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The reason we're doing this is obvious, ... The people in the gulf states need our help. My challenge to the other dealers here in the Treasure Valley is to match it. The truth is we may need this kind of help ourselves someday.

When a candidate looks at a community, they're looking to see if there's a match. Don (Yeoman) felt the challenge is the right challenge, but he had concerns about the support for education in the community.

We knew that they were battle-tested. And we thought it would be a good challenge for us facing that kind of quickness.

We're treating all these games as district games. We've got one home game during districts and after that it's on the road or neutral. This is a good challenge for us.

We're trying to avoid that. The parents are talking about it and the kids are excited. We're playing a state championship team with nearly their entire lineup in tact. It's a big challenge for us.

We're trying to build a record. We are anticipating a challenge to what Congress might do.

We thought that providing a coach's challenge would act as an additional safety net and give the coaches more involvement in the process.

We knew nobody expected us to win that game besides us, and our guys enjoy the challenge of proving everyone wrong.

We knew Prairie was probably not going to go away and that their coaches would challenge them at halftime and they'd come out and respond.

We thought if we were going to have a chance it would be to control the tempo. The challenge tonight was that we asked them to do something that is different than what we typically do but, again, we felt like that was our best opportunity. It got up-tempo a little bit in the second half and that?s when you could see the separation in the athletic ability.

We shot the ball very well. We hit seven 3-pointers and we made them come out of their zone and challenge us.

You have to be physical with him. You can't back down. No matter what he does to other defensive backs, we have to challenge him. You see his finesse and speed because he catches deep balls, but he can be physical because he's strong.

You have to challenge shots; you have to do that. Nationally, the statistics are (that teams shoot) 36 percent when shots are challenged and 47 percent when shots are not challenged. You most definitely want to challenge shots.

To me, that's fun. It's a challenge every week, but fun from the standpoint that everything is predicated on what another team is doing.

To be quite honest, there is never a good time to play LSU. Our challenge is humongous. Baton Rouge is one of the greatest places to see a college football game. We need to enjoy that, but not get caught up in it.

We were a real experienced, old team, everyone was a senior, and he stepped in and never was intimidated. Brooks, when he has a challenge in front of him, he usually comes through. He's a winner.

We want to prove we can compete in the top half of the Premiership, and that challenge continues on Sunday afternoon,

We wanted to throw him an off-speed pitch, but Cory (Rasmus) couldn't throw it for a strike. So we had to challenge him, and he crushed it. It was like someone hit a golf ball with a driver.

We've turned a corner the last two weeks, and we almost did it three weeks ago. But you know what? That doesn't mean anything. There's another opportunity this week. There's another challenge this week, and it's a very big one.

We've got a new challenge with the series against New Zealand. It'll be nice to see some black caps out there instead of the baggy green. So we're looking forward to that challenge. There is the danger that we've been playing some very hard cricket, but we've got 10 days off, which means the guys can go away and get mentally prepared for New Zealand. It's a huge series for us. I think it's a series that could define our season. We're going to be taking it very seriously - it's a very big series for us.

We've got a schedule that makes sense. We have marquee teams on the schedule. It's one I think is very workable and one our players will enjoy, our fans will enjoy. It allows us to compete in the ACC and have a chance to win some non-conference games, but at the same time challenge our program and go to some places with great football tradition.

The referees did a good job in the last game, so that's encouraging for the next game. If they have to do that to score on me, that's a great challenge for me, too. But if they want to do something stupid, they'll be in the box.

The reforms on the table really get to the meat of the matter, which is changing an institution envisioned for the post-World War II period to work in a very changed world. The challenge now is that after so much attention to expanding the Security Council, this package sounds like leftovers - when it's really the meat and potatoes of reform.

We'll see, in years to come, that our Challenge will be made available in all forms of wireless communications. You can make your picks right now on your telephone. You can get updates on how you're doing on the telephone, and we'll keep going to where fans are going to consume information. We also look forward to connecting fans to the Challenge via their cable providers and game consoles. Our sponsors see the need to be visible here and that's where we're going to take them. We have a firm lock on the 18 to 34 men's demographic. They know that, and it's a key demographic for them to reach.

We were in foul trouble, so we didn't want to challenge them defensively.

With those two it's all business on the golf course. How many times have those two been head-to-head? A putt or two here, a putt or two there and they're tied. They tied at the (Illinois-Missouri) Challenge and they're shooting good scores. I expect to see that continue for both of them.

We're sad to have lost someone that's been very important to us here but are also delighted that he's been given an opportunity. We now have another big challenge in front of us to find two replacements for Billy (Johnstone) and Neil and that's going to be easier said than done.

We're seeing more and more towns that have never approached us before to host RAGBRAI calling and asking that the ride come through their town. Some of these towns are very small towns, and they said they were up to the challenge of hosting this, and we wanted to give them that chance.

We always have a number of schools where it's a challenge to fill them. There has to be a school that is selected the least.

We remain supportive of the project. There's been a significant amount already spent... (Shaw has) performed admirably in all this. The challenge is moving forward with a financial plan.

We're making progress, and my challenge to them was to play at this level the rest of the year and keep building on that," ()

The possibility for error, and the willingness of people to challenge those errors, are both growing every day. And that could have tremendous impact on elections in 2006 and beyond.

The possibility we'll have another Chavez acolyte in Peru represents a serious challenge to the economic model and a threat to democracy.

The potential challenge is being impatient with other people.

The only difference between men and women in science is that the women have the babies. This makes it more difficult for women in science but should not be seen as a barrier, for it is merely another challenge to be overcome.

Whether our challenge is peacemaking, nation-building, democratization or responding to natural or man-made disaster, we have seen that even the strongest amongst us cannot succeed alone.

We'd like to challenge for the title. All we've got to do is be hot for two days. I like what I've seen lately and the guys are excited.

What they've done is buy themselves some time. The challenge is, how long does it last? If you're still losing sales, those stores that are profitable today won't be profitable tomorrow.

What we're seeing now with eBay is an end to the monopoly. The company faces a serious challenge over the next 10 years.

We're going to reach out to the existing civic associations and to the areas that don't have one now. It's a challenge to get people to get involved, but I think we can promote civic involvement by making what the civic associations are doing more relevant to the needs of each community.

We're going to see probably one of the hardest (working), most physical teams in the league coming in. They don't score a lot of goals, but they play hard. A lot of times, they don't even want to play the puck, they just want to play the man. It's Calgary, in-your-face, finish-checks hockey. It's going to be a big challenge for us and the bigger the challenge, the bigger we're supposed to respond.

We're so far ahead of last year, it's not funny. This can be the year we challenge for the conference title.

We respect the program Scott has built. It's always a challenge to play his teams.

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We wrestled great tonight. It meant a lot to the kids. It's been a strange year with the dual tournament. It's been a challenge keeping the kids focused. Weston is a really good team. They wrestled hard. I'm thrilled that we wrestled as well as we did.

What a great day for golf, we had a slight breeze and tough enough hole locations to challenge most everybody that teed it up today,

When we challenge them and play a tight game and outwork them we beat them.

We felt like we could handle the action but it would be more of a challenge to find the humor,

We got up double digits against them, and I bet going through everybody's mind was what happened Thursday when they went on a run. I didn't want that to happen. Defensively, I took the challenge of Ben Gordon, and offensively I took the challenge of trying to put them away.

We found solutions both sides can live with. The challenge was to find a successful balance between the very real security threats faced by Israel, while providing maximum movement in and out of Gaza for the Palestinians. I think it's a win-win agreement.

What he has to do is convince statewide voters that as CEO of Baltimore he did a good job. O'Malley's challenge is to show that he's been an effective executive despite the challenges Baltimore obviously has. And voters are going to ask themselves what they think about the job he's done in Baltimore when they decide.

Universities by their very nature encourage debate, question and challenge of conventional wisdom and existing theories. We are places where knowledge is discovered. We advance existing precepts and understandings by which society currently runs. And in that context, academic staff will time to time have views that are different from the government's.

Unless there is a dramatic, clear-cut winner, which at this point is not statistically likely, there is little chance of this being resolved right away. I think both sides are automatically primed to challenge certain results.

We're going to have to do a good job defending the run. They are a power football team whenever they want to be, and that's a real challenge to our defensive front and front seven. They have the ability to knock you off the ball and to dominate the line of scrimmage.

We're facing a challenge right now, injury wise.

We're pleased with our progress. We're taking every week as a challenge and we're just trying to improve.

We're extremely excited about this year's race, especially with more than 50 million devoted fans following the NASCAR Busch Series. This year, we've got a lot going on with Lisa Marie Presley serving as grand marshal, the return of the Sam's Town Challenge as well as the special PEANUTS car in anticipation for the holiday season. We're looking forward to a race weekend filled with events the fans can really enjoy.

We feel that we will be very competitive in the league and should challenge for the DVL title.

We face a complex logistical challenge with at least 100 aircraft and 1,000 flying crew out of position. As a result, it will take some time to return to a normal flying program. We recognize how frustrating this must be, but we are working as hard as we can to get customers away on their holidays.

We're going to challenge for the state championship this year. That's our goal.

We're going to challenge him. We're going to put him at a level where he can compete at, and excel and be pushed.

We're going to challenge Homer. Homer's going to dictate where we send him.

We're hoping if the dumpling-eating challenge is successful, ... it will make our event the premier dumpling-eating event in the New York area, sort of like what Coney Island is to Nathan's.

We're hoping to focus on the recovery and rebuilding of the sciences we have. We have spent tens of millions of dollars in building capacity in research. The challenge is not to lose that as we focus on new opportunities. It's a huge challenge.

We refuse to wait any longer for the government to rule on our challenge -- we are stepping up the fight against these regulations that put Teamster drivers at greater risk.

We're getting our players ready to play a good Northwestern team. It's going to be a great challenge for our program.

We're in the same position as last year and they just blistered us. Our challenge is not to let that happen again.

When you step into an arena like the Civic Center, with so much history that they've made in there, yes you do come in as the underdog because they've done what they've had to do over the years to prove themselves as possibly the greatest program in the country. We're trying to establish ourselves as a powerhouse school as well. It's going to be a tough challenge to see where we are as a team.

The point of any cartoon in any newspaper is to challenge belief systems. We knew it would offend, but that doesn't make it the explicit goal of the cartoon.

There are changes every year, different personalities. This year, we're pretty close to each other compared to other teams. Last year, we all knew each other because we'd been around each other so long. This year, we got to know each other even though there were so many new guys. I was excited to have all these new guys come in. It was a challenge but refreshing to start again.

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We're in much better shape to confront the aging challenge than the countries of continental Europe or Japan. But good shape is a relative statement.

Where there is peace, there is sports; where there is sports, there is peace. Peace is what allows us, especially young people, to dream, go after one's goals and prepare you for the next challenge in life.

We are a little more experienced, we have a little more depth, and possibly a better team than in 2002. The challenge will be very difficult again. The World Cup will only tell us what type of team we have.

We started slow, but we once we started to play Michigan Tech volleyball everything started to work out. It was a great team effort because we had several people playing new positions. The girls stepped up to the challenge and I am very proud of the way they were able to earn a win on a very difficult road trip.

We started this challenge because Intel has been delivering inferior technology and scrambling to keep up, but because of their marketing muscle it's not always clear they are struggling,

We are looking forward to the season. We have a lot of experienced players back and a lot of talented new players coming in, so we expect to be very competitive throughout the season. Conference USA is one of the premier baseball conferences in the country, so it will be a big challenge that we need to be prepared for.

Ultimately, I would expect we would file a case to challenge the designation itself, but that comes later. First, we have to know what they have.

Ultimately we know it's the government that is responsible for ensuring protection in IDP situations. Our challenge now is to figure out how to support those mechanisms to carry out their mandates.

Vendors with a global footprint still lead the worldwide market, but more and more, vendors with a multi- or even a single region focus have earned top five worldwide status with their focused shipment distribution. The departure of other worldwide vendors has opened the door for smaller vendors to improve their position within the market. During the course of the year, several smaller vendors remained within striking distance of beating each other for the number four or five position, and even posed a challenge to some of the worldwide vendors.

We know Auburn is similar to us in a lot of ways. They're so much better at home than on the road. At home, they seem to be able to be in the game. We know it'll be a difficult challenge for us.

We know English is good. They have good skill, good line play. It will be a challenge for us.

We know we have a challenge in emergency. There's no question.

We know we've got a big challenge in front of us. But we're starting to play very good basketball as well.

UK's endowment has significantly grown in the past six or seven years because of the research challenge trust fund.

We knew they have a great power play. It was a good challenge for us and we did a great job tonight.

We knew this would be a big challenge, probably the big challenge of the season. That's why I'm so proud of their effort. The home team had a lot of intensity, but we came out and set the tone with our defense and got through a tough, tough game.

We knew we were facing a team that would be very aggressive and present us some challenges. Our challenge was keeping their dribblers in front of us. I thought we did a pretty gosh darn good job.

And the sad truth is that, today, unfortunately, the Palestinians are just not up to the challenge of policing their own border and preventing extremist, terrorist elements from coming in to the Gaza Strip,

Big companies are global, and they want to integrate their systems because it is cheaper to work with a single telecommunications company around the world. Our challenge is to globalize our U.S. base, which we are doing at a quick pace, and to help multinationals in Europe, Japan and the rest of Asia globalize their business.

biggest challenge of the year and perhaps the decade.

(Bird flu) is a smaller challenge at one level in the sense that we are better prepared, we have better knowledge, we are -- at least in our part of the world -- healthier than people were in 1918,

Early in my career, having many visible tattoos created obstacles and presented quite a challenge to move forward. I've heard comments like, 'actors don't have tattoos.' The notion of typecasting was a reoccurring theme despite my passion toward creativity and personal expression.

Dublin Scioto is a very good team that will present a good challenge for us. With the way the tournament is set up, there's no easy opponent who you would like to pick to play in any round. But, of course, we love to have the opportunity to play Scioto, because it means we're moving on to the next round ourselves.

Each moment provides a challenge to you to become conscious. The game is to be waiting, and aware.

Driving in that terrain was a challenge with all six wheels. With five wheels, it was a mess.

Edenton is just real strong, and we're not ready to challenge them seriously just yet.

Eli's stepped up the last two games. We've given her a challenge and she has rose to the occasion. If Singleton goes off today, we don't win this game.

Elite teams have to demonstrate consistency. That's the challenge now, and certainly that's the expectation.

Elizabeth City has played well but has not shown it in wins and losses. They have been awfully close, and you've got to respect that. It should be a good game and a challenge for us.