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We laid 27 counts . . . based on our charge assessment standard, those are the ones that have met it so far.

When I was a kid, there were some people around me who were a bad influence. When I met my girlfriend Sofia, who is now my wife, I think it all changed. She was very important for me, because she steered me back on to the path I wanted to be on.

Wouldn't it be great to just exist in another culture and soak it all in? What if I had done that when I was younger? What if I'd met some Highland guy who looked like Jamie Fraser from 'Outlander' and was totally into me? What if I had stayed? That's loosely how this series of short romantic comedies, 'How to Marry a Highlander,' came into being.

We?re looking for a positive message and community building. We hope that people who have never met might strike up a conversation and build a new relationship.

We've undergone a total metamorphosis and it's really been neat to watch. We're getting better and better each week and it seems we've been challenged each week and have met that challenge nicely.

We have no active talks between the Reds and the Indians involving Austin Kearns. Our baseball people met for the last few days and decided that unless we are overwhelmed with an offer, we want to see Kearns play here.

We were beginning to revolt against the old British Empire and its ideas and I met a lot of people in Montreal who shared these views.

Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good.

The reduction from 21.6 to 21.3 is not a reduction that means much of anything. It's glacial. I've never met .3 of a child. We need to reduce the class size from approximately 22 down to 17.

There is a situation where pro-democracy demonstrations have been met with suppression and excessive use of force which has further aggravated the situation and undermines the process of healing and reconciliation which is the only way to resolve the current impasse.

The only way to determine whether those requirements have been met -- I mean the first step -- is obviously to see what they told the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court. But that's exactly where you run into the first catch-22.

There are ghosts that will follow you your whole life. I think I've met a few of those ghosts head-on.

We tried courting traditional givers, I'll be honest with you. We met with them and talked to them and tried to convince them to give us money. But quite frankly, they've been reluctant.

We really don't think about it that way. We're trying hard to find user needs that aren't being met at all.

We ran across many people who lost everything. They all wanted to share their story, and it's important to listen. In the course of listening to one such story, Ed met a woman who used to be in the trucking business but lost everything, and he promised her a truck.

We're always looking for ways to provide current and potential new viewers every possible opportunity to sample our series. We want to be where the viewers are, and this exclusive partnership with Yahoo! gives us the chance to target an expanded online audience for TWO AND A HALF MEN and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER at a time of the year when many potential viewers are home on vacation and surfing the Internet.

We didn't want to lose him but he had a clause in his contract stating that, if a club met the agreed asking price, he could go.

We have run a reliable airline. We have met our customers' needs. That was our goal, and we met our goal in that regard.

The reality is that this shortfall can be fairly easily met by industry.

There is a warmth and generosity about Giles. If I met him in person I think that is what I would be attracted to. In terms of what I enjoy about playing him - the social ineptitude, and the intellect is great fun too as I don't have one!

When I met with the team I told them this is not a step back or even a step sideways this is a step forward for the program. Naturally I've modeled a lot of my style from Coach Brose because I am a product of this system. I'm excited to see what we can do and see how the girls respond. I think we all have that competitive fire and I'm anxious to see what we can do with it.

When I met with police, we told them the only thing we wanted out of this was integrity of the investigation, so that this doesn't ever happen to another family,

When I met with (Adam's) father (Wednesday) evening ... the first words out of his father's mouth were, (Adam) was so proud to be working for you guys,' ... Adam really did radiate that.

When I met Rachel Robinson for the first time, she is a regal woman, and she was like a grandmother in that first meeting.

When I met Peter Weir, we did a movie called 'Master and Commander' together, and that's when I really started to understand the power of acting, the power of directing, finding the emotion in performance.

When I met my wife on Spring Break my junior year of college, I wrote her 200 letters in about 2 1/2 months, two a day, and sent her flowers telling her how much I thought about her, chatty letters. She has boxes of love letters.

When I met my wife, my whole life changed on a dime, really quickly and for the better.

When I met my wife, I was a working comic, so the first week we went out, she saw me perform, and it was very clear what I do.

When I met Miller, for me it wasn't a question of wanting to meet him because it was Arthur Miller; it was a kind of astonishment that I could meet someone who was so deeply embedded in the psyche of my artistic development.

When I met Little Edie, she was clearly nuts, but there were flashes of charm and style. When I agreed to buy the house, I said that I would take it on the condition that either she leave it broom-clean - which was laughable - or that she leave it all ... and she chose to leave everything.

When I met Julia Roberts, the only thing that came out my mouth was, 'Thank you.'

When I met his dad (Chuck), we talked about Toby, but that didn't have any bearing on me hiring him.

When I met him I saw a well-mannered kid with raw basketball ability who at the same time was struggling with everyday life skills. At first to me it was a challenge to help this kid because he was so likable. I wasn't thinking he'd be a big player or anything. I was trying to change the kid's life around for him.

When I met him, I didn't feel a particular warmth toward him.

When I met him, he was in full shackles and manacles. There was a camera there recording our meeting. He was a little teary-eyed, shaken.

When I met him, he seemed to me a humble man who spoke through his music, and that's the way he's always been, ... He dedicated his life to his music and his art, which transcends cultures and even age.

When I met her in Hong Kong I was very touched by how she welcomed the eastern culture to be her own. And she was there, not now when China is open, but when it was during the cultural revolution,

When I met Del, I was doing these theater-sports type things, ... But I was very bored, and I said to Del, 'There's got to be something more than just games.' And he said, 'Well, you're not such a twit after all.'

When I met David Beckham I didn't know whether to shake his hand or lick his face

When I met Bono at the Cannes Film festival while I was there for the film 'United 93,' he said to me, 'That's a great film, brother. Thank you for your courage in making it.' I plotzed.

when i meet someone new they tell me that im crazy or that i need personal and that im the weirdest person that they met i tell them thank you and to get the f*** yourself

When I was 14, in Cuba, I met Fidel Castro with my dad, and it was really impressive. And on a totally different level, I met Justin Timberlake!

When I was 12 years old, I went to Natchitoches, La.; it was summer vacation with my family. We visited a plantation, Melrose. And I met an Afro-American woman who was a painter. I already had some idea of what I wanted to do in life, and one of the things that interested me was painting.

We have a simple philosophy. Make sure the client's expectations are met financially, recognize that any project is successful through a team of people, and treat those people with respect.

When I was a teenager, I went to Europe on a backpacking trip by myself, and I met a woman who was following Sebadoh. It was the early 1990s, and that was my introduction to indie rock.

We had challenges, and we met those challenges. We did so for the citizens of Louisiana and Mississippi.

We had Cathy over from Oahu to read in 2004, and not only was the event well attended but her reading was riveting. After sharing her excellent poetry, she engaged in a very interesting talk-story session with the audience, and then signed books and met audience members one-on-one. It was such a successful event that we knew we wanted to have her back again.

When I made my way across childhood to the tinny AM radio, it was dark. Lights out. I listened intently. More intently than I ever had before. Something was speaking to my unformed-ness like a long lost friend. Something that I had never met but forgotten nonetheless. I was 'realizing' that music was 'different' from other things in life.

When I left art school and went in search of work, visiting publishers and showing them my drawings and illustrations, I was met with a polite and sometimes enthusiastic response but no commissions.

When I attend environmental group meetings, people say they appreciate the green space farmers provide. Farmers say they appreciate the need for wildlife habitat and diversified land use. That said, we still haven't met in the middle.

We met yesterday, we didn't work out all the details. But we got the ball rolling with the decision to look at other candidates.

We met with the six returning players from last year and in those meetings my staff and I went over what each of them needs to do to improve their skills and help the team, ... With the improvements that all the returning players have made by spending the summer on campus and working in the weight room, in conditioning and on their skills, we have a chance to be right where we were last year and that is competing for an NCAA Tournament spot.

We met with the new guys on the team and made them realize you don't have to be as talented to go far. It's hard to live up to expectations. I told the freshmen not to listen and to just go out and play.

We met with them on the 13th of September to give them a proposal. One of the things ... that we could sacrifice was an average of a dollar an hour. Those employees are on the low end of the scale. They're making eight, nine dollars an hour ... so a dollar from them is a lot.

We met with them initially in January. We have since been in correspondence with them several times, and we're just trying to get additional information.

We met with them and discussed the purchase - if not the outright purchase of the whole property, then for parts of it.

We met with some of our key Hispanic employees last week and were assured they understood how important it was to milk the cows.

We met with neighbors and told them we had no plan to buy their properties.

We met with him for two hours, and we talked about everything. He seldom laughed, that was one thing I noticed. He did not have much of a sense of humor. But he was a good fan of baseball, and he loved to talk about it.

We met with him again today and expressed our displeasure with his behavior,

We met with family members of the suspect and convinced the family members, when they heard from their son to have him turn himself in.

We met with different stakeholders, and done different surveys to get a different understanding.

We met with as many kids as we could get on short notice. My sense is they were excited with some continuity.

We met with a lot of great labels, including J. We like Clive Davis and his staff a lot. There's a level of respect there that went both ways." ()

We met when we were freshman. I was drawn to his room by his loud stereo and noticed his guitar. I quickly got my drums and - boom - we began jamming.

We met when we were college kids, and started working then and never really stopped.

We met up with a good Rock Bridge team whose pressure defense forced us to make a lot of turnovers. We had a strong fourth quarter, but were unable to make up the deficit in points.

We met two times each week last semester and once a week this semester, but each meeting lasts two to two-and-a-half hours.

We met today and we talked about opening up the offense a little bit. We have to find ways to score more points. We'll try some things. The discrepancy in the run-pass ratio -- we've got to bring that up.

We met Thursday, (September 8) with Mr. Tate, and his attorney, but were unable to resolve the issue. We still have some work to do.

We met the trainers and after a while, we were singing together.

We met the prime minister for 20 minutes and he agreed to four of our demands.

We met the players for the first time and for a brief moment two hours before the show. They kept us separate the whole time. We only got to spend an hour with the players. Before we got on set, the show gave us their jerseys. Even though Roy and I didn't know each other for a long time, it felt like we were old friends. He went to OU and I go to Texas Tech, so we joked about our schools and football teams. He joked saying Texas Tech cheated during their game against OU. I joked back saying it was pure skill.

We met the first day and sang in the choir together. We played guitar at churches. We used to borrow the priests' guitars and take the microphones from church to sing. So many times we would sing in the bathrooms in Cathedral because the acoustics were awesome.

We met the first day and sang in the choir together, ... We played guitar at churches. We used to borrow the priests' guitars and take the microphones from church to sing. So many times we would sing in the bathrooms in Cathedral because the acoustics were awesome.

The only people that didn't like Ryan were only people who hadn't met him yet.

We were contacted by some reps and asked if we'd be interested in going around to colleges, meeting the fans and answering questions. It's great to be able to meet so many different fans of the movie. I knew the film was big, but I don't think I really understood how big it was until going out on tour to different parts of the country and being able to see the effect the movie has had on people. I've met fans from the age of three to 78 - it's awesome.

When we screened, we had 56 respond to the advertisements. Only 19 met the criteria of pre-diabetic.

When we all met her, we instantly knew she was the only person to share the rest of the journey with us.

When was the last time you wanted to say it all to the right person? To have it all come out right, to surprise yourself at how together you could be. When was the last time you ever met someone who made you want to give it all to them? I mean give yourself to them. Where you couldn't express yourself enough - like you wanted to cut off one of your arms to be understood. That's it - you would cut your head off to have someone understand you. You know how pointless that one is. You know how many times you've smashed yourself to bits on the rocks.

When these players lose it, they can't control it. It's a physical thing, not a mental thing. He's got the eye of the tiger. When I met with (Sosa), that's the one thing I was convinced of. His brain would do everything it could to succeed because he'd like to prove to people that he can still play.

We want to make sure that the needs of the community are met through employment.

There are people I've met in L.A. who kind of only talk about the business. Because maybe they think that's the best move.

We're looking at our options for putting an expansion team in St. Louis. We've met with Major League Soccer, had a feasibility study and made other inroads. At this point, we're very serious about it, but it's still in the planning stage and we're not ready to make an official announcement.

LSU met their part of the bargain and we didn't.

Let's recreate the equivalent of the Met Ball in Europe and, rather than for the museum, give the money to environmental causes.

Lou Holtz beat me all seven times we met when he was at Arkansas and I was at Tulsa. Believe me, today makes up for it.

Last year we met with our church leaders. They said there's going to be a point in life when you need to turn things back to God, and you have to decide when that is.

Last year we met as an after-school club, but this year we are meeting as a class during lunch period.

Many artists that I met don't know what existentialism is. But it is these things that contribute to the most deep-inside spirit of my works.

So, friend, when I first looked upon your face, our thoughts gave answer each to each. Opposed mirrors each reflecting each, although I knew not in what time or place, methought that I had often met with you, and each had lived in other's mind and speech.

So it all ties together rather than the MET being dramatically different from the rest of the school.

She was pretty high on our 'buy list.' She met all the criteria we look for in a racehorse.

She worked very hard to get the support and the money so these organizations could function, ... She impressed me the first time I ever met her.

She worked at the soda fountain at Woolworth's in Little Rock, and they met there.

She's really tiny, but she's really cute. She reminded me of the first time I met Natalia a few years ago. She didn't speak English so well at the beginning, either.

She's done nothing wrong. What she does in her private life should be her private life. She is an absolute icon; she's beautiful. Every time I have met her she has been really lovely to me.

Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.

Some are flown back; some are met at the border and transferred; and some are driven from here. There are so many varieties of things that happen.

'Shotgun's one of the first songs I ever wrote. It's about a couple I met at Waffle House, an all night diner I used to hang at before I could go to bars.