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Those are categories where we have a lot students, so of course more funding would be a benefit for us.

We're leading in several categories but one thing is sure, we want to be the leading sports brand and if we want to lead in basketball then we need the NBA. With the NBA we have a new dimension.

We are constantly upgrading our store locations as we want to make shopping and donating as convenient for our customers as possible. We will carry the same categories of donations as we have always had, just lot more.

We are absolutely focused on growing this business in the categories that have better margins,

We're not seeing a lot of strength in goods and services right now. Sales are mixed. Some categories are doing OK and others are weak. We're not seeing an outright decline.

The fact that apparel was one of the more dominant product categories shows that consumers have a high comfort level with buying online.

The fact that both P.& G. and Colgate were able to pass on the higher costs to consumers without hurting sales is encouraging. These companies have been reshaping their portfolios toward higher-margin categories to drive profits. Over all, both the companies have done a decent job at new product introductions.

The fact that food sales outperformed other product categories last month is part of what's going on with the economy and its impact on consumers, ... Also, there was a time when Wal-Mart was eating everyone's lunch. Other stores have been getting their act together and they've reduced the growth gap between them and Wal-Mart.

As far as I'm concerned, no human being should be, absolutely not, put in the category of color.

I have successfully avoided being stereotyped into a specific category. I've worked very hard at that, and I'm proud of not being easily lumped into anybody's preconceived notions or expectations.

And also, Sergio Leone was considered in Italy a director of category B, not a big director.

You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.

There has been an enormous profusion of companies. Innovation has developed so rapidly in Silicon Valley beginning with the semiconductor base that we now see maybe 50 different categories of industries here representing over 5,000 different companies.

There can be little doubt that Americana collectors are increasing in numbers. With each auction we see new categories of collectibles emerging, many with selling prices that seem to be giving previously obscure items new value.

We are in the more blessed category, the upper class who lived by faith and believed even though we hadn't seen!

I don't want to be lumped into any categories.

With this launch, our goal is to give customers the Amazon.com experience -- everything from one-click shopping and helpful information to the high level of customer service we traditionally provide -- in the two important categories of toys and electronics.

The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.

We remain enthusiastic about the start of this holiday season, as several categories saw substantial revenue increases. The growth in 2004 holiday revenue suggests that consumers are shifting more dollars to the Internet this season.

We're getting some very good spending going into the first quarter. It's interesting that while there is spending optimism, consumers are still clearly divided into two main categories -- those with lots of money and those that are hurting. That's why these monthly results have shown so much irregularity.

To tell you my thoughts is to locate myself in a category. To tell you about my feelings is to tell you about me.

With the overall CE industry expanding 11 percent on a revenue basis in 2005, it is understandable that the household penetration of a handful of categories responsible for driving this double-digit revenue growth have gained momentum over the past year.

Electronics continue to lead all categories in year-over-year sales growth for the holidays.

Continued strength of the consumer electronics and home office categories and the recent substantial weakness in major appliances accelerated our decision to reformat all existing superstores. The major appliance business carries high fixed costs and tends to be more cyclical than other retail categories." ()

Consumption per capita in our categories in developing markets is about one-third that of developed markets.

CUV sales will continue to outpace all other categories in the U.S. auto market between now and the end of the decade.

Based on a thorough analysis of the five-year academic results at all 2,850 schools appearing in the Institute's Report Card on Ontario's Elementary Schools, we rated the schools on three categories of academic performance. The awards will be presented to the top school team in each category. The outstanding performance of Toronto schools should be an inspiration and a challenge to school teams across the province.

The winning films reflect a mix of timeless classics and new favorites among categories that underscore signature elements of the Princess brand, like balconies and great escapes. The incredible 45,000 responses we received from our online survey of Princess past passengers proves they really enjoy pop culture and movies continue to be a favorite pastime.

While the MCV return equals the second-best ever monthly result for this segment achieved in May 2005, it was only 40 units below the outright record of 1 216 units set in June, and sustains the tremendous growth spurt being exhibited by this vehicle classification. In their own right, the HCV and EHCV segment results both set new records for these categories since NAAMSA redefined its truck market segmentation parameters at the beginning of 2004.

While there are numerous other award shows in adult businesses, we wanted to create one where the true critics ù the fans ù could pick their favorites in the categories that matter most to them. The fans will be the ones pre-nominating the performers and movies, choosing the finalists, and ultimately naming the winners. These are their awards.

While there were no new announcements of partners or categories, which I had speculated about yesterday, it just means we're early on that. There are some announcements that are going to have to come, maybe not today, but there's some big categories that they're missing.

While we aspire to have much of the skills Toysrus.com has, it would be foolish of us to say we have it now, ... We're very good in books, but as we enter into new categories there is a learning curve, which gets expensive.

We've been cautious for a while on the retailers. The one thing that's in their favor is that in the overall spending environment, you'll see people tend to go to these stores more than other product categories because there a lot of excitement, a lot going on.

As the Web enters its second decade as an integral part of everyday life, our expanded categories recognize those who are pushing the Web in new directions,

We will have to target that policy a little more to deal with certain categories of persons who live under such conditions. That was very evident this morning and we will have to address that.

When I went to the district competition in Athens, I won the Discovery Channel Award. I was surprised at how many categories I won.

We will have concurrent sessions for both age categories but at different tables so there is separation between the sessions.

I've started doing book reviews for Barnes & Noble! They saw that I did a lot of book reviews on the site, and they figured that it might not be a bad thing if they got me to do some for them as well. I gave them five categories I'd be interested in reviewing, from art to fiction to music.

The sale continues to roll along. It's very successful in all categories and just a continuation of the November and September sale. There is a lot of discretionary income right now.

With higher auto prices helping to offset the usual price discounting seen in other categories like clothing in December, the annual rate of core inflation is expected to move up to 1.7 per cent during the month.

You go on 'Jeopardy!' with the categories you have, not the categories you wish you had,

We tend to view small bolt-on acquisitions in niche segments or regions as positive with ice cream part of the trading-up-to-premium-brands phenomena we are seeing in other food categories such as coffee and chocolate.

The reason for the discrepancy in many of our schools' scores in the two categories is a mystery, and has been an ongoing question.

Best Buy started recognizing that these categories (electronics) would be great categories over the Internet. The second thing was that building a competitive Internet channel was going to require capabilities and knowledge Best Buy frankly just didn't have, ... They recognized just how difficult that would be.

We had records in low-end, mid-range and high-end servers. In fact all of these server categories grew by at least 60 percent, with some areas as high as 80 to 100 percent.

We are very happy to announce that this year's recipes are, if possible, better than last year's recipes, ... The competition this year will consist of three cooks in three categories all vying for the coveted grand prize and the honor of calling themselves the 'second annual Prime Beef Cook-Off Grand Champion.'

Open your refrigerator, your freezer, your kitchen cupboards, and look at the labels on your food. You'll find 'natural flavor' or 'artificial flavor' in just about every list of ingredients. The similarities between these two broad categories are far more significant than the differences.

People bought more than last year. You see the categories not changing very much from years past. We all expected a heavy gadget-type of Christmas.

Some slippage in other categories is probably due given very strong gains in recent months.

Some social scientists say that in-group/out-group biases are hard-wired into the human brain. Even without overt prejudice, it is cognitively convenient for people to sort items into categories and respond based on what is usually associated with those categories: a form of statistical discrimination, playing the odds.

Few teams are filled in all of those categories all of the time, they always have holes they're trying to fill. But if you're missing the majority of the major categories, there's probably some reason for concern. That's a lot of revenue that you're not generating.

We are examining each of our product categories to determine how we can improve revenues, return gross margins to 20% percent or higher, and reduce operating expenses as we target a return to profitability in the second half of the calendar year.

Novelists seem to fall into two distinct categories - those that plan and those that just see where it takes them. I am very much the former category.

Although Valentine's Day drove up traffic in several categories versus the previous month, those categories actually experienced declines when compared to February of the prior year. Conversely, heavy interest in the 2006 Winter Olympics propelled the Sports category to a 16 percent traffic gain and 32 percent increase in engagement over February 2005. It appears that the Olympics took away mindshare from Valentine's Day during the middle part of the month, possibly resulting in softer sales for Valentine's Day retailers.

AMD is clearly ahead on performance and per-watt power advantages, which more and more customers are sensitive to. And for the first half of this year at least, AMD's lead in these categories will accelerate.

Amazon at this level is a large retailer. So, 84 percent year-over-year growth is not bad in a very seasonally tough quarter, particularly given that Amazon's core categories are at their seasonally weakest in the June quarter. You did see that in their segment breakout. Books, music and video grew at 38 percent, but June is the toughest quarter.

Safety is our primary theme. Basically, cars are getting much, much better. At one time, one or two cars stood out in the pack. Now we're seeing in most categories that there are three or four different cars you could choose from.

Sales were particularly strong in those categories that were expanded following last year's exit from the appliance business and which seasonally peak in December, ... These categories include video game hardware, software and accessories; digital cameras; personal computer software and accessories; and DVD software." ()

Satellite radio is one of the fastest growing categories in consumer electronics, with Sirius experiencing outstanding year-over-year subscriber growth. We are convinced that Sirius customers are eager to listen to their favorite programs at home as well as in the car, and we have designed a series of connected solutions that will facilitate this new capability.

Our English language really says if you're not a theist, the only alternative is to be an atheist. What I'm trying to do is develop a language that will enable us to talk about God beyond the, what I think, are sterile categories of theism and atheism.

Even if cloning begins with a benign purpose, it could lead to scientific categories of superior and inferior people,

Especially in travel. Travel is one of the most successful marketing categories on the internet.

There's still the ability to shop for all desktops and notebooks on the site, but we felt the need to break down the major categories to limit the number of choices that appear.

There are a number of pieces of IBM's business that don't get as much credit as they should. These are categories that people had expected fairly little from and they are turning out to be quite strong, as is typical for systems companies and is certainly true for IBM.

This year we have seen an increase in demand for categories like exterior paint, pressure-treated lumber, plants.

The past is full of examples of renegade writers who were overlooked in their time not only because their work didn't fit neatly into potted categories but also because they avoided the self-promotional efforts of their peers.

This will go down as the shot heard round the world for the home-audio business. We've been trying to reinvent the stereo since we were born, but little companies can't create new categories by themselves. We need someone with a bigger megaphone, so we're rooting for Apple.

Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

In both of those categories there's a standard. Either you are 18 years old when you commit a crime or you're not. Either your IQ is below 70 or it's not. Mental illness is a lot trickier for people to define, and so we haven't had the finality come from the courts that we have in these other categories.

If Martha goes to jail, this company will be hit but it won't fall apart, ... It could still compete in all the categories because it has a life of its own now and it's not as reliant upon Stewart to sustain financial viability. Sure, it will become a different company, with a different brand strategy, in need of a new leader.

I had a library of maybe 1,000 books in my room in Buenos Aires. I did have the sense that everything there was organised in the right way. You'll probably think I needed serious psychiatric treatment, but there were times when I would not buy a book because I knew it wouldn't fit one of the categories into which I had divided the library.

If you ask most Americans if they compare gay and lesbian Americans to polygamists and folks who are involved in incest and the other categories he used, I think there are very few folks in the mainstream who would articulate those views.

If you're in the business of selling advertising in the UK, traditional media has been pretty tough over the last 18 months. There haven't been many media categories that have seen much growth other than the Internet.

I'm not questioning the work of police who are there to protect us. But I think there are some categories of people representing the law who are racists and who have lots of hate because they work in rather rough neighborhoods.

Strong performance over the final weeks of the holidays helped Kmart's sales for December meet expectations. Categories showing particular strength included home-related items in areas such as appliances, decor, fashions and electronics, as well as do-it-yourself, consumables, stationery, prescription drugs, and seasonal items.

The aggregates industry may end up being like the dolphins getting stuck in the net with the tuna. If they amend the (Mine Safety) Act, I don't see how they are going to differentiate between the different categories of mining.

That has to be the toughest junior section in the history of the awards. And there is quality across all categories ... it must be tough for the judges this year.

Not only was she a good scorer, she was good all the way around. She led us in all categories - scoring, 3-pointers, field goal percentage, steals and assists. She has the total game, not just offense." ()

Darwin (1859) recognized the fact that paleontology then seemed to provide evidence against rather for evolution in general or the gradual origin of taxonomic categories in particular.

Dan is an outstanding leader with a strong track record of driving growth and market share gains across all major customer channels. He excels at customer marketing, as well as at developing sales strategies and partnering with customers. His broad experience across categories and business systems will be invaluable as we build on the momentum Hershey has achieved in the marketplace.

Consumer electronics was one of the strongest performing categories in the retail segment. Lower price points led to higher volume on bigger ticket items.

Consumers continue to expand their online buying into new product categories as they become more comfortable shopping online, ... This mainstreaming of the Web into consumers' lives not only fuels online sales, but also creates new opportunities for retailers to successfully grow their online businesses.

The consumer electronics industry continues to enjoy healthy growth and consumers are faring even better thanks to competitive pricing and overall price deflation, ... While price declines and competition place pressure on profit margins, these factors also help drive total unit sales as consumers flock to join the digital era. With this in mind, we have upwardly revised sales projections for several product categories in our updated 2005 forecast report.

Their goal is to be the No. 1 team in the country in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense. We took those two categories as a barometer to measure us against other teams for what we were doing.

The fair's exhibits program is open to all ages. There are exhibit categories for every member of the family from Grandma's famous cookies to Dad's woodworking projects. The Spring Fair even offers competitions for the youngsters, including exciting opportunities for the Lego creator in your house.

I just feel better about those companies who are in growing categories and have dominant market shares.

I just think the nominees are so strong in the big categories and so deserving, it would be a big surprise.

Follow your musical instincts. Do what you feel is right. Don't be relegated to a certain category.

Buying from both fund categories of index and spec has become the number one thing we look at on a day to day basis, over weather. We look at what their buying total is, short or long the market, and across all positions we cover, which is livestock, grains, and energy.

I don't think St. Mary's High School is in any position to start being put in the categories of the Group 4 parochial schools. It's far from that. We got 150 boys in the school. We got 32 kids out for the varsity team.

Categories are gibberish to me. I understand - it helps people organize their thoughts. But you can't go too far with it.

Apparel remains one of the more dominant product categories during the holiday season, mirroring offline holiday retail behavior.

The most profitable categories of the business saw a sales decline in the fourth quarter. We saw very significant low-margin category growth, but frankly the dollars were simply not large enough in terms of gross profit dollars to offset the other things that were happening in the business.

The current system doesn't provide for enough visas. It's plagued with an enormous backlog and doesn't provide enough visa categories to support the U.S. economy's demand for workers.

The economy has settled into a sustainable, self-reinforcing growth path, ... All major categories of the economy have contributed to economic growth. Now that businesses have begun to add to payrolls, the current expansion is self-reinforcing. Only external shocks, such as terrorist attacks or a surge in oil prices, could derail the recovery.

The capital markets environment of the third and the fourth quarters was unlikely to stimulate strong industry-wide sales in any of the major product categories including variable annuities, fixed annuities, variable life insurance or universal life insurance.

The categories revealing declines are not surprising, reflecting the discounting by retailers that routinely occurs during the later stages of the holiday season.

You can’t just lump things into two categories. Things aren’t that simple.

Totalitarianism spells simplification: an enormous reduction in the variety of aims, motives, interests, human types, and, above all, in the categories and units of power.

[Quantity is the fundamental feature of things,] the 'primarium accidens substantiae,' ...prior to the other categories.