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Pfizer clearly is a company with tremendous disregard for the generic drug industry and is not given to settling. But it is not altogether unlikely that Pfizer could settle its litigation. If Pfizer could translate some of its cash hoards into greater certainty on this litigation ... I think they would do that.

Port Symphonies is more of a composing project rather than a conducting project. The score is written in time, in seconds. The notes translate to ship horn on, then ship horn off.

Popularity hasn't translated to revenue quite yet. The quest for the perfect ad model is still in progress.

Our citizens and those who have gone before us have charted the broad outlines of our course. They would envy our opportunity to translate dreams into action. They will judge us harshly should we fail.

Our 'chief,' who was Frank, had to talk, then the translator had to translate it for Chief Julio. It had to be proper.

Parents themselves are eating badly. Their own behaviors translate into bad outcomes for their children.

Paramount Studios fourth-quarter feature film slate was weak as four of the five films released in the quarter failed to generate domestic grosses in excess of their respective budgets.

Mother Nature didn't make slate for the purpose of putting it on a roof. We did. We've taken out all of the vulnerabilities and disadvantages of the natural material.

Most writers have no idea how to make a film. It's a totally different skill set. Nor is it just to translate exactly what's on the page directly on to the screen - because that would be terrible. It would be five hours long, and the structure would be a mess. But the writers know the characters and the story.

Maybe you have to bunt to get on base, instead of standing and striking out. We're not going to run our own slate for the sake of running our own slate. We'll do that only if we're left with no other option.