 12 plays that determined the outcome of a game. Now, because of the balance of talent in the league, it's come down to three or four plays a game. All you're looking for is to be in a position where you have a chance to win at the end. We haven't been able to do that, in a number of cases but we just keep chipping at it, trying to find a way to turn that corner. Marty Schottenheimer
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When I was in high school, I was a bad singer. I mean, all my early acting was musical theater, and my first ever show was 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' Everyone's familiar with it. I played priest number 3 and sang so out of tune that it's not even funny. Sam Claflin
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When I was accused of being an obstructionist, there was a corresponding, a very significant increase in the number of issues that my family and I had to deal with. And I worry about that, Tom Daschle
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Tomorrow we've got a big labor number coming out and that may give someone a reason to get back in the market or to continue to get out.
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We remain on plan to begin rolling out a number of new products, including our instant single-use camera in the second half of 1998. We are confident that 1999 will be one of the company's strongest in recent years.
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We're so thin on numbers that when you look on the sidelines to put in somebody else, you just don't have it. We're going to try to keep working on it and try to get better.
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We've averaging 61 points per game, but the thing that makes me the proudest about this team is its defense. We've held teams to an average of 31 points per game. A lot of players get to play (as a result of big leads), and that means the kids on the bench are doing a good job defensively as well.
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We've always had periods when something came in vogue, ... This is different because of the Internet. It keeps on going and the riches just keep astounding everybody. All the traders that come up today naturally gravitate toward Internet stocks.
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We've always had a successful business here, but you have periods of financial difficulty, and we don't deny that. I've always taken care of my obligations. Sooner or later, we take care of our obligations.
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We've always had a broader cultural coverage, particularly in the last three or four years We have short stories in every issue. We have more of an interior life. Perhaps the mistake was not to make more noise about that in the earlier issues.
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We've always felt that way. I'm not surprised that when he had the opportunity to go in that he performed as well as he did.
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When I was on 'The Golden Girls,' we'd have eight scenes per show. And when 'Seinfeld' came along, they went to, like, 30 scenes a show, which was revolutionary. 'Arrested Development' has probably got 60 scenes per show. It just keeps emerging as this more and more complex thing. I always try to keep it very simple at its heart.
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When I was in the IHL there were a few teams that used to do that. Some goaltenders just have a knack for breakaways and it can give your team a little bit of a boost. You have to know your personnel before you can make those changes and obviously Craig thinks Morrison is the guy on breakaways. Dave Tippett
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When I was in middle school, the librarian there was secretary for a couple of groups of professional writers. She introduced me to Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson, and I became very friendly with them over a period of two years. Both of them were very generous with their time, guidance and advice. Jonathan Maberry
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When it came down to it, there were three teams in the running for second place. The percentage of individual wins for Matt and Josh were higher so they took second.
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We've basically sold our position in USAI. We're very much focused on bearing down on cable and interactive television. Paul Allen
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We've basically sold our position in USAI, ... We're very much focused on bearing down on cable and interactive television.
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We've asked McKenna to play a lot of positions this year, and she has really done well offensively, too. Joyce Compton
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We've always taken the position at this rookie camp that we'll give opportunities to guys who deserve them. Estrada continued to play well. He deserved to go.
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We've always said there aren't too many steelworkers, there are too many steel companies. That's been our position for several years.
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We've always opposed unilateral attempts to try to decide these issues. And that position hasn't changed. Richard Boucher
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We've always been the underdog, and it's the kind of the position we expect to be in.
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When I was playing, it was 10 or 12 plays that determined the outcome of a game. Now, because of the balance of talent in the league, it's come down to three or four plays a game. All you're looking for is to be in a position where you have a chance to win at the end. We haven't been able to do that, in a number of cases but we just keep chipping at it, trying to find a way to turn that corner.
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When I was out looking at different degrees, I felt it was the best degree to prepare me for any type of position in business with the exception of maybe marketing. The language of business is accounting.
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We've asked McKenna to play a lot of positions this year, and she has really done well offensively, too.
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We believe we are in the second half of a semiconductor-cycle decline. The bias should be toward building positions while being price sensitive. We believe downside risk to equipment stocks is less than potential 12-18 month rewards.
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We're going to have to see how quickly he makes it back and whether he positions himself again to be in contention for a position on our roster.
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We feel that he will be able to play three positions for us, giving us added versatility. Pat Riley
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We're fielding a lot of calls from institutional investors looking to take positions in industrial real estate in Austin.
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We're getting into our secondary help positions a lot better. Once we get the weak side rebounding, it helps ignite the break.
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We're getting her the ball much better than we did at the beginning of the year. We're doing a better job at getting her the ball in positions where she is more able to score. Kate is a very strong low-post player. She's six-foot and solid.
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We're getting down to a few numbers where we can work it a little easier and not try to get everyone in. We want to start stretching out our players and take a good look at some of these guys that are battling each other and battling for positions on this team. Ron Gardenhire
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We want to see our coaches move on to head coaching positions at a higher level. Tom Burnett
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We've asked again but with the price they're asking, it's silly money as they don't want to sell him. Paul Jewell
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We've always thought it would go a long way if Canada would volunteer price information so our producers would know if they are being beaten on price or on other factors, like quality.
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When we were buying, many others were also buying, and to a great extent in fact and at prices that we never would have wanted to pay.
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When it comes right down to the crunch, it's very possible that we're still going to have to import people at whatever price it will take, to bring them here to help us finish things off.
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To my constituents, today's hearing is about shared sacrifices in tough times versus oil company greed, ... Working people struggle with high gas prices and your sacrifices appear to be nothing. Barbara Boxer
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Tom Petty kept his price very low compared to his contemporaries. Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire did, too, when they paired up for a tour, and it was very successful.
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We're making sure that the price changes we're taking are on optional services, not on broad-based services.
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We remain positive based on economic activity and E&P spending; we're also positive on 2007 but see some risk to E&P spending given the potential squeeze on returns (with) a possible moderation in commodity prices in '07. Visibility remains too good to worry too early, however.
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We're staring record energy prices in the face every day, it seems.
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When we were in the jury room, there were tears shed. It was a difficult process to stand in judgment of someone else.
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We're making this investment to help meet continued, strong demand for refrigerated and pre-cooked bacon. The project is another example of the technology and food safety improvements we've initiated to position our processed meats business for future growth. For example, we've invested almost $15 million in our deli meats plant in Buffalo, N.Y., over the past two years.
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We're making an effort here to contain the fire. We've seen it from a couple of different places but we don't know the extent of it. The teams are in the process now of trying to fight that fire and get it under control.
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We're sort of too old to die young now, ... so you have to sort of carry (it) off with what you've got. And you're surprising yourself still. I think that's part of the process is the surprises. Paul Kantner
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We're slowing the process down. A large-scale disaster will occur and there will be another hue and cry about why we were not able to get the aid faster. Craig Fugate
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We're getting the process started with exploring bonding and meeting with some people who are pointing us in the right direction.
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We're going to take anyone who walks through the doors. And we have a process to see if they're eligible for (strong narcotic prescriptions) that includes contracts and drug tests. And if they violate those, they're dismissed. Steve Clarke
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We're going to have a lot of additional demand for materials, both in the cleanup process and the repair process and going forward in rebuilding.
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What we're seeing here is a laying bare of the political process without the euphemisms, without the sugar-coating. People are recoiling.
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We're making changes because the bookstore has struggled to make a profit or break even over the past few years. We have begun affiliating our bookstore with Columbia as they are the eighth largest in the country and know how to run a retail company.
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We're making a profit every year, but the thing is, we keep putting that profit back into the business.
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We remain confident that our continued strategic focus on profitable branded growth will positively impact fiscal 2007 and beyond.
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We're going to see continued growth in demand for drilling activity and exploration activity. With prices up so high and profit so great now.
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What we're seeing is people banking enormous profits in these stocks.
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What we're seeing is a tremendous increase in the number of complaints and horror stories, including fatalities, associated with the rush to corporate, profit driven health care in our country.
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What we're seeing here is investors becoming increasingly nervous, awaiting the economic data tomorrow (Thursday). Profit warnings and future growth (concerns) are overshadowing the enthusiasm that we saw develop late yesterday -- it's a feeding process.
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What we're looking at, as we look ahead a few years, is a default, a half-finished site and a developer who walks away with potentially over half a billion dollars in profits and fees. We simply can't allow that to happen.
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What they've done is buy themselves some time. The challenge is, how long does it last? If you're still losing sales, those stores that are profitable today won't be profitable tomorrow.
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What we're seeing initially is a reduction in the number of cases allowed. Many of these will eventually get a patent, though.
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What we're looking at is about a 30 percent reduction in both programs per year. There isn't a lot of new money there to consider new projects, unless some of the other ones drop out.
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Unless there is a change in the basic philosophy, we will not see a reduction of nuclear arsenals to zero for a very long time, if ever. Joseph Rotblat
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The ongoing dot.com market correction is far from having a negative effect on online retailing as a whole. It has actually led online retailers to renew their focus on customer service, cost reduction and profitability.
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The ongoing task of debt management for the federal government will clearly be very different in the years ahead than it has been in the past, when debt was rapidly increasing, ... With $3.6 trillion in debt outstanding, even a 3 basis point (0.03 percentage point) reduction in federal borrowing costs will ultimately produce savings of more than $1 billion per year. Lawrence Summers
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We are pleased to be able to report that the operating loss in the first quarter narrowed significantly over the previous quarter. This reflects a reduction in selling and administrative expenses due to cost savings measures that we have implemented since the fiscal year began. With further cost-savings still to take effect and with a significant increase in new order intake since Dec. 31, we foresee much stronger operating results for the balance of 2006.
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We are aggressively implementing our cost-reduction plans, which will yield more than $1 billion in savings by the end of 2001, ... Since the third quarter of 2000, we have taken actions that account for more than one-third of this target, including the reduction of approximately 2,000 jobs worldwide in the fourth quarter. This activity will intensify with the reduction of 4,000 jobs in the first quarter and additional reductions through the balance of the year.
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If workmen are denied any increase in real wages and they can look forward only to a better standard of living through reduction of prices, progress for them is terribly slow, and they become impatient and dissatisfied. Charles E. Wilson
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We are not asking for a pardon but for a reduction in the sentence. He was really in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Unless FEMA has a direct line to the president, the people of Hawaii and the nation are at risk. FEMA must be restored as an independent agency.
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The point of all that is, they still decline to turn over the boy to his father. We could go to Miami and knock on the door and we could come out without the boy. That's unacceptable to us. The central issue is whether this boy is going to be restored to his father,
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We are proud to welcome this landmark hotel -- fully restored and offering the latest in amenities and services -- into the Hilton brand. The Hilton Fort Worth continues our legacy of offering hotels of significance culturally or within the community that are designed to help our guests experience all of the enriching leisure or business experiences that travel can offer.
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Traveling to the Middle East and playing music for people on the street, for soldiers, for people in hospitals, and for people who lost their homes, and seeing people open up through the experience of music really restored my faith in music, in art, and in culture to change things. Michael Franti
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Born of a noble father and a saintly mother, President Hinckley learned as a young boy the truths of the restored gospel from his faithful parents. He came to respect deeply and value highly his pioneer heritage. Joseph B. Wirthlin
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I saw the Kino print of 'The Man From Beyond,' but apparently a superior new print has been produced by Restored Serials. Maybe a few snippets of missing footage will close up some of the plot holes, but I have my doubts. Kage Baker
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Through a number of sales initiatives we have restored our domestic beer volume growth momentum, and we successfully implemented a moderate price increase early this year. The cost pressures we experienced last year continue, but at a lesser rate, and we have implemented a number of initiatives to reduce costs and enhance productivity.
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Through a number of sales initiatives, we have restored our domestic beer volume growth momentum.
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We need fresh, new leadership with bold ideas and a new approach to get more people back to work with quality jobs and restored dignity in the lives of our Utahns.
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We feel the best way to guard against high tuition increases is through restoring our base state funding.
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The sun setting on the Ucayali, with the Andean foothills in the background, and the taste of freshly cut papaya in my mouth, restoring a body utterly shattered, made for one of those 'ones to tell the grandchildren' memories. Mark Barrowcliffe
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We're still assessing our options, what we're going to do and when we're going to do it. As of now, there's no date for restoring the conductors. An appeal is being considered.
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I do not want medical men to discuss whether or not my work is valuable, because I know what it will do. I want them to tell me how best this new knowledge of rapidly restoring paralysed people to health and strength can be applied where it is needed. Elizabeth Kenny
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I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nation's faith in its elected leaders. Kirsten Gillibrand
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Back when the concept of organ transplants qualified as science fiction, novelist Maurice Renard wrote a thriller called 'Les Mains d'Orlac.' Call it a bastard offspring of 'Frankenstein;' its plot revolved around the old theme of Science Giving Us Stuff We Shouldn't Have - in this particular case, restoring severed body parts.
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If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary. Edward Hopper
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I have called for this special meeting to begin immediately the work of rebuilding our state and restoring our people, Kathleen Blanco
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I didn't want 'Calvin and Hobbes' to coast into halfhearted repetition, as so many long-running strips do. I was ready to pursue different artistic challenges, work at a less frantic pace ... and start restoring some balance to my life. Bill Watterson
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We remain solidly on track to deliver our 2006 financial goals of double-digit earnings per share growth and mid to upper single-digit revenue growth. We continue to make progress on our medium-term goal of 9.5 percent operating margins.
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We remain enthusiastic about the start of this holiday season, as several categories saw substantial revenue increases. The growth in 2004 holiday revenue suggests that consumers are shifting more dollars to the Internet this season.
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We remain concerned that continued declines in PC pricing will continue to make PC revenue growth harder for Dell, ... We are lowering our PC growth estimates... We also expect Dell to face tougher competition in the enterprise hardware and services segments.
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What we're really interested in generating is UA intellectual property. It offers a revenue stream from intellectual property.
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What they have that a lot of the other top revenue teams don't have is control of player costs.
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We would share the revenue with the Island since they are helping with the funding.
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What he did today was to make a very prudent business decision, ... With the tax base decimated for the next six to seven months ...(the city) has lost its basic revenue streams and customer base. You've got to pare down to a basic core and rebuild incrementally.
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We can cover our operating expenses without the revenue from UH and we have a cushion. Notwithstanding a total disaster, these projections should hold.
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We believe Yahoo!'s stock has significant upside in it, given its inflection point in revenue and margin growth, Yahoo!'s increasing market share and the conservative guidance.
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We were supporting schools that were not doing well at all. This has helped a great deal. We are committed to educating these students, and we must have fiscal stability and viability to do so.
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United States will continue to support Lankan government and the LTTE as they take steps to bring peace and stability to their country." ()
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We feel that we've got good stability and athleticism at the post now, and we've gotten bigger on our perimeter.
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We want the Japanese-American alliance to be a global alliance that will contribute to the peace and stability of the international community, as it has contributed to the peace and stability of Asia.
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The performance features are standard stability control and anti-lock brakes. And because the vehicle is based on a commercially available model, other features like active cruise control can easily be added.
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The point is that Ford once again is looking to tires to solve the stability problems with Explorer.
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There are both solid basis and immense potentials for cooperation between China and Morocco. Enhancing cooperation in various fields will definitely bring tangible benefits to the people of the two countries and play an important role in facilitating world peace, stability and development. Wu Bangguo
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We're in a world that faces serious problems with political stability in several key regions. People want to hold more supplies closer to home, and that's going to keep demand high for purchasing imported barrels.
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My sister and I know our lives could have been different - radically, unthinkably, irretrievably different - if we had not been adopted. We might have found ourselves in homes without love, stability or kindness. We might have found ourselves in care for much longer, without the secure attachment that being cradled in a mother's arms brings. Michael Gove
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We've always said we have a number of strategic alternatives that we're looking at...We continue to do that.
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To move from uncertainty to certainty we need good strategic research - and fast.
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We remain confident that our continued strategic focus on profitable branded growth will positively impact fiscal 2007 and beyond.
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When we announced agreements with foreign strategic investors, it was made clear that these are subject to regulatory approval. Currently, the approval process is proceeding normally.
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We both agreed to upgrade the relationship into a strategic partnership, ... Never has our relationship been more important than today. Hu Jintao
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What Libya did was make a strategic determination that it would have a better future-a more secure, a more prosperous future-if it abandoned its weapons of mass destruction. Mitchell Reiss
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We're going to look at the last strategic plan and come up with a method for a good strategic plan by the end of the year, with community involvement.
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We're going to have to clean the mess up. Somebody's going to have to. We need to get our children out of harm's way. Strategic withdrawal is where it's at. Michael White
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U.S. Strategic Command did not track any objects for re-entry. Jeff Jones
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We're going to need very large volumes of flu vaccine for the pandemic. Having access to this additional capacity will be a big benefit for us.
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What we're losing in volume we're making up in price.
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What's specifically positive about Bear is that they're getting more M&A volume and other non-fixed-income revenue.
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What's new is the electronic media and the sheer volume of it was exceptional.
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Union Pacific is operating more efficiently, allowing us to handle record volumes and recover more rapidly from challenges such as hurricanes, the Kansas washouts and severe winter storms.
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U.S. intelligence services routinely use collection methods against foreigners that foreseeably - with certainty - ingest high volumes of U.S. communications as well. Barton Gellman
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With the increased attention in this area, we want to offer customers an easy to use option to set their own personal volume limit.
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We're expecting a decline in employment because we expect the volume of originations to decline pretty significantly next year -- 20 percent.
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We?re pleased with the vitality we're seeing in the UK market. Our company accounted for close to a quarter of all industrial leasing across the country in 2005, and the size and volume of new transactions has remained strong for us through the first part of the New Year. Alan Curtis