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Michael brings a wealth of campaign and political experience to the job, and will be a great asset as we continue to build the Democratic Party for the 2006 elections and beyond. As we gear up for an important election year, Mike will be instrumental in helping us move the party forward, communicate our Democratic message to the voters, and strengthen our grassroots. I am confident that he will be a strong leader who will bring enthusiasm and energy to the job.

While the college has accomplished many things academically during the past six years, there have been some problems related to administrations of federal Pell grants. The college needs the guidance of someone with considerable experience in this area, and the Board felt that Dr. Linker would be an asset to the college at this time.

Phil Jackson

When Stephen got hurt...it was either a motivating force for the Pacers to get their run, but at the same time he was turning the ball over a lot, so he may have been an asset by default.

Jim Petro

We have only Mr. Noe's unsworn assurances through his attorneys that these assets are unrelated to his dealing with the Bureau of Workers' Compensation,

We intend to keep making changes to the facility, so it will be come a more multi-use community asset. We want the community to feel that the field is an integral part of the community...an asset to the quality of life issues here.

Johnson County is a great fit for Heather and Emily. Debbie Carrier is an excellent coach and these two girls will be big assets to their program.

John's extensive knowledge of the group meeting market, and his wide and varied experiences in the hospitality industry, insures that he will be a tremendous asset to the team at the Emory Conference Center and the Emory Inn. The Emory Conference Center Hotel enjoys an excellent reputation for its customer service and innovative catering and meetings services. We know that John will help enhance that reputation.

Just because she's a freshman, she thinks she's not going to play. She thinks about it too much. If she plays like she played tonight, she'll be all right. We need her to play like that every game. She's a tough girl, and she's not scared to go inside or drive to the hoop. If her confidence stays up, she'll be a big asset to our team.

Jim Talent

It is clear Women's Business Centers are a valuable asset to a growing sector of our economy,

Sherrod Brown

We must know which foreign countries own U.S. assets such as ports, and if any of those deals pose a threat to homeland security.

When you're talking about people whose assets are taxable, ... You're talking about just about every small business owner in this country.

We have a level of growth now in the world that is low enough for the Fed not to raise interest rates by a lot, but high enough for companies to grow profits in a very good way. Equities are the least over- valued asset class and growth is very decent.

Anthony Davis

We will see a dilution to shares by 3-to-4 percent this year and next year. We will see about $1.50 in dilution to net asset value per share as soon as this deal closes.

Anthony Davis

We will see a dilution to shares by 3-to-4 percent this year and next year, ... We will see about $1.50 in dilution to net asset value per share as soon as this deal closes.

We have to have court doors open to make sure they (the courts) are not involved in corrupt actions. As soon as you put asset information behind the cloak of secrecy, then no one will be able to determine that justice is being done.

We're very tickled about this whole Players Am deal -- these are all guys making names for themselves. It's so great for us, because we're getting to know all those guys. Without question, it's one of the biggest assets that the foundation has right now.

We're using the assets we have - our television equipment and studios - to serve the community in a different way.

U.S. High Yield Monthly: Cautionary Flags. However, the below 3.0% growth projected for the second-half of the year and into 2007 has historically not favored the high yield market, and a cautionary position on this asset class remains.

Valencia has done an excellent job of building and guiding a very thoughtful and effective diversity and inclusion strategy at our company. Her long history of service at BellSouth and in the community combined with her breadth of business knowledge makes her a tremendous asset to this Board.

We expect to appoint more advisers for the other non-core assets earmarked as the process unfolds.

We are back to the traditional assets like pooled investment funds, deposits and so on.

We can say we've put the worst of the asset bubble burst behind us. This is a big step.

We went up a long way quickly. This is some healthy profit-taking in what I would suggest is still very much an ongoing bull market in hard assets -- oil, gas and base and precious minerals. A healthy correction is a healthy thing.

With all of the cash chasing various asset classes, including commodities and gold, everything starts to rise at the same time, and that hasn't traditionally been the case. When everybody has the same ideas, the diversification benefit becomes less.

The acquisition of Guggenheim Alternative Asset Management is a further step in this plan and will provide us with products and expertise in the alternative investment sector, which is an increasingly important segment of the investment market. We believe their sophisticated fund of hedge funds platform will be an attractive option for our institutional clients.

The acquisition of Arco's Alaskan assets represents a significant step in our strategy of growing our exploration and production business. We gain a substantial position in the two largest fields in North America, immediately form a new production center and become a major merchant supplier of crude oil to the West Coast.

The $1 trillion mark has always been something to achieve, and others have come close. But it must be pretty heady to be the first $1 trillion asset manager. Not even the behemoths like Vanguard can say that.

JJ Abrams

That was an incredible challenge, ... Though the lack of development was one of the greatest assets for Lost - we didn't have time to second-guess what we were doing and sanitise it into a more middle-ground story. When it aired it ended up getting three times the audience they expected. It was mind-numbing - I just couldn't believe it.

We're definitely interested in the exciting Turkish market and we are looking at available assets in that market.

We expect ABX to build liquidity and transparency in the synthetic asset-backed market, attracting global investors that seek exposure to this asset class, both on the buy-side and sell-side.

We exceeded all of our operational and financial targets, smoothly integrated the acquisitions of Specialty Defense and Bianchi International, and effectively leveraged our asset purchases from Second Chance.

We don't feel we can undertake the restoration or preservation of the asset on our own. It belongs to the city, and they're our landlord, and they need to provide us a safe place to conduct our programs.

Michael Smith

It is likely that the carrying value of these assets is below the current market value.