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We were outplayed, out-coached and thoroughly whipped by a very good North Carolina team. Our rebounding was basically nonexistent, and I'm very disappointed in the way we played.

We were looking at 2,500 square feet in a basic metal building there, and this is 10,000 square feet in a building that was designed as a hardened structure. There's no way a tornado could ever take this place out because of the design and location.

What the Commerce Department calls savings is something different from what ordinary people call savings. Commerce calls savings basically current income not spent, whereas individuals call their savings really their wealth, their accumulation of all past savings.

When all the facts came in, it just didn't rise to the level of a suspension, ... You can't suspend a player for basically getting a pair of traffic tickets. The whole thing just kind of went away. There was nothing there.

We lost four great seniors and our No. 1 singles player from last year. We're basically trying to rebuild our team.

We lost everything. We're having to basically start over.

We will spend what it requires to get our message out. The early money is for basic staffing, organizational development and grassroots development.

We will spend more on development resources for the Basic PC.

We went basically eight deep tonight, and I thought all eight did some good things, especially on the defensive end.

We went back to the basic things, try to cause some turnovers. They've always seemed to have trouble with (the trap defense). We're just so tall and so long, if we can keep our hands up and in the passing lanes we can create turnovers.

We went back to square one. We're starting with the basic fundamentals. We just had to choreograph every step, every movement.

We went away from our basic offense, which is shooting the three. They were giving us our strength, but we wouldn't take it. We made the extra pass, which played into their strength.

What's happening there in New York is an early curve of what's going to be happening around the country in the next few years. This is a new wave of competition. Basically the telephone and cable television companies are both rushing to offer the same bundle of services: television, phone, Internet and wireless. The sooner they do, the sooner prices will come down for all the customers.

The public sector is by far the largest investor globally in basic research to discover important new drugs and vaccines.

We try to do this every year to move any delinquents in a more positive direction. It's basically like a 'get out of jail free' card that helps get them back in line.

We try to cover as many of the basic skills as we can. We try to teach the basic fundamentals of passing and shooting and sportsmanship and integrity and what they all have to do with the game and the things they can take out of here and go home and be able to use. The kids have really been learning and doing well.

We try to work on the basic skills with them even if they don't have any homework.

We felt fortunate that we were able to make a basket to get the 11-point run going. All season long, when we've lost the lead in the second half, we just basically folded.

We figured that this was a company with 85% of its stock price coming from its net cash, ... So we were able to buy Apple's manufacturing and design operation basically for next to nothing.

We felt we had a shot if we didn't dig ourselves a big hole. We played with a lot of heart and enthusiasm. We struggled at the end of the season. We went back to basics and things have worked out. At this stage, there is no tomorrow.

We intend for our operation to be basically the same. Our employment here will be unchanged.

Peter Diamandis

We expect that the first X Prize Cup will actually occur in the summer of 2006. We have a couple of years to get the infrastructure in place, ... We're basically creating a new business model for the whole space business including media, sponsorships...and the X Prize Cup is an important part of that.

These next two games basically seal our season. If we can win these next two, we've accomplished our goals. That's the thing we need to do, close the season out like we wanted to.

These last two games we've just been running basic stuff. But in practice the last two weeks, we've been working more specifically for next week's game.

The secretary emphasized our conviction that the people of Hong Kong should determine the pace and scope of political reform in accordance with the Basic Law." ()

The striking thing is just the falseness of the claim that 1.4 million jobs are created, in light of their own model. There's a basic element of fraud in that claim.

The strike, in reality, has no purpose as the minister, in terms of Chapter eight of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, makes the final decision...

Ian Stewart

The successes of the differential equation paradigm were impressive and extensive. Many problems, including basic and important ones, led to equations that could be solved. A process of self-selection set in, whereby equations that could not be solved were automatically of less interest than those that could.

The speech is as expected. He opens the door basically for further interest rate hikes. It shows he totally agrees with the last FOMC statement that said short-term interest rates hikes 'may' be needed.

Kathleen Blanco

The simple fact is that we needed something as simple and basic as buses delivered in a timely fashion from FEMA in order to save lives. They didn't do that,

The show basically charts life. Youthful optimism, brash idealism, first love, setbacks, relationships, the drive to keep on improving one's self and life, ending on an optimistic note for the future. There is no definite script of the show. Instead we follow musical paths.

Nathan Myhrvold

The task of growing is finding these people. A lot of companies are (turning away) from the notion that basic research can be a good investment. Some of the best and brightest are being turned out by their companies,

The system has basically been rigged to protect incumbents and discourage competition.