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I think we all have those moments at one point or other in our lives... when we see someone and immediately imagine a whole universe around them. A relationship, a future, and all based on just a second which might not even have been in their company. It's amazing how quickly the human mind can come up with this stuff.

I think we are confident, based on E-Board actions already taken and what has been done in follow through, that we will satisfy legislative concerns and we are headed in the right direction.

It is a classic seasonal fourth quarter. The change is that we had judged down from a seasonal fourth quarter based on macroeconomic indicators. It turns out we didn't need to do that.

It is a contract based on incentive, and proving himself in rugby. We cannot comment on the actual numbers, but the $750,000 figure which has been bandied around is just nowhere near the mark. Third-party offers have also not been involved in any of the discussions, and is not part of any offer which has been made.

It is a lot of money, but law enforcement with their experience and expertise is used to making informed decisions based on their experience.

I think it's very difficult to be a successful Internet company that isn't based in Silicon Valley.

I think it's very important for Lynn Swann, because right now his entire candidacy is based on his celebrity. He kind of needs the party to coalesce behind him.

I think it's our food service. We're able to offer our children breakfast and lunch that's really good. The whole concept is based on choice. We offer fresh fruit every morning and for lunch we have a salad bar offered every day.

I think it was very fair based upon the facts and the evidence the jury heard,

I think this is very important, ... Most people don't take Constitutional rights as seriously as I do based on some comments I've received.

It has been discovered that one of our scientists has fabricated data for use in scientific research. The results ... are based on false facts. This is very serious.

It gets the refunding off on the right foot, but it's still difficult to draw conclusions about how well the five- and 10-year note auctions will do based on the three-year auction.

I think we need to price carbon; there's no question about it. The way we do it needs to be based on science and not political debates and attacks, and that's why I'm drawing on experts and best practices from around the world.

I think we could see the Dow close at 11,000 and the S&P close at 1,300. We could get some bad news but based on what I know right now, I think those are reasonable levels to attain.

I think we have a good relationship that is based on the right principles. But at the same time, it's still a very competitive relationship, whether it's golf or football.

I think we have been very, very clear. The focus, without hesitation, is on risk management. Homeland Security grants are now based on risk instead of spreading a little out for everyone.

I think we were the only team that invited him to training camp. I feel bad that he feels that way. But based on what we saw, we weren't going to be able to get him on the floor.

I think we would make the same investment decisions based on the total returns we expect to receive from these investments as the long-term fee streams remain intact.

I think you can separate yourself from your fears. You know what you should do, and it's just scary to do it. But I'd hate to let the fact that I'm scared to do it make me not do it. It ends up defining you. Because the moves you make are then based on what you don't want to do.

It came down to without support of the organization, we could not move forward. That was what I based my decision on.

I think inspiration was at its peak tonight just based on being down 0-3 and knowing that we could be doing a lot better.

It almost seems then that they will be allocated based upon a state's ability to pay, ... How are you going to ask Louisiana right now to come up with the money for that. Take Mississippi . They've been hit hard.

It appears, based on witness statement, to be a tragic accident.

It appears our least expensive source of wholesale energy is based on the most expensive KCPL generating unit operating, ... As bad as that is, it is better than paying market rates.

It appears our nation's pattern of payments is finally evolving - some might say it is experiencing a radical change - from one based on paper checks to one based on electronics.

It appears Sammy has made an honest mistake, and based on Major League Baseball's findings, there's no reason to change our relationship with him.

It can happen. But based on our current situation, local scale and large scale, probabilities of recovery are much lower this year.

I think it is immensely difficult to get the U.S. interested in non-U.S. topics. I don't think this is because the average American reader is disinterested, but more because of publishers playing it safe: if a thriller based in L.A. is a sure winner, why spend money plugging one based in Paris - or Bangkok?

I think it's fair to say that the promise of confidentiality is based on the confidence that what you're being told is true, ... You lose right to any confidentiality if you lie. Sources are whistleblowers - they're people who'll tell you the truth to change something.

I think it's going to be a lower number, much lower than the 10,000. That 10,000 was based at a time when we didn't know what we didn't know.

I think it's an outstanding reward for him there couldn't be a more deserving person. It's not just based on sales, but based on community involvement. It's a prestigious award for him.

It certainly sounds as if he's getting pulled into Chuck Schumer's demands for unprecedented specificity in case law. To discuss recent cases and controversies and to have the Senate attempt to reject or confirm nominees based on a checklist of how they would rule on individual cases is clearly an attack on the judiciary's independence.

It certainly wasn't based on anybody's poor play and that's what made it such a difficult decision.

It is about going forward and the decision to go for Gareth was based on sound business principles.

It comes from a time of optimism based on technology. It is a fake; it's clearly not an artifact.

I thought they would get in, but I told them this is based on time and the best times will be up at states. I think this way is the most fair.

I thought they'd be an 11 or 12, based on prior history.

I was never really liked in that city. I mean, I don't think I was liked as a person. I was kind of seen as a black kid, young African-American, cornrows, drives fancy cars, wears diamond earrings, things like that. They just kind of based their perception off of what I drove and what I did and things like that. All those things were never a part of any other player on that team but me.

I was never a glamour puss whose career was really based on a look or an attitude. I've been basically playing the same parts I am at 55 that I was at 35. I get cast as strong women, and that can be a mother or a judge or anything.

I wasn't thinking about my pension plan until about two years ago. When I was in my twenties, the idea that you'd be thinking of taking a job based on its health-care policy was completely foreign. But these days young people are thinking about these things.

Trespass, the outdoor clothing company based in the South Side, is run by two of the nicest guys and proudest Glaswegians you could meet, Afzal and Akmal Khushi.

Trucking specifically has been a very strong growth sector. I think we quit counting, but at one point there were more than 35 over-the-road truck terminals based in Springfield.

We believe the future of the airline industry is based on alliances.

We were going off based on what we knew (from the summer) and grapevine stuff. We had to make in-game adjustments.

We have this backdrop of the Fed raising rates and a growing fear that there's more to come based on economic statistics. What will determine how we do is what those statistics look like over the next few months.

We'll pitch certain guys based on the scouting reports and position ourselves accordingly, just like always, ... We play defense as a team. It won't be any different.

You know, this was written a long time ago and it was based on history. All of Star Wars was reasonably political. It's just that most people didn't notice it until this episode was put into the puzzle.

The quality of this intelligence, based on multiple reporting streams in multiple locations, is rarely seen and is alarming in both the amount and specificity of the information,

The president will decide within the next few days on what to do with the reserve. The decision is based on whether the American consumer will be harmed and he will not hesitate to take steps that are needed,

The premise is you want to try and get the games in over three days. Both teams opted that not traveling (Friday) was for the best based on the weather projections.

The present indictment is based entirely on crimes committed since the beginning of 1999 in Kosovo.

The president believes she has a mandate based on the 2004 elections...Maybe at a later time, we can talk about transitory provisions.

Today we have not yet reached the peak of this epidemic. Even based on conservative estimates, the toll of this epidemic will be extremely high.

You do not discriminate among farmers based upon the natural disaster that took their crops. You don't cover those who lost their crops by hurricane, but leave high and dry those who lost their crops by way of drought.

You learn as a prosecutor, you get a plan, you stick to your plan, and you don't let the press and the media coverage take you off your plan, because press and media coverage is based on limited knowledge. You also have to be even more focused than you otherwise would about jury protection and jury issues, because there isn't anyone who hasn't heard about the case.

Unfortunately, our tests suggest that the remarkable results of Apple's published tests aren't reflected in most of the real-world applications we tested. Based on our initial tests, the new Core-Duo-based iMac seems to be 10-20 per cent percent faster than its predecessor when it comes to native applications, with some select tasks showing improvement above and beyond that.

Unfortunately, we have to do what we have to do, and that's zero tolerance. What type of example would we set if we accept the chief's recommendation? We have to really (do something more). It's based on the community and what's best for it. These people are here to serve us and protect us.

Unfortunately, we weren't able to accommodate everyone who wanted to visit our park during the Chinese New Year -- and we regret that anyone may have been inconvenienced. Based on our experience this week, we'll go back and make sure our ticketing policies better reflect the heavy demand around peak holiday periods.

We don't have a professional bid on it. The cost of painting a bridge varies based on numerous factors such as the type of structure, the length of the bridge to be painted, etc. Therefore, it can range anywhere from the tens of thousands (of dollars) to a couple of million per bridge.

Title companies, mortgage brokers and real estate agents would love to have these leads and we can segregate them (according to area and other variables) based on the dynamics of the call.

We'll encourage our employees to make their decisions based on an existing experience,

We are committed to opening Yucca Mountain based only on sound science. The work that we do must be without question or qualification, and this report confirms that we are on the right path forward.

We know it was well over 100 times the force of gravity, based on the fact that the flight recorder is only guaranteed to 100 Gs and it broke.

We know one adjuvant works, and we have a second adjuvant. We believe, based on studies we have done, it will work even better.

We know that based on the Lewis and Clark costs and our capital costs, this probably isn't the last rate increase in the next 10 years.

We are doing and will continue to do cordon and search operations based on intelligence tip-offs where we go and raid premises to recover any hidden caches,

We are increasing our valuation for the group by 10 to 15 percent based on this news. Our sense is that additional consolidation in the group will occur in the near to intermediate term. Other consolidators in addition to Deutsche Post looked closely at AEIC.

We didn't check the other districts. But based on these 18 cases, Yan is not a common consumer turning to the court for help when a store cheated him.

Thus far, though, based on the art, this book rocks. Great-looking cast, diabolical villains, evocative sense of time and place, and the odd, occasional giggle.

Thus, the purposeful relationship of phenomena is based on the specificity of the stimuli, that correspond to similarly specific reactions.

I would like it to be permanent. Unless it's absolutely, totally necessary, I'm not going to change it based on the opponent's starting lineup. I told the other guys, 'If one of you guys proves to me you should be in there, you're in there.' I think that will help our consistency a little if that fifth guy isn't a question as to who's going to be in.

I would never want to disrespect my beliefs. There are certain, obviously different, areas you wouldn't go. It's not congruent to who I am as a person, and it would be insincere, and it wouldn't be based on truth.

I would not at this point advise anyone to not fly Northwest, based entirely upon the assurance that I've been given by the FAA, ... I'm not qualified to advise anybody about safety matters other than rely on the expertise of those that have been established carrying out those responsibilities. But again, I've been given that assurance by the highest person responsible for those reviews and decisions, the FAA administrator.

I would hope that most people would be aware that there is nothing protecting them from file based infection on their system. However it would seem most people think they have an invisible bubble protecting them from harm.

The assumptions made by some of the authors were not based on the best data, or were just a little bit too convenient, and had a strong impact on the results.

The analysis we've done -- the rigorous structural analysis based on the last inspection report -- indicates that this bridge should not have fallen down on its own accord without something else happening to it.

The Amgen Tour of California provides a great stage to show the strength of our team. And with the team and our title sponsor - as well as a number of our industry sponsors - based in California, we intend to make a good showing during the race.

The amount is not known yet because exploration has yet to reach the ground. But based on preliminary information, the gas reserves is quite huge.

The amount of approved aid is based on projected enrollment, and although we had a good number, we were a little bit high in our projected amount.

The amount of mitigation is going to be based on construction costs.

The amount of the grant is really based on what they will have available to give us, ... We are competing with everyone else for grant money, but hopefully we may get something in 2006.

The analysis says it's not happening. In Chicago, people are not being stopped based on race.

We have an advisory board of 12 faculty members from across the disciplines. Each proposal was reviewed by three people and given a score. Based on the score, some were automatically accepted and some were put up for review and further discussion. It was comparable to a standard agency's review process.

We have had a quarter century of tuition going up faster than family income. And we've had completely inadequate increases in the Pell grant. Many states and institutions are shifting from need-based aid to aid based on test scores. At the same time, college has become much more essential for achieving middle-class status in the U.S.

We've done both. It's kind of been a situation of just taking what the defense gives us. If they've loaded up against the run, we've been able to work the passing game. It's just recognizing what approach they're taking, and making calls based on that.

With the upcoming introduction of new vehicles based on the GMT 900 platform, GM should regain lost share in the remarkably profitable large truck and large SUV segments.

Voters tend to decide based upon the information that they have. If personal information about a candidate is all they have, voters may use it as an indication of how they might behave in office.

Using HPRD and several other databases, we have been able to develop a gold mine of new information for researchers seeking new ways of finding candidate genes involved in genetic diseases. And our demonstration that a protein's importance is not based on the number of interactions it has with other proteins is an important conceptual breakthrough. It eliminates a blind alley that could mislead researchers investigating the roles of specific proteins in the cell.

We revised the budget based upon September and October taxes that had been collected. When I am looking at this December report, we are another $1.5 million over the revised budget for September and October figures.

We're working together with the Derby development team, and we'll provide a complete open-source solution based on Derby and Cloudscape in six to nine months.

We have to look at the decision and try to correct the ordinance based on that finding of fault. The hearings board has taken away a tool that we thought was a pretty good one.

We have been unable to reach an explanation on the complete authenticity of the e-mail message. I would frankly like to apologize for Nagata having made such assertive questions based on such information.

We have two surprises in our economy: better-than-expected growth and lower-than-expected inflation, and the growth is based on productivity, ... People are working harder. They're generating more products efficiently at lower prices.

We can't have our employees using drugs; it's the same for the people we're watching, ... And our whole careers are based on integrity. If you're a proven liar, you can't work here.

We have always made plain that any withdrawal of forces will be based on local conditions, not some immutable timetable,

The action takes place in a massive open world where you can go anywhere you want, and the characters in this world are powered by an incredible simulation based on the same technology used by the makers of The Sims 2.

The ALG Depreciation Ratings will enable consumers to easily compare vehicles based upon anticipated depreciation that considers current market conditions and prices, including incentives,

The allegations in this indictment are based upon traditional law enforcement kinds of efforts.

The ACLU is correct in that good policies and training go hand-in-hand, but it is properly the responsibility of each agency to set their own policy based upon the totality of the circumstances, for any use-of-force, including Taser device deployment,

The 2006 year opened on a strong note, with solid growth of 33 percent in online non-travel sales versus the same period in 2005. It's clear based on what we're seeing so far in 2006 that the strength in online sales will not wane anytime soon.