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Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which suggest to them ideas which their minds are already predisposed to accept

he said. ''And we are very hopeful in the weeks that come we can clarify the number much, much more clearly.

The Twins have said for some time they have needed to clarify their lease situation so this should come as no surprise." ()

The two children of the prime minister must clarify their involvement to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Stock Exchange of Thailand since the public has raised questions.

They will have two- or three-hour meetings before the public arrives. They will hash out everything and the only thing the public gets to see is the vote, without the benefit of why Council Member A voted the way he did, or Council Member B voted the way she did. So we?re trying to clarify the definition of what a meeting is.

It was a great experience. It helped me clarify a few things.

The briefing focused on the Treasury's authorities to combat illicit finance and the tools we utilize to protect the U.S. financial system, and afforded a useful opportunity to clarify numerous issues.

The city wants a court ruling to clarify the law.

The court itself is unclear on what direction it is going to take in these redistricting cases. Texas may clarify the confusion.

The German government is continuing its efforts to clarify the fate of the German citizen who has been missing in Iraq since last Friday.

The UN calls upon the Kenyan government to clarify the circumstances surrounding today's events at the Standard Group, and to take the appropriate action against those responsible, including legal action if necessary.

It's not designed to change anything necessarily, but rather to clarify so that in the future we don't have any ambiguity in the code.

There was a lot of misinformation that came out after the tsunami hit that the reefs were devastated. We were able to clarify that.

It's not something to confuse, but something to try and clarify to people that this is something that should be done, not in the constitution but in the revised code,

It's not as if we intend to introduce some major shift in approach. It's rather that we will assess in 2007 whether, in light of the cases that we've been dealing with, it would be useful to further clarify the principles.

That may be true. I guess I need to clarify that if we want this project to have legs, to go beyond just simply a gleam in people's eye of what they ultimately want to have, a local agreement will have to be in place. The department's ability to spend any beyond what had been earmarked isn't going to be there either.

That local officials continue to deny this incident even took place is typical of efforts to cover up human rights abuses in the region. It is thus vital that the authorities clarify the legal status of the detainees and allow immediate access to them.

Anyone who has struggled with excess weight knows that this is a very personal issue, and it's not an easy one to talk about. The Jenny Craig organization has respected my wishes to keep my participation in their program confidential, but I want to clarify rumors and news reports by saying that I'm on the Jenny Craig program, and I love it.

There needs to be more clarity. It's my understanding this is just a settlement, so therefore it doesn't change the laws or clarify any issues.

It's just not fair. We're just trying to clarify what Proposition 103 intended when it was approved by California's voters back in 1988: To give good drivers a break based on their driving record.

We trust Charlie and the FIA and had a very nice conversation in which we made it clear we needed him to help us clarify the situation.

We're going to ask the judge to clarify whose money it is and if it's ours, get it back.

It is very important to clarify - an investigation could help defuse tension.

It is unfortunate that the letter to Science magazine received widespread media attention. The letter was a request by nine university and forest science scientists, who are familiar with the subject area and geographic area, to clarify and strengthen a paper that had obviously inadequate peer review by Science magazine before it became part of the scientific record.

It is up to the EU to ... clarify that there will not be any European understanding shown towards a process which would mean the establishment of a government of terror.

It was intended to be written only for Katrina-impacted schools, ... We will clarify it.

This is the right outcome. It's been a long day but a fruitful day. The FA and Sven felt it was important to clarify his future and this is for the benefit of everyone. There has been so much speculation surrounding this matter in recent weeks and months; it was important to resolve it now.

They're a good football team, let me clarify that. They're the new kids on the block, coming off a 0-10 season, but if you look back at their scores they're not giving scores up to anybody.

Cases like this hopefully will clarify what copyright is all about.

Cases like this hopefully will clarify what copyright is all about. Copyright doesn't protect ideas, and copyright doesn't protect facts. . . . A number of people can write novels based on the same idea and still have freedom of expression.

Analysis and synthesis ordinarily clarify matters for us about as much as taking a Swiss watch apart and dumping its wheels, springs, hands, threads, pivots, screws and gears into a layman's hands for reassembling, clarifies a watch to a layman.