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Everybody who plays UPS thinks (it is) the No. 1 team in the conference until someone knocks them off. They've had the success so they know how to win the big games.

Every team is going to have its ups and downs and take some losses. It's better to take them now early in the season. It's a wake-up call and we're going to have to play harder and get where we want to be.

Down the stretch we could have folded. I like where we are at mentally right now. We are starting to get very, very tough. We have gone through a lot of ups and downs this season and it seems like every game is a regional championship atmosphere. That is going to make us a strong team down the stretch.

Each year has been different. We've had our ups and downs. Two different times we had so many injuries we could barely field a team. We are hoping to play our best and see what happens.

Every year, we see cycles where prices go up and down and up again. What we've seen in 2006 is that cycle of the ups and downs has happened much earlier than usual.

There's some ups and downs, but no regular patterns.

There's gonna be ups and downs, for lots of teams.

There's going to be some ups and downs. ... A couple of times they didn't play to the standard that they're accustomed to, and I think we'll see the very best of it.

There's no second guessing how valuable he (Jobs) is. Putting him in a new context ups his ability to influence things.

There's many ups and downs in the fight game.

I've never been more proud of anyone my whole life. I've seen her go through so many hardships and so many ups and downs and to finally come at the end of the season and finally get her 1,000th point. I think to end with a championship and a win is the best possible reward she could possibly have.

The whole season was emotionally trying. We went through so many ups and downs, on such a roller coaster. It was a season that had a lot of scenarios, good things and bad things. But the end result is we had a winning record, and that's a positive.

There will be ups and downs, but it is important to remember you're on your own beautiful journey, and once you're on it you have to see it through to it's own conclusion. And try to never be afraid to do anything because what's the worse that can happen?

There will be some demonstrations, but I am sure they will be peaceful, ... Most Panamanians recognize a special relationship with the United States with its ups and downs and, luckily, this is an up.

There will be relatively few shares sold, ... And UPS still has $1 billion left over from the IPO to repurchase shares on the open market to support the price if need be.

These $100,000 UPS systems aren't performing as they should, ... The total number of batteries cost probably in the range of $7,000

I've tried to make a film about love and pride. Baseball became the love for these young men, and therefore we feel all of their ups and downs.

I've suffered many, many ups and downs in my life. And so does everyone. And the thing is to always know, with this down, the only place you can go is up,

It was unfortunate. I thought they were a better indoor team than we were and their match ups worked at No. 2 and No. 3 because they got one of those points. The doubles point was a lot closer this time, and we had our chances.

These markets are going to grow. They're going to have their ups and downs, just like the American market. But Asia will be the fastest growing area of the world.

The strike by the Teamsters union this summer was responsible for a swing of nearly $350 million in profits vs. last year's quarter and caused a lot of damage and hardship both to UPS people and our customers, ... However our managers, drivers and all of our people are working very hard to rebuild our service and restore the confidence of our customers.

The teams are completely different. I think we're playing really well even though we lost. Last year, we had too many ups and downs. This year we've competed. I don't think there's going to be any letup.

The tender offer tells me a lot of ups employees are incredibly loyal, that they believe in the company long-term. But I think there could be some selling of shares and until that overhang is taken up through higher demand, it will put pressure on the stock.

I've never been through so many ups and downs in one season. To go from starter to not playing. To go from traded to not traded and to play again, it's been crazy. It taught me to keep things in perspective and enjoy basketball. I come to the gym ready to play and good things happen.

Right now, UPS is sort of the default choice. If someone comes up with the better mousetrap, then suddenly they won't be so satisfied with UPS. If USPS starts acting like an innovative business, then a lot of people would like to work with them. The Airborne thing also makes a lot of sense.

Quite a few of our athletes will be off this weekend, getting rested and ready for next weekend's Big Ten meets. This meet should be pretty low key, but it will offer us a chance for final preparations and tune ups for Big Tens. Those athletes who need to rest will rest and those who need fine tuning will have an opportunity to do that as well.

Rachel had her ups and downs as a freshman, but that is expected, and she held her own against a very tough schedule.

Prior to Sept. 11 UPS was showing growth in its domestic air business and was on track to deliver on the financial guidance we had provided, managing through some difficult economic conditions,

Our sense is that the rejection was more a statement of employee sentiment in the airline industry rather than a statement regarding overall labor relations between UPS and the Teamsters. However, we believe UPS would want to put this contract to bed before focusing on the national Teamster contract.

Our defensive intensity went down rather than up. With every good team there's going to be ups and downs and whoever plays the hardest comes out the winner.

Our employees increasingly are telling us -- via e-mail, telephone calls and letters -- that they want to understand our offer. They want to know what UPS put on the table. So we're going to tell them.

People say 'well gosh he must know something I don't know'. And, sometimes developers are like sheep. They all follow one another. And, we've already had follow ups from people in New York and Dallas and Kansas City.

People should remain unaffected by what others may say. A true man is one who overcomes the ups and downs of life with fortitude. One should not recoil before reverses of fortunes. One should bravely face them and overcome them.

People can find the personal ups and down of business as gripping as fictional drama.

Again (with the UPS pick), a lot of the same kind of issues. A company with very, very good quality earnings. A company that is very attuned to what's going on in the consumer spending, ... And a company that has some pro-cyclical elements. We are talking about a pickup in the economy. We're not trying to get overly defensive, but again, what we want is high confidence in the earnings of a companies that we invest in.

Some shots I usually make are not falling in and I'm not feeling that well penetrating, so I'm in a tough moment. But I'm not worried. In 82 games, you're going to have some ups and downs.

Some people may perceive it as he's moved down the ladder, but he's had a good season. He's had his ups and downs. I still think he's progressing as a player. He's the type of player who will help us win games the rest of the way.

Once we identified the instrumentation we needed, we had to act fast. It was September 20th, and the hurricane was supposed to make landfall a few days later. We ordered the data loggers on September 21st, and we knew it would take a day to get them in. In the meantime, we were building protective housings for all the loggers, getting our sampling plan together, and just scrambling around the clock to get everything together. We went to the local UPS office to basically get the loggers off the truck on the morning of the 22nd and left our Ruston office at 1pm for the coast.

On Disney, we stick to the script. But you go to the 'Grown Ups set' and it's completely different. Same thing with Tyler Perry - it's nothing but ad-libbing.

No, we have our ups and downs, but we're all very up at the moment.

November and December are pound-for-pound just as important as the summer, ... You see about 20 percent of the gross for the year in about seven or eight weeks. And this year looks to me to be a strong finish to a year that has really had its ups and downs.

Defense, that wins games. It took some time. We had our ups and downs. Now we're doing what we have to do to be consistent at winning games.

Dee's a big-time player and hit some big-time shots. As someone who's been through the rigors and the ups and downs, we look for him to do that. Without him, some of these games might have been a little different.

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in the D.C. area now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into Washington, D.C., as well.

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in San Antonio now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into San Antonio as well.

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in Philadelphia now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into Philadelphia as well.

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in New York now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into New York as well.

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in Los Angeles now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into Los Angeles as well.

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in Dallas now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into Dallas as well.

Companies of all sizes, as well as consumers in Dallas, now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into Dallas as well.

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in Cincinnati now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into Cincinnati as well.

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in Chicago now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into Chicago as well.

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in Boston now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into Boston as well.

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in Baltimore now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into Baltimore as well.

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in Atlanta now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into Atlanta as well.

AOL was a roller coaster ride. I was lucky and privileged to be a part of it, both the ups and the downs.

Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening life.

Are we going to punish the Saudis? Two-thirds of our Middle East oil comes from Saudi Arabia, and despite the ups and downs of the relationship with Saudi Arabia, they tend to be our friends.

Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us.

That's how my career has been, ... It's been a battle with ups and downs.

You've got ups and down, and you can go from here to dead low. We're more together now. Whether we win or lose, it's just the way we play together that everybody likes.

You're going to have ups and downs, but it probably doesn't impact us long-term.

You're always going to have ups and downs, injuries and illnesses. It's all about perseverance. You've got to keep plugging. Sometimes the puzzle comes together at the end, if you are doing everything right.

Young hitters are going to go through their ups and downs. When the offense was hot, those two guys were contributing most of the time.

This is exactly what UPS should be doing.

This is an indication to us that they want to be good partners. This always, obviously, goes a long way toward giving us some comfort that we're going to be able to continue moving this project forward. Obviously, we've had our ups and downs, but now we have all of our money up front.

This is the best day of my career. That first state championship was phenomenal. But I think with everything that went on with these kids this year, the ups and downs, makes it the best.

The ups and downs today were part of the process of consolidation. We're finally stabilizing today and it looks like the worst is over.

The ups and downs of default activity are clearly determined by whether prices are going up by 4 percent, or 14 percent or 25 percent annually. If it's worth more, you have more options.

The ups and downs have helped us learn what not to do. We're focusing for this tournament.

The ups and downs are going be everywhere no matter what sport you're in, no matter what profession you're in,

This game was our season in a nutshell. Ups and downs, ups and downs. It's another down for us, but my guys played hard. The effort was there. If you set your goals high, you have to be ready for disappointment.

This certainly ups the ante in the battle between Apple and the phone makers for mobile music.

This is a difficult business. It has its ups and downs. There are a number of different directions that management could have taken and it became quite clear during the months of December and January ... that they were looking in a different direction for the main person other than me.

This has been a season of ups and downs. I had mono for more than a month and it was frustrating being my senior year.

This happens. There are going to be ups and downs. It all depends on how soon you can bounce back.

They showed us what playoff basketball is about. It was good for us to go through. We've experienced some ups and downs in the past and we've bounced back before. So I'm going to spin this into a positive and say that this butt-kicking was a good lesson for us on both ends of the floor.

They're up front about their struggles and everyone goes through their ups and downs when they're trying to lose weight. It's not easy, but they're really dedicated to doing it.

They've been unbelievable. We've had some ups and downs -- probably a lot more downs -- and they've been there throughout it all to support us.

They provide some tough match ups for us. But this was a game where we fought hard. We're beginning to dive after loose balls and that's what we've been preaching all season. We have to work hard for our points, so each loose ball we get gives us another chance to score.

A lot of people don't get that chance to coach their daughter. That's the enjoyable thing. The ups and downs, you know, it's unbelievable.

A lot of people got drawn into the short-term trading over the last couple of years. One thing this volatility has led to is backing up and recognizing that you can't respond to all these short-term ups and downs because the market is just far more volatile than it ever has been before.

A lot of people should not pay attention to the ups and downs daily because clearly they cannot discern the next week or two weeks in terms of trends in the markets. Where do you want to put your money long term, and I stress long term. We always advocate a very strong diversification.

A lot of things stick out. I think it's an overall good experience. Being my first time up here, I've seen ups and downs. I've seen what it takes, how guys react when things are going good, and how guys react when they are going bad. It's a little more of a good way to teach me the ropes.

They have enough veteran guys over there who have won Cups. They understand what's at stake, what's going on. I don't foresee them looking past anybody. But anything that's thrown our way, we'll have at least seen it once or twice given all the ups and downs we've gone through through the course of this season.

They have been though the ups and down, they've been to the Final Four and they've been to the NIT. There is no reason for us not to listen to them. We are definitely going to lean on them for the remainder of the season and hopefully send them off where they should be.

There were a lot of ups and downs. There were times when I felt like couldn't make anything.

There were some ups and downs today for this team.

There were some strange balls that were pop ups and they kept going. I was throwing to the inside part of the plate better and throwing the change. I just felt like a couple of them weren't really hit that well.

This is the place to be for jumpers. Our best-kept secret, now the Europeans have discovered it, I'm very happy to say, because that only ups the ante and makes the competition increasingly better.

This is what we've been waiting for. We've been through so many ups and downs.

This journey is one I wouldn't trade for anything in the world. Even though we had our ups and downs. This year will always be special in my mind. More than any other.

They play good defense, so we've got to be extremely careful with the basketball. If we can play a half-court game, that ups our chances of winning. We've got to make it an inside game. Try to get the inside going first.

They're having their ups and downs. They're struggling at times. They're turning things over similar to what we did last year.

They're about situations I've gone through being in a relationship. You won't hear me write a song about walking on a beach because that isn't what my life has been about. I write songs about what I know and what I know is the ups and downs of relationships. What I know about is what it feels like to hurt and be hurt. What I know about is love.

There's a lot of ups and downs to every playoff series. We didn't really get dominated. It was a game that was back and forth. They got (a questionable foul) call with 0.9 seconds to go that put them on the free throw line. That was the difference in the game, 0.9 seconds. So we weren't that far off.

As soon as he went down I prayed for him and hoped for all of the best for him. I was watching it. It's always kind of sickening to see that happen but I know that Carson is a strong guy. He went through five years at SC with some ups and downs but he came out on top.

Ask me in a week or so and I'll tell you. I don't know. Sometimes I think I do, sometimes I'm not sure. I haven't thought about it much. I believe that if you work and you go about your business the way you need to every day, and if you keep focused and don't allow outside things to creep in and if you're chasing something and if you stay with it, handle the ups and downs, I think that some way, somehow, something good will happen.

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