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Florida is wide open, ... With Bob Graham being in the race, virtually every one of the movers and shakers were committed to him. Now that he's out of the race, the race is wide open and the convention will basically be the kickoff for anyone of them who wants to compete here.

Federated worked with regulators to address problems with improper trading, ... With this agreement, virtually the entire mutual fund industry has now sworn off improper trading practices and agreed to compensate investors who were harmed.

The results were so good because virtually everything was pretty good. The yields in southern Minnesota were outstanding, hog farms were very profitable, and dairy farms had a pretty good year. We had that perfect storm.

The result of Nkrumah's handling of the economy was calamitous. Ghana by 1965 had become virtually bankrupt.

The result of Nkrumah's handling of the economy was calamitous, ... Ghana by 1965 had become virtually bankrupt.

The responses we are getting in-market have been very strong, virtually without exception.

There's no question that keeping up with a virtually self-funded campaign is going to be tough. We'll raise enough to be competitive.

The trains are rolling and there's virtually nothing happening as far as cleanup. They're telling us there is, but we're not seeing it.

Issuance of equity and of bonds by lower-rated corporations has come virtually to a halt -- even investment-grade companies have cut back substantially on their borrowings,

Things are going a lot better than the press has been reporting on virtually all fronts. We're going to be there for a while. It is dangerous, it is dirty, it is hot, it is not pleasant, but it is moving forward and the strategic doubt does not exist.

The sales produce virtually all of our net, ... we just try to break even on the races.

The sales produce virtually all of our net,

I've virtually packed the game in now, so there's no chance I'll be coming to Bath City.

I've never really understood the criticism that climbing is inherently selfish, since it could equally be argued about virtually any other hobby or sport. Is gardening selfish?

These breaches compromise virtually every part of the immigration system itself, leaving vulnerabilities that have been and likely are being exploited by criminals and adversaries of the United States.

These decisions pose two major problems, ... A lack of stability or predictability in the law because the two cases, decided three years apart, are virtually indistinguishable; and, two, the court's judicial activism in functioning as a super legislature.

The Senate and the House are at loggerheads, and it would be virtually impossible for the leaders of those two houses to be close friends under those circumstances. It would lead to suspicions from their respective caucuses.

The second quarter marked the continued successful execution of our strategic plan. Revenues were up 40% as we saw growth in virtually all of our business segments. We completed the production and final delivery of Season 3 during the quarter, and continued to grow our international television and product license businesses. The success of the show in the US, combined with strong ratings in international markets enabled us to broaden distribution into 116 territories around the globe. Further, we are moving forward with the Professional Poker Tour(TM) (PPT), and are close to signing a licensing agreement for it. Finally, we are pleased with the initial launch of WPT online.

The stronger data virtually assure significant changes in the Fed's directive this week. The new directive will probably include a grudging acknowledgement of the stronger labor market and inflation statistics.

The son of the victim, you know, has been virtually forgotten until recently.

The thing I thought was Jerry's greatest strength ... was his endurance. I thought he was a guy who was able to go hard and run hard on virtually every single play of the game. It didn't make any difference if it was fourth quarter, in the middle of a two-minute drive or the third play of the game. He was always very, very close to his top speed. Nobody else was like that.

I've been a huge fan of virtually every incarnation and spin-off of the 'Star Trek' franchise (don't get me started on 'Voyager,' though), but there's something about the purity of the original series that really appeals to me.

Thanks to a fairly decent IQ, I can write on virtually any subject, and have done so in order to make a living.

Proxim's brand name and distribution channel are recognized around the globe, and we are building on these strengths with an expanded product portfolio to enable our partners to pursue new revenue opportunities. Customers can expect to see even more benefits from our combined company as we continue to expand our portfolio of best-of-breed wireless solutions in virtually every arena, from Wi-Fi through wireless Gigabit Ethernet.

Progress is running far behind Iraqi expectations in virtually every area. In their view, most Iraqis are not seeing 'amazing progress.' All too many of them live in constant danger, with less electricity in many areas than under Saddam Hussein.

The National Heads-Up Poker Championship is unique in a couple of ways. The field of 64 enables us to bring in virtually all of the top players. Then, they are on the verge of elimination throughout the tournament because of the one-on-one format. Fortunately, most of these players like the pressure.

Admittedly, I possess virtually no expertise in science. That puts me in exactly the same position as most dogmatic environmentalists who want to craft public policy around global warming fears.

Subcontracting is open to companies from virtually all nations in the world.

Degradation is a continuum, ... In virtually every ecosystem we visited, humans have colonized the landscape. Very few places are wild. The places to find wildlife are in protected areas. This is a good indicator of how deeply human species has penetrated the continent.

Any effort to change the benefit pattern just virtually guarantees you can't get anything done, ... The Democrats and labor are putting together a massive campaign. If you give them a weapon that big, they're going to succeed.

And there is virtually no way to describe the feeling of being recognized by so many.

An element of virtually every national security threat and crime problem the FBI faces is cyber-based or facilitated. We face sophisticated cyber threats from state-sponsored hackers, hackers for hire, organized cyber syndicates, and terrorists.

As a result, fears over a significant near-term increase in personal or corporate taxation have virtually disappeared. Most expectations, including our own are for a broadly neutral stance.

As a conservative estimate, we believe this deal could have a total contract value in the $20 million range. The fact that this is a licensing agreement also entails that virtually all of the revenue will flow to the bottom line.

The bottom line is that we have made progress in virtually every area of the collective agreement.

The Bulldogs will be hard to beat; they won it the year before us. They had a lot of injuries last year and last week had virtually their best side on the park.

The Byrd Amendment virtually defines corporate welfare. This is a massive payola scheme that takes money out of the US Treasury and uses it to line the pockets of private companies that have done nothing to earn it except sign on to antidumping petitions that drive up prices for American consumers.

The Byrd Amendment virtually defines corporate welfare, ... This is a massive payola scheme that takes money out of the US Treasury and uses it to line the pockets of private companies that have done nothing to earn it except sign on to antidumping petitions that drive up prices for American consumers.

The budget also proposes bringing the total annual state spending on education to nearly $17 billion, or 72 percent higher than when (Pataki) took office. As a result, today New Yorkers spend more than $12,000 per pupil to support public education - virtually the highest amount in the nation.

At which point he, very gently, without virtually saying a word, escorted the little boy from his seat.

At Valencia we changed the players virtually every match, maybe we will not be able to do that just as much but all must realize they are important to the team, and it is the team that is important.

Back when the program was created, elderly people were dying because they had nothing to eat and no health care. Social Security has been incredibly successful at virtually eliminating poverty among the elderly.

A single facility using the best liquid clear-coats in application equipment available today could emit 200 tons of hydrocarbons a year and create about 100 tons a year of over-spray sludge from clear-coat alone. These waste streams could be virtually eliminated with powder clear-coat.

That (shutting Granville out in the first) brought our bats alive. We had a similar situation (in the season opener) against Hamilton Township with virtually the same group on the field. We got them out early and got right to work.

That's huge. If you get 60 percent, that's a lot, but 80 percent is near virtually everyone.

Zayed, who was simply an employee of the sheik, did virtually nothing.

You might call him a promiscuous sitter, ... He would sit for just about any artist in the last 10 years of his life. He sat for ... George Caleb Bingham, who was virtually an unknown artist. Adams recorded in his diary that he didn't think he was going to make a good likeness or a good picture. But as far as I am concerned, he did both.

This is an incredibly talented team. We have every element on this team. If we can come out with some fight and come out playing the way that we are capable of playing, then we will be virtually unstoppable. Now we just have to focus on that goal.

This is an unprecedented event, no state has ever taken in a quarter of a million people virtually over night, including school children. So we need to look at different ways of doing things so that Texas isn't left with the costs of their good deed.

This is not a pill you have to take. This is something you can do every day at virtually no cost.

The U.S. ranks behind virtually every other developed country when it comes to seat belt use, and never has mediocrity been so deadly for a nation.

The Western blot test, which concentrates the brain sample, can detect mad cow disease in an animal at an earlier stage of infection. It is used in virtually all European countries and Japan.

The week after Christmas in our business is virtually as good as the week before Christmas. In the last couple of years, the retail business between Christmas and Jan. 15 is much greater than in previous years because of the redemption of gift cards.

The whole house was virtually emptied and although the Johannesburg police's serious and violent crime unit is investigating, no one has been arrested so far.

The White House has dodged the truth about torture for too long. With reports of torture in the news virtually every day, it is imperative the president and all in his administration end the secrecy and end the torture. This campaign will allow thousands of Americans to demand that torture in our names is not committed again and insist that the president speak the truth in his State of the Union address about this heinous crime.

This discovery sheds new light on the biological causes of the disease. Importantly, virtually all of this risk can be captured by looking at a single-letter change in DNA -- ideal for the development of a genetic test for assessing individual risk and developing more personalized and effective prevention strategies.

This agreement will allow the delivery of life-saving medicines to people who desperately need them. It represents a big breakthrough in our efforts to begin treatment programs in places where, until now, there has been virtually no medicine, and therefore no hope.

This ability to recognize individuals underlies social behavior in virtually all vertebrates and some invertebrates as well. Humans clearly have an incredible ability to recognize, remember and store huge amounts of information about individuals - even individuals we have never actually met. This ability is the core of circuits that one might call the social brain.

This is a fantastic deal. There are virtually no operating expenses for Playboy. They are just giving out their name.

This, in a political sense and an economic sense, could have profound impact on virtually all governments in Wisconsin. It could be one of the most significant things the Legislature has done in years. It's a good election year issue, frankly.

Although we had anticipated modest sales disruption related to our exit from the appliance business and the partial remodel of all stores, since the end of September, sales have softened significantly in virtually all product categories, including those not affected by the remodeling process," ()

A lot of the content deals we've closed and will be closing for our Web site -- and virtually all the pay content -- is protected by Windows DRM, so it made sense for us to license it.

A lot of people who have depression understand that the last thing in the world you want to do when you're feeling that way is get up and exercise. It's virtually impossible to do that. It's like somebody beating you.

American's operations are virtually normal today as the pilots' sick list continues to shrink.

American Beauty' really reinforced in Hollywood's eyes the idea that Toronto could actually break a film that was very important. They came here and gathered acclaim and critical support that lasted through the Oscars. Subsequent to that, virtually every year, we've had a significant number of films here that later came out with nominations and Oscars.

They are seeking to make it virtually impossible for shareholders to amend the bylaws or remove a majority of the board,

You don't want to get so distracted, focusing on what the opposition is putting forth that you forget to remind America that the real issue is 8.3 percent unemployment, virtually no growth at all in an economy that has been in shambles for the last four years under Obama.

This (ORV use) has become a problem over the last decade or two. Most Forest Service plans were made 15 years ago when four-wheelers and ATVs were virtually nonexistent. Not many were used and snow machines were relegated to groomed trails.

There was virtually no protection from the blast, ... The very flatness of the city center helped seal its destruction. The lack of any warning also contributed: Nobody was in the shelters when the bomb exploded. The whole city was taken by surprise. Only freakish accidents of fate ensured survival. Eizo Nomura was one such survivor, a clerk in the Fuel Distribution and Control Cooperative, a concrete building 100 meters from the hypocenter. Moments before the explosion, he had gone down into the basement to retrieve a document his chief had forgotten. Quite possibly he was the closest man to the hypocenter to survive.

There was virtually no control at the border. They would go back for birthdays, for Christmas, for holidays, because they could always come back across the border easily.

There is now no back-up to the supply that the hospitals have on hand. We have issued virtually all of the blood on our shelves, and urge healthy individuals to donate blood now.

The repercussions on global trade would be devastating, ... Given that virtually all major economies have a surplus with the (United States), trade disruptions would shutter manufacturing plants and curtail global demand for most commodities.

This is undoubtedly a public relations blitz by Wal-Mart. They're trying to fend off state legislation, so this sounds like rather empty rhetoric. For a company that's virtually larger than any company in the world to be crying that they don't have the resources, I don't think too many people are going to give much credence to that.

This last offer over the weekend from the company, that cut 75% of the workforce, and they offer virtually nothing to do that. I mean, how do you get 75% of your people to vote themselves out of job, and offer them virtually nothing to do that?

They remain stable over long periods, do not require light to be activated and can be applied to virtually any surface.

They rely on a lot of other things. When you look at economy in its totality, virtually everything is stronger than the employment data.

There's a time-share purchase opportunity for virtually any size wallet.

There is virtually nothing going on under the Bush administration that wasn't going on under the Nixon administration. For younger people, this seems new. It's really a rerun of '68-72.

There is virtually no protection for the nine Iraqi lawyers and their families who are heroically here to defend truth and justice.

There's an awful lot of content available for free on the Internet. You can find virtually anything out there for free. I think people are interested in subscribing to my site because it's a real environment. It's all just a really fun, organized experience that's all laid out for you. People are willing to pay for that,

At its core, 90 percent of my job is still sitting down in a room full of people, and breaking stories... and that requires virtually no technology.

About 42 percent of the growth in global demand is coming from China, where there is virtually no price sensitivity to demand. There's a huge relationship to income growth there, but a very uncertain relationship to price at all.

It seems virtually certain that a single chain of RNA can act as messenger RNA, since poly U is a single chain without secondary structure.

It seems virtually all the 21 million have drug coverage now. It's unclear if the enrollment number represents a major improvement in coverage.

It's a vacuum cleaner approach to virtually millions of communications an hour. Nobody knows what they're doing with it.

It's a very strong, very solid report, ... Virtually every sector in the economy was growing.

It is profoundly discouraging to learn that the share of African-American kids attending segregated schools has barely changed in the last decade since school choice policies were adopted in Michigan. We should all be concerned about the kind of society we are creating, in which more than half of African-American students in Michigan go to schools in which virtually none of their classmates are not also African-American.

It is recognized towers are needed in virtually every community. But there is also a notion to make them as acceptable or attractive as possible.

It's a pattern that's repeated virtually every day. At least today there was a reason to open higher. This is not a good sign that every analyst was out pumping up their favorite tech stocks and here's the result.

It reveals that the tax cut is so big it gobbles up virtually the entire available surplus, forcing cuts in vital programs like Medicaid and the State Children's Health Program.

It really is like spontaneous combustion. Everything has been organized virtually from the ground up, and I think everybody, including the celebrities, is just catching up with this movement.

It pretty much makes it virtually impossible for a thief to steal your car without the correct key.

It's very difficult to track. They don't have one place for all their telecom inventory, so there are lots of Post-it notes and manual processes, and it's virtually impossible for them to audit the bills because they barely keep up with them, much less make sure they're accurate.

It's not impossible that you could have a student athlete going virtually every day, week after week, and that's not a good situation. We try to prevent that.

For example, the Sago Mine has had more than 30-40 inspectors in the mine virtually every day. They typically issue citations in connection with this heightened scrutiny, whether related to the accident or not. Therefore, it is probable that additional citations may be issued as the investigative team finishes its work. Our employees on site will continue to address promptly any violations or other concerns that are raised.

For a best supporting actor or actress, a nomination is virtually worthless.

For a novelist, the great thing about the Stone Age people is that we know virtually nothing about their beliefs - which means that I get to make it up! But it's still got to be plausible.

It is virtually impossible to separate Quantum from Karla, no matter what they say in business-school textbooks.

It is virtually impossible to go out now in a session and drive round uninterrupted by a whole gaggle of slow cars who don't look in their mirrors,

It's always been about the betterment of the department and through the course of this, we've learned the department is doing really well, that they've instituted virtually all the changes (Ashby) was bringing to their attention.