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With core consumer prices set to rise steadily above zero and today's GDP report confirming that a steady recovery is at work, there is almost no obstacle left for the Bank of Japan in ending its super-loose monetary policy.

Subodh Kumar

With close to 20 per cent of the S&P 500 companies having reported, year-over-year operating earnings growth for the third quarter at 14.9 per cent appears in line (versus above consensus for recent quarters) but still good,

While it may be reasonable to expect that prices will, in due course, ease from the exceptional levels of recent months, I have little doubt they will remain above their long-run averages for a number of years. As a consequence, the outlook for 2006 is very encouraging.

With oil at above US$67 per barrel, this is likely to once again raise investors' concern over the impact on global economies and earnings of corporates.

William Cowper

Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia give the world repose

Without him you cannot even raise your head above the water of the vast, impassable sea of Maya

When the first frosts come there, late September and October, it's absolutely tremendous. The larches just turn golden and the hillsides around them -- just above the larch forests -- they're absolutely sparkling with color because of all the shrubbery.

When we look at the economic fundamentals in Japan, and how they've unfolded in the last six months, we're clearly seeing an economy that is growing above potential.

When we listened to the third-quarter earnings (report), their credit card business was performing above expectations and they felt that that was going to mitigate the negative impact they were experiencing from their retail operation.

We will confirm that consumer prices will stabilize at zero or above before taking action.

We've played a tough schedule, including six teams in the top 20. South Laurel is a good team. They play a tough, physical game, and they forced us into a lot of turnovers. But I like my team. Southwestern and Lincoln County are rated above us. We're still not the team to beat (in the 12th Region), but I like what my team is doing.

We budget to hit slightly above break-even every year. Last year we were able to exceed that plan a little bit. That money has gone back into the facility, our spring training facility and our payroll.

We obviously are getting to be one of the largest players in the industry, so it's hard to grow faster than that number, ... But we're very, very pleased with the last quarter results of 53 percent year-over-year. That's on the upside, so I wouldn't get too optimistic when it goes above 50 percent, just like we encouraged people two years ago, when it went below 30 percent growth for us, not to get too pessimistic.

We owe these men and women something above and beyond ordinary people.

Wolfgang Thierse

We owe it above all to the people whose protest against the wall and opposition to being confined within the borders of East Germany cost them their lives.

While nitrogen dioxide vertical column concentrations above central and eastern Europe and parts of the East Coast of the United States have been either static or exhibiting a small decrease, there is a clear and significant increase over China,

Rose McIver

Since I was growing up in New Zealand where there's a hole in the ozone layer above us, we get so much sun damage to our skin, and the thing we can do to look after ourselves is use sunscreen during the day, but making sure your skin is well hydrated while you sleep.

Salim Khan

Those who tried to suppress him have failed. They forgot there's a God above who's watching and only his will prevails.

UCI took the necessary action to protect the integrity of its sport. This decision shows that sport is committed to protecting the rights of all clean athletes and that no athlete is above the rules.

UCI took the necessary action to protect the integrity of its sport, ... This decision shows that sport is committed to protecting the rights of all clean athletes and that no athlete is above the rules.

Ray Manzarek

We're all getting older. We should, the three of us, be playing these songs because, hey, the end is always near. Morrison was a poet, and above all, a poet wants his words heard.

We wanted to see what the competition would be like as we got farther up. So we needed somebody to give us pressure, somebody to have an intensity level equal to or above ours, so it was good.

We've had a young team all year, but we always played hard. In the last month or so, though, we're playing at another level above just playing hard. I think that's what separated this program from others the last couple of years, and now we've just put it all together.

We'll have some storms here and there, but we expect above normal temperatures, below normal precipitation right up until we get our summer thunderstorm season.

Tonight was just a wonderful team effort. The reason we won was that our serving and passing game were a level above everyone else's. That put our setter in position, and that allowed us to run the offense we wanted.

There is a lot of strength at $60. We have tilted above and below that level for days now and so long as the weather holds mild, we will drift down, but I'm not expecting a freefall.

There is a lot of strength at $60, ... We have tilted above and below that level for days now and so long as the weather holds mild, we will drift down, but I'm not expecting a freefall.

Olli Rehn

Urgent efforts are needed here as nobody should be above the law,

Up until recently, oil price hikes have offset disinflation. This time around, we're in a situation where inflation is starting to peek its head above the parapet, and policy makers will see it more as an inflation threat. That's problematic -- if they have to start reacting to higher inflation pressures by raising rates, that does slow the economy down.

Jeffrey Donaldson

The Orange Order deserves a world of credit for putting peace above principled self-interests today. But unfortunately, our gesture has been thrown back in our faces.

The recent move above $1,000 is mostly driven by speculative buying.

There is still a risk that more dikes will fall as pressure remains very high with water two meters (six ft) above flooding levels at some places.

We had a good turnout, I'm going to guess that it was above average.