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Clearly, these compelling stories along with the quality of filmmaking have resonated with audiences and jury members alike.

Genealogy is among the fastest-growing leisure pursuits in the U.K. Indeed, the urge to uncover the truth about our ancestors has proved so compelling that, when the 1901 census first went online, the website crashed after a million people logged on within hours of its launch.

Gay people are now living more honest and open lives and that leads to others wanting to know more about our lives. People want this product and we can provide it in a compelling and powerful way that can be profitable.

Gays and lesbians have compelling stories to tell. And I believe the vast majority of people are open to hearing those stories.

It was hard to curb our immediate enthusiasm, but we had to do the research. Would 'The Godfather' resonate with our game consumers, and what approach would we have to take that would make it compelling as a game?

These things make Qwest's bundle more compelling than traditional bundling of services.

These unfavorable comparisons should not cloud the long-term strength of our business and our compelling industry position.

They've realized that the next generation of fans wants sports delivered any time, anywhere. They're astute in remembering that in every arrival of new media, sports has always been second to porn as the most compelling content.

They made a couple of really compelling arguments (Tuesday) night,

They'll be clever, provocative, compelling and certainly different than the rosy pabulum that the Bloomberg campaign has spent so much on,

It's interesting, ... That division has so many compelling stories. The fact that here we are this late in the season and there's a chance a sub-.500 record could win the division.

It's interesting. That division has so many compelling stories. The fact that here we are this late in the season and there's a chance a sub-.500 record could win the division.

It's an extraordinarily compelling page turner that also happens to be a major work of literature.

A reasonable interpretation is they're going to go again in May unless the ( economic) numbers make a compelling case against.

The most important thing for Windows is being compelling to developers. Developers are the linchpin for the success of Windows.

After careful evaluation, the chiefs of staff have advised me that UK forces are able to undertake the proposed operation, that there is a compelling military operational justification for doing so and that it entails a militarily acceptable level of risk for UK forces,

Anything that encourages a boy to open a book, in a world of more violent and therefore more compelling video games, is something I'm going to pay for.

AOL wants to be the CBS network of the Internet, ... They want to be a broadcaster. Two critical issues to them are offering compelling media content in an extremely convenient way.

The movie was outstanding, very compelling and very well done.

The national government has certain kinds of compelling interests that conflict with the right of the press to keep their sources confidential, like national defense and security.

The British mountaineer George Mallory was once famously asked why he was trying to climb Mount Everest and his famous reply was 'because it is there.' That's a compelling argument when you are a mountaineer. But for an $850 million rover mission you better have a better reason than that.

The bottom line is, 'Who makes the best software?' ... If there are no compelling titles for the X-Box, then people won't buy it. What Microsoft needs to do is come up with some killer games. If companies just port existing titles over to the X-Box, then it's not going to work.

The bull case on copper has grown even more compelling over the last month. Sentiment in the copper market has been boosted by yet more disruption to production.

The gulf coast region is very important to the nation's commerce and the effects of the recent hurricanes will be felt throughout the economy in the prices paid for food and fuel, ... In the brief time we met with producers, we heard some very compelling testimony.

All told, we think that this is a great franchise and its valuation continues to be very compelling for investors.

The first thing that has to be accomplished by this design is to properly and in a beautiful and compelling way capture the significance of what happened at this place,

The combination of P&O and DP World has compelling strategic logic and will create significant opportunities for both businesses and their employees.

The goal of achieving a diverse student body is sufficiently compelling to justify consideration of race ... under some circumstances.

The Hilton Family is delighted to be a part of America's Olympic efforts, with such a compelling combination of support and sponsorship. We will support our athletes every step of the way on their journey to the Olympic Winter Games, a path that we hope will be paved with gold.

The improved capabilities of 3G networks and devices combined with the availability of more compelling multimedia content are clearly accelerating user adoption. We have entered an exciting phase of rapid evolution in the mobile market. To profit from this new demand, carriers and content owners will need to analyze early consumer behavior and attitudes carefully so that they can continue to build consumer trial and repeat usage.

The holidays will be challenging. They will have to have compelling products or good promotions to drive store sales.

The uniformed cop just ignored him and kept on walking. You could hear the pleading in Smith's voice, asking the officer what he was going to do, saying, 'Look, you can't just ignore this,' and the cop just kept on walking. It was compelling television.

The emotionally charged and highly competitive nature of our games is one of the things that makes it compelling to our fans. The fine line you walk as a player or coach is that you have to channel those emotions in a way that's not harmful to your team or the game. That's the situation we're dealing with. My sense was it was getting better year to year.

An audience really gets the once-in-a-lifetime chance to see one of today's most compelling blues artists doing what he loves to do best. It will be a pretty special show.

The Chinese bid for Unocal is compelling evidence of America's strategic energy vulnerability, ... China has clearly decided to meet its growing energy demand by obtaining control of energy assets around the world.

The case for a rate hike, while not totally compelling yet, is gaining a bit of momentum with these sort of numbers. On an interest-rate-differential and growth story, it should put the Australian dollar back in focus and see it move higher.

The case for continued rate hikes has become, if anything, more compelling since Katrina.

The Common Platform is addressing designers' requirements for faster transitions to 65nm, but with the flexibility and risk reduction of an optimized manufacturing process that is supported by multiple foundries simultaneously. Extending the ARM Advantage products to the IP portfolio that supports our joint 65nm processes helps position the Common Platform as a very compelling choice for early adopters as they design their next-generation, cutting-edge products.

The conditions are in place to make this a compelling upgrade.

The comments are compelling and relevant. I would have used them, too. But it does betray some campaign distress, because they're willing to risk the backlash.

The company offers many compelling positives, including a recurring revenue, high operating leverage business model and solid long-term performance,

The compelling factor, I've got to tell you, in my decision was the searing reality that I would have to spend half of every day between now and the next election fund-raising,

(The company) again demonstrated the power of its cost- savings programs and the compelling top-line and margin prospects of its razors and blades business.

The jury is still out on what this means because we aren't entirely sure what these genes do. It's possible they just control size and shape of the brain, rather than cognition. But the data is pretty compelling that the brain is evolving.

The combination of AOL and Time Warner doesn't really hit any regulatory barriers and, certainly from my perspective, this is a compelling combination that actually has an opportunity on a worldwide basis to make a substantial contribution.

This is one of those shows that sizzled from pitch to script to finished pilot. Michael Dinner directed a pilot that you can't take your eyes off of. It will certainly be one of the most compelling new Fall series, so we wanted to express our confidence in it now and give the producers the extra lead time to develop the series.

This holiday season, gamers in Japan, Europe and North America pining to experience jaw-dropping high-definition graphics, unmatched online play and compelling digital entertainment features of Xbox 360 will finally have the chance. Renowned development studios around the world are busy putting the finishing touches on their Xbox 360 games. We expect a strong portfolio of titles on launch day and through the holidays that will appeal to fans of every genre and gamers in every region, and with more than 200 games currently in development, continuous new additions to the library are on the way.

These guys have a big, compelling vision for what the company is going to do. They think very hard about the long term.

These incomparable maps paint a stark and compelling picture. The area that appears to be free of human pressure is large enough for the federal government to meet its goal to expand and consolidate the protected areas system by 2010. However, the government must act quickly because the opportunities are diminishing rapidly.

These kinds of leaves of absence should be extraordinary and the cases should be compelling or strong. The reasons for study abroad are not just 'I want to be in a country that's interesting, warm or fun,' but involves a set of courses that they couldn't find in South Bend or in any of the other programs.

And that could be the last of the sets, ... The work after that isn't quite as compelling as the stuff before.

These are jobs that are born out of an empty parking lot, ... So for me, that is the most compelling reason why I pushed to get this project.

Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.

A complete, open-sourced enterprise-class software portfolio, with multi-platform support and priced at or below Linux or Windows is proving to be a very compelling value proposition. American Express joins the long list of recent wins on Wall Street and once again validates that tight integration, a simplified business model and low, predictable pricing wins the day.

Food is what?s driving front-end profitability and same-store sales. A dollar of front end revenue is more profitable than a dollar of prescription revenue due to capped margins. There?s still a lot of upside potential but, frankly, the drug stores have to develop a more compelling front end offering.

It's not that they can't be successful, ... It's just that the bulk of the market in the U.S. tends to be middle- and low-price brands. You really have to tell a compelling story to convince people to pay more.

It points to a growing interest among businesses in using fuel cells to power factories and buildings. The most compelling reason for GM to collaborate with Dow is ultimately to reduce the cost of fuel cells and improve their durability so that we may put them in cars by the end of the decade.

It strikes me that after all the archbishops and politicos and true believers have their say on the ethics of the matter of euthanasia, bare fact sounds very compelling and very challenging.

It's an old trick now, God knows, but it works every time. At the very moment women start to expand their place in the world, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home.

It represented compelling value a month or two ago, but has had a strong rally since,

It's a program that has been crafted for a period of time -- it was not created due to weak sales in May. We are on the offensive and we plan to continue to be on the offensive. We believe simple and compelling works, and we believe leadership brings its own benefits.

It's all about building a base in professional market, ... We have to have a compelling product and a compelling price and it's costing us a little more to get in.

It's not a sector play. There's no real huge leader like tech was in the '90s. It's about finding the right company with a compelling story.

That makes it a tremendously more compelling place to go study,

This movie is a tribute to the scores of health care workers who stood fast and weathered one of the most compelling events in recent Canadian medical history. These men and woman are heroes for sacrificing so much in the face of a potential medical catastrophe.

They have abused my civil rights at every turn. Since this happened, I have been on CNN, Good Morning America and the Today Show with another patient, Melinda Haney. This is a compelling story of an abusive government that is un-monitored.

There's a compelling reason to hike interest rates at the next meeting.

There need to be compelling reasons to replace your PC. And right now there aren't any.

It's a tough sell. For me, it's always been a very compelling work, a very challenging work. I think the payoff is really great at the end.

We've been talking for a long time about how consumers, especially younger ones, don't read newspapers anymore and how they get their news online. This gives newspapers a way to offer compelling local content online that'll keep readers engaged, and it's also pretty compelling local value for advertisers.

We expect Electronic Arts to have a compelling holiday lineup versus its peers, which should be a catalyst.

We help companies leverage all of their communications and expenditures in their communications behind simple, focused, clear, compelling messages.

It's a gimmick. It's more fun. Usually, you're just standing there, trying to look compelling in some way and not succeeding. It can look like a mug shot. The author can look, not exactly like a deer in the headlights, but a little bit like another night creature scuttling from burrow to burrow.

It's about finding the right company with a compelling story.

It was such a thrill to work with Jason. I want to do it many, many, many times again. He's so modest and silly. I was just following him. We always talk about how it's so important to be in the moment, and I just feel like I didn't have a choice because what he was doing was so compelling and surprising. He kept me really engaged.

This was a difficult but necessary decision that is consistent with our resolve to execute an effective turnaround by focusing on core office and production growth opportunities, ... While Xerox was engaged in active discussions with potential equity partners, the slowdown in the economy and its impact on the PC and SOHO markets prevented these companies from making what was once considered a compelling investment in Xerox's SOHO business.

We find no evidence from the epidemiological perspective or any investigations that humans get this disease. There is some very good, very compelling research out there that says it's very highly unlikely that humans can get this disease.

We finished the year at Merrill Lynch on a very strong note, with a compelling revenue performance and record earnings for both the fourth quarter and the full year.

Those that are expected to win individual gold medals in compelling sports should have a couple of deals going into games. If they do well, there will be a deal or two after the games.

Above and beyond the humanitarian considerations -- which would be compelling enough -- we have an enormous interest in seeing this succeed,

It's easy to get rid of things when there is an obvious reason for doing so. It's much more difficult when there is no compelling reason.

It's hard to leave my alma mater, but Bill Underwood has offered a compelling opportunity to go back to a place where I had a great experience before.

The Renaissance scholar Michel de Montaigne said, 'there is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom,' ... Drama, comedy and tragedy all have their roots in the compelling theatre of life that is closest to us all our relationships with those tied to us by blood.

This lawyer didn't make marketing and Merck's deceptions on science the center of the case, ... And that was a mistake because that's the most compelling part.

This is very important and exciting research because it provides compelling physical evidence for the impact of louse-borne diseases on Grand Army troops during Napoleon's invasion of, and retreat from, Russia.

Combined customer initiatives including greater menu variety, compelling everyday value offerings, convenient and contemporary restaurants and relevant marketing continue to drive our business forward,

Howls of protest met my original downgrade to Thailand back in February. Now the conditions are in place to make this a compelling upgrade.

I can't think of a more compelling or deserving public figure for the causes of peace and alleviating world hunger than George McGovern.

I don't see that the city would have any compelling reason to prohibit her from displaying small flags in her windows. It's a violation of her First Amendment rights,

I don't see any compelling reason for a cut. The market hasn't changed; the price is still $67 a barrel.

I don't see any reason why we would bounce -- there's no real compelling reason for people to buy. It seems like we're going to keep on undergoing pain.

I don't think there is a compelling reason to be in equities right now. I would be actually sitting on cash, looking for a better entry into the gold market. Gold has awakened out of 20-year bear market and surprised a lot of people.

As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story.

If having a story that's compelling - you want to know what will happen - is traditional, then ultimately I am a traditionalist. That is what readers care about. It's what I care about as a reader. Now if I can have that along with a strong girding of ideas and some kind of exciting technical forays - then that is just the jackpot.

If he continues to play like he has been he would have a compelling case for earning another contract.

President Bush's proposal to focus our resources on sending humans to Mars is intriguing, but it is not the most compelling reason that Americans ought to focus our interest on the Red Planet.

I don't know how that budget would have been worked out, but that was the initial idea. Obviously, we couldn't have had a show with nine expensive actors in it. It was very nice that they were even interested in doing that. But, I was so proud of what we'd done that I couldn't think of a compelling reason to do a lesser version of it.

The fact is, I see no compelling reason why we should not unilaterally get rid of our nuclear weapons. To maintain them is costly and adds nothing to our security. I can think of no circumstances under which it would be wise for the United States to use nuclear weapons, even in retaliation for their prior use against us. What, for example, would our targets be? It is impossible to conceive of a target that could be hit without large-scale destruction of many innocent people?

I was simply restless, quite likely because of a dissatisfaction with the recent trajectory of my life, and if there is a better, more compelling reason for dropping everything and moving to the end of the world, I know not what it is.

Unused power was like a marionette with visible strings, nobody holding them. A compelling attraction: I could make it dance.