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We are grateful to our employees for their commitment and dedication to the Milk-Bone brand, and wish them continued success in the future.

To me this is very, very bullish. If it continued for four or five days, I would get so bullish I would be hysterical.

Tom has done an amazing job of bringing this company to where it is today, ... We will continue to work closely with Tom as a board member and count on his continued wisdom as we grow the franchise.

We're especially pleased that our vendors and suppliers are also investing in our business. It demonstrates that they believe in our strategy and have confidence in our continued success.

The online PGA Employment Center is another industry-leading service offered by The PGA of America to help grow, not only the game, but the business of golf as well. Our continued presence at the PGA Merchandise Show and development of new services through The PGA Employment Center demonstrates our ongoing commitment to improving the standards of the profession through complimentary services that connect employers and jobseekers throughout the industry.

This schedule reflects the continued global expansion of and investment in women's professional tennis. The return of the Tour Championships to Europe in Madrid is particularly exciting for our European fans and players, and will ensure a fantastic finale to the 2006 season.

We beat Sweden, and we started playing really well. We knew we had to play a lot of good games. Everybody got a lot of confidence from that game, and that confidence has just continued building from that moment on.

We are confident that shared values of Wockhardt Hospitals and Fortis Healthcare will form the basis for our continued success in the future.

We are just out of space for growth, so we're not able to add additional equipment to accommodate continued growth.

We are leaving our fiscal 2001 estimates and $87 12-month price objective for Microsoft materially unchanged, following fourth-quarter results that were largely devoid of the drama of the past two quarters. Nonetheless, 'caution' remains the operative word from Microsoft management, as continued choppy monthly unit demand from business PCs and a deliberate, gradual ramp from Windows 2000 platforms and related applications hinders near-term growth.

We are particularly pleased to have re-established year-over-year revenue growth in our Games segment, with continued strength in a number of our traditional board games, as well as new introductions in the plug and play category.

We opened the day stronger and continued a little higher, and then as a slight surprise to some, ended up holding the positive tone throughout the day - whereas sometimes on days like this in the past you've given up the bulk of those gains. Silver, specifically, closed relatively close to the highs.

When they ask me, as of late they frequently do, how I have for so many years continued an equal interest in medicine and the poem, I reply that they amount for me to nearly the same thing.

We are concerned that this welcome quiet will be shattered any minute as a result of the continued existence of terror organizations which the Palestinian Authority is doing nothing to eliminate or dismantle.

We played well and stayed within ourselves. We played the way we did during the three-game winning streak. We gutted it out, we continued to play hard, we rotated on defense and we did the things that we are capable of doing. I'm a lot happier with our effort tonight, and it just leads for better things to come after this All-Star break.

The outlook revision reflects the strengthening of the financial profile as pricing initiatives in the performance chemicals business and continued focus on cost reduction allowed OMNOVA to offset higher raw-material costs.

The outlook statement talks of continued weakness in recruitment markets which management argue -- more persuasively than other peers -- is cyclical rather than structural given a softer public sector in late 2005.

The past month or so that we've had success, we are just competing and battling with a never-say-die attitude. We know we need points. Unfortunately we dug ourselves a hole but I think it shows great character that we came back out and continued to battle. We weren't going to take no for an answer tonight and the guys really responded.

The past two games, we've played five innings of good baseball. They continued to put pressure on us, and we just didn't make the plays.

The peak of the interest rate cycle may be much higher than expected. Continued inflation in the US indicated a need for a rate hike for few more times until next year.

The overall indication in December is continued economic growth in the non-manufacturing sector with a cautiously optimistic outlook as we enter 2006.

The overall indication in January is continued economic growth in the non-manufacturing sector, but at slower rates of increase.

The overall picture in August as indicated by growth in production, new orders, and backlog of orders is one of continued growth in manufacturing activity,

The overall picture is one of continued softening in manufacturing activity during the month of December.

We are deeply concerned about the continued erosion of Sri Lanka's four-year-old ceasefire as marked by the recent series of violent incidents.

We did what we wanted to do and we executed well until the final 2 1/2 minutes of the first half. We just started turning the ball over, and we just continued to make the same mistakes over and over again.

We are seeing continued growth in precision civilian applications such surveying, precision agriculture, infrastructure monitoring, geodesy, as well as volcano and earthquake research. More specifically at the Department of Transportation where I work, we are expanding our applications across the entire U.S. transportation infrastructure,

When you set those goals, you always want a little bit more. I don't want that to overshadow the things that we accomplished this year...There were a lot of individual improvements, and the players continued to grow and mature.

We are pleased that our strong top-line momentum continued this quarter across all operating divisions and on top of the outstanding growth achieved in the year ago period. We are especially encouraged that global pricing was positive for the first time in two years, despite difficult cost and competitive environments.

We are pleased that the S.E.C. is encouraging continued dialogue around potential ways of using a market instrument to value stock options. It is clear that a market-based approach would determine a real value as opposed to models that estimate theoretical value. We will continue an open dialogue and pursue an approach that will lead to an objective, market-based valuation.

We are pleased that the SEC is encouraging continued dialogue around potential ways of using a market instrument to value stock options.

We are really pleased that people are so passionate about the Top 100 DJs poll and their dance music. The poll has continued to grow over the years and we're delighted with the phenomenal response this year. The dance scene is now much more accessible to far more people than it ever was five or 10 years ago. This is reflected in the sheer volume of votes received.

We are relieved to put this issue behind us so that we can focus more sharply on the key factors that drive our business results and that continued to challenge us throughout 1999, ... It is difficult at this time to predict what impact, if any, the settlements will have on these factors.

We are taking one step forward and two steps back as gentrification in some neighborhoods and continued deterioration in others leads to the removal of vitally needed lower-cost rental housing.

We remain comfortable that the company will show solid progress in the sale through the end of the first quarter. We expect that a final agreement will take some time, but we want to see continued solid progress.

We began October with continued traffic challenges. However, traffic improved at the end of the month, likely due to favorable weather trends and the delivery of our holiday merchandise.

We began to pray, 'God, touch her arms. Let her arms be used as she used them before the wreck.' The doctors said there is no way this is going to happen, but the church continued to pray.

We began with an afternoon of brainstorming ideas about what we wanted the conference to address. We let these ideas sit for a couple weeks and continued e-mailing comments over the e-mail list-serve before meeting again and narrowing down our brainstormed themes, cutting and pasting different ideas in different ways until we finally came to a theme we liked. There was a lot of debating and melding of ideas.

We believe continued strong oncology sales and operational execution will sustain the premium multiple versus the peer group.

We'll see continued downward pressure on unit labor costs in the first quarter. I think it's favorable on the inflation front.

We want to make sure Mary has the full benefit of Larry's creativity and strategic thinking. Our global marketing program is one of the critical drivers of our business. A seamless transition -- one that remains sharply focused on our customers -- is essential to our continued momentum.

We would like to do more games down here. It's a tradition continued and all the good that we do for charity. It's all good.

We'd like to thank everyone who attended for their continued support and for making the effort to share the day with us.

We delivered another strong performance in the first three months of 2006 as our average daily volume exceeded two million contracts for the second consecutive quarter. The double digit growth in our core options business fueled a 40% increase in net income once again reflecting the operating leverage that is inherent in our business. We also continued to post strong cash flow which we now share with our stockholders by virtue of the implementation of the dividend policy that we announced last year.

We delivered on our performance goals for revenue, cash flow and continued margin improvement while achieving new highs in service measures and positioning us for profitability.

We definitely didn't play that great tonight, especially early on. We got away with a slow start to have it 1-1 after the first period. We came better for the second and that continued for the third. We got the important goal and got a big win.

We were able to work inside out. We had a little better balance in the second half and we still continued to defend the three. That was a big concern for myself going into this game.

We were all looking forward to this and we spent a lot of energy in trying to do this, ... But as the budget continued to escalate, we just finally said, 'Do we really want to pay off an 11-1/2, 12-million dollar restaurant?'

We don't intend here to stage a one-time action, but intend to carry out a continued action, whose aim is to hurt the terrorists and not to let up.

The decline may also be the first sign of companies using their cash balances to grow their businesses, which is consistent with the small business loan growth we continued to experience.

The declining price of gasoline echoes a recent drop in crude oil prices. The drop in oil appears to be due to continued growth in domestic oil inventories.

We stayed neutral. We continued to get calls about it, and we made it clear to the county leaders and anyone who asked that we were staying out and deferring to the members of the Council to make that choice.

We want to be a part of the rebuilding process of New Orleans and we are dedicated to preserving the unique musical identity of our great city. I am in awe of the generosity and kindness of so many people and cities who are reaching out to provide us a home for this year's festival, the artists who are offering to perform and our fans and sponsors who are providing their continued support and patience during this difficult time.

The executive committee comprising Kevin Sheedy, Paul Roos, Chris Connolly, Mark Williams and I are committed to the continued growth of the Association and working together to develop coaches across all levels of the game.

The fact that the unemployment rate has reached a historic low is a tribute to both the public and private sectors of our community for providing employment opportunities for all of our residents. The low unemployment rate is also evidence of the continued diversification of Miami-Dade's economy.

What we're working on now is that continued migration of those accounts from named into the non-named category.

What we support is continued efforts to understand the problem better. We need to work harder on articulating our views, and we're going to try to do better at that in the future.

There are many other studies, both clinical and non-clinical, that demonstrate homeopathy's efficacy and safety in many disease areas, ... Homeopathy has thrived and survived for over 250 years because of its excellent record of successful use and safety, which will ensure its continued use.

The real story for 2005 was the incredible expansion of portable gaming. The GBA continued to realize stellar sales, and the introduction of the (Nintendo) DS and PSP to the market brought older gamers to the portable format.

The real story this past week is that we've had continued broad strength in secondary stocks. Some laggards are bouncing to not just cycle highs but all-time highs.

We called timeout and asked the kids to try not to foul. But (the Blazers) are very quick and continued to attack the rim and we continued to foul. Tonight someone was looking over us in the sense that they didn't make their free throws.

We have continued our focus on driving the operational performance of our hotels to maximize returns and have delivered first half results in line with our expectations. The group continues to benefit from a diversified global portfolio with our hotels continuing their upward trends, leaving us well positioned for the second half of the year.

We have continued to make progress over the last two matches. It is very encouraging.

We have continued to pound away on the garrisons and continued to take out vehicular storage areas, maintenance areas, support buildings, barracks, and primarily where they have some of their armor and mechanized units and their heavier equipment and heavier ammunition,

We have continued to see evidence of gradual improvement for Sun in the marketplace.

We have continued to see good momentum in all core business areas.

We have continued to see good momentum in all core business areas. These trends underpin our expectation of an excellent trading performance.

We have continued to see positive trends in written business during the month of July and, as such, believe that the analysts' current range of estimates for the fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2005, and the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, are reasonable and achievable.

With 46 wins in the last two seasons and six straight winning seasons, they have contributed to a lot of the successes we have enjoyed. In my long term commitment towards the future, I ... felt these moves were necessary for the continued progress of the program.

Winning makes everything great. Losing magnifies everything... . We continued to work, and we wouldn't give up.

While neither company depends on this transaction for its continued future success, Guidant believes that the strategic rationale for combining the two companies is as strong today as when we entered into the merger agreement,

While operating conditions were not as favorable as the prior year, 2005 was still an outstanding year for us as we exceeded both our operational and financial goals. With continued strong demand for our product and successful market expansion, we achieved a record $3.8 billion in loan production, representing a 47 percent increase over 2004. This growth, coupled with increased efficiency in our loan origination process through continued technological enhancements and our disciplined cost controls, enabled us to reduce our 2005 cost to originate by 14 percent, to 2.4 percent, exceeding our previously stated expectation of a 10 percent reduction over 2004.

While taking profits on some issues, retail investors continued to look for bargains among domestic economy-sensitive issues as they remain optimistic about the market's outlook.

When publications like the Baltimore Sun run headlines like 'Seafood, tea, sauerkraut in food spotlight,' you know that sauerkraut has arrived in the national consciousness and has spiked in popularity. We've seen our sales climb pretty rapidly in the fourth quarter of 2005 as people have learned about the health benefits of sauerkraut and continued eating it because of its versatility and flavor.

Though I have continued to practice, train and play, the lower back spasms continue, ... After being evaluated by medical staff upon my return to the United States, it is now clear that I am not able to resume tennis activities for 10-14 days.

We condemn the continued targeting of all innocent civilians, including journalists, and appeal to those holding them to free them at once.

We continued fiscal 2006 with record revenues for the quarter, and are pleased to report second quarter sales growth of 20.4% and comparable distribution sales growth of 18.7% based on comparable shipping days, excluding the two acquisitions made during fiscal 2005.

We continued not in a state of indolence, but hunted every day, and prepared a little cottage to defend us from the winter storms.

We continued our steps of improvement from the West Mesa game; we continued with the same steps and even did better. That was maybe our most quality win; that and Los Alamos. We did what we're supposed to do.

We continued to be disturbed and dismayed at indications of the external linkages of terrorist groups with the October 29 bombing

We continued to demonstrate that organic growth is a very effective way to achieve success in this industry, and that it benefits our customers, partners and shareholders.

We continued to enhance the disclosure as we worked with the SEC.

We continued to enjoy quality growth in virtually every area of the company during the fourth quarter and throughout all of last year.

We continued to experience strong subscriber growth during the third quarter, which was the best third quarter in our history, and increased our market share from the year-ago quarter by more than 20%.

We continued to feel the impact of the change of the department store model. Department stores are ordering less up-front from suppliers and replenishing product more often.

We continued to fight back. But with a senior roster, we have to be able to pull out games like this.

We continued to improve each week. We have had a lot of great individual performances recently and I think we'll see that continue this weekend.

We continued to improve our customer experience during the quarter with the opening of our music store, our easier-to-navigate store layout, and our expansion into the local U.K. and German book markets. These initiatives will continue to require aggressive investment and entail significant execution challenges.

We continued to make good operating progress in 2005. Setting aside restructuring and impairment charges, our 2005 pre-tax income on Continuing Operations increased $21.9 million over 2004 and was $36.0 million higher than in 2003.

We continued to make progress in each of our businesses in the third quarter. For the second consecutive quarter Clear Channel Radio experienced sequential financial improvement over the previous quarter.

We continued to negotiate and let the museum know that when we give a gift, there is no attachment.

We are working in close cooperation with Pakistani officials. Mr. Pearl should be released immediately and unconditionally. His continued detention is no help to the cause of those who hold him.

We are worried about the continued mobilization of both armies facing each other,

We have been blessed with great tradition - established by having a great University, great coaches and great players. In establishing a set of criteria with extremely high standards, these three stood out among the rest. Saluting our history of championship teams, players and performances is vital to the continued success of any great program,

We've been shooting the ball real well the last few games. We just continued it tonight.

We view Manasquan downtown as highly retail, ... Fortunately, it's continued to be successful competing with the strip malls, and we'd like to keep it that way. This is more of a proactive step to retain that character as opposed to having it turn into office space.

We view the additional advertising expense during the quarter as an important investment in building the Circuit City brand. Since our retail stores team held labor expense relatively flat on a dollar basis, we were able to gain significant leverage on our higher level of sales as we continued work to optimize the labor model in our stores." ()

We were now going to be recognizing individuals whose business assortment may not be the most profitable to our bottom line. That said, the playing field for earning credits under our form of measurement is level, and we have continued to be successful and profitable despite the huge shift in business over the past eight years. It's important to note that a large part of the high ratings and profitability of our company lies in our retention. We're saving big dollars every year by retaining our best advisors. In 2005, we retained 100 percent of our top 100 advisors. That's huge in our industry.

To avoid the continued attack, they rolled off the trail and fell about 30 feet.

There has been a certain amount of lost momentum during the summer and this has continued into October,