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Republicans are excited about the campaign ahead and know how serious and important this election is. We're gratified by the support we're receiving and look forward to a debate on the biggest issues facing this country -- fixing the economy and winning the war on terror.

Remember that the horse that finishes a neck ahead wins the race.

Pitchers are generally ahead of hitters early in the season. She is pretty good at changing speeds but I thought we did a nice job of making adjustments when we needed to.

It doesn't seem to be the case. It looks like it's full speed ahead in putting the elderly and the infirm in the military brigs around the country.

It does make coming in the door a lot faster if you buy tickets ahead of time.

Lorie Kane

It doesn't matter who else is playing. When she tees it up, she means business. That's why she is one step ahead of all of us.

I think I can lean more toward basketball. But, obviously, I'm going to go ahead and finish the one class because it would just be stupid if I didn't.

I think he was a leader all along because of the way he was brought up. But a lot of the time when you have seniors ahead of you, you just kind of wait your turn.

Towards the end of the week, you've got a bunch of high-profile companies that are reporting their numbers and markets may be a little on edge ahead of that. If the earnings come in kind of in-line, barring any horrific numbers, I think we can hold and move higher.

This offering is not a complete surprise, reducing insider ownership and improving the liquidity of the stock. However, we find the timing of the sale interesting, ahead of the opening of Wynn Macau in the third quarter of 2006.

This thing is just light years ahead of that building.

We should have killed the first game off, and we know it. Knowing how to manage games when you are ahead or behind is a function of experience. I think our guys are a quick study though.

Mike Riley

We should be ahead of the game with our quarterback back and all of our linemen back. We have to continue to get better. We want to build confidence and grow. And then we have to find receivers who will make plays. I think we have great candidates in that regard. The big factor for us is right down the middle with the front seven (on defense).

Mike Riley

We should be ahead of the game offensively with all those people back.

We're disappointed (we couldn't end Stanford's streak), but we're hoping we can finish ahead of them in NCAA. We're looking forward to beating them this year.

Clayton Christensen

When considering a career move, consider the most important assumptions that have to prove true and how you can swiftly and inexpensively test if they are valid. Also, remain realistic about the path ahead of you.

Vincent Spaulding pitched a terrific game. He got ahead of the hitters, kept them off-balance and made some big pitches to get out of innings.

Mitch Daniels

Washington is overrun by interests who want to take an ever larger share of taxpayer dollars for their causes, ... They put their pet programs, however ineffective, duplicative, obsolete or unimportant, ahead of larger national goals.

was ahead of its time to view the Internet as a social medium.

There had not been much position-taking ahead of the decision, so the reaction was muted.

We are very pleased with tonight's performance. Although vault and bars weren't the best we've done this season, I was very happy with the way they rebounded on beam and floor. I think the girls may have been looking ahead to next week's rematch with Alabama and not really concentrating on the performances needed to defeat Illinois-Chicago.

Woody Johnson

We are very grateful to the governor for recognizing the importance of this project. We are looking forward to moving ahead and beginning work on the new stadium as planned.

We are substantially ahead of last year. We have got a good start in both businesses and we are substantially ahead of budget.

Bill Smith

We did a market study, but we did not know somebody else was building another club near us. We just felt it would be better to go ahead and take the losses that we had already invested.

Elliott Sadler

We did a few changes to the car, but we didn't go far enough, ... We know what we've got to do tomorrow night. We just have to go ahead and try to do it.

Wayne Graham

We didn't play behind him. I thought he was behind in the count a lot, and when he was ahead in the count he didn't make the pitches that he usually makes.

Brian O'Connor

We didn't necessarily have a strategy. We all had our strengths and weaknesses, but we also had enough faith in one another to let whoever had a gut feeling about the answer go ahead and buzz in.

Jarome Iginla

We didn't like the way we woke up this morning and saw they had jumped ahead of us. That's what makes these back-to-backs so much fun is if you lose, you get a chance to get right back at it.

Pat Riley

We didn't like how we played up there, but we were ahead 83-82 with 2:15 to go (Sunday). All we needed was one or two stops and we couldn't get one.

We didn't intend it to go this way, but sometimes you have to overcome obstacles. We're doing it right now in the beginning of the new stretch, but we're going down a long road ahead of us.

Nick Saban

We are going to get the quarterback ready that is going to play in the game and we are going to try and get the backup ready to be the backup. It is really insignificant to me, because there are players at every position that get limited amounts of reps to be backups and if something happens to the guy ahead of him, whether they are having trouble performing, they get injured or whatever, that guy has got to get you through the game.

John Brady

We are going to do everything that we can that is best for Tack Minor. It is best for him to go ahead with the surgery and get this repaired at this time.

Lance Berkman

We had some chances and I'm still trying to figure out why I missed that hanging curveball (in a sixth-inning strikeout). The double late in the game was good but that wasn't the story. We should have been ahead before that.