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We expect housing and construction markets to continue to stabilize in the remainder of the year, but be down relative to last year's record levels, ... As a result of this environment and continued pressure on our cost structure due to higher raw materials and energy costs, Johns Manville's outlook for 2000 is for net sales and underlying earnings to be essentially flat with last year's record levels.

We expected them to go for such flat pitches to blunt our bowlers.

We expected that in the first period and I thought we responded. I just didn't think that would signal the flat second period we had. We were awful.

Us being flat won't be a factor. The competition in training, the intensity has been better than it has all season. That edge was there again.

We do realize we've got to take 20 wickets to win a test. That's the key, but we've played the last few tests on flat pitches of low bounce.

You go a little bit flat then because you know you can't win the tournament, but I was pretty proud of the result.

You have to re-learn how to pitch. The difference is astronomical. Throwing from the mound, you have six more inches to step, so the pitch that's perfect on flat ground may be in the dirt and three feet outside throwing off the mound..

We are very fortunate to continue playing. (Virginia) made 24-of-29 free throws and those two guys, Singletary and Reynolds, made 24-of-26. We came out a little flat and our guards got in foul trouble early, so we had to use our bench extensively.

We think it's time for Corey to get a good shot, unless he falls flat on his face in spring training. If we could get him 250 at-bats this year, that's a step for his development. Corey brings some things to the table.

We did a good job coming out ready to play. A lot of times after a road trip, you see teams come out flat so we did a good job of avoiding that.

We had pretty good balance there, but it was a flat game.

We live in a crazily youth-orientated world nowadays. It's a trickle-down thing. We see pictures of lithe, attractive celebrity couples such as Brad and Angelina or the Beckhams cavorting around, covered in tattoos, stomachs as flat as the singing in early 'X Factor' rounds.

We do not think the flat yield curve is signaling economic weakness. We do expect it will become steeper over time as it becomes clear economic growth is continuing at a robust pace.

Boeing by far is the leader. It is flat wrong to say they are the world's leading airplane maker.

Boston's overall sales growth is going to slip to 5 percent in the second half of this year and go flat in 2006. The new-product portfolio Boston is piecing together can restore double-digit earnings and sales growth, but it will probably take until 2009.

Brian (Thompson) was a little uncomfortable out there throwing off the flat ground, and that helped account for all the walks we gave up. It's also the first game of the season, and we'll get better out on the mound. I saw some good things today from our pitchers and we'll improve on that.

Brendan wrestled smart in the first couple of periods, but when he broke him down and broke him flat and got that tilt, we thought it was going to be 3-0. And as soon as we thought that, it was over.

Bottom line: Hollywood is worried. Nobody wants to see this really healthy industry ... just put flat on its back.

Every time I look out the window, it's nothing but flat land and snow. But as far as the towns we've been in, they've been nice and the people have been great. I'm really enjoying getting to see so many Twins fans.

Even though oil futures are flat this morning and have remained around (the) $63 to $64 a barrel level, concerns remain over the prospect of the combination of higher inflation and borrowing costs.

Either he'll do well or he'll fall flat on his face and be ousted within a year. Either way, the MAS got their chance to govern.

Easter this year isn't in March, it's in April, so we always knew that March would be a minus figure. If you allow for the fact that is Easter is normally worth about 1 to 1 1/2 percentage points, then the underlying trend is flat and we expect that to continue.

Earnings seem to be flat to a penny better, and everyone was prepared for the worst. There don't seem to be a lot of sellers in the market, and it seems like the tide might be starting to turn. The market is fairly valued...it gives the opportunity for the economy and earnings to move higher here.

Every hour that the average user spends online, AOL pays for it directly, yet the average user only pays a flat rate of $21.95 a month. So if usage continues to go up, AOL's cost continues to increase and this is something they've started to control over the last several quarters.

As the piles are being dropped off from the vehicles, they're spreading the material out fairly flat on the ground, and then the dogs are running through the piles looking for any remains they can identify.

At present only South Africa Airlines, Virgin and British Airways offer a true flat bed.

Connor flat out dominated. Only three balls were hit to the outfield today.

Difficulties of seasonally adjusting the retail sector around year-end suggest that the two-month average -- about flat -- is a more reliable gauge of hiring trends.

Consumption is growing, government outlays are growing and the third quarter will look very strong. But going forward, business spending is flat and decisions are being deferred. That can keep us weak for the near term -- neither contracting nor expanding.

Cook is flat out a winner at whatever he does.

Congress got bankruptcy reform wrong, dead wrong. The federal bankruptcy law changes ... are doing no measurable good whatsoever. They've done nothing more than put new hurdles in the path of people who are already flat on their back.

Congratulations to Fernando, but he better be prepared for me and the team to fight him hard for the rest of the season. I will now focus on winning the constructors title for the team and go flat out for the last two races.

A simple rule of thumb is that the more geometric something is, ... the easier it is to reproduce on a computer. The more organic something is, the more difficult it is to reproduce on computer. And so, hence, 'Toy Story' was the perfect story for our first film -- man-made world, man-made environment, flat floors. 'A Bug's Life,' there is nothing geometric about this movie.

Employment should be flat in Europe. This is actually an improvement from last quarter, when the European workforce was expected to shrink.

Even if temperatures and conditions went flat from this point forward, we anticipate that Arctic ice would eventually disappear.

Even if people agree with the need for reforms, they are uncertain about the flat tax. They are starting to fear that they could be the losers in this reform.

Flat Rock is a good team. There's a reason why they're in the top one or two teams in the league every year.

Flat out, the past several years -- to be totally honest -- we weren't good enough to advance. They didn't advance far enough in the tournament because maybe some of the past teams weren't built to make a deep run in the tournament.

Flat export orders in February are particularly disappointing.

Five to 10 years ago we were a second tier brand. Now consumers say: 'I have a phone, or a TV, and it's fine. A few years ago it wasn't the right time to set our flat panel TVs as premium products, because they weren't,

Folks 'get' the idea of a potential mania on flat panel televisions and that Corning may be one of the few successful large cap ways to play the trend.

The result was we got a flat fee and no residuals. A SAG contract would have made a huge difference on that film.

The result last year in Las Vegas was definitely a big team effort, ... The engineering office definitely spent a lot of time thinking about what was going to be the best option especially for the race setup because it was pretty easy flat and everybody was able to make it easy around the place. It was about having the proper amount of downforce and being able to go through traffic with your foot on the floor and that's what we achieved and we had a really spectacular 1-2 with very exciting finish of the race. But I'm not too excited to try and do that again it's just really nerve racking. We'll see what happens but it was quite a race and hopefully it's going to be easier this year but I'm not quite sure about that really.

There was a little bit of room on the short side but I had to make sure that (puck) landed flat and I didn't get too excited with attacking the puck too fast. But I have a lot of faith in Danny and Hank's passing ability and I knew if I could just get open they'd make great plays.

There's no excuse. Some guys seemed flat and some guys had it.

The track was really slick and dirty this morning. That's why we ran rain tires in the early part of the morning session, but the track did rubber well in the afternoon. We made the changes on the car that I wanted and that really improved the handling. The track is a little bumpy than last year, but we can deal with that. I'm a little upset because what always happens on the a street course happened on the last lap. I felt I was on a 63 flat (seconds) lap and the yellow came out and we didn't the lap in. That seems to happen a lot on the street course. Right when you have everything together for a flying lap, boom, the yellow comes out. It is frustrating. But we'll be better on Saturday.

The toy industry has really been flat for the past three years. The tough part for the manufacturers has been the weak economy. Toymakers have struggled with declining profit margins as more and more consumers opted to buy toys on sale.

The toy industry has really been flat for the past three years, ... The tough part for the manufacturers has been the weak economy. Toymakers have struggled with declining profit margins as more and more consumers opted to buy toys on sale.

The toy category continues to struggle. Our survey shows that this year 33.5 percent of weekend shoppers said they bought toys compared with 37.5 percent last year. The big surprise was electronics, which came in flat with last year at 19.7 percent. One reason for this could be that people simply couldn't find what they were looking for.

The toy category continues to struggle, ... Our survey shows that this year 33.5 percent of weekend shoppers said they bought toys compared with 37.5 percent last year. The big surprise was electronics, which came in flat with last year at 19.7 percent. One reason for this could be that people simply couldn't find what they were looking for.

The trend of existing home sales has been relatively flat at a reasonable high level for quite a long period of time, and if we can maintain that we are doing well,

I started buying bits of broken porcelain. I furnished our first flat with pieces of 'junk.' Some of that 'junk' is now worth an awful lot of money. What I was calling 'junk' in the '60s people wouldn't call 'junk' now.

I've been scared all day long. Any team Buster Harvey coaches is going to play their tail off, and we were a bit flat emotionally. In the first half we had no flow.

I've been trying to tell everybody for years that Stephen Geller is a Division I receiver, and people just don't understand it. He's a big-time player. He has great speed. He can catch anything you throw at him. Plus he's as good a cornerback as I've ever had. I don't know what it is they think it is he doesn't have. He can flat out play.

I understood something way back when I was on 'Three's Company.' When I got the part, I was flat broke. I was so happy to get the part, but I kept thinking, 'Ugh - dumb blondes are so irritating; how do I make her likable?' I think that I achieved that. It took a while for people to realize I was acting.

The wicket looked flat but it didn't transpire that way. We've got to be ready for any type of wicket... we've got to be able to react quickly to how the wickets start off that's what we haven't done quite well enough so far on this tour.

The sales increase was dominated by a record 82.4 percent sales rise in the DRAM market, with essentially flat sales in other product areas as forecasted,

I've never seen a team improve as much as I've seen us improve the last couple of months. We could fall flat on our face, but that won't diminish what we've done the last couple of months.

I've never seen anything like it. The man was flat on the ground with his hands behind his back. (Bailey) just walked up and kicked him.

It was ugly but a win is a win. I'll take any win we can get. We came out flat and fell behind early. We battled back with four runs in the fifth and five in the sixth. It was one of those types of games where we didn't play well. It's hard to win games when you don't pitch well and don't play good defense. We hung around and didn't quit. That makes me very happy. The kids have started to believe they can win, even when things are bad. That's a major step in the right direction.

It was two games in a row where we dug ourselves into a hole where we couldn't get ourselves out. We started off slow and played flat in the first half.

These brokerages are going to say about the quarter that just ended, 'It never happened,' because basically all of the core businesses you look at were flat or down somewhat, ... Depending on the company and the nature of its earnings base, earnings will be weak to very weak.

The stock's been trading in a range of $10 to $12. We're at $13 as a one-year target, at the upper end of the range. I think the stock, in a flat market, would want to trade up a bit.

The stock has pretty much been flat for the last couple of years, ... but the hurt is relative because a lot of airline stocks have gone down the drain.

The second half, we came out flat and didn't move the ball offensively like we needed to.

The spread curve is compressed enough -- you're talking about five basis points difference in the overall spread between two-year and seven-, eight or nine-year agencies, and a very flat Treasury curve, there's no reason to extend out for rates or spreads.

The tech job market was flat on its back throughout most of the decade. It's now back on its feet. I expect it to break into a jog this year.

The thorniest issue of late is that Merkel's shadow finance minister wants a 25 percent flat tax and no loopholes as a way to stimulate the economy. The left says it will mainly benefit the rich, and some among Merkel's ranks object too.

The theory of the flat tax is a lot more appealing then the reality. We would have serious concerns that a flat tax imposed strictly on the District would be neither fair nor progressive. However, we've worked closely and well with Sen. Brownback in the past and hope to do so in the future.

Ten nations, mostly from the former Soviet Union, including Russia itself with its 13 per cent rate, have embraced a flat tax. And the economies of these countries are reaping their reward: they far outpace crusty old Europe in GDP growth and job creation. China, Germany and Spain could be the next dominoes to fall.

Ryan came out on a mission. I thought he wrestled a little flat at sectional, and obviously this week he didn't wrestle flat. He had something to prove.

Roscommon's ranked in the top four in the state. The Gladstone match took a lot of emotion out of us and we came out flat against Roscommon. They're a solid team.

Roofing was a big item in the program. The facilities are aging and the type of flat roof we have has a limited life. These are natural replacements that need to take place.

Romney Marsh remains one of the last great wildernesses of south-east England. Flat as a desert, and at times just as daunting, it is an odd, occasionally eerie wetland straddling the coastal borders of Kent and Sussex, rich in birds, local folklore and solitary medieval churches.

Schumann's 'Quintet in E flat for Piano and Strings' is one of the sublime moments in Romantic music.

SBC is resetting the dial and is probably going back to flat sales growth. Why should I invest in something that's not that exciting of a story?

SBC is resetting the dial and is probably going back to flat sales growth, ... Why should I invest in something that's not that exciting of a story?

Reading is the heart of learning, and Illinois and the nation are in the literacy emergency room showing a flat line on the education EKG. The state's results clearly demonstrate that we still are not doing what is needed to help these older students build the reading skills they will need to deal with increasingly complex high school courses.

Production (growth) will be (relatively) flat but...the increase in revenue will come from rising oil prices.

Production growth for most companies has been very elusive or nonexistent. Keeping it flat is a major feat.

Our defense just flat got after them. They just played special, hard-nosed, consistent football.

Our defense has been terrific all season long. We have a lot of talented position players who can flat out get it done in the field. We take a lot of pride in playing good defense because we know that it usually comes down to who makes fewer mistakes.

Our earnings were pretty flat from 1999 through 2002.

Our experience says prices do not go down when there's job creation in the local economy. In local markets where they are flat on jobs, they could see prices decline. But we're projecting 2.3 million new jobs this year. The job market is providing a buffer. It's a counter force to rising rates.

After we were married, we were broke. Flat broke. Not only did we not have health insurance, we could barely keep a roof over our heads, let alone have the kind of coin to throw around on onesies and Pampers.

A flat yield curve affected our spread business, and transaction volume in domestic life insurance & retirement services and capital markets was lower as a result of regulatory and related issues,

A flat or inverted curve has been difficult for banks to manage. But if there are associated inflation expectations built into the lower end of the curve, it might make it easier for banks to price loans, so the cost of funds is less than the yield on their assets.

A flat market is normal during the winter months.

A flat fee of $20 a month is unheard of. With this annuity, you don't have the burden of the mortality and expense charge. Over time, this is a huge advantage.

A flat fee of $20 a month is unheard of.

A flat decision does not imply the economy has definitely hit bottom. It is possible that the Bank is just pausing in its interest rate-making policy.

After my grandmother passed away, I felt the urge to take my camera to her flat. I knew this flat from my childhood in Tel Aviv. Going to this flat was like going abroad; there was a real feeling of traveling across Tel Aviv and ending up in Berlin.

Strand is a star among stars. She flat out shot the ball. I am bitterly happy for her.

Some people may be suspicious of the timing (of his leaving), and from the outside it may look suspicious. But, I flat out did not start the fire and I have no knowledge of who did. I have bent over backwards to help with this investigation.

Some folks won't look up until they are flat on their backs

Once we went green, the car handled beautifully. We were flat out until the end. We showed some really good speed.

Once you have a flat rate, then the CIO doesn't have to worry so much about how much you spend.

No victories are ever easy but today was the toughest. We've never finished this close. The course was very flat and fast, and it was very windy, so it was hard to drop the other competitors.

November will be better, but the past year's flat trend in the core deficit seems to be breaking.

Oil is likely to stay in the $40's and that is likely to result in a flat stock market for the time being, ... Unless crude can break out of that range, I think we're likely to see sideways trading.