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I have a hard time figuring out how building a massive expansion to the Wal-Mart will help your downtown retailers.

If I wasn't a writer, I would probably be a watchmaker. I like putting puzzles together, and that is what a watch is, figuring out how all the gears and everything else works together. I'm patient and good at focusing on a single task.

For most developers, that kind of situation - a player figuring out how to do something that the designer didn't intend - to most developers, that's a bug. For me, that's a celebration.

If we saw a milder winter, or a reduction in energy prices and commodity prices, that will certainly increase the consumers' discretionary income and spur interest in retail stocks. Retailers need to be more creative in figuring out ways to bring consumers back into the stores.

He has become good at figuring out how much he can get out of them without losing them.

We're older and wiser. Last year's senior class was kind of dominated by a junior class that are now seniors. We have a level of experience and we have an interesting mix here. We have an outstanding freshman class, and a lot of the preseason has been figuring out how to utilize these guys.

Guys are figuring out their roles. My key role is not turning over the ball. When I come in the game and come out, we shouldn't be worse off than where we started.

He's a great kid. You figure after you saw him once you would be OK, but we saw him for an additional five innings and still had a hard time figuring him out.

He's just now figuring that out? Of course our arms are weary. We're run through like a turnstile.

He's just now figuring that out? ... Of course our arms are weary. We're run through like a turnstile.

He's getting his confidence and he's figuring out that the varsity level is a little higher intensity level. But he's adjusting and so are the other kids. I'm pleased with all those guys that swing. I can't say enough good things about what I think that is doing for our basketball program in the future.

We may be in a situation now that we don't need to (piggyback starters). Depending on the game, you look at what your bullpen brings. We're just looking at the schedule now figuring where we need to slot people.

He didn't go to work that day figuring he was going to get killed.

I would say that whatever our numbers are, they're probably pretty much league-wide and probably pretty much society-wide. I don't think our team is any different from any other team or society as a whole. I don't think those numbers are out of whack. The hard thing is we hold these players to different standards. That's going to be the difficult part, figuring out how we are going to bridge that gap if these guys can't be within these normal societal numbers.

is very good at figuring out his opponent. He knows when to bluff. I consider that one of his strengths.

It affects the income, no doubt. Most people just want to wait for the good days. But figuring which days those are is hard enough.

I think it's fair to say that we're pleased to see that for once people are looking at a comprehensive approach to figuring out a pathway to Hawaii's energy future.

I think the biggest challenge has been just figuring out who we?re going to put on the hill. When you play six games in a week and you have four pitchers to work with, you can do the math.

Lakeside had some tough adjustments to make, losing probably their best player. I thought in the second half they did a great job making some adjustments and probably figuring out a few things they can do and what they'll probably continue to do without him.

I thought the key was to play zone against them. They had trouble figuring out our zone, and we got the lead.

I thought our man offense (Tuesday) was a little bit better than it had been. We still need a little more movement -- guys are still figuring out when to come off screens, when to set screens. But, that's what we've got this last month of the season to get ready for. Come March, hopefully we'll be ready for that.

I think it's obviously a little transition time for me. Going from in the past playing every day to really figuring out how to stay sharp. And timing is the biggest thing. I'm going a few weeks without at-bats, but I certainly feel the last few days better with my work and what I've accomplished there. So we'll see.

I think it's not uncommon for new television shows to spend certainly the first year, but without a doubt, like, the first eight or ten episodes, kind of figuring out what the show is.

I think that's the biggest number we've had in the 15 years I've been coaching here. We're going to start figuring out this week were everybody stands.

It is just such a large package, we are just figuring out how to store it. It's a big program.

I think we're more methodical right now. We're still figuring this thing out. We're only four games in. ... When it all gels, I think we'll be all right.

I was just figuring it would be a double. It was one of those things, a break for us.

I think there is a concern that innovation only comes from two vendors living across the street of each other. Sometimes, we spend so much time worrying about what the other vendor is doing, that we stop figuring out what customers need to be successful.

I said this a couple years ago. It's like having 12 children and figuring out which eight will eat today.

Our teams are assessing that and figuring out what the go-forward plans are for this.

Our goal is to provide up to 16,000 rural business centers in India. We (are) figuring out if it's possible to bring together partners to provide digital-inclusion devices where people will use them.

part vision, part coaching, part recruitment and fundraising and part conversation and collaboration. My job is to articulate the vision of the theater and to make it happen, and I know the only way I can do that is to have a lot of people joining into that vision. I view it as a serve-and-lead kind of job. The hard part is figuring out when you need to do which.

People have trouble figuring out where they fit in, and too many people don't realize they can buy a home.

Some investors were willing to take a chance and get back into the stock figuring it is significantly oversold at current levels and the company reported reasonably good second quarter earnings.

Matt found a way to win against a good kid. That is something our other guys need to start figuring out how to do. Matt is starting to come on, and hopefully that will snowball with the rest of the guys.

I think if you write for long enough, you eventually have a problem with everything, because you start figuring out where you could be doing better. But as far back as I can trace, I always wrote clear, grammatical prose.

I think right now, we are playing well. Defensively, our intensity has stepped up. The energy and effort we are giving is more important than the wins. I think we are figuring out now that we have to go out and play tough for 40 minutes.

I think (offensive coordinator) Al Saunders did a great job figuring out what didn't work,

I think he's still figuring out what he's going to do. He kind of inherited somebody else's team.

I think Jazz Fest will have a lot of support and a good year. We are still figuring out exactly what we are doing. But we plan to be active and have a good presence.

Management is getting people together to figure out how to transform inputs into outputs. In the process of figuring out the process of how people work together, you've got to figure out who's got what responsibilities, and how do they work together.

I'm here at the elementary school in the morning and in the afternoon at the high school, so it's kind of a puzzle. Figuring out my place.

The art is figuring out how to run the supply chain as efficiently as possible, while dealing with both types of products. Are all products treated as regulated material? Or is there a separate supply chain built for non-regulated goods? Are all products stored in high-quality, pharmaceutical-grade space or split to reduce costs?

That's the key for us. Being able to really tap into this team's scoring potential, figuring out the sets that we have and the offense that we run, how to be more efficient. Against good defensive teams, you can't game in and game out take difficult shots with guys flying at you and having to get into the lane and create your own shots every time.

That's the one piece of equipment I have some issues with and I'm close to figuring it out, ... I've had four or five goals go through the bottom of the glove that normally don't go in and it's definitely frustrating.

I was painted into a corner. I was completely lost -- I didn't know what I was going to do. I wanted to learn to cook. ... It wasn't until the project was nearly done that I really understood that what I was trying to do was figuring out a new way of living and finding new experiences in life.

I would not be surprised if the Supreme Court does decide to weigh in again on this issue. We're early in the process of figuring out what the Supreme Court's ruling really means.

I would like to fill them as soon as possible. Other teams are in similar situations, figuring out how they're going to move forward and fill those dates.

We'll be looking at usage behavior, how much revenue it brings in and how much it costs. We're committed to figuring out electronic behavior, though we're still figuring out in what exact form.

We're building chemistry every day, and we're really figuring out how to play with one another. What we're doing now is just going to be a great stepping stone to the future for us.

We're definitely going to be dangerous. We're figuring out how to play with a lack of speed. That's something we don't have very much of right now. We also got a little intimidated by their bigger players and we let them push us around a little bit.

When I first moved to Houston, I had to spend some time figuring out what I wanted to do. The last year has been sort of dormant, but now things have just exploded. It's been kind of crazy how things have just blown up.

Understanding the use of an adjective or an adverb and figuring out verb tenses won't help you play baseball in the States. It's all about learning pitchers and teammates.

Unfortunately, we're still in the process of figuring out the logistics. Our first priority was taking care of these kids who've been through such a traumatic event. I think it's no question that districts are aware. These kids are now arriving on their doorsteps. We're figuring out the answers as we go.

We are playing better and more consistently. I think our kids want to finish strong and I think we are figuring out that leadership, for us, is doing whatever it takes to produce a great effort and do tough things in the very next game.

The people around here who used to play pool are his age. I'd like to get them coming in. Walking around the tables is good exercise for their bodies and figuring out the shots is good for their minds.

We are having trouble figuring out her identity, ... It's paramount we determine who this woman is and how she died in order to enable us to look at suspects.

We still have some stuff we're working on. We're figuring out each other's style of play.

The question is figuring out the emotions of the composer, where he's coming from, and then tapping into it the same way an actor would in approaching a role.

We were all figuring out ways to build an image rather than paint it. Sculptors didn't want to work in bronze or marble or wax. They wanted to find a material that didn't have any art use. We were similarly trying to find ways of working that were not about paint-it-in, paint-it-out, scrape-it-off -- some way of working all over at once.

We don't know if it's a momentary problem or one that's more long-standing, ... The fact that they haven't indicated whether it's momentary probably has everybody spooked, figuring it's a heavy hit for the year.

What I find interesting about it is the richness of the archive and the challenge of figuring out how the language as it was documented in 1905 is similar to or different from the language we can hear now. The project is trying to pull all of that into one big picture of a single language.

We should start figuring out how we get out of there. But with this understanding, we cannot leave a vacuum that further destabilizes the Middle East,

We should start figuring out how we get out of there,

We're trying to tell developers there's one unified way of building applications, ... We'll manage the process of deploying to AJAX, Flash or some future platform, so developers don't need to keep figuring out how to apply their skills to the next new thing.

There has to be adequate enforcement, unless we're letting the public think we're doing something when we're really not. I think they (Democrats) realize they have to do something about this issue and they're having a heck of a time figuring out how to do that.

We're young and we're still trying to get things sorted out. We're figuring it out. I am pleased with the way we started the year. We have a whole lot of work to do.

We sat in the clubhouse and watched the fog roll out and back in, ... The hardest part was figuring out when we were going to go. It's just been a long day.

To me that's what Jobs was about. He said at the end of the movie, 'When you realize that the world was created by people no smarter than you, your life will change.' That, to me, is a message for right now and people figuring out what they're going to do with themselves.

We believe it needs to be somebody who has not spent their entire career figuring out how to put production ahead of safety and trying to figure out how to circumvent safety laws so they can increase the productivity.

The part that I know I enjoy most is the restaurants. You can't do everything, you know? For me, the priority has been being deeply involved in my restaurants and figuring out different ways to make them run better.

The physical formulas teach you how the world really works, which is extremely useful in video games. For example, knowing about magnetism is helpful in figuring out how the tank shells would fly in a video game.

There are an awful lot of Floridians right now who are not engaged. But if we get a respite, that may change. We need a little time to catch our breath and start figuring out what tomorrow will bring.

There are a couple of races that weekend for us to look at, ... If we can get a prep in, I wouldn't want it to be any closer than two weeks before the Breeders' Cup. The 14th or the 15th would be an ideal scenario. It's just a matter of figuring out if he's ready to do it, and, if so, what race we want to go in.

We've got three years of film to watch on him, so we'll be looking at that and figuring out things that we can try on him, ... You have to keep an eye on him wherever he goes. We'll try to disguise a few things up front, how many guys we're rushing, things like that. It's all a matter of keeping him guessing.

Finally, the home prices have hit the roof and people are not willing to pay those prices. Investors are figuring out there are other great places to live in Florida.

Figuring out the dynamics of the band has been fascinating. You have people like Kevin who are at the level of being seasoned professionals, and then you have other members like me who are not at that level. It's been interesting to see how everybody reconciles all that.

Figuring out how to make the 'deadwood' hit the live pins is a great challenge. Regular bowling is about strength and speed. In candlepin, timing and dexterity matter more.

We've been looking at this whole idea for quite some time and figuring out if it's complementary to our channel and our security channel, and I think it really is. I think it's the next step in convergence.

You can't dwell on it, and until the doctors give her the OK to play, we just have to deal with it and prepare without her. Everyone's kind of figuring that out. Every game from here on out that we're playing without her, we'll get better.

We had a hard time figuring Hernandez out. He sure looked like the same guy as in '98. He mixed his pitches up and hit spots.

We've got 10 teams out there, figuring out what consequences were. We'll shortly be looking at the design, as well as how it (the levee system) was actually built, doing borings and getting a lot of additional information.

We've got 10 teams out there, figuring out what consequences were, ... We'll shortly be looking at the design, as well as how it (the levee system) was actually built, doing borings and getting a lot of additional information.

There is a lot of merit in studying abnormal behaviors just in terms of figuring out ways to control them for the welfare of both companion animals and those bred for production agriculture. Another benefit is that if animal abnormal behavior is caused in the same way as in humans, then we may have a whole new range of model animals for studying human mental disorders.

We had a great practice yesterday. Very intense two hours yesterday, a lot of situational softball. It ended with batting practice and you can just tell that they're figuring some things out.

What podcasts can do in order to liven up the talk show area of TV is bring new personalities and unique worldviews into the fray in a way that's not going to be filtered through the whole Q-rating thing. I think there's a whole new layer of doing things that TV is behind the Internet in figuring out.

What the market's figuring out is the Fed is coming toward an end of this movement,

Throw something the guys aren't looking for. I think a lot of it for me now will be if I'm able to execute a lot of my pitches. It's just a matter of figuring out what they're looking for. Over time, since I've seen the hitters more, I've gotten better about doing that.

We just got to be careful now, we can't get him hurt. I don't know if that is something he and his people counted on, figuring great he signed, he will start. No he won't. I've got to find out where he is at (mentally) and ease him into it.

What's going on in biology, and is really very major, is we're understanding how really spectacular cells are at figuring things out, processing information, analyzing complicated situations and making good decisions about them. The research agenda, at least for the beginning of the 21st Century, is focusing on cells and organisms as very sophisticated and powerful processors of information.

When issue like the internal Republican debate over the ports dominates the news it puts us another day away from all of us figuring out what policies we need to win.

We see China as important long-term play. The Internet itself is in very early stages in China. It's changing very quickly, there are many players coming in and out of the marketplace, and users are still figuring out what they like and don't like.

We are still figuring out the exact amount he got away with. A drop had been made just before the robbery, so we believe the amount will come to somewhere near $100.

We are still figuring out how to deal with that.

We didn't make the correct switch. Whoever didn't make the switch didn't do it on purpose. This isn't about placing blame, it's about figuring out how to do it right at the end.

We went toe-to-toe with Oklahoma, and we figure they're probably top three in the conference,. Now we're figuring on our schedule, we should be able to beat anyone. Guys don't have their heads down; we realize we should have won that game.

We like to play fast, and I felt like we were playing slow the whole game because we were having a hard time figuring out where the ball was. We were getting better and better at it, but the short fields really did us in.

Ben is a better doubles player than he is a singles player. He does a good job of figuring out a way to win. He has great hands at the net.

Communities are figuring out that they can take these old buildings and think outside the box and find good reuse for them,

Customers are understanding that private label doesn't mean inferior, and they're figuring out that what they pay for with a brand is the television commercials. We can deliver the same quality, often made in the same factory, at substantial savings.