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We've been looking for 30 years and we have not found an acceptable substitute for PFOA.

The temperature got way out of the acceptable range.

The simplest (solution) would be (for PAISD trustees) to follow acceptable board actions and procedures.

The staff has been encouraged to recognize that this is a transitional period in which old routines probably should be questioned because what has been perfectly acceptable may become dramatically less so.

The shock is over with. Now we have to come back and create something that is compatible and acceptable to everybody. If we don't do what is right for the citizens and compromise, shame on us.

The tax mechanism in the last basic agreement would not be acceptable to us this time around.

This seems to be the breakthrough year for pellet guns with juveniles. It's really desensitizing the group of individuals using it because they think it's acceptable behavior, whether it's bringing them to school or shooting it at another person.

There are scenarios where it would be a beneficial and acceptable tool, but there are also cases where it could be a usurping of power. This is a fine line the executive body is going to have to walk.

When we took over we had maybe 85 officers on duty. It was dangerous. We now have acceptable staffing levels for the number of people we have in the jail.

We will consider every conceivable solution to make it work. We're committed to hold the system together at acceptable cost.

We will have an agreement very soon. We arrived at clear conclusions which are acceptable and they will get defined very clearly very soon.

We always said we would support the museum with an acceptable plan and funding level. That's why I'm going back, to oversee its plan for one year.

The way hospitals are managed is not acceptable for the public; you have people waiting three years for a hip replacement,

The way it appears, union leadership now will make a last-minute proposal, possibly as late as September 14 or 15, and characterize it as its 'magnanimous last and best effort to save the season,' ... I am doubtful that the proposal will be a meaningful, bona fide effort to address our problems, which threaten to deprive our fans of a prompt start to the season. If the proposal consists of a repackaged 'status quo' system, it will not work - and will not be acceptable - and union leadership knows it.

The X Prize is about changing paradigms. The current paradigm is that it's perfectly acceptable to drive a car that only gets 20 or 30 miles per gallon. This prize is about leveraging cash and opportunity to effect positive change in the environment, economy and geopolitics.

It would seem, therefore, that this constitutional safeguard may no longer serve its original purpose, especially when, as we learned last year, some acts of perjury may now be acceptable - in this world, at least, if not the next.

It was acceptable because we never had problems with that arrangement. After September 11 everything has dramatically changed.

We've put together the medically acceptable waiting times, the maximum time patients should be waiting. So we've done the work for them,

Death is utterly acceptable to consciousness and life.

You don't just want a mask image that will give you an acceptable pattern at exact focus and dose. You want the pattern on the wafer to be acceptable over a reasonable range of focus and dose errors and variations in resist.

We're dialing 911. We cannot pay you to protect our water and have you use it to destroy our water ... We simply don't find it acceptable to have the solution to our 911 call be PR campaigns and pitting us against each other.

We all are equally responsible for the rates, all four of us - not that that makes rates acceptable to anybody, ... But (insurance regulator) Kevin McCarty has to balance two conflicting areas, affordability and accessibility. If government mandates affordability, suddenly there will be no availability.

There is still much to be done to show that such modules can be made reliably and reproducibly at acceptable manufacturing line speeds and costs.

There is no such thing as the Unionists ever having it on their own terms again, because whatever is worked out here has to be on the basis that it is acceptable to all sections of our people.

We've had a bit of luck. It's a very acceptable group in which we can do many things.

Breaking stone with a hammer is a familiar and acceptable way of working the material, but is in fact a more violent response than firing.

This offer is not acceptable for us. It's still short of worker's inflation, which is at 5.7 percent. We are waiting for a better offer.

We are still in a condition of grossly overproducing for what the market can pay, at least what the market can pay that is acceptable to our corn producers,

We are supportive of Vodafone, but on the information currently available, we are skeptical as to whether the deal at the prices talked about will generate an acceptable financial return,

Subject to acceptable resolution of outstanding issues and satisfactory finalization of contractual language, the UAW GM National Negotiating Committee, the UAW National GM Council, and the UAW Retired Workers Advisory Council have unanimously endorsed this tentative agreement,

Storage as an option is more acceptable than disposal for the time-being.

Radio -- which has extremely valuable assets -- is our one segment that is not yet achieving acceptable growth. We have implemented a number of recent initiatives to change that, including the new Jack and Spanish formats which have shown good success. And we believe this week's announcement to add a powerful new morning show will greatly improve the performance of our drive-time programming in the nation's largest east-coast markets.

put forward proposals and ideas so that we will be able to work out an implementation plan that is acceptable to all sides at an early date.

People expect a system to work 100% of the time; it is no longer acceptable to have downtime even for maintenance.

While I think men in general should not fuss over how they look, I do feel as though they should make more an effort to find a way to look good in their own individual, but natural way. I think it's a shame that it's become acceptable to wear jeans and a T-shirt to any place and function.

But Regency has found a site on North McDowell Boulevard (near Corona Road) acceptable to the school district to build a replacement facility.

The president said this proposal is unacceptable and he'll work to improve it. The final solution has to be acceptable not only to the member states but also to the European Parliament.

We are even ready to continue talks with the European Union let alone Russia and China for finding a formula acceptable for all involved sides, we are not after adventurism but after an agreement.

We are expecting an improvement. A losing record isn't acceptable for the talent we have this year.

We'd be very, very interested in holding a tournament to commemorate the watershed event in American golf, the 1913 U.S. Open, ... If the USGA saw fit to invite us to hold the Open and it could be done in a manner that was acceptable to The Country Club, we'd welcome it.

A single-provider solution may be acceptable today, but enterprises must make long-term plans to guard against possible loss of service. If BlackBerry users do not have confidence in the level of redundancy RIM offers, they may need to consider alternative providers.

As long as there aren't any tie votes, it's acceptable to leave that seat open, ... It appears to be causing no problems.

Banks, bond investors and equity investors will ratchet down their idea of what's normal and acceptable as far as earnings and cash flows go,

AIG was and is a solid company that didn't need to cheat. It finds itself in this position solely because some senior managers thought it was acceptable to deceive the investing public and regulators.

All areas beg deference to proper attire. Brief swimsuits and bikini tops are not acceptable attire in the gym. No slippers. No men's shirts that are so ripped up that they don't cover enough. No shorts with holes in the butt area. And please, no shorts with anything hanging out!

As a professional, there are some things which I can accept but there are other things which are not acceptable to me.

America is on a gambling binge. The more available and accessible it becomes, the more gambling is acceptable to people. But shouldn't government be encouraging people to save their money instead of encouraging them to gamble?

Although, the ULDB launch and ascent were very close to normal, the balloon's internal pressure was less -- but within acceptable margins -- than we expected on Saturday afternoon and evening.

They've been good to work with. We've put in a lot of time on the cottonwood issue. We need to protect the riparian habitat. There has been a fairly significant die-off, and that's not something that's acceptable under the zoning regulations.

They've been trying to make a deal with us from the very beginning and came to us with a price that was acceptable to us, although Steven had many concerns about it. And when they tried to change the price at the end, we decided not to go forward.

Our advisors informed you on July 27, 2005, that the plan outline does not meet the province's stated objectives for a successful Stelco restructuring and, therefore, is not acceptable to us.

Poverty-level wages and no benefits aren't acceptable for an industry that's booming. The goal is to raise standards nationally.

Praag would be playing the role of a facilitator or a peace broker and he is expected to submit a list of independent proposals to resolve the problem in fresh talks next month. The proposals may not be acceptable to us or to the Indian government, but his impartial role we believe could bring in positive results and also help patching up differences between our group and New Delhi.

Five fouls is not acceptable at this level,

There's other ways of doing it other than having your own. It just depends what the state or governing body sets as an acceptable level.

There?s no acceptable circumstance to put a child unprotected in your car, and it?s a terrible shame someone this famous, who could have set an example, did not do so.

With plenty of crude oil available to the market at present and some OPEC members signaling that lower oil prices may be acceptable to the group, the stage may well be set for further tests of support over the coming weeks.

To say that a person would be allowed to barbecue two different dogs, two different occasions and not have the penalty, I don't consider that an acceptable option for a bill.

We got lazy and we got away from our systems. We did it before in the first round and we've done it in this round. We've lost our focus and to me that isn't acceptable for a team that won 30 games this season.

This will enable the neighborhoods where it is installed to experience next-generation Web applications and programming at acceptable speeds.

I've analyzed most of my designs in the past ten years ... and I never realized that I use so little fabric. I think that's the part of modernity that the more you can design with the less, maybe the more acceptable or the more meaningful clothes are.

This bill is not acceptable in its current form. It's not even close.

This could be just about Oracle buying an installed base they can sell more software and services to. But I don't know if the open-source community feels comfortable being purchased, or if they see Oracle as an acceptable custodian of the code base they have contributed to.

This is a dastardly crime as far as I'm concerned...It's the type of cruelty we absolutely have to send a message on, ... This is just not acceptable in this jurisdiction.

This is acceptable to both parties and was the result of constructive dialog between Intel and the FTC,

This is a step forward, but this means that others are to produce the fuel and sell it to us to use and for us to be always dependent on others ? this is outside the NPT and this is not acceptable to my nation,

This is an unfortunate situation that is being taken seriously. The administration of the district stands firm in its belief that student safety is of the utmost importance. This type of behavior is not acceptable and will not be tolerated in the district.

This is an issue that a lot of people have spent a lot of time working on and it certainly is the governor's desire that an acceptable procedure be hammered out before we leave office.

This is so unfair and so outrageous and so maddening it's beyond my ability to express it in socially acceptable terms. So we'll just reserve our thoughts and our prayers for our friend and her family.

This is not acceptable and I intend to correct it.

This is not acceptable to us and we cannot sit by without speaking out.

This is not going to be politically acceptable to most people.

After they scored, we decided to play. It's playoff time. It's not acceptable for a team not to be ready to play. We need to find a way to get momentum right away.

I've got to be responsive to the needs and the passions in the way my players feel like they need to play the game but also make sure there is a very clear line of demarcation as to what is acceptable and what is not.

India and China have not shied away from addressing boundary questions, have wisdom to find a fair and mutually acceptable solution... We have been able to put all issues on the table.

In general, screened investing -- both religious and secular -- is getting more acceptable as investors have a greater desire to make investments that don't conflict with their core values.

In failing to retract his comments ... Dean continues to help steer the Democrat Party even farther out of the mainstream of acceptable political discourse.

I never really worked with watercolor very much. I messed with water-based paints in high school and stuff, and out of the Northwest that was a more acceptable tradition as a main voice, you know, with Graves and Toby.

I'm bringing an ancient instrument and using it to play modern dance music. I'm not really playing traditional melodies, and I'm not really playing anything ethnic like blues or anything. It's kind of future music really. It's not related to anything culturally. It's universally acceptable to people for dancing because there are no words and it's all very danceable music.

If she and her husband were to apologize, the suit would be settled and therefore, it would be over. While Director Harkins and Lt. Wilcox will accept an apology, it must be acceptable to them.

I had never canned jams and jellies so we tried that. This year we are going to add jalapeno pepper jelly and canned squirrel. The canned squirrel was Smokey's idea. We asked the Fair Board to add it to the list of acceptable items and they did.

I'm letting him choose a date in that period between the end of February and the end of March and whatever date he chooses is acceptable to me. The earlier the better.

I liked the setup and the hardwood floors. I knew it was acceptable to me, and the price was something I could afford. I thought it was pretty secure.

In our industry today only a strong company with a global reach can ensure long-term employment and provide acceptable returns for shareholders.

If you're going to come back with a couple of trees, that's not going to be acceptable to me.

Smokeless tobacco products should not be considered an acceptable substitute for cigarette smoking, especially when relatively harmless medicinal nicotine products are available.

Smoking is bad for you. You don't have to take my word for that. Just look a package of cigarettes and see what it says. We don't regard smoking as an acceptable method of delivery for a medicine.

I hope the parties concerned could continue to participate in consultations in an earnest, responsible, flexible and pragmatic attitude so as to seek solutions acceptable to all parties,

The basic commitment is that the basic structure of the North Stand will be completed for the one-day games in May. All the finishes won't be done . (but) the facilities for the players etc are now located in this new stand so it is very important that that part of the exercise be at a level that is acceptable by May.

Students may be recognized through positive affirmations for acceptable behavior both in the classroom and in other areas throughout the school.

The board's first thought was, 'well no, balconies do not fit in downtown Wichita. We're not New Orleans and they have not been part of our streetscape.' And I think we arrived at a rather acceptable compromise -- we're going to have some very narrow, 18-inch balconies.

Once self-killing is an acceptable answer, how do you logically limit it to the dying? What about the disabled, who may live longer and suffer more?

Any type of finish would have been acceptable as long as it gives me a win. I don't think I played very well in the whole tournament. I missed eight greens today alone and saving pars proved the key.

New York must also promote a diversified fuel supply for electric generation. We have had a de-facto policy of having natural gas as the only acceptable fuel source for twenty years. Excessive reliance on any one fuel leads to problems with price and supply security, as is now occurring with natural gas.

The No. 1 reason new orders and production are falling is that inventories have risen in recent months as consumer spending has slowed, ... Such a buildup was acceptable when economic growth was accelerating. Now that growth is cooling off, businesses will need to curb stockpiles.

Arranged marriages are big business in the U.K. Second- and third-generation immigrant families, with no extended family structure, limited networks and religious restrictions on acceptable ways to meet future spouses, are turning to external matchmakers for help.

The farmers I've talked to don't find it acceptable at all.

The international fund will be set up to support the families in Benghazi as part of the international efforts for finding an acceptable to all parties decision to the situation, following the tragic HIV outbreak in Benghazi.

The lads have kidded me because in the first two games we started the way we finished last season, but the last three matches are just not acceptable as far as our defensive play is concerned,

It simply isn't acceptable for the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon and others, which amass data by the terabyte, to say, 'Don't worry, your information's safe with us, as all sorts of rules protect you' - when all evidence suggests otherwise.