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certainty markets people preference sooner versus
Our preference is the sooner the better. People in the markets prefer certainty versus uncertainty. Craig Donohue
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Our $80 per share offer for Guidant is compelling. We are providing Guidant shareholders with certainty of completion, significant upside potential and substantially more value today than the Johnson & Johnson transaction. By any objective measure, our offer is clearly superior to Johnson & Johnson's.
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Management conveyed that if they didn't have certainty that things are settled with the unions, they will be looking at bankruptcy, Martin Frost
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I think they're waiting for Cisco, but they're also injecting their own level of certainty about the third quarter as being the turning point for the front end of technology stocks,
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It is a simplification of the system but the detail is still unclear. The only certainty is that in the short term it will produce more work for employment lawyers.
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That's very significant to us to have certainty around the pension funding.
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It is not given to the cleverest and the most calculating of mortals to know with certainty what is their interest. Yet it is given to quite a lot of simple folk to know everyday what is their duty Winston Churchill
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I don't know that we have any certainty about what's going to happen in the future.
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I would say no company has a lot of visibility past a couple of quarters all you can have is a framework. No question that going out a couple of years is really hard to do, and the level of certainty you can predict two years from now is lower than even what you can predict in the current quarter.
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Regardless of whether a major hurricane makes landfall this year, it is inevitable that we will see hurricane-spawned destruction in coming years on a scale many, many times greater than we have in the past.
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Refugees are those people coming from foreign countries.
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Refineries are squeezing out every gallon of gasoline possible, and they?re doing a good job of it. The problem is, it?s coming at the expense of the other products like heating oil.
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Reincarnation: People coming back to life at quitting time.
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Previously I don?t think we won two doubles matches in any of our matches. So, today was a little stepping stone with that, especially with the one team coming back from a set down.
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Oregon does a lot of traveling, so they make a big deal about coming back east and they also have a number of eastern teams come out and play them. They actually had Hopkins come out and play them in Hawaii and all the girls were like, 'We wanna go to Hawaii.' But they definitely still get a lot of good opponents out there, so it's very similar.
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Paul and I tried to write from a place that was real and honest. Maybe the issue of race isn't the same as it was, but it's still here. We tried to dig into the soul and find the place where it was coming from.
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Patrick didn't let the bronchitis he is coming off of slow him down. He's a very tough competitor and he made sure we scored the points we needed to win the meet.
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Patients coming out panic stricken are spreading the contamination. They're gonna run. They're scared and hurt and want to get away.
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Previously, when you called the electric company, the field guy would come out to connect or disconnect you, and then it would go out on a bill. Today that same transaction could touch up to a hundred systems.
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Our outlook as a construction company for the next two years is very, very positive.
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particularly important at Time Warner because of the difference of opinion between many large shareholders and management concerning the direction of the company and the lack of share price performance under current management. Carl Icahn
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Part of the magic of a startup is the fear of death. You have only so much money in the bank, and if you don't get to the right milestone before you run out, then the company goes under - it's over. Scott Weiss
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Paul was instrumental in the creation of Microsoft and has played an important role in the success and direction of our company throughout the years, Bill Gates
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Oracle still has not released an official patch, so it is still leaving its customers at risk. It is a trivial thing to fix. If the company is still working on it, I do not understand why.
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Oracle says a company could, for example, take out its BI tool and replace it with a third-party app. The question is, how practical will that be for users?
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Oracle has been and is a database company, and that's where the focus should stay for now.
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People have to understand: As a shareholder, in general, they don't have any say in the company. People complain about it, but those who like what the company does will continue to view the stock as a vehicle for profits.
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Reflecting solid consumer spending, the real estate and retail sectors are likely to lead the improvement in the overall non-manufacturing sector.
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Regulators often want to see some of the synergies and cost savings from these deals come back to the consumers in terms of lower rates or limited rate increases. Usually there are some givebacks in terms of rates.
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Relatively subdued consumer spending, intense domestic and international competition, and high input costs continue to dampen ... the sector.
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Our research on holiday gift returns shows that it's only three percent of Americans who are real jerks and they indulge in consumer fraud and return abuse. The rest of us have to deal with the consequences.
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Our removal of those features was because we have become focused on search for consumers and businesses, and those features were not in line with our goals. David Emanuel
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Our own studies have shown that consumers tend to switch over to non-store outlets in times of higher energy costs .
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Part of the problem Sony has had in the past couple of years is that as the consumer electronics market has changed, ... A lot of it has been about lower prices and distribution and neither have been Sony's strong points.
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Our new corporate identity better reflects our expanded mission -- to make everyone's online experience better. Plus, consumers in the U.S. and around the world already know us by our initials. Jon Miller
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Our mission has been to enable the service providers and network operators to deploy uninterrupted video throughout the home without interfering with other consumer devices and networking environments already in place. O. Henry
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Our operating efficiency ratio of 58.80% for the quarter is within our long-term efficiency goal of 58% to 60%, reflecting the success of our recent expansion efforts and the continued strength of our existing franchise.
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Suddenly the already wealthy were reaping all the benefits. While other stories held our attention, that trend continued for 30 years.
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Steven has had a really good spring. From Day 1, even when we were out there in shorts, his demeanor was what you want in a football player. He has worked extremely hard and has continued to improve every week and every practice.
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Our prognosis for a continued and steady recovery is being realized and the outlook remains bright.
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Our placement on the list reflects the continued strength of our earnings over the past decade, and we have every intention of earning a spot on the Honor Roll for many years to come.
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Our performance reflected continued productivity improvements ... and a relentless focus on cost control that produced a record first-quarter operating ratio of 66.2 per cent.
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Our results were driven by a combination of strong top-line growth, continued expense control and improved gross margin performance that reflects the smallest decline we have seen in nearly three years,
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Our results reflect the strong U.S. housing market and continued unsettled world markets for pulp, paper and packaging products.
continued environment face good margins pressure quarter results virtually
Our results in the quarter were good in the face of continued pressure on our margins and pricing, and an increasingly competitive environment in virtually all markets, John Reed
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Reform is needed, especially in the U.S., to curb the excessive litigation costs .
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Our military's unmet needs are at record levels. We are seeing the costs and strains of sustaining a military at war. Ike Skelton
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People know we're running huge deficits and they know the costs have just rocketed upward. Many Americans are now looking at the Iraq situation in that context.
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Steel costs are expected to increase another 20 percent this month alone.
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Staggering increases in the price of gas are having serious ripple effects throughout the economy and forcing employees to dip into their own packets to cover the costs of fuel. This is an untenable situation for these workers.
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Some of the things I did in my early career were massive learning curves because I had no one to guide me. You learn very quickly because it costs you torment and trouble. John Caudwell
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Some funds might not start up because they perceive these costs as being too high. Michael Gray
costs gone
Our productivity is way up and costs have gone way down.
costs driving goal people reduce
Our goal is to reduce the costs of gasoline-hybrids, get a lot of people driving them, and then think about diesel-hybrids.
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Our partners are telling us that their mid-market customers want to deploy open source, but that they need a packaged Linux solution more tailored to their needs.
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Patton customers love the rich feature set, reliability, and quality of our Model 2120 Single-Port Terminal server. These device servers meet the same high standards people expect from Patton. By expanding our device-server solution set, we're giving customers more choices. John Grant
customers order people three
People know now that if they want them, they have to order them. Customers usually order two or three dozen.
customers
Stay externally focused - on your customers - and focus internally when you have to hire.
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Our focused efforts will help us target the majority of places where (our competitors) customers shop today - brick-and-mortar stores,
customers focus power
Our focus is getting the power back to our customers.
customers goal
Our goal is to keep our customers connected.
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Our feeling is that it was an incorrect interpretation and it weakens the state's environmental statutes. We have quite a few of these things. The experience indicates that customers make fewer trips of a shorter distance over time. That's a significant reduction in road miles. They're going to one place instead of 14 places to get what they need. We think that's relevant.
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Over 35 percent of our customers run Microsoft Windows Server. John Roberts
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People often times have their deliveries stolen. Things like prescription medicine and so forth. We provide a spot for only $2 to have the item delivered securely instead of sitting in someone's mailbox or on the front porch.
delivered feeling hand holding job rescue
On the small scale, 'Ico,' I think, actually delivered a small new thing: holding a character's hand and really feeling like your job is to rescue this person, and establishing a personal connection. Warren Spector
delivered front gotten writers
Other writers tell me about these bushel baskets delivered at the front door. If I've gotten 50 letters over the last 18 years, I'd be surprised.
delivered immensely proud pulled team together
I'm immensely proud of the way the Schwab team pulled together in 2005 and delivered such outstanding performance.
delivered translate york
I still have the 'New York Post' delivered because it's so garrulous and nasty and wonderful when you read it in print. Some things just don't translate online. Geoffrey Zakarian
delivered god thankful
I'm so blessed. I was thankful to God that he delivered my prayers.
delivered money mouth people pleased prospect spoke
I have been very pleased with Dennis Hobson, ... We spoke to many people about the prospect of working with them and Dennis delivered. He put his money where his mouth is and delivered the fight. Ricky Hatton
delivered reform talked
has talked about well-intentioned reform but has not delivered it.
delivered felt night punch
I felt like if we could have delivered the knockout punch there, it could have been a long night for them, Alex Rodriguez
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Regrettably, despite some efforts which were undertaken to improve the process, the authorities did not exhibit sufficient political will to hold a genuinely good election.
despite economy fairly flat operating pressures price
Price pressures were fairly mild, despite the economy operating flat out.
despite far parents relationship support
Our relationship with the parents so far has been great. Despite being a new sport, the fundraising and support has really been there.
despite earlier held longer margins response sales sign summer survey
Some held earlier and longer summer sales despite margins already being very tight, but there has been little sign in this survey of a response from consumers.
despite goals league state team winning
Our team has always thought we were going to do as well as we did. We set our goals high. We had winning league and going to state on our goal sheet. So despite what everyone else thought, we thought we could.
despite taliban
The Afghans, despite their backwardness, are a friendly lot, but the Taliban are as barbaric as the Huns from the past.
despite dug hole microcosm ourselves
That was a microcosm of our whole season. I couldn't put it any clearer. We dug ourselves a hole and despite the effort, we couldn't get out.
despite found losing proud starter win
I was proud of our kids. They found a way to win despite losing a starter right before the game.
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I think we're looking at a pretty strong housing market despite the fact that starts didn't rise, ... far from runaway.
driven interest low people spending start
part of it is driven by low interest rates, part of it is stimulation by governments to get people to start spending more. Todd Martin
driven due overnight price protests recovery security
Part of the recovery overnight (in the price of oil) may have been due to anti-Israeli protests in Jordan, where 30,000 protestors had to be driven back from the boarder by security forces,
driven far national personal rate savings
Our national savings rate is still far too low, driven by a personal savings rate that is not where it should be, Lawrence Summers
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Stephen was pressed into duty last season and did a nice job. He is driven to succeed and works hard to improve. Last year's experience will come in handy for him.
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Some of the evidence suggests that (Cooper) was shot here in town, then wrapped up and driven 45 miles out to Signal Mountain.
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Our revenues exceeded what most people were looking for on the gaming side, and on the non-gaming side, particularly driven by our hotel revenue and food and beverage, (revenues) also were pleasant surprises for us.
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I think there's a huge lack of political artists in America, and I think it really speaks to our consumeristic culture and how people are driven to be financially successful here. It's such a shame that we don't have people who are more inspired than that. Corin Tucker
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That was one of our top priorities. Once it goes that way, it's driven very, very quickly toward Malibu.
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That strength is driven by improving markets and better visibility, with particular strength in our wireless and optical portfolios.
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Regardless of what the Fed does today, I think that maximum monetary stimulation throughout the world is over. We are seeing the low point of interest rates throughout the world. The next move will be upward. Moreover, I think the earnings momentum for the markets is eroding as well.
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Reasonable mergers generate substantial synergies, so that provides for earnings and cash-flow growth even if it doesn't provide for revenue growth, and I think that's a big driver.
earnings hand price
Price is fact. Earnings on the other hand are estimates. You restate earnings. You never restate price.
earnings equity level objective per return share
Our objective now is to sustain, over the cycle, this level of pretax return on equity and double-digit earnings per share growth.
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Our much improved earnings resulted largely from the strength of refining margins during the quarter,
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People have been worried for the last several quarters that earnings were going to slow down. If in fact they don't slow down and if it looks as if there's no resumption of inflation ... it'll be interesting to see how people respond to that.
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Stay with the big stocks with the big backlog and big trend of earnings and with management that have been there before,
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Some of the good earnings reports and good guidance are reversing market psychology. In general, we're probably heading for a good earnings season.
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Our forecast was for earnings to come in around 13 percent year-over-year growth, and they're on track to do it. They are surprisingly better than expected, and outlooks have been good, generally speaking.
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Regrettably, two different types of products seem set to hit the market. But this is the kind of technology that will be around for five or 10 years. Efforts should be made continuously to make unification happen.
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Some people are disappointed with the outcome of meetings, which was not as substantial as they have expected, ... However, we should highly value efforts made by all sides in this process. Li Zhaoxing
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Our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on the Soviet Union. Aldrich Ames
efforts state
On the state level, these efforts will continue.
efforts normally second third
Our close-outs have been bad. We haven't been making the second and third efforts that we normally make. Kirk Hinrich
efforts power recovery
Remember, the power outages are what bedeviled recovery efforts after Katrina,
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It is a worthy reward for his efforts over many years. He is a man who does his job solidly and responsibly. Mikhail Gorbachev
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I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to make it so difficult for us to prove that it was Francis Bacon, because it is very difficult to prove. Mark Rylance
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I think that is the lesson of the Israeli efforts over the years.
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Our members are the owners, but the employees are more important than the owners because we can't operate without them.
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Some of them will be with Meow Mix employees and their friends and relatives. But we're also expecting a lot of regular New Yorkers to stop by. Ira Cohen
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Our whole theme is to get it done and get our employees back as soon as possible." ()
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Most senior management do not even know if their employees actually understand what they should be doing,
employees fact help voting
It had nothing to do with voting, ... It had everything to do with the fact that they were appreciative of things I did over the years to help the employees and the company.
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I was getting paid, several employees weren't, they were being paid in food.
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It is commonplace for employees to volunteer their personal time to organize such events for public officials.
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I didn't mind talking about it. It showed there needs to be better security at convenience stores, and to the employees working the third shift an idea that it might happen to them.
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I don't know which employees he's been talking to - I suspect the senior managers on generous severance packages. This is the wrong plan for Telstra and the wrong plan for Australia.
energy prices rest spill
Record-high energy prices did not spill over into the rest of the economy.
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President Bush's energy program won't help lower gas prices or slow global warming.
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Participation in this league has been outstanding this season. Our numbers have more than doubled in the last three years, and it is great fun to have all that new energy in the league.
energy estate leaders national partners
Partners like USAA Real Estate Co. are national leaders in energy efficiency.
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PCs have a lifespan and energy that we keep thinking is going to weaken, but it doesn't. We are still looking at double-digit growth in PCs.
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Our offense was not as effective. I would not say our energy level was low. But, it was not tip top. I felt I needed to do something to step up my game. Seimone Augustus
energy forth love
Our live show is very entertaining. It's energy filled. We love to banter back and forth with the audience.
energy national policy stress
Our national energy policy will stress the need to diversify America's energy supply, Spencer Abraham
energy farmers starting
Starting now, farmers need to think more cautiously about their energy use.
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Our reorganized sales management team is 100 percent focused on providing dealers with the support they need to be successful in their businesses.
focused race saturday
Our race on Saturday was the most focused and well-executed race this year. Every race we've been getting better and better.
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Our operating income is showing progress. Yet, it does not reflect the group's growth potential. That is why in 2006, we will strengthen our focused growth strategy and strengthen our cost-reduction efforts.
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Our kids were very focused and very tenacious today. Our guys had 12 pins for the day. I thought our seniors really did well. All three of those guys did great jobs for us.
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stay focused on the singular question: Is taxing marriage appropriate? Dick Armey
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Our pitcher wasn't focused -- we had too many walks, and hitting-wise, we weren't there. It's one of those games where you get away as quick as you can.
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Our girls really played well, especially the four minutes in the fourth quarter. They (Assumption) have a really nice team, very similar to us because of their versatility inside and out. We needed our rebounding tonight and that was what we focused on for this game.
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Our game has to be focused on us. Most of what we're trying to do is to get better every game.
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I'm hoping they can stay focused and relax at the same time. The sad thing would be to go down there and have all kinds of success and not have any fun with it. I want this to be something the kids can remember and tell their grandkids about.
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Refinery shutdowns will have a big impact on gasoline prices, ... and that's a tax on consumers.
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Our response time for these adjustments in gas prices should be very quick.
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Right now our wholesale prices are so high we're going to be sucking in gasoline from everywhere. Which is what we want.
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Rising oil and gasoline prices are negative for the dollar.
gas natural plain
Plain and simple, we need more natural gas in this country. Josh Young
gas gulf production
We now have too much gas and we still don't have all of the Gulf production back on line. James Williams
gasoline notice pay
We notice it every day -- when we go to gasoline stations, we pay more,
gas-stations three looks
Last time I had a flat tire, I pulled my truck into one of those side-of-the-road gas stations. The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and I swear he said, Tire go flat? I couldn't resist. Said, Nope. I was driving around and those other three just swelled right up on me. Here's your sign. Bill Engvall
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I went to the pre-pay mode last night, and might keep that rule in place until the gas price starts to trickle down, maybe by Thanksgiving or so. David Keith
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Pay raises have been paltry since 2001. Since 2001, wage growth has been muted because productivity has been so strong.
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Supply growth is not there, and the players in the market aren't investing in new supply.
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Such a slowdown in growth, in turn, raises the risk that policy-makers might resort to protectionism. In that event, a period of very slow growth could, perhaps, be punctuated by periods of outright recession.
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Stan O'Neal has rehabilitated Merrill over the last several years, but where is the next growth area? That's what people are wondering.
growth major
Out of all the major markets, it was the only one to show growth. We were up one percent.
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Right now, you could say we're at sort of a sweet spot, where we have healthy growth and reasonably high interest rates.
growth together preservation
A relationship is like life. It isn't a process of preservation, but of change and growth. Unless you grow and change together, you will change ... and grow apart. Bill Crawford
growth skepticism theology
Everywhere, except in theology, there has been a vigorous growth of skepticism about skepticism itself. C. S. Lewis
growth synthesis continuity
Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth.
improved music visual
Our music was a lot better and visual improved as well. We did better than this morning.
improved last shooting
Our free-throw shooting has really improved over the last month.
improved nine property seen
Overall, there has been a groundswell of improvements in the nine years I've been here. We've seen property snatched up by investors, improved and then sold.
improved
Right now she's our most improved player. She's so athletic.
improved training
The academies have tremendously improved training for young players.
improved improving indication last program
That we had improved from last year. The program is improving every year, and that was an indication that we had improved it. This year, we improved our status. Karl Hobbs
improved time
Lindsey has improved each time out and has been very consistent. She'll be tested. Hopefully, she can come up big for us, and make some game-changing saves.
improved thousand
I think she is great. She has improved a thousand percent.
improved peter
I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson.
improvement offering resulted sales strategy
Our strategy to differentiate our offering has resulted in broad-based sales improvement.
improvement justify mind noticed
We noticed too little improvement in my mind to justify the use of this treatment,
improvement perfect room striving
I think there's a lot more room for improvement. I don't think you're ever going to be as perfect as you want to be, but we're striving to be that perfect team.
improvement needs style time
I think there needs to be some style improvement but at the same time it has to be with in reasons. Kevin Garnett
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I think there is improvement. More optimism maybe today than there was yesterday. Clint Hurdle
improvement
I think it's very nice. It's a big improvement.
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I think his improvement has come more on the mental side than the physical side, Ned Yost
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I think this testimony is much more confident. His worry that the improvement will not be sustained is less pronounced.
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He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.
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I think we're just getting in better shape. Our times our improving drastically. ... We're getting better. Pretty much everyone is making improvements.
improving says
Just because he says things are improving there, doesn't make it so. Nancy Pelosi
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He kept his cool. He played percentage tennis and that's what we've been working on. I think he's going to be a leader for us one of these days. He's improving daily.
improving
I have been improving every meet. I want to keep improving.
improving revenue
If they demonstrate improving revenue growth, they could get $20 a share.
improving relationship work
Now that the settlement is done, RIM can work on improving their relationship with their customers. Rob Enderle
improving peaked season
She has been improving all season long and really peaked at just the right time.
improving line market thin
There is a thin line between a liquidity-driven market that anticipates improving fundamentals and a bubble,
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I think what this shows is that even in the midst of the debate, it is largely irrelevant, ... It's not the sum and substance of improving end-of-life care. Ezekiel Emanuel
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Rebounding was the sole key to the game. We got wiped out in the rebounding stats. Brad Boyes
key patience work
Patience is our key here with the quarterback situation. There are going to be some mistakes, but we're going to work through it. Jeff Tedford
key percent shoot
Statistically, that was the key to the game. We shoot 49 percent on the road, you're not going to get much better than that. Billy Donovan
key people
Our whole key has been free-throw shooting. A lot of people don't know how big that is, but it's huge.
key kids pass passing pride
Our big guys-the key is they pass really well. The kids take pride in passing the ball. It's a traditional part of the program.
keys expectations awareness
Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.
keys way teach
The key to being with family is to engage with those we love in a way we would teach to those we love.
keys car guy
One day I locked my keys in my car and as I was standing there with a hanger halfway through the top of my window, a guy walks up and says, Lock yer keys in the car? Without missin' a beat I said, Nope, Just washed it and was hanging it up to dry. Here's your sign.
keys self embarrassing-questions
All of us cherish our beliefs. They are, to a degree, self-defining. When someone comes along who challenges our belief system as insufficiently well-based - or who, like Socrates, merely asks embarrassing questions that we haven't thought of, or demonstrates that we've swept key underlying assumptions under the rug - it becomes much more than a search for knowledge. It feels like a personal assault. Carl Sagan
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There is a very serious question as to why the records are not going to be maintained on American soil subject to American jurisdiction. Peter King
maintained
I've always maintained that the problem in India is that we only give credit to big contributions. Gautam Gambhir
maintained
I think because I've maintained my residence in New York, those kinds of films have been more accessible. Gretchen Mol
maintained structure unique
We have always been unique and we have always maintained the old-style structure and doctrine.
maintained opposition size
I have no regrets. Even if I had anticipated the size of the opposition to my disengagement plan, I would have maintained it, Ariel Sharon
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The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country. Tony Benn
majority minister power president prime remove vote within
It is not within the power of the president to remove the prime minister other than on the vote of a majority of the house,
majority moral seattle
I think Seattle is going to become a laughingstock. ... We are going to look like the Moral Majority up here,
majority protect surprises viable
It depresses me. It surprises me that the majority would not want to protect a viable unborn child.
majority opposed point
I would say the majority of those are opposed at this point in time,
majority vote
I think the majority (of all Iraqis) will vote yes, Jalal Talabani
majority
The overwhelming majority would go one way or another.
majority people private public start teens
The overwhelming majority of perpetrators are teens and young adults. We need to start with young people in public and private schools.
majority speak speaks
He doesn't speak for me with that kind of rhetoric, and I don't think he speaks for the majority of Democrats, ... This Week. Joe Biden
managing people towards
You look towards the organization and the people managing the money.
managing people
You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important. Phil Jackson
managing property
Managing your own property can be a full-time job. Robert Kiyosaki
managing primary priorities rightfully role
My primary role is really the on-field product, which is our players, ... Most of my managing priorities are there, and rightfully so. That's enough on my plate.
managing ongoing otherwise portfolio
When it comes to managing their portfolio on an ongoing basis, participants were otherwise occupied. Olivia Mitchell
managing next played stop
When I played for him at Evansville, I wasn't the only one who thought the next stop for him would be managing the Tigers.
managing past
In a lot of ways, he was managing in the past. He just didn't have the title.
managing shot third
I don't know how we're managing to do it, but we still have a shot at third place (in the conference).
managing
I don't really get too high or too low. I think when you have a big tournament, that's the important thing: managing emotion. Tim Howard
margin overall percent quality
Overall this is a high-quality set of results... and their handset margin of 25 percent is phenomenal. Matthew Lewis
margin winning
Rendell's winning margin is black. Take that away, and he's even.
margins power pricing profit remain
Because pricing power has disappeared, profit margins will remain under significant pressure.
margin satisfied surprised victory
I'm a little surprised and very satisfied about (the margin of victory). Ai Miyazato
margins
The place where our margins are really being impacted is in Japan, Arun Sarin
margins optimistic pc positive profit quarter second sector third trend tv weak
The PC sector is weak in the first quarter but I am still optimistic for the whole year. That's because the trend for the TV sector is positive so profit margins should go up from the second and third quarters.
margin safety satisfied
We want to be satisfied the plant's safety margin is not compromised,
marginal
In prosperous times, the marginal workers get by. But in tough times, they get the shaft. Bill O'Reilly
margin playoffs statement stuff victory winning
We made a statement. We won, that was the statement we wanted. Margin of victory, stuff like that, is nice. But winning and going to the playoffs is our goal. That's what we want. James Harrison
market risk taken
Previously the market had taken out any risk of a second-quarter tightening by the Fed. With this statement, we see that's not a risk to be discounted.
marketing relationship sap stuff
Our relationship with SAP is actually better than it ever has been before, on products, on marketing and on sales, ... That's why this stuff is so shocking.
market relationship shifting
Our relationship is shifting completely to a market basis.
marketing separate tactics
Our marketing tactics are really where we separate ourselves.
market percent share smaller sure
Sure there are some smaller names, but they're unattractive to big corporations because their market share is probably 1 percent or less.
market medals smash sure win winning
Sure I want to win and smash records, but winning medals is not like going to the market and getting cabbage.
market nearly space sprint
Sprint has essentially under-performed in that space. It does not have nearly as much market share.
market
Some of the merchandise isn't right and the market is very tough,
market priority
Our priority now, our aim, is to get 25% market share.
meeting scheduling schools share state trouble
Part of the state-wide scheduling meeting was, some of these schools around the state have had trouble getting games, but if we all do our share ...
meeting question supply
Supply is meeting demand. The real question is at what price.
meetings run sure
Some of the meetings are just a big mess. I'm sure if they reduced, they'd run much better.
meeting members staff today
Our staff has been meeting today with advocates and also with members of the Legislature Kevin Quinn
meeting
We need another meeting and we need more deliberation, Hosni Mubarak
meeting seems
Just from being around them and meeting with them, it seems as if they would take me. Vernon Davis
meeting
That was the first place we said there should be a meeting  in Minot.
meetings number office plane somebody struck trade walked
I was in my office when - on 9/11. I think I had a number of meetings scheduled. I was just getting to know the bureau. And somebody walked in and said the first plane had - or a plane had struck the World Trade Center, one of the towers. Robert Mueller
meeting
It does not make much sense to have another meeting if there is nothing new to put on the table. Javier Solana
natural
Patrick is a natural center, not a wing, and we have too many centers. That's all this is about. We had too many centers. Ken Hitchcock
naturally open replaced rock whether
Rock will always have CBGB, whether it's open or closed, ... It will just naturally be replaced by something else. Chris Cornell
natural feels
Shakespeare feels very natural to me. Bebe Neuwirth
natural process realness
I'm really drawn to the uncompromising realness of natural process: It's unadorned. It's not very pretty. Carrie Brownstein
natural next nor plant radical rats reduced within
I think there will be radical changes. But I don't actually think that within the next 100 years the natural world will be reduced to rats and cockroaches, nor do I think that the plant world will be reduced to some kind of desert. David Attenborough
natural
I think it's natural for an artist to explore as they evolve. Miguel
naturally time
I wear menswear all the time. I don't do anything to make myself look more feminine. I naturally look and am more feminine.
naturally sports
I think I'm skilful enough, but I don't consider myself a naturally talented, gifted sports person. Tony McCoy
natural qualities superior
has the very natural qualities to make a superior judge. Jeff Sessions
needs
Part of what needs to be going on, Earl Blumenauer
needs next paul slot tremendous wants
Paul Dombrowski is a tremendous competitor. If he wants to play at the next level, he needs to be a slot guy, a running-back-type guy.
needs school state teachers
Some of the teachers and the administrators are part of the problem. The federal, the state just needs to come in and take over, not just Hillside and Southern, the school board, the administrators, all of it.
needs offer plate step
Someone needs to step up to the plate and offer him a scholarship.
needs position quo status
Our position would not be that we don't need to do anything. The status quo is not appropriate. Something needs to be done.
needs reads secondary
Our secondary still needs some work. We weren't making the reads on the ball.
needs scared team unique
Our team is pretty unique because we're all so close. If you're scared to do a trick, you know you have to do it because the team needs you to do it. J. C. Watts
needs teeth brushes
I need to brush my teeth. And I need a shower." He grinned, hopping off the bike. "Now that is an invitation. Becca Fitzpatrick
needs sells salesman
Salesmen always need something to sell. Barry Ritholtz
performance
Our performance was not good. We weren't in it from the beginning.
performance poor
Our performance as a whole was not that bad. We weren't outstanding, but we weren't poor either.
performance satisfied
Overall, I am satisfied with the performance of our gymnasts.
performance platitudes sustained
Platitudes and generalities can only be sustained when performance exceeds intellect.
performance sit tough type
It is a tough one to sit on when you have that type of performance.
performance played year
That was as well as we've played this year - particularly the first 45 minutes. The performance was excellent.
performance pleased
I was really pleased with the performance of Steffen Anderson.
performance silver
I think it was a gift. For that performance, silver is generous. Sasha Cohen
performance pleased practice progress successful team
I was very pleased with our performance. We were very successful from a team standpoint. We have made significant progress in practice and it showed up at Wisconsin.
positive routine rut
Part of a rut is a routine, and a routine is not a negative; it can be positive and be comforting.
positive sad seeing songs spirit
Our songs are a celebration of life, ... A lot of our songs are hopeful, overall. There are some sad songs, but you come away from them seeing the positive side. That's the spirit of the RubberBand.
positive men use
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
positive happiness stars
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars. Beck
positive believe optimistic
Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Bernard Berenson
positive quite report strong ultimately
I think the report was quite strong and will ultimately be positive for stocks.
positive perseverance encouragement
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. Bill Bradley
positive giving-up light
I'm glad . . . that Edison didn't give up on the light bulb. That Luther refused to back down. That Michelangelo kept painting. That Lindbergh kept flying. Charles R. Swindoll
positive
That was a positive note. You could tell he was comfortable. Pat Riley
product profitable season
Our Quicken product had the most profitable season in its 15-year history,
product
I think there's a lot of product swapping going on now.
products
Landowners can use these products for beautification or for conservation purposes. Steve Mahoney
product smoke trying wait
That's what I'm trying to see, we're trying to wait for the smoke to clear, and see the product from all of this. Chris Bosh
product
I think this could be a $1 billion-a-year-drug and is the kind of product Pfizer needs.
products rest safe
I think most of the biotech products are going to be safe for the rest of the decade.
product seem time
It doesn't seem to me that now is the time to play around with product names.
production value videos youtube
The production value of YouTube videos is not there.
product time trust
Trust is a product of test over time. Myles Munroe
provides win
It is huge. Another win provides more motivation. We'll keep going.
provided
I thought it provided a lot of justification for making the improvements.
provided
I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it. Paul O'Grady
provide side
I think it's always important to think about what the other side is going to do before you do something or how the other side is going to react, and he will be able to provide that to our thought process.
provide
We have to be able to provide these services.
provide ready security
If they're not ready to provide security, there could be a regression.
provide
If they provide some information, they may not have to come.
provide spark
If we can go out and provide a spark for our team, then we feel like we're doing on our job.
provides release released sure
If this provides them with a justification to release Jill, that would be wonderful, but we are not sure it will. We just want her released by any means.
raw water
Reclaimed water is not raw sewage, but it's still unauthorized. Steve Gunderson
raw
That could be right. (Kansas State) could be a possibility. At the same time, we don't want to go to a raw program.
raw river
The approach, in fairness, should be to renegotiate the contract, so that we don't end up with raw sewage from Sumas in the Sumas River again,
raw river
The approach, in fairness, should be to re-negotiate the contract, so that we don't end up with raw sewage from Sumas in the Sumas River again,
raw reminded
He reminded me of myself in college; just raw, raw talent, Jonas Jennings
raw speed talent
He's got the kind of speed you can't coach. He's a raw talent.
raw stage talents
I always thought she was one of those raw talents that when she would get a stage to be on would shine. ... I know without a doubt, softball's her life.
raw
Blanching the cloves removes the harsh and bitter bite of raw garlic. Yotam Ottolenghi
raw-materials firsts principles
Gradually the conviction gained recognition that all knowledge about things is exclusively a working-over of the raw material furnished by the senses. ... Galileo and Hume first upheld this principle with full clarity and decisiveness. Albert Einstein
remained state static system university
What we see from our state university system is no growth. It has remained static over time.
remained tempted
Every child is innocent because it has not been tempted, but only when we have been tempted and have remained pure, or when we have fallen, repented and reformed, are we virtuous. Max Heindel
remained section till
I remained a member of the section till 1947, becoming Director in 1946.
remained spending time until
I then remained in Berlin until Dec. 1938, spending my time between pictures at my villa on the Riviera. Pola Negri
remained
The world, as transformed by this creative deed, is better than it would have been had all else remained the same, but had that deed of treason not been done at all. Josiah Royce
rising smells
I think it smells good, like rising bread, but some don't like it,
rising want generations
I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants. Benjamin Banneker
rising since
Since he's come back to Kentucky, he's been super. I think he's rising up at the right time.
rising-prices government trying
Government policies try to prevent the emergence of serious unemployment by credit expansion, i.e., inflation. The outcome was rising prices, renewed demands for higher wages and reiterated credit expansion; in short, protracted inflation. Ludwig von Mises
rising-prices goal house
My bottom line is that monetary policy should react to rising prices for houses or other assets only insofar as they affect the central bank's goal variables - output, employment, and inflation. Janet Yellen
rising-up thank-god world
Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world. Bonnie Raitt
rising deficit
The national deficit is not rising. Ed Balls
rising moments drifting
In spite of where we were, how we had gotten here and why we had come, I felt that at this moment of our lives, this place was exactly where we belonged. We were not drifting but rising, rising toward something right and of significance. Dean Koontz
rising-in-the-morning years rising-up
Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number; and not only enables us to enjoy more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure. Charles Caleb Colton
sales stores turn
Our sales are expanding. We've had to turn down stores for milk. Linda Thomas
sales
Overall, sales have been good. Things have been going smooth.
sales season stretch ticket
There has never been a three-week stretch of season ticket sales like this. Ever.
sales ticket
Ticket sales are very solid, to say the least.
sales spring until
We really won't see the story until we get into the spring and see the spring sales activity. Richard Foreman
salespeople resolve
Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales. Brian Tracy
sales special
When we have a special event, our sales triple,
sales
Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.
sales
It's not an appraisal, it's more of a sales tool.
volume
For me, personally, it was the volume of evidence.
volumes
With the US out today, volumes are pretty low.
volume
Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases. Jerry Brown
volume
It (the volume of subsidized fertilizer) will not change.
volume knows
The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that's all. Johnny Thunders
volume written
I have also written some poems which have not been collected in a volume. Grazia Deledda
volume worthy humankind
Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied. William Ellery Channing
volume
Nature is a volume of which God is the author. William Harvey
volume stomach cookery
The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all. William Penn
widely
I think 'method acting' is a widely abused term. Randeep Hooda
wide
I thought it was going to come back to me. But Hines was wide open. Willie Parker
wide
I wouldn't say it's wide open. But I know we aren't going to lose.
wider
If they're going to have that rule, they should make wider streets. Anthony Brown
wide
The wide receiver position is such a complex position. Keyshawn Johnson
wide
Most wide receivers are 400-plus. If he could ever get to that point, you've got to think he would be faster.
wide
My goal is always to keep my ears as wide open as possible.
wide wound
There's a lot of room for error with a wound in the rear. It's a wide target. James Garner
wide
You can make films in a lot of countries, but they don't have very wide releases. Thalia