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book listed number phone
When you go to get credit, they often look to see if you have a phone number in your name. If you don't, even if you are listed in the phone book at that number, it can be problematic.
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We were surprised that (comparable store sales) were not stronger, given the boost from the release of the sixth Harry Potter.
boost couple enthusiasm field fun hard last practice weeks
We've got to boost our enthusiasm up and play hard and come out and just have fun and play like we've been playing. The last couple weeks we were prepared, and we were executing, and we just have to take that to the field from practice to the game. Chad Henne
booming catch gave good guys handling job laying pine three
We've got three guys back there and we've got to catch the ball. In warm-ups, Pine Bluff's punter was booming them and we probably gave him too much distance. He was laying them in shorter and getting good rolls. We've got to do a better job of handling punts.
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As a historian, I love every little detail, but whole long passages about wood paneling and journeys on horseback and every stop at every inn had to go out the window. I decided the history in the books should be like spice in a soup - a little went a long way. Like cilantro. Deborah Harkness
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I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre. But at some point, I would love for them to give Umberto Eco or A.S. Byatt a try. I hope 'A Discovery of Witches' will serve as a kind of stepping-stone. Deborah Harkness
book
You never know how - or when - the idea for a book will appear. Deb Caletti
books finally four good great news phone sat signed sure waited wrote
I wrote one book, signed with a good agent, and sat back and waited for the phone to ring. I was sure that the great news would come at any moment. Four books later, I finally got that call. Deb Caletti
books buying chance cheaper great kindle love paper people willing
I love real books, paper books, but I also love buying online, and I think that people are more willing to take a chance to read something if it's cheaper - sometimes books on the Kindle are $6. A hardback book is $25. For $25, it better be a really great book. Or you're going to be mad. Caroline Leavitt
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Without a blockbuster of a program in his second term it is unlikely that Bush can go very far in the history books on the back of a paltry 3 or 4 percentage point tax cut for the rich. Bill Gross
book company corporate deferred firmly gains hope needs profits tax year
Without deferred tax credits, Hutchison needs to book exceptional gains this year to keep profits firmly in the black. We hope that this spurs the company into more corporate activity.
booked future maybe
With that he booked him again, so maybe in the future Sylvain will know not to ask. Stuart Pearce
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With sustained job growth, falling deficits, low interest rates and a booming housing market, America's economy is robust and getting even stronger. Virginia Foxx
boot mac modified thinks
We have modified the Mac OS so it can boot over a network. It thinks it's doing it locally, but it's doing it on a server. Steve Jobs
book breaking guinness record
We must be breaking some kind of world record by doing this. We're not in the 'Guinness Book of World Records' or anything, but if we could get sponsorship from Guinness beer, that would be sweet.
boot left whether
When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence
books books-and-reading boxes check library locate marked numbered numbers shelf
When we packed the books for storage, each library shelf was numbered and the books were put into boxes that were marked with numbers corresponding to the library shelves. Now, all we have to do is check the number on the box, locate the appropriate shelf and re-stack the books,
book care heard listen
When we listen to something we like, we'll book it. We don't care if nobody's heard of them.
book incredibly orwell relevance specifics
When we think about the authoritarian world that Orwell painted, the catchphrases are one thing, but when you read the book again, the specifics and relevance for now are stunning. Orwell may have been 20 years off, but I know that I find it incredibly relevant. Tim Robbins
boost cup sales signs sustained wait whether yields
We will have to wait and see whether this summer's World Cup yields the anticipated boost in sales and wait for signs of sustained 'recovery' to be confirmed.
booths places shape
We will have the bleachers set up in a horseshoe shape so booths can be set up and there will be places to sit.
bookstores harvard
When I went away to college, I marveled at the wealth of bookstores around Harvard Square. John Updike
boom curve effect employee job last learning negative noticed pace seeing several spill stress
We've noticed that with the 24-7 electronic-technological boom over the last several years, things have really accelerated. The pace of change, the learning curve on the job -- we're seeing some of that stress spill over and have a negative effect on employee attitudes.
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We came from a facility that wasn't conducive to learning, and I'm sure other small towns have to face the same things we did with our facility. The new school will boost morale and the interest to learn in the students and community, and also the teachers. John Barry
book later lucky matter react sensitive settle year
With all editing, no matter how sensitive - and I've been very lucky here - I react sulkily at first, but then I settle down and get on with it, and a year later I have my book in my hand. Michael Morpurgo
book campaign cover crafted impact marketing maybe year
With a hardcover, you get two chances, a year apart, for the book to make an impact - often with a new cover featuring artfully crafted snippets of reviews, a new marketing campaign and maybe even a new publisher. Christina Baker Kline
books led man none time
In our fathers' time nothing was read but books of feigned chivalry, wherein a man by reading should be led to none other end, but only to manslaughter and bawdry. Roger Ascham
books copy kept left mom secretly spent teenage ten
Before 'Veronica Mars,' I was not, and probably am still not, much of a crime reader. My mom left out a copy of 'Helter Skelter' when I was 10, and I secretly read it, and then I spent all my teenage years afraid of hippies. I kept away from crime books for, like, ten years. Rob Thomas
books dated drew felt four love nancy three time word
I still don't think I've ever read a Nancy Drew book; I probably read three or four 'Hardy Boys' books when I was 10, 11, 12, and I didn't love them at the time. Even then, they felt dated to me, like the word chum - 'my chum and I.' However, the 'Encyclopedia Brown' books, I read all of them. Rob Thomas
bookstore places shop worlds
There is that romanticized idea of what a bookstore can be, what a library can be, what a shop can be. And to me, they are that. These are places that open doors into other worlds if only you're open to them. Ruth Reichl
book impressed later life second women
When I read Deborah Brenner's book 'Women of the Vine' about women wine makers, I was impressed that many of the women she had interviewed had come to wine making later in life as a second career. Rebecca Pidgeon
books experience good lets life movies moving slightly
We like movies and books that give us this emotionally moving experience, where you feel like a slightly different person, and you see the world a little different after you finish. It lets you see your own life in a different way, and it actually makes you feel really good. Gayle Forman
book gay games
Ender's Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984... It will be interesting to see whether the victorious proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute. Orson Scott Card