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When discussing the rise and fall of empires, it is well to mark closely their rate of growth, avoiding the temptation to telescope time and discover too early signs of greatness in a state which we know will one day be great, or to predict too early the collapse of an empire which we know will one day cease to be. The life-span of empires cannot be plotted by events, only by careful diagnosis and ausculation--and as in medicine there is always room for error.

We run Android in a very open way and work closely with all partners. We work with Samsung, and I spend a lot of time with them. But we've always supported other partners.

We're required by law to send the letters. We're required by law to receive 25 percent of this cost share, and obviously, we're going to be working closely with the state of Louisiana because of the circumstances.

We knew it was going to be a long, hard road to find and enroll the people who are eligible for the extra help. We will be sitting down with Social Security next week to talk about how the private sector can work more closely with the government to improve on the results.

We're not just concerned about the consequences of underage drinking but also with preventing the illegal sale of alcohol to children. We liaise very closely with licensees all year round to make sure that they understand the law, and the consequences of breaking it.

We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if we were to have another attack.

Too often, vouchers caused checks to be written without board members looking closely at the vouchers. We need more time to look at them before approving them. Comparisons need to be made.

This transaction also underscores our commitment to a strategy of managing closely related, industry-leading businesses to maximize shareholder returns.

We also learned he was really smart, careful, and that he did not hold any irresponsible or reckless positions. He was not a flame-thrower?. It is clear he is not a bombastic person. He hews closely to legal materials.

To say that a reasonable man would have realized the grave danger is to say that a reasonable man, under the circumstances, would have more closely inspected the container to make sure it was safe to drink from and detected the label on its handle.

We are starting afresh from here and I am looking forward to working closely with the Welsh Rugby Union and Steve in particular. He is an innovative performance coach with 24 years' experience as a top-level manager.

We are setting out very clearly what has happened. I wish sometimes journalists would listen a little more closely to what we are actually saying.

We believe it's a misuse of the mental health statutes and a diversion of limited treatment resources. We've expressed this view through the local media and in testimony before legislative committees. We've also joined a statewide coalition of advocacy groups organized to oppose the proposal. We intend to monitor this issue closely and to play an active role in the ongoing public dialogue on this topic.

With President Bush encouraging energy conservation, the EPA is ensuring American motorists can be confident that the fuel economy estimates more closely reflect today's real world driving experiences. Consumers weigh a variety of factors when shopping for a new vehicle. By considering fuel economy, consumers save money at the pump and help protect our environment.

With both Viacom's and Infinity's core businesses performing at record levels, it is the perfect time to bring them more closely together, ... Combining Infinity with Viacom will now create a company that is financially even stronger and strategically even better positioned to generate superior returns.

This was a half-baked and ill-advised plan from the beginning, ... Thankfully, the public uproar from the plan resulted in it being put off. I will watch closely to make sure this plan isn't repackaged and rolled out again in the future.

There are animals that you cannot legally own without a permit in Virginia, and frankly permitting them would only be done (in terms of) research, scientific study, or as an exhibitor or educator. Even then, that list of animals that are on (the list), that would be closely scrutinized before anybody would be permitted to have them.

We and the enterprise bodies will be working very closely with all the business organisations to secure the maximum economic benefits for Scotland from the summit.

We made a commitment to listen more closely to the families affected and to our own donors, ... With this plan, we are keeping our promise and responding directly to the needs and desires of both.

While it is a difficult decision to eliminate positions in our talented and dedicated work force, this move is necessary to ensure that our costs are more closely aligned with our business strategy, ... This is a decisive, yet disciplined, cost-reduction action that balances the need to be fiscally prudent with the need to continually seek growth opportunities and generate long-term profitability in a highly competitive marketplace.

With our new infrastructure, Cole Haan can closely monitor its cost of goods sold and have better control over its bottom line.

With only two candidates, it's going to give voters an opportunity to very closely examine the track record of service to the town of Paradise Valley of the two candidates.

We have met with Torrie Cox regarding the seriousness of these charges. We will continue to closely monitor this situation and cooperate with the investigation completely.

We have measures in place to spot counterfeit currency, and we have always worked closely with law enforcement authorities on this problem, including the most recent events.

We will make sure that all of our marketing spend is very closely measured.

We will closely review the content of the measure. We will keep close contacts with other affected nations, such as Europe and South Korea, to take appropriate actions, which could mean filing a complaint with the WTO.

We will closely monitor the new authorities' moves. We will define our relations with them according to their acts.

We will certainly be monitoring things closely during the tests there.

When someone works closely with a political party you certainly don't expect them to engage in an activity that is going to damage the party.

When making decisions on economic and price conditions, we will focus on the CPI as the 'inflation rate', while closely analyzing output and import prices.

Experts at the commission are in touch with Italian and Greek authorities and are following the situation closely in case they need to do more.

The governor will look closely at whatever comes to his desk. But Congress has put a mandate on the states, and they haven't given the governor very much wiggle room.

The government will work closely with the plans to make sure the states are compensated.

Traffic concerns everyone. Every property and every community is different and we work with experts to study that. We also work closely with the DEC to clean up the site to residential standards.

You aren't going to be able to pass by going past the guy and keep going so it will take quite a while to set up a pass. I will follow him closely and wait for him to make a mistake before I can make the pass. I have a very good car for that. I will also be saving fuel and pick up positions in the pits so I have so many things on my side.

While vehicle deliveries were somewhat resilient last week, it is too soon to determine the effect on consumer confidence, ... We will closely monitor the economic outlook and will be prepared to make appropriate production adjustments.

While this remains a single case, it is prudent to closely watch for any additional possible cases while continuing to emphasize the importance of reducing HIV risk behavior,

While these payments may seem eye-popping, it seems more closely aligned with the company's performance and is less likely to raise the ire of shareholders than in years past.

While there is an improvement in price movements, the economy is still in moderate deflation. We need to watch closely to see whether the consumer price index will continue to rise as an overall trend.

We wanted them to look at the other alternatives more closely before making a decision. Now that the vote's taken place, we will work with Trans Bay to serve our customers.

We've had significant support from the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations), who have been closely involved over a period of time and are fully supporting the project.

We'll have to watch the data closely now between Aug. 24 and Oct. 4 to see how strong the numbers are. So it's going to be key now on how strong the economy looks going into October whether or not they would move again by another quarter point in October. So I think that's the question mark: Do they go 50 (basis points) or do they go 75 basis points for this year?

We all have histories. A lot of people think that the mixing of racial groups is a relatively new thing, but what we have found in doing our research is that we are all closely related. The African and Native American histories are left out of conventional histories.

We're putting out feelers and will be watching Christie's closely to see what we can learn, ... But since holding auctions in China has to be done through intermediaries we will see how things develop.

There is no indication that any of these individual contributors represent anything other than genuine support for the Bush-Cheney re-election effort. We are following the investigation closely and, if anything were to change, we would re-visit the matter.

There could be a roundness of the face, sometimes called a ?moon face' due to the steroids. Their other organ functions are monitored closely to make sure the kidneys and livers are getting rid of the residues of these medications.

We've heard from a very vocal audience that some people are upset about the name. At no time did we want to offend people with the choice of the name ? soccer unites the world, and we want to do that with our league ? so we have had to look closely at changing the name.

Unauthorized filling of wetlands and damming of open waters can have serious environmental consequences. The Santa Clara River is one of the last free-flowing rivers in Southern California. The EPA's action today underscores our commitment to protecting this very important water resource and to work closely with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other resource agencies to achieve this goal.

We will be tuned in to the title. We'll be watching closely what happens in the other races.

We will be reviewing that very closely at our February meeting, and we will be presenting the study to city administration.

We will be monitoring him closely this week and obviously we will be considering other options. Ben MacDougall and Graeme Morrison will both be with us in training.

We will be closely monitoring FAA's review of the specific safety concerns raised by their inspector in his letter to Senator Dayton.

We will also consult closely with other major food producers, such as the European Union, and we will be careful to avoid any steps that would disrupt international agricultural markets or reduce incentives for Russian farmers,

What is important is that members of Congress have the time to get fully briefed on this. We intend to work closely with them in order to give them a comfort level on this.

We want to ensure there is a place where our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren can enjoy the natural and preserved elements of nature. We are following closely in the footsteps of my father, Albert Carlton, who had an adamant belief to preserve not only the land, but our heritage as well.

You hope that it gets back in sync. But I don't know. I don't look at the Euros that closely but I think it's going to be a while before they have a major player again. I think all the good ones are gone out of Europe, and it's going to be a while there.

You have to worry that allowing such income, especially when it is so closely associated with Pombo politically, is a reward.

With respect to short selling, ... the goal of all of us is to have a market that most closely approximates the normal trading environment. As a result of that, you can tell in which direction we will probably be leaning.

When I was ten years old, I saw a big, fat beetle get squished. I don't recall the circumstances, but that's not important. It's the result that stuck with me. The beetle's thick, viscous insides so closely resembled a crushed blueberry that, to this day, I can't eat raw blueberries without feeling nauseous.

We've probably looked into this as closely as anyone has. I think what we would say is that there is no credible evidence right now of a mountain lion population in Pennsylvania.

Through this whole process, we're going to work very closely with the Legislature.

We were pleased to be able to work closely with ICE on this case, ... This is just the latest example of the close working relationship between the Broward Sheriff's Office and federal law enforcement.

We had the good ISM data and the market reacted very positively. The one missing ingredient was the volume. What we're gonna watch closely in the coming day and weeks is if there is a follow-through on volume. Major institutions drive this market and volume is an indication of that.

We will work with them very closely to try to make this happen.

We will work closely with the prosecuting authority to ensure that those who have betrayed the trust of shareholders are charged.

We will work closely with Pakistan to try to achieve that outcome of bringing them to the U.S..

The prisoner handling and detainment process will be closely examined during a thorough and independent investigation.

The printout doesn't lie, ... The printout shows how many times the weapon was discharged. And the last discharge of the Taser corresponds very closely with the time he stopped breathing.

we felt that there were indeed concerns ... our posts in the region, and this region including Yemen, have been on a high state of alert for a long time since the Africa bombings,and in connection with recent events we have asked posts to look very closely at their security procedures.

We indicated we will work closely with (the U.S. Attorney General's office) to make sure this crime ends up in the proper court.

We expect our local presence in Rock Hill to enable us to work closely with our local architects, developers and contractors to ensure that we execute the design and construction of our new facility on time and on budget.

We continue to work closely with the electric utilities as they re-establish service in Mississippi, ... The devastation from Hurricane Katrina is tremendous.

We continue to work closely with Mexican officials to control all illegal immigration along the border and to expedite removing those who come to this country without proper documentation.

We are very disappointed by this unilateral action by the Venezuelan government and we are working closely with the U.S. departments of State and Transportation, as well as the airlines who received similar notice, to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

We are very closely matched with Marshall in most events. Last season, our meet with Marshall came down to the final event and I can see that happening this year as well.

We're very pleased to be working closely with Nortel. Their confidence in selecting us for this strategic relationship is strong validation of our technology and market leadership in the exciting world of VoIP.

We're very fortunate, some of us guys, that it's our third tournament. The atmosphere is going to be totally different. People follow basketball a little more closely and to play in the Kohl Center. A lot of people, even if they don't know anybody that's playing, go down to see this. It's going to be fun.

U.S. economic prosperity is closely tied to the availability of a reliable and affordable supply of energy.

We feel like it's a very comparable venue to what we are going to experience. We are watching very closely their timing of construction, how they grow the rough up, what are their restrictions on carts because everything changes from October to March.

Those who have examined his record very closely are convinced that he's probably incapable of upholding civil rights laws as they ought to be interpreted,

Toward sunset, waterfowl by the thousands converge on the main impoundment, so long as there's open water. The sunset return and sunrise liftoff are about the only movements we can predict snow geese and tundra swans will make. When they may arrive, where they go to feed and how long they stay at Middle Creek are strictly up to the birds and closely related to weather conditions.

Towards the end of the campaign we've found that winning people over has not been as easy as we'd thought. We've started to look closely at who will vote for us but no one will tell us. If they did, we'd be more confident.

This new occurrence is extremely unfortunate and we are working closely with everyone involved and using the best science available in the equine research community to prevent any possible spread of illness. It is believed that this incident is not a distinctly new case. We encourage horse owners with concerns to contact their private veterinarian to determine if a vaccination or booster is recommended for their horses at this time.

We should also look closely at related species as it may be easier to get regulatory approval.

Warner Home Video has been working closely with our CE, IT and retail partners to design an optimal product launch for consumers and we?re pleased to announce the launch dates for these initial titles.

Today's stage was difficult with the number of bikes and cars running closely together. I kept my distance to stay out of the dust and avoid hitting a rock or a big hole in the track.

We are assessing the situation, and working closely with our suppliers.

We are very interested in coming up with innovative ways to directly impact criminal activity. And they (Wal-Mart) work closely with us.

We are very excited to have Matt joining our staff. His expertise in working with goaltenders, and his experience as a head coach who did his own video breakdown made him the perfect match for what we were looking for. He did a great job recruiting at Neumann, and we will be counting on him working closely with recruiting coordinator Lisa Giovanelli to continue to grow the Bobcat program.

We are going to be closely watching. Take this as your warning: We will act very quickly and very severely if we feel anyone's out there manipulating the race outcome or The Chase outcome.

We have every indication that the city is prepared to look closely at that.

We have different personalities and different skills and the kind of things that we do, we can do together that neither of us can do separately. We've been working together so closely that it's kind of hard to decide what's my work and what's her work, it's ours really.

We listened more closely to our male and female drinkers. We're continually raising the bar on humor, and you find you can deliver humor and tell our stories in many different ways.

We listen closely to our customers and understand how important transparency is to them. That's why we're putting nutrition information right into their hands. Our ongoing efforts to provide menu choice and variety and be an advocate for physical activity are further demonstrated here today.

We count on our officers to closely scrutinize these offenders year-round. We don't see Halloween as a time to get serious about keeping an eye on offenders.

Boy, did I look closely into Michael's shot. Because no one saw it go in, I had to talk to people in his foursome as well as the group ahead of him, which included the course's groundskeeper. The groundskeeper said he never saw the ball go in but did say there was no one around who could have dropped it in.

Blair's support for the Americans should not be seen as an aberration; on the contrary, it is closely linked to the main contours of New Labour policy. This has been a government that has majored on hyperbole, but in fact, from the outset it was hugely timid and cravenly orthodox.

Bill and I have worked closely together in putting together the right team.

Bloomberg Television is the best vehicle for delivering global business TV news to Korean financial professionals. We are working closely with many of the major cable, satellite, and mobile companies to help this market benefit from new technological developments and the gradual change in broadcast regulation in Korea.

As the cost to provide natural gas to our citizens increases, I am reminding Michigan's utilities that the MPSC will be watching closely to ensure that charges passed on are reasonable and appropriate -- and no more, ... The MPSC must be vigilant in protecting our citizens' pocketbooks, especially when costs of the things our citizens need most are on the rise.