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We wanted someone who was a real industry insider, someone who could hit the ground running without a long ramp-up time. I think you'll find this is big news in the industry because she's popular and well-known.

We'll hopefully send him out on a high. He's very popular among the players and he's done a very good job. What's happened brings us stronger together. Bad news generally does that. There is a team spirit here and a bond. I think we should let him get on with his job and look forward to having a successful World Cup. And then there will be someone else to talk about.

Tomatoes are really popular with our customers. We offer three or four varieties, several different sizes.

We already know Honolulu and Maui are popular destinations with our customers. We're pleased to offer our friends in Alberta the convenience of being able to depart from Calgary and eliminate the need to connect through Vancouver,

Wrestling's on the horizon, ... Soccer's right around the corner. It's a sport that's real popular with younger people and it's relatively inexpensive to operate. It'll take more interest before we can consider fielding softball and baseball teams.

Women are proverbially too individualistic! There is a popular belief, born out of folk-experience, that three women cannot live in unison!

To me, baseball is as honorable as any other business. It is the most honest pastime in the world. It has to be, or it could not last a season out. Crookedness and baseball do not mix. It has become immeasurably more popular as the years have gone by. It will be greater yet. This year, 1919, is the greatest season of them all.

The organization is shocked and saddened. Cindy is a very popular county manager with the employees.

The opposition knows that if there is any popular revolt it will sweep them all away -- both the authorities and the opposition.

There is, ... no single global strategy that works in terms of democratic openness. Sometimes it happens from the bottom up and sometimes it happens from the up down, and to be successful it usually has to work in both ways. There has to be elite that wants change, though that desire can be supported and driven by popular participation. For example in Chile, the Philippines and Korea it required pressure on leaders on top to open up their systems and those pressures couldn't have come only from civil society. In Ukraine and Georgia on the other hand there was obviously a big push from below -- pressure in both directions is necessary. There is not one single strategy that produces democratic transition.

We've never seen anyone this popular for this long. Every poll we've taken on her, she's been over 70 percent.

This version is a significant enhancement to our already award-winning Web mail. It's a user-friendly upgrade that will make this popular application more powerful and more versatile, giving us another advantage over our competitors. It's fast and easy to use -- an experience we believe that customers will enjoy.

What's a three-letter word for a popular TV crime show?

What President Bush encountered was the rising tide of resentment, both popular and among leaders ... that the Bush agenda just does not jibe with Latin America,

We knew going into this that one of the most popular days for streaming video throughout the year is the Super Bowl. We knew with the hype this year, there was going to be more of an emphasis placed by consumers on historic video commercials.

You have to give Steve McNair so much credit for being a father figure. Right now, it's popular to be Vince's godfather, but when Vince was 10 years old, nobody knew he'd be like that.

This year's best picture nominees are the least popular on record.

When you look at what we can call the golden era of concept albums, which starts in the mid or late '60s and ends maybe in the early '80s, it's an interesting time for music. You see all these very established and popular acts and bands and artists that were somehow on the top of their game but really trying to experiment.

Thursdays are obviously very popular here at PGE Park, as are Fridays and Saturdays, so from that standpoint hopefully our fans will find the 2005 schedule very accessible.

What's the most popular pastime in America? Autoeroticism, hands down.

We lost a friend, almost a person. He has helped make the track as popular as he is -- not only in Louisiana, but Texas people, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi. We want to name a race after him and we want to bury him on the track.

We look in magazines and such, and whatever is popular with celebrities, we purchase.

We went directly to professional operators to learn their special preferences for the radio in their vehicles. We wanted to get feedback from the end-users of this product to get customer driven direction on the design. We believe that this ?common sense approach? to design is going to make this a very popular radio in that market.

What's funny is a lot of conversation these days is about Hollywood and the effects of popular culture, but I never hear anyone mention that there are images from Iraq on television every day, ... I mean, it is violent. And yet it is almost like it is not on television. People are just real selective about what they choose to point fingers at.

We had such a good response the first year, we made it annual and continue doing it year after year. It seems to get more popular every year. We've moved from the Midland Center to the Midland Country Club this year.

We are building a state-of-the-art business school to bring High Point University's most popular major to a new level, ... We are eternally grateful for the generosity of our friend, Phil Phillips, whose name we are proud and honored to have on this important building.

Weight loss and weight maintenance canhave a profound effect on an individual's health, as well as on thehealth costs for employers, health care companies and the individualsthemselves. Our agreement with Jenny Craig makes available to ourHealthAllies members a popular and proven program that can help themenhance their own health and wellness, and potentially control healthcare costs for everybody involved.

Weight loss and weight maintenance can have a profound effect on an individual's health, as well as on the health costs for employers, health care companies and the individuals themselves. Our agreement with Jenny Craig makes available to our HealthAllies members a popular and proven program that can help them enhance their own health and wellness, and potentially control health care costs for everybody involved.

We're going through a phase in history where the only thing that can stop poker from being the most popular form of gambling (slots excepted) is a big scandal,

We're very excited about the turnout and consumer involvement with M&Ms, ... It's a popular color, it's a royal color. People love it around the world.

This site has been a popular tourist attraction since right after the battle.

To be honest with you, girls didn't really start paying attention to me until after 'Clueless' came out. Then, all of a sudden, it was different. And that's the honest-to-goodness truth. I wasn't very popular until that happened. I have zero pickup lines. My game, I guess you could say, is my work.

This new franchise is a living dynamic visual history of some of the most important artists and movements in popular music, ... By tapping into the sounds of each decade and creating unique ways to tell these stories, we're confirming our commitment to being the destination for adults who are passionate about music.

was an amazingly effective, highly popular labor leader. But as a citizen, he was not good, a criminal. His closest friends were genuinely big league mobsters. But he was enormously charismatic, hard-driving, very bright.

There has always been a plan to open the park. This is our most popular camping site in the state.

We are very excited about the WORLD POKER TOUR leaping from the small screen to the big screen. 'Deal' will bring our enormously popular show on the Travel Channel to an even greater audience and we hope that it continues to fuel the explosion of poker worldwide.

We did a lot of research and pizza was the most popular food. It's also a good business decision, because your costs of making them are so low.

We have eleven schools and we have eleven area restaurants who provide a fan base for each of the schools. That gives people an opportunity to gather, to party, to celebrate, to commiserate; whatever it is they do. That's been a very popular feature that we added a couple of years ago to the event and people really enjoy.

Bodog.com has always had a very popular refer-a-friend program, and this can be directly attributed to the high quality of customer service we provide. In an industry where credibility is king, and 'word of mouth' advertising is extremely important, our players are integral to spreading the word about the quality of our brand. We would like to thank each of our players for sharing their online entertainment experience with their friends.

Bringing in a successor when a popular social policy is in place would be considerably easier.

Brides are continually looking for ways to make every aspect of their wedding day a true reflection of their personality. As color is becoming an increasingly popular addition to the wedding dress, brides are finding it an easy way to further express themselves and make their wedding dress unique. We know that the trend is real, as we've observed it at several celebrity weddings.

Bravo continues to deliver a diverse line-up of award-winning and critically acclaimed arts entertainment and reality programming that reflects the changing tastes of popular culture. From the 'master class' interviews in 'Inside the Actors Studio' to the edge-of-your-seat drama in our hit series 'Project Runway,' we have an incredible lineup to satisfy all of our viewers.

Even though many see popular music as a for-profit venture, it remains a nonprofit venture for us,

Even in rehearsals, I didn't realize it would be as popular as it proved. After I read it, I said: 'It's brilliant, but it's quite esoteric.' We scheduled 70 or 80 performances.

Benjamin is Germany's most popular animated toon character. It has proven child appeal as a positive educator and entertainer, a friend and a mentor who blends fantasy and reality,

Ben Folds is a very popular artist in this area, and he plays some good stuff.

Believe me, the United States is very popular now in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Being voted into the Hall of Fame is the biggest individual honor in baseball. Being voted in on the first ballot is what cements your place in history as one of the greatest to ever play the game. There are likely to be many voters that will think twice about placing Bonds in that elite company, especially when you consider he's never been the most popular individual with the media.

Blessed be the offspring of Papa Montero and Maria la Ol. When we see things from abroad, the value of our popular culture is more evident than ever.

Bill was well known and respected by the (Shamokin) community. We expect Bill's show to be a very popular and well-attended exhibit.

Bicycling has become a popular activity in the state of North Carolina.

As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will come into its own as a great popular study.

As the years went by and jazz got more popular and social conditions changed, you were able to have jazz as a topic introduced into the music curriculum in universities, ... I think that one thing that hip-hop and jazz have in common is that they are both coming out of the minority subculture and we've faced some of the same problems. They are attacked in different ways . . . but they are a minority in a majority culture, so they are unfortunately discriminated against by the larger portion of the majority community.

As soon as the weather became brisker apparel sales went up. Jewelry is also popular because a lot of men purchase jewelry as a last minute gift. Expect a lot of traffic in that area.

Commodities seem to be a rather popular alternative (to bonds, equities and the dollar) for funds searching for a trend.

Comte (pronounced con-tay), is the most popular cheese in France, and when I tasted it, I could understand why.

Computer use in our labs is a popular service.

Discoveries in the past 10 or 15 years have been incorporated into popular outlets. Kids watch these programs, so they do have a more up-to-date perspective than adults.

Divorce has become more commonplace in the popular culture - among celebrities and even public figures. And we tend to take our cues from news, movies, books and magazines. The whole feeling about divorce has shifted from one of abhorrence to acceptable.

Dinosaurs have been incredibly popular for decades. So many kids and adults -- who sometimes don't admit they love them -- love dinosaurs, there's no question about it. There's also no question that really dazzling movies like 'Jurassic Park' and 'Lost World' raise a lot of interest.

Dinosaurs are very popular, and the asteroid theory is sexy, it's a perfect story, and in the past few years it's all you've read in the popular press.

Dillinger at one point was the second most popular man in America after President Roosevelt. And he was a national hero for a good reason. He was robbing the very institutions, the banks, which had afflicted the people for four years, and after four years nothing was getting any better.

Digital cameras, including both digital still camera and video camera, will remain the most popular function of cutting-edge phones.

Cosmetic surgery and poker are popular right now.

Copland was one of the first American composers to forge a truly modern style of American classical music while also making use of American popular music - including jazz.

Conflict: Global Terror expands on the popular Conflict franchise that has sold more than two million units in the United States alone. Conflict: Global Terror provides a compelling gaming experience with an all-new graphics engine and intense online co-op play.

Contrary to the dire predictions that have become popular over the last decade, the sky is *not* falling on the Y. This research clearly demonstrates that natural selection has effectively preserved regions of the Y chromosome that have no mechanisms with which to repair damaged genes.

Contrary to popular notion, truck drivers know nothing about good restaurants. If you want a reliable tip, drive into a town, go to the nearest appliance store and seek out the dishwasher repair man. He spends a lot of time in restaurant kitchens and usually has strong opinions about them.

Contrary to popular belief, our research suggests that men are just as likely to stop to ask for directions as women are.

Countries that managed to rebuild commanding state structures after popular nationalist revolutions - such as China, Vietnam, and Iran - look stable and cohesive when compared with a traditional monarchy such as Thailand or wholly artificial nation-states like Iraq and Syria.

Computer-animated pictures tend to make a lot of money. The most popular ones tend to have universally appealing stories.

Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.

Curling is getting a little bit more popular because of the Olympics. We want to be able to promote the sport because it's not very well known.

Ever since the beginning of modern science, the best minds have recognized that the range of acknowledged ignorance will grow with the advance of science. Unfortunately, the popular effect of this scientific advance has been a belief, seemingly shared by many scientists, that the range of our ignorance is steadily diminishing and that we can therefore aim at more comprehensive and deliberate control of all human activities. It is for this reason that those intoxicated by the advance of knowledge so often become the enemies of freedom.

Dried fruits are becoming more and more popular in cooking. They add a lot of richness to the food without adding fat. So I see more dried fruits, different kinds of fruits in the supermarket these days and I think you can use them really effectively in low fat cooking.

During his years in exile, Steve has grown into a better player and person. I'm sure our fans are excited to welcome back one of the most popular personalities ever to don the red and black.

Dubai is a popular shopping destination of the rich and wealthy. The public should know if customs duty was paid in respect of her imports.

European musicians didn't learn popular music, whereas in America we did, ... So you played in bands, you played in orchestras, you played everything. The high-art/low-art idea, that was a very European idea and not much appreciated in America. People like Cole Porter and Gershwin were considered very important composers.

Even bands with deep catalogs have hits, and then they have superstar hits. There may be 20 songs from Queen that people know, but really we're talking about two or three that are more popular by orders of magnitude. They're cultural staples. If I had the option to buy 9 songs instead of 12 songs on 'Meet the Beatles,' I might have done that.

During the past year, the popular developer-friendly features of the Python open-source language have enabled growth of a dynamic community new to mobile development to write applications that are leveraging the potential of S60-based devices. Now, Nokia is extending its commitment to open-source software initiatives and hopes that its contribution of source code back to the Python developer community will drive further enthusiasm and innovations in the development of leading-edge open-source mobile solutions for the rapidly expanding smart-phone market worldwide.

Flowers have always been popular in Japan. They've been applied as decoration to everything from fabrics and household utensils to scroll paintings and revered as objects in tea ceremonies.

There's probably 1,400 or 1,500 comic book items on the site at any time. It remains a very popular area of the site. I'm sure people buy and sell comic books the same way they do stocks, other securities or fine wine.

There's lots of prejudice, but if you examine yourself, you can make It. Of course, this doesn't make me too popular with some quarters in the women s movement.

There's just no compelling reason why you'd want to vote against him. He's a very popular senator in this state.

There's not many teams who fail to pursue their most popular player or one of their better players. I know the Yankees would never be like that.

There's nothing more elegant than the juxtaposition of very light with very dark. It's easy on our eyes, with a very calming effect. And contrary to popular opinion, white is very easy to clean.

The town is excited to have the actual vehicles from the classic Batman TV show and The Flintstones movie available for viewing at The Town of Hempstead September Seaside Spectacular Collectors' Car Show, ... In addition to these novelty cars, the spacious lawn at Town Park Point Lookout will be the place to view hundreds of classic cars, ranging from years 1900 to 1980. Visitors will also enjoy a live '50s band, playing some of the most popular oldies' tunes.

The tool rental facility is one of the most popular additions to our stores within the last couple of years.

I sense a groundswell happening of popular opinion against this war and against this administration. It's been a long time coming, and I'm glad to see it's happening.

I've discovered this trend in popular criticism that because our first record was such a -- critical darling ... that now people are hesitant to give us too many accolades. We didn't know exactly how we needed to change. But we knew from the experience from 'Room on Fire' where people, where critics mainly, were saying that it was sonically too similar to the first record, we needed to step up.

I understand that that song is what will stick out, ... And the guy on the street only needs to know what has become popular -- that's what is so good and powerful about the music industry. It's about appealing to masses of people with popular music. And hey, it's good that people know who you are.

I understand that Buddy and Danica are two of our most popular drivers. I'm sure people want to see them, but they need to have respect for the race team due to the circumstances that happened Sunday morning.

I understand it's not the most popular opinion, but I like fighting. We're trying to sell our game, right? And we have something that no other sport has, and yet we seem almost embarrassed to have it. I don't get it.

The whole quilted look is very popular but in bright, vibrant jewel tones.

The word 'finish' is a popular word around here, back to 2002. It's just a mentality of playing every play like it's your last, and we came out and were a little satisfied with how the first half of it went. We have to learn that when you have someone down, you gotta finish them off.

The vignettes take a unique and different look at the Olympics from some of Bravo's most popular stars, while exposing them to the enormous traffic that will visit NBCOlympics.com during the month of February.

These are the most popular software packages that we sell, ... Systematic techniques have always been the most popular. It seems programmers can do for investors what analysts cannot.

The sad thing is that in the effort to demonstrate that it is being diligent, the agency is undermining popular support for any manned spaceflight. It enforces the public's apprehension of human spaceflight.

The Scarlet Pimpernel' became a kind of archetype for many comic book heroes that are popular today,

'The Scarlet Pimpernel' became a kind of archetype for many comic book heroes that are popular today,