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Nick had one of his better games. Getting out to that big lead was a nice way to begin the game.

Nissan is a company that manages its operations with flexibility and in response to customer demand. As we begin launching the wave of 2007 models this summer, we're confident that normal production schedules will resume.

Only the next few weeks will determine whether tourism will begin rebounding in late October or early November, or whether it is pushed into early next year.

On the first of March, the crows begin to search.

On MSN001 the extend/retract test was initially carried out using an external hydraulic supply, and tests with onboard supply are due to begin on 22 November.

One of the reasons we established the panel is 13 of us couldn't agree to begin with. So we established an expert panel and I believe we should accept the recommendations and not cherry-pick the parts we like and the parts we don't like.

One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked. It was interesting to me to try and follow how other people, real or imaginary, would deal with problems, because I was trying to deal with my own problems.

I was gonna throw the first pitch at a Mets game, but there was a rain delay. So I'm waiting for it to stop, and the team's manager, Willie Randolph, comes by. Now he's already intimidating to begin with. But he comes over to me and says, 'If you screw this up, they will boo you.' And I said 'Thanks.'

I was surprised they did it amidst their merger because ... there are a lot of questions about the merger to begin with, ... We've raised some of them in our hearing.  And we may have to have more hearings, I don't know.

I would find it grotesque if we begin negotiations with Turkey and leave Croatia out the door to starve, ... It's important that the voice of Germany is heard more clearly here.

I would direct that our counsel begin the groundwork for resolution with the SEC that the City Council deems appropriate within the timeline as our internal investigation comes to conclusion or completion,

I was pleased with the results from this meet. Overall, it was good for our kids to begin competition. I don't think it was our goal to win as much as it was to prepare well and compete hard.

If we get an early jump on storage before the hurricane fears kick in and before injections begin competing with generation demand (for air conditioning), we should see more downward pressure on prices.

If we're ever going to collectively begin to grapple with the problems that we have collectively, we're going to have to move back the veil and deal with each other on a more human level.

If we're living within our means, then why are we spending $50 million for a special election? ... This was an unnecessary election to begin with.

If we don't begin to hear from consumers across the state, we're going to end up with a very bad bill.

If the rules of a language are followed, words usually make sense. But these very rules can stir the impulse to rebel. We're obliged to keep trying to convey meaning through correct sentences. After a while, the good-soldier rigidity of polished prose can begin to seem dull, and it gets harder to resist the temptation of nonsense.

If they make too many concessions then the potential synergy values to them of the takeover begin to evaporate.

If we can find opportunities to begin doing something now versus 12 months from now, it will strengthen the validity of the partnership and people can see the value of it.

If they say their goal is just to get a job, there is help with resume writing and interviewing techniques. If they want to look at other options, at that point we begin an assessment process. We identify their skills and abilities, then look at different clusters of jobs that might be available, based on those skills and their interests.

I have experienced within my own lifetime the attack of my winter camp and the killing of the women and children. It left me even angrier than I was - and I was never too calm to begin with.

I have called for this special meeting to begin immediately the work of rebuilding our state and restoring our people,

I didn't want to spend the next thirty years writing about bad things happening in the same small town - not least of all because people would begin to wonder why anyone still lives there!

I didn't care about that because I'm not a diplomatic person to begin with. I just went along with things and did what I wanted to do because I knew they had to shoot their 12 pages a day. And when they realized that I didn't alter the text they really didn't mind what I did.

I don't know what happened. I can't even begin to explain it. I wasn't pressing. I thought I was relaxed, but it kept popping out of my hands. I've never had a game like that.

I don't know where to begin with that one. I'm just as perplexed as everyone in the building. I honestly don't know what happened. Crazy things happen.

I don't begin to appreciate the depth of all the politics.

Ideally a project like this would begin on the first of April but we cannot meet that time frame even if the railroad gave us the paperwork today.

I am excited to begin a relationship with SFX. They have a track record of really helping golfers on-and-off the course. I am looking forward to the many opportunities they will offer me.

I am excited to begin a relationship with SFX, ... They have a track record of really helping golfers on-and-off the course. I am looking forward to the many opportunities they will offer me.

I am excited about the 2005-06 basketball schedule, ... It includes teams we haven't had an opportunity to see play. I am especially looking forward to our contest with South Alabama so we can begin to measure ourselves against our future Sun Belt rivals.

I am excited about expanding our insurance operations and moving into niches we see as less volatile during a competitive market cycle. Our experience in delivering service provided us insight into opportunities that will help grow our insurance business. We spent considerable time and effort developing our strategy and the relationships necessary to begin this growth initiative and are confident that we will be very successful over time.

I am especially excited about giving computers common sense. Computers should be able to understand the emotions of humans. As computers begin to understand the human world, they can help us far more efficiently.

I am disappointed that some folks who clearly are not strong citizens to begin with took this opportunity to make this statement, ... I was chagrined that there were obvious mothers and children in the crowd with them. Several intimated that they had guns.

I am delighted the president has signed this bill, ... Hawaii can now begin to develop alternative sources of water.

I am here to discuss with various stakeholders. I expect to finish the talks within few days from now. By the next 10-12 months, we would begin production here.

I am going to begin now a practice of not making recommendations on specific tax and spending proposals.

I am anxious to begin developing a strong roadmap for 3S, its products and solutions. Our goal will be to expand existing markets and identify new opportunities where our sensors provide our customers with a continuous stream of critical information about their products or business, with little or no human intervention. This is a great opportunity to tap into growing industries with specialized products developed to precise specifications.

I believe there ought to be a full debate in Parliament as casualties begin to occur.

I believe the current account adjustment will be fairly slow and orderly, and that it may not begin for quite some time,

I am thrilled. Now we can begin to represent him like he should have been represented from the beginning.

I anticipated this ruling and my plan is to begin negotiations with Dennis.

Certainly, Aaron wrote a real interesting character to begin with,

Certain cities are poised to become satellite commercial centers. White Plains is analogous to Stamford in Connecticut and New Brunswick in New Jersey. But New Rochelle will probably never reach that level because it's not as centrally located, and it doesn't have the critical mass of commercial activity to begin with.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

But we don't think this language quarrels with the consensus view of financial markets - and our view - that an easing cycle will most likely begin in September.

But the resolution of the issue may begin to alleviate fears about systemic risk?Today we should all be looking at our financial system and saying these risks are very low, very few, and that we have a financial system that is sound.

But the question is, do I agree with it when it's 1-in-100, when it's 1-in-50, if it's 1-in-20. That is a policy question. At what probability do you begin to spend hundreds of millions or billions of dollars in order to do something?

But all they want to doIs tie the poem to a chair with ropeAnd torture a confession out of it.They begin beating it with a hoseTo find out what it really means.

But all they want to do Is tie the poem to a chair with rope And torture a confession out of it. They begin beating it with a hose To find out what it really means.

Based on what I heard him say yesterday, I'm highly encouraged for our area and specifically for the people in Picayune. I was able to speak with the president and tell him we are the first high spot not affected by flooding, though we did have a lot of wind damage and debris. I told him we had one of the best locations to begin the recovery process he had alluded to - getting industry and business back to work, ... As we all know, there would be more stability, hope and encouragement if could get this done.

Because they were reseller instead of having an investment in the network infrastructure it was quite easy to go in and out of that business because they hadn't made a really large investment to begin with.

Because Simpson has such a successful music program, it tends to be very competitive. It can be hard to maintain close friendships when you begin competing against one another for a part.

I look forward to the president's quickly signing this bill, so that Gulf Coast citizens can begin to rebuild their lives without the concern of how they will pay their taxes," ()

I love all my friends and supporters at Columbia. I will miss them as I start this new relationship. Charlie Walk was my first hero at Columbia. He believed in me before I really even got to meet the rest of the company. I couldn't think of anyone I would trust more than Charlie to present my new music to the world. Epic is in a new place with a new leader. It just seems the right place for me as I begin my new journey.

I have a lot of respect for George Washington. We played well tonight, but had more turnovers than we would have liked and missed really important free throws. This was a very important non-conference win for us that will pay dividends down the road and as we begin ACC play on Monday.

I have been invited to do something called 'Celebrity MasterChef' in England, which, of course, I can't do. It's complete nonsense. You have to be a decent cook to begin with. I'd be the joke one.

If interest rates and oil really begin to rise, it would be a problem for stocks. At the current levels, I'm not too worried. The markets and companies can manage.

If injections from April through October match last year's pace, stocks could begin the next heating season with a record 3.6 trillion cubic feet in the ground.

I didn't have a lot of the jerseys to begin with, but I probably had a dozen last week. I only have about four left.

I can't even begin to tell you. I've raced in Athens and other championships but I've never been quite as emotional as tonight.

I can't even begin to tell you how do good this feels ... especially after how our season ended last year. Nobody believed in us except the guys in this locker room. All our hard work has paid off. We're going to the Super Bowl.

I can't program every step of the way of what would, we would hope, be a coordinated series of steps. But the intention is to go to the next round of talks and to begin addressing these issues in a way that's appropriate for the beginning of the process.

I can't predict what that value might be, but it is fantastically interesting to me to have a chance, maybe within my lifetime, for scientists to see up-close what those objects look like and to begin our reconnaissance of that region of space.

I can't imagine a better place to begin the renewal of America's purpose than the cradle of American democracy,

Given that, and assuming that we begin to adjust to issues like climate change and the greenhouse effect, Denver's location in the center of the country becomes a tremendous advantage.

Getting through it when the good times in the day finally begin to outweigh the bad takes three to four months before things really do turn around.

Getting a degree costs about $60,000, depending on the student's lifestyle. It's a big investment, and finding that money can't begin too soon.

Four months without sex made me begin to appreciate the integral role sex played in our marriage. Making love was what we did to reconnect when things weren't going well and how we celebrated when they were. Without sex, we had felt isolated from each other.

I don't think he's that complicated to begin with,

If a stranger comes up, he joins the group and you begin to talk among yourselves. It's a very social experience.

If after the report on Wednesday investors believe that FedEx will be able to post double-digit (earnings per share) growth during the first half of the fiscal year 2001, we believe the stock should begin to act a bit better. If FedEx management guides the street downward, we believe the stock will be dead money for some time.

If after a reasonable time passes it becomes clear that the PA (Palestinian Authority) is not willing to accept these principles, we will need to begin to act.

If a truck bomb came through the gate, it would need to go through several layers to get to a sensitive site. But the fact that the process folks in the middle of the plant see that happening immediately, they take precious time to take action and begin shutting the plant down to avoid a catastrophic event.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

IE has been frozen for a number of years largely at the request of large corporations that didn't want to upgrade and impact the stability of their systems. The result was that new browsers were able to spring up and begin taking market share.

I don't think people realize what a problem plastic bags pose to our environment and our marine life -- or how they can take a few simple steps to help solve the problem. It is my hope that the work of these strong business partners and this public education campaign, that we will begin to reduce plastic bag consumption throughout California.

Giving oneself permission to write to begin with is the first enormous challenge. But you discover that this permission involves a requirement: To write about things that are difficult because they are, in fact, your subject.

''God is Love,'' we are taught as children to believe. But when we first begin to get some inkling of how He loves us, we are repelled; it seems so cold, indeed, not love at all as we understand the word.

God does not begin by asking our ability,only our availability,and if we prove our dependability,He will increase our capability.

If it turns out that George Bush doesn't get elected, once a party has run three times, like the Democrats after 1980, 1984 and 1988, they begin to see the light and say, 'We have to change,' ... Well if the Republicans lose this year ... they are going to be looking at John McCain and saying, 'Maybe he's got something to say, maybe we should listen to him a little bit harder,' and I think he's well-prepared for that outcome.

If you are going to talk negative about a place, you're almost throwing yourself out to begin with because golf is a mental game.

If trade relations between the United States and China begin to deteriorate, and the dollar declines in a disorderly manner, then a minor thing such as raw cotton prices could become very important,

If Tony Jr. and I are going to work together next year, that'd be a good idea to begin work on that relationship.

If those who have, begin to invest in the education of the weakest among us, they would be grateful.

If this were a national foreign policy crisis, we would be on the floor this week, ... We should be on the floor this week, talking about ideas that would begin to solve this problem.

If the turnover of judges continues legal experts will begin to question the stability of the court.

If the economy slows beyond what we've now priced in, which is about a one- to two-percent growth trajectory, then we can begin to see a decline in yields again perhaps.

If the data starts to taper off, the market will begin to handicap a 5 percent top in interest rates. That would weigh heavily on the dollar.

If the case returns to the agency again, we will begin the section that concerns the Additional Protocol.

If the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past.

If the government were serious to begin with, we could have avoided a repeat of this type of disaster.

I always like a woman in power in politics. I think they're pretty inspirational in terms of looks to begin with. It's very calculated.

He who wants to change the world should already begin by cleaning the dishes.

He is a lost ball in tall grass to begin with.

He gets treated in a whirlpool. They remove the scabs and treat the wounds until they can begin the skin grafting process. My sister is a nurse. She's taking care of the wounds here.

He never had any relationship to the company to begin with. ... He never even practiced here. We specifically never lobby him.

What drives the separation of groups of people into subgroups is the desire to control resources. We begin with a single culture, and over time the number of individuals within that culture expands.

There is a huge cultural issue to overcome; if these account holders were the type of people who played the stock market, they wouldn't have done their banking in a safe haven like the post office to begin with. This may be a step in the right direction, but it will take many years before we feel it.

There is good reason to believe that a sharp weakening in the value of the U.S. currency is essential to the global rebalancing that must begin to take place if the world's current account imbalances are to be corrected,