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I would say the average water damage restoration that we get involved in is somewhere between $1,500 and $5,000 or $6,000. But we have had some that run $15,000 or $20,000.

I would say this year will be about an average year. But even though it may not be as strong as other years, it will play itself out in the end.

Half is better than nothing for our average member who lives paycheck to paycheck on $35,000 a year.

He is unbelievable. He has the second highest average in the county with a 227 for the year. I can't tell you how many times we've been in games where it came down to the last three and Tony needed three strikes to win and every single time the kid produced.

There are so many different fees it is difficult for the average business owner to sort it all out and determine exactly what they are paying and whether they may be paying too much. The merchant account companies purposely make their statements and fees difficult to understand, and that makes it hard for the average person to figure out if they can save money with a different company.

This was a game where I felt like our defense was good, but our offense was average at best. Heath McNeal was very active inside, and with him and (Jeremy) Webster, it spread the interior, and the other kids did a nice job of finding them.

Given the current market fundamentals we expect average prices for both oil and gas this year to be significantly above 2005 record levels. As a result, we expect 2006 earnings to be above 2005 record levels.

Groups come up one night a week, a different group each night. The groups average 40 kids and 10 chaperones.

I found one Web site that said March was the coldest month on record in 58 years. The average daily temperature was 56 degrees, and we had only one day in March that topped 62 degrees. Who wants to play in that?

I am ready and Craig is ready, ... I have been CEO for 11 years. Intel has been around 30 years. I'm the third CEO, so I've had more than my average share of tenure. Craig has been developing his capabilities and his scope and reach ever since the beginning of this decade.

I am ready and Craig is ready. I have been CEO for 11 years. Intel has been around 30 years. I'm the third CEO, so I've had more than my average share of tenure. Craig has been developing his capabilities and his scope and reach ever since the beginning of this decade.

I am really happy. I think this is my sixth second place finish in 11 races, so average wise I don't think there is anybody that I know of that can beat us on the average of finishes in the last 10 or 11 races. So we are pretty proud of what this team has been able to accomplish here. It's been an awesome day. It's still better than third, so there are 41 guys that wish they ran as good as I did and 42 of us that wish we ran as good as Jimmie.

Friday's solid US payrolls headlines and strength in average earnings growth have boosted Fed tightening expectations further.

Fully three-quarters of the time in the past five years when we endured a bond yield spasm like we have seen since mid-January, GDP (gross domestic product) growth slowed the following quarter and by an average of one percentage point.

Fundamentally the male artist approximates more to the psychology of woman, who, biologically speaking, is a purely creative being and whose personality has been as mysterious and unfathomable to the man as the artist has been to the average person.

Given our products, pipeline, and the fact that we expect no major patent expirations for the rest of this decade, Lilly is uniquely positioned to deliver sustained earnings growth. For 2006, we anticipate earnings per share of $3.10 to $3.20, which represents 8% to 12% growth compared with expected 2005 adjusted earnings. This growth rate is nearly double the average Wall Street consensus forecast for large-cap pharmaceutical companies.

From a good lie in the middle of a fairway bunker, I'll make the same swing as I do from an average fairway lie. I'll dig my feet in slightly and keep my lower body stable so I won't slip, but I don't change my club selection or setup. It's only when the ball is sitting down in the sand that I'll make some modifications.

I feel right now, here in Palatka, the average person really has no say-so. The commission, mayor and city manager basically run everything. They always say you can come forward with your ideas, but nobody really listens. I've become very frustrated.

If builders were thinking of empty sales offices, they clearly would not be raising prices by an average of $4,300. It's a demonstration that builders are not seeing anything out there that scares them.

If we see strong average hourly earnings, that would be bad for stocks and bonds because it puts the inflation bogey-man on the front burner.

If we would have had one more player and he shot the average of the rest of the guys, we would have finished around fifth place or better. Our goal now is if we can't get qualified as a team, that we get as many of our players to the regions as possible and the way they're improving, we could just exceed our expectations.

I get hate e-mail on the average every three minutes.

Globally, there's a 62% average tariff on agricultural products. In some countriesàit's more than 100%.

If a fund's performance is mediocre, or the fund is having other troubles, average to above-average expenses don't help.

I don't think our team batting average is all that good, but I would love to see what our average is with runners in scoring position. It comes down to hitting with confidence with the right frame of mind.

For whatever reason our offense hasn't come together yet, but our defense has been outstanding and that's probably the biggest reason we're 4-0. Only one opponent (Martha's Vineyard) has managed to score more than 50 points (51) and counting tonight, we're allowing an average of 42.5 points. When we can do that, I have to like our chances.

For those who monitor market charts, a pull-back to around 6,400-6,500 points, or the 72-day moving average for the benchmark index, seems increasingly possible.

For the second year running, we're giving New Year's revelers around the world a unique view of Times Square. Last year's viewers spent 45 minutes on average watching the celebration on MSN Video and this year we are making it even more interactive by giving consumers the opportunity to choose the camera angles and the events to focus on, instantly shaping their New Year's Eve experience.

Forty-three percent of their tax benefits go to people earning an average of $900,000, ... We want to provide a cut for families that pay only payroll taxes, who would not be helped under the president's plan.

I expect the story to be one of very good earnings. Things really get underway next week (week of April 17), but all signs now are pointing to a first quarter that is better than the historical average of 7 percent earnings growth.

I expect Jason to come into Kansas State and have a very, very good freshman season. I think he is going to have the opportunity to contribute immediately. I think he can average between 30-32 minutes per game and double figures in both points and rebounds. I think he will be a great fit for a physical conference in the Big 12 because he is a very physical player. He is only going to get stronger, tougher and better as a player under coach Huggins' guidance.

I don't think we're your average first-year team. We have a lot of guys who have played before and have had success. We've got a lot of guys who are working and improving. We have high hopes for this year.

I had practice yesterday, today, and I've got a game Thursday night, so I'm back into it. (Washington has) pretty much the same standard as all football teams. I hope to be with them for a while, I hope it works out. I hope to have a good year, to maintain a 36 net average or better like I did every year in Atlanta. I'd like to keep that up.

I breast-fed all three of my children, because the milk is free. And I breast-fed them an average of two years.

Based on supply and demand analysis, it is possible to realize a target of 7.5 percent (average annual growth), which would be stable compared to the estimated 8.8 percent average annual growth

Based on these trends, it is not too difficult to conclude that the average consumer is probably a bit overextended from a credit standpoint,

But god-damn, to think you're a .300 hitter and end up at .237 in your last season, then find yourself looking at a lifetime .298 average - it made me want to cry.

But even more important for the dollar was the average hourly earnings reading, which is quite hawkish and is something the Fed has said it's concerned about.

I don't care, who cares? You're up 3-1. Obviously, the old cliche, you keep getting guys out there, and sooner or later you're going to get some base hits. The biggest thing is we're up 3-1 right now. You don't care what you're average is with runners in scoring position.

I do not put my tastes as incredibly expensive, but they are incredibly expensive for an average man.

I do not think that the effect of good environment, of fine buildings, of pleasant homes, upon the character, temperament, will, disposition, and energy of the people sufficiently dawns upon the average citizen.

Chris has really had a pretty positive day every day out there. I guess you could say he's had a real good average on a lot more at-bats than before.

Because our generation has waited so long to have babies, we feel we've 'discovered' something that women have been doing for thousands of years. I have no illusions that I will be in the same situation as the average working mother. I'm not trying to prove anything - I just want to have kids.

Because she takes so many high percentage shots, she could average 30 points. She takes 20 shots a game. She's finished well this week.

Because we're inland, and it takes a while for storms to get here, our average snowfall isn't that impressive. But when it snows, it's usually low density and low water content, making for great skiing. There's been really good energy around town because there's been great skiing.

Basically, as an average person, I would have to prove some scientist at Merck or some CEO somewhere had made a determination to hurt me.

Because of the caution that I see right now, I would emphasize some of the more defensive stocks that are the bigger, stronger leaders in their areas; essential products and services; these tend to experience less than average volatility.

Basically, steroids can jump you a level or two. The average player can become a star, and the star player can become a superstar, and the superstar? Forget it. He can do things we've never seen before. You take a guy who already has great hand-eye coordination and make him stronger, and without a doubt he'll be better.

Basically, you're looking at an average kind of team.

Basically, we average the last three months of what we paid for our fuel, and we gradually implement it into the bill. It's not one month we sock it to the customer.

I had a series of childhood illnesses; scarlet fever, pneumonia, polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.

I had a very normal, very typical American childhood. My father worked for the government at the Pentagon and my mother was an educator, so we had a very average upbringing, but that's helped me in my writing because I'm writing about ordinary things.

The average person is either a weakling, or just a happy person who wants to get along, or thinks being tough is having big muscles and strutting around town and having a good-looking girlfriend.

Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.

Hawaiians are pretty complacent sitting out here in the middle of the Pacific. I don't think the average person has any concept of the threat.

Having said that, I think that on average prices will go higher. I suspect when we do our weekly pump price survey next week, we could well see prices push a little higher than they are today.

He's a great hitter. He's gone through a spell where things haven't dropped his way. His average is starting to climb again.

Here I am the best batting average in the music industry and I'm a bye word in the industry. I really am. Compared to Rod Stewart, I mean, Rod Stewart big deal. I mean, I know he's good and everything, but I played a show two years ago and I had to star under Eddie Money.

What we wanted to do with our defensemen recruits was add some size and reach to protect the front of our net. And we also wanted to add some offensive punch. All three defensemen are offensive-minded. One of the reasons we were average offensively last year was because we were seventh in the league in offensive production from our defensemen.

What you have to remember is average fares are at 20-year lows. When you run a fare sale off 20-year lows, you get fantastic fares.

What you really have to do is average the two months together. And when you do that, you come up with an average growth of around 15,000 jobs per month, which is slower than normal. I didn't expect it to be this low in August and September.

Her lower scoring average is a compliment to the rest of the team. I see it that way and I know she does, too.

He's a guy that will add some depth to our organizational pitching. He'll start at Double-A, in the bullpen. He has an average to plus fastball with pretty good secondary stuff and a good mentality on the mound.

When interest rates are high you want the average direction in which interest rates are moving to be downward; when interest rates are low you want the average direction to be upward.

We take an average year's consumption and divide it by 12 so all payments are equal and people can budget their gas bill.

With McDonald's you get a minor dividend of 1 percent and right now, where it's trading, around a 13, 14 price-to-earnings ratio, it is very reasonable, ... A little bit below the S&P average at this point.

We've faced a lot of average pitchers this season ... and haven't done anything against them.

We've given up only 40 points a game on average during the season. It's probably gone down now in the tournament.

We've gone from comfortable U.S. gasoline stocks to average and seem to be heading very clearly toward the low of the range. The market is worried about that.

What we are taking is a Dow Jones industrial average of sexual content.

We're now in a situation where a lot of the big corporate purchasing groups are playing one HMO off against another, ... As a result, the average price increase for the HMO industry was actually down slightly for 1996.

We talked before the meet about our top five average time last year in the county. Our average was 19:11 last year and it was 19-even this year. We improved 11 seconds. We had set a goal of at least 10 seconds. I was pretty pleased. Any time you take the top five you have to be pleased.

I look like a mailman, like the average Joe. I roll up my shorts, I comb my hair funny. I pull my socks over my ankle brace. And that's all an advantage for me. I can feel it before the game. I can see the way guys look at me on the court. I may not look pretty but I get the job done.

He was more concerned with his batting average than we were. We liked the plate discipline he showed (59 walks) and the power numbers. For a 20-year-old in that league, the walks and power numbers are great predictors for good things.

HSDPA promises the highest average speeds to date.

We may only average three to five (tremors) a year, but each one adds a piece to the puzzle.

We meet twice a week and average 13 people. I'm very pleased with that.

But the average person doesnt have that much imagination. They just want to be entertained. They want to have the tableau presented for them. They dont want to participate beyond a certain point. They want the safety of the herd, to be catered to, sit back and enjoy.

He walked 1.9 men per nine innings, that's pretty good. I used to average about three or four -- I'd hit six or seven.

He kind of wrapped some presents for me and handed it over. I was average in most regards, but a win is a win. I feel like I'm on the verge of playing well.

He cared a lot about people, more so than the average person.

He carried himself like a military man. They walk a little bit differently than the average person. They walk with their shoulders back, and with a swagger. That's the way he walked, and he walked with confidence, like any good veteran does.

He (Chavez) is popular because he needles the United States and he talks like the average Latin American would talk.

He'd average 20 points a game if he was put in that role every night and I'll be damned if I'm not going to try to put him in that role - now. You forget a little bit about how good he can be if he gets good opportunities.

He was still able to average a double-double with everything defenses tried to do.

We made too many mistakes. You can't turn the ball over 20 times and make 8 assists -- half our average -- and win in a final.

We have to address the growth. Equally as important is college readiness for our average student population.

I am happy with this team. They really are a great group of kids. They are a lot of fun to just be around and to coach. I am not sure what our team batting average is, but I know they are the type of guys that have one of the higher grade-point-averages.

I always loved comic books when I was growing up, and Spider-Man was definitely a character I gravitated towards because I loved the story of an average teenager having super powers.

If that holds true, that means that temperatures should average out slightly warmer than normal. Of course, the down side of that is that if that holds true, there will be more of a chance of mixed precipitation such as sleet and freeze rain during January and early February." ()

If this year's average oil price hits $50, then this will slash 0.8 percent of the world economic growth.

If someone wanted to phone internationally to the U.S. from China, it would probably cost that person one day's worth of an average household income in China to make that one call,

If someone came up with a 64-bit desktop application, then AMD would have an advantage. As soon as the application base on PCs demands more than 4GB to run any particular application, that's when you will start to see pressure on the desktop for 64-bit processors. But the average use for a Windows 98 configuration is just south of 128MB, so we still have several years, as that demand tends to crawl forward at around 50 to 100 percent a year.

If the average is $120 for an office visit, for example, we know that we have to negotiate a better rate if a provider is charging $300.

If the average New Yorker is concerned about being murdered in a random crime, the odds of that happening are really remote.

If the HSI falls below the major support at the 50-Day moving average of 15,314, it might have a negative impact on the recent rally seen in third and fourth liners stocks.

If the church could catch a vision for using video technology to present an authentic presentation of the life of the church - not rehearsed videos, but spontaneous records of conversations, laughing with one another, weeping with one another, people sharing their lives, etc. - the average person might take notice,

He has faced a mountain of pressure. And he's handled that amazingly well. But if you ask him, he will tell you that he's been average this season. He has very, very high expectations.

He is as was advertised. He's a good solid catcher, he has a good quick release. He has an average to a little above average arm that's accurate, and he's a very intelligent player. I'm glad he's on our side.

He is calling for 17 tropical storms and in an average season we get 10. He is calling for nine hurricanes and the average is six. And five major hurricanes is what he is calling for and the average is just over two.