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Gold Certification is a key milestone in our growing partnership with Microsoft. It demonstrates our commitment to leveraging Microsoft core technologies to deliver timely and innovative solutions to our customers. We are delighted to have earned this highest level of Microsoft Certification, as it acknowledges both the value of our solutions as well as our focus on customer satisfaction and quality.

There are now Web sites that sell directly to the grower. This bypasses the distribution chain that makes up our core business.

There is a necessity to have a core group, which of course will combine the necessity of a smaller group to negotiate but also the necessity of transparency. So all member states could follow how we negotiate,

undermining the core values of civility -- and it's time they were stopped by a society that values free speech enough to protect it.

He?s definitely a fast guy. What he brings is a whole different element. They?ve got three different styles of backs and you?ve got to defend each one. Top that off with the receiving core they?ve got and (quarterback Ben) Roethlisberger and they?ve got a lot of weapons they can bring at you. We?ve got a full plate.

There is a strong core of artists who have been working to preserve Frankford for a long time. It's been very inspiring and motivating for me to start to build relationships with them.

What matters in any campaign is that you have a strategic core that makes the judgements, decides the strategy, and can deliver.

Whatever it is, they have to look outside their core business. The equities market is becoming much more competitive, and those margins are going to shrink. They have to look at other asset classes.

We can match up with the hard core to the punk scene and anything in between.

Having completed a strategic refocusing on its core television business, Spelling is a perfect fit with Viacom's entertainment business. By fully integrating Spelling into the Viacom family, with the efficiencies and economies of scale we can bring to bear, both Spelling's and Paramount's operations will be greatly enhanced.

Having evaluated different strategic options, we became convinced that the sale of the foods business was the best solution for our company. This step will enable us to concentrate on our core businesses in home and personal care.

There is no change for the Fed. They are more focused on the real economy. They are looking for any sign that core inflation is going up.

There is a failure in the core values of education. They're told to go to college in order to get a better job -- and that's okay. But the real task is to produce educated people.

There is a fundamental change taking place in terms of how corporations create value and arguably, in terms of the core architecture of the corporation. I think it's the biggest change in a century in the ways that companies build relationships and interact with other entities, institutions in the economy and in society and arguably, the nature of the corporation itself.

There is a hard core - about 10 or 15 percent of the public - who are totally opposed to all forms of gambling on moral grounds. Usually they are the Methodists and the Presbyterians. Nothing is going to change their minds, God bless them.

There is a high chance that core consumer prices will turn to be positive toward the end of the year.

We've been trying to make this movie since 1994 and the core (audience) has been waiting for it. The picture got sold as more of an event happening than a normal horror movie. It looked like a heavyweight fight. The date was great because we were away from everything that could have hurt us.

We try to make sure we take care of recovery, do lots of stretching, and focus on the core part of the body, specifically.

He got a piece of junk in the mountains, with a very good core and kept it going. Now it's an art piece. He's a major contributor to Oregon because of that.

We took this action because we are determined to achieve competitiveness for Delphi's core United States operations. We simply cannot afford to continue to be encumbered by high legacy issues and burdensome restrictions under current labor agreements that impair our ability to compete.

Joe Johnson has a bright future in this league and with the Phoenix Suns, ... JJ has been a great piece to add to our young core of talent.

Joe Johnson has a bright future in this league and with the Phoenix Suns. JJ has been a great piece to add to our young core of talent.

Just recently I was reading a message that was hurtful and hateful. People are not perfect and sometimes we don't always behave appropriately. We make poor decisions and we wish we could take something hurtful back that we have said. But this is not a perfect world. That is why children become scared, worried, and anxious. The Core Values and programs like STAND (students taking a new direction) are a means in which to make our students safer and more successful.

Textbook science is beautiful! Textbook science is comprehensible, unlike mere fascinating words that can never be truly beautiful. Elementary science textbooks describe simple theories, and simplicity is the core of scientific beauty. Fascinating words have no power, nor yet any meaning, without the math.

Longer-term, 'Hot Coffee' could be a benefit. Considering the age range of GTA players, it's the one thing to make a bad boy title even better to market. For core gamers, this publicly strengthens the brand.

L.A. is such a real, active place. My mother was very into the core of the city. She worked in politics, and you have to know your territory. It's an active matrix; we're all parts of it, but people don't often stop to wonder what's going on.

Labor is not the problem. They have core cost problems.

Matt is a big centreman who adds a playmaking element to our forward lines. We feel he is a valuable addition to our core group of young forwards.

Market demand for Huron's services is very strong. Our core growth practices continue to attract, serve and build client relationships. We continue to add and retain talented, performance-oriented consultants at all levels to serve Huron's growing roster of clients.

Looking ahead, rising gas and electricity bills could keep inflation close to current levels for the next few months. But we expect further falls in core inflation and fading energy effects to push the headline rate well below target in the second half of the year.

Look at the numbers. How can you compare 25 million people to my core fan base of 2 million? Does it help? Sure. But they aren't the deciding factor.

Marcus would love to come back. He loves the coaches. He thinks they have a great core of players, of which he is one. They have a great future. But our position is he receives fair compensation, especially as he gets more reps on defense.

Some of those jobs are still going to migrate back down to Cincinnati, where Federated is located. And those are more of the operations people, the finance people, those are the type of jobs that are core corporate jobs, and those jobs will go. So it's not that there won't be something (of a) direct impact locally. There will be some.

Is eBay diverting from its core business? ... Nothing could be further from the truth.

Starbucks' strong February comparable-store sales reflect both the popularity of our seasonal beverage offerings and the ongoing strong demand for our core handcrafted espresso beverages.

Step by step, we're continuing to build a strong, modern infrastructure for life sciences research at KU. New lab space in the MRB, and new core research service space in the SBC, gives us the capacity to expand our existing drug discovery and development efforts. This supports everything else we're doing to advance basic research at KU.

Start with The Iliad and The Odyssey , ... Go to the beginning of Western literature and come forward. ... You've cut off a core of incredible richness that will carry you all your life.

Recent trends show the price pressures are well contained, with the exception of oil, ... The core CPI rose at just a 1.8 percent annual rate over the past three months, which is slightly below the 1.9 percent year-to-year gain. That means the core CPI is unlikely to accelerate in the next few months and allows the Fed to continue its policy of just gradually pushing up interest rates.

Recognizing and showcasing individual achievement in the creation of games is a core principle of the GDC. For that reason, we are proud to produce and host the Choice Awards.

Record labels and movie studios are coming to us and trying to figure out new ways to reach their consumers. They?re coming to us because the 18- to 34-year-old demographic - which is their core demographic - is becoming harder and harder to reach.

Red Hat's experience and core strategy of open collaboration made them a natural fit with this project. Open source and Linux will both reach and engage people in the rest of the world.

States are free to modify the Common Core State Standards or adopt their own individual standards, because academic standards are the prerogative of the states.

Such reckless and partisan intervention in domestic policy debates outside the fund's areas of core expertise can only damage the IMF,

Surprisingly, Utah is the second highest in the nation in the number of eighth-graders taking algebra, but we are still low in achievement. Our state math core only goes through linear equations.

Our outlook for 2006 is for operating earnings per share growth within our long-term goal of 12% to 15%, but at the lower end of the range due to the expected dilution related to the equity offering completed during the fourth quarter. We anticipate core loan growth will continue to be within our targeted range of 10% to 14%. Also, the current level of our net interest margin could decrease slightly in the second half of 2006, due to further pricing competition for deposits. Our outlook assumes a stable economic environment and continued strong credit quality.

Our own belief remains that while core inflation could well inch up in the coming months, it is unlikely to accelerate significantly.

Our research shows that 83% of leading companies indicate field service optimization is core to improving their competitive positions. True field service optimization requires service organizations to maintain the most cost-effective, productive, and profitable service chain at all times -- especially in the face of a myriad of constraints and interruptions.

Relative to what's at stake, it's trivial. What was at stake was a violation of the core principle of the universality of the human right of religious liberty.

Reliance stock was volatile but sentiment appears to be positive. We see strength in Reliance's core businesses of oil exploration, refinery and petrochemicals.

Really what it is is focusing on businesses that are core to our strategic plan. These lines of businesses, although profitable ... would thrive better with a company that is more focused in those areas.

Part of the mission of this event is to give back to the communities that we visit. As an investment in the future of California's children, the education curriculum is a core element of that mission and will help ensure that we leave a positive footprint on communities throughout the state.

Patriotism is one of the core values of the NWTF. We are indebted to our troops and veterans and honor them in any way we can.

Organizing is our core principle. It is our north star.

Our ongoing efforts with Intel on the dual core processors have allowed us to provide users with a superior gaming experience. Reaching out to the gaming community by making the best PCs on the market has always been one of our primary goals. Our partnership with Intel enables us to make significant progress in achieving that goal.

Our measure of core sales, which excludes autos, gas and food, rose a pitiful 0.1 percent, the worst performance since April and impossible to square with Mr. Greenspan's assertion last week that the economy is regaining traction,

Oracle wont be toast if Internet computing fails because it has too much invested in its core business of selling people databases and setting up databases and servicing databases.

Our mission, vision and core value statements are in writing and posted on our Web site. Every staff member wants to go where we want, so we are moving along smoothly and having fun on our trip.

Our nation is facing a major challenge of uplifting 260 million people who are below poverty line and we have to give better life for many millions who are on border line of poverty or just above the poverty line. To meet the needs of one billion people we have the mission of transforming India into a developed nation .... We have identified five areas where India has a core competence on integrated action for agriculture, food processing, education and health care, reliable and quality electric power, surface transport and infrastructure for all parts of the country, information technology and other strategic sectors.

People into hard sciences, neurophysiology, often ignore a core philosophical question: 'What is the relationship between our unique, inner experience of conscious awareness and material substance?' The answer is: We don't know, and some people are so terrified to say, 'I don't know.'

People have lost what this nation was built on. I think our core values have been set aside... I believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights.

People keep asking, 'How can it be that we haven't seen energy prices bleed over into the core?' ... Our belief is that it will eventually show up in the core CPI, but it may not show up in 2005. It may be in first quarter of 2006.

I saw that it was about nine core values, and it rung so home and true, I said this is a fit. We are so proud to be a First Tee chapter. To see that sign here is phenomenal.

I will not waver from advocating policy that discourages expectations of higher core inflation. The object will always be to keep inflation at bay, so that the American business machine can keep on humming.

Just as we have succeeded in greatly increasing the company's profitability over the last five years, we are dedicated to improving our core growth rates by aggressively leveraging the technology position and installed base of each of our three business units. Our growth programs are poised to bear fruit in 1999 and 2000.

Last night was very good for us because it really showed it's connected with the core Saturday night group as evidenced by an increase of about 60 percent from Friday to Saturday, ... Now we're where it should be to be performing at the healthiest level we could have imagined. It continues to capture the imagination of the American public.

People are looking for some indications, what are the core growth rates in the Internet and how is that going to affect the other Internet stocks, and that is why they are so fixated on Yahoo!.

Japanese voters have shown in the last elections their deep understanding toward Prime Minister Koizumi who says pos-tal reform is the core of his reform program.

Jason Katims creates truly relatable three-dimensional people you fall in love with right away. Jason always puts a lot of heart into what he does. He has a way of touching your emotional core in a life-affirming way. And he's a great show runner.

Our investment reflects the confidence we have in Rite Aid's core business and our belief that the combination of our investment and the amendments to the banking facilities and will provide the company with the financial resources it needs to rebound and prosper.

Our goals are clear: maintain a superb standard of performance of core classics, renew and refresh our tradition with contemporary music of value and relevance, reach out to all segments of our heterogeneous society, tour nationally and abroad as ambassadors of the true face of America.

Nasser's been the primary architect of a failed transformation of Ford from its core automotive heritage to some expansive consumer-centric organization, which we think employees, dealers, suppliers and investors have found to varying degrees to be somewhat incomprehensible.

I'm humbled by this opportunity and feel fortunate that ownership has shown confidence in me to build this team both for the short and long term. We are going to be accountable to our fans and ownership and we're going to make tough decisions, not easy ones. I eagerly accept this challenge. We are going to stay convicted to our core goals and, in doing so we can accomplish everything that we set out to do.

Management is conservative and has a slow-and-steady approach that will not let the core business suffer at the seduction of hyper-expansion.

John Roberts has a broad, expansive understanding of the application of the Constitution. He did say the core principles of liberty and due process have broad meaning as applied to evolving societal conditions.

It is encouraging that core inflation in 2005 was no higher than the year before even though we had record oil prices. From that perspective, the Fed can feel confident that inflation won't get out of control.

I thought last week was important without a core group of guys. That says a lot about our other guys.

I thought it was two seasons. I thought early on, we needed to show improvement, and eventually they did. They've played very hard. I've seen the improvement, and I think there's a core foundation for the future.

I think that the travel business is their core business right now and that they're going to add to that over time. As they add to that, they're going to be less dependent on it. But in the near term, it's still very important to their stock.

It is clear from recent events -- including the program the president is announcing this morning to improve and strengthen the duties of those whose conduct is at the core of our securities markets -- that the SEC critically needs to receive additional money in fiscal 2003 to fully fund pay parity and that we should be authorized to add new staff to address pressing immediate needs,

I think the biggest compliment that I could pay this team today is that that they're not looking at this streak as something totally exceptional. They're more focused on doing the things maybe we weren't doing to allow us to have the opportunity to win. ... I sense a tremendous maturity in that room with the core character. I couldn't be more impressed.

I think the core trumps the energy prices. We know about energy prices and it's an accident about when they collect price data during the month.

I think the Fed will look at the core number and determine that it was understated, and still raise rates by a quarter-percentage point at the meeting on November 1.

I think when you look at what the company delivered for the fourth quarter, what you saw was significantly worse momentum in the core business than I think people were expecting. It was not a high quality earnings quarter.

I think you are seeing the benefits of building out beyond the core model as they've gone into more into practical goods, autos being an extreme example of that,

It is near the academic core of campus, near the health sciences, which are heavy users of the science curriculum and it met more of the evaluation matrix criteria in a positive manner than any other site.

It is most regrettable, particularly because the wrong person has resigned. Cambridge's core problem is the mayor.

Later this year it will fuel new dual core processors and quad core processors in 2007 that we expect to deliver industry leading performance and capabilities per watt. People will see systems that can be faster, smaller and quieter with longer battery life and lower electric bills.

It is an assault upon the very core of what generations of our citizens have been proud to boast of, at home and abroad, as the essence of the Australian character -- the

It is an extraneous business that Reynolds Metals had. It does not appear to be a core business,

It is at Red Hat's very core to help unlock the power of open source and open communities.

I think the McCain and Lieberman talk about the need for civility in public discourse is right at the core of our mission,

I think the most important thing was that the core of the players stayed the same, ... A lot of the guys matured and became very good players.

I think they definitely would like to sell Eckerd at some point, ... I don't see where a spin-off does much for them. What they need is cash to accelerate the turnaround in its core business.

I think they definitely would like to sell Eckerd at some point. I don't see where a spin-off does much for them. What they need is cash to accelerate the turnaround in its core business.

I think they had a big influence, not on core Green voters but on the 8 per cent of people polls showed were yet to decide on their vote.

I think there were some significant fears that the CPI could come in above 0.2 percent. Given what we read in the Federal Reserve minutes, there was no room for error on core in the eyes of the market.

Respect for heritage is an important part of understanding what our brands represent. Dodge has been an American icon for 90 years and we believe that many consumers outside of North America will relate positively to its core values.

Retailers came out with pretty good reports. One would think we'll see a pretty good retail sales number, and that would give support to the market, absent much higher core inflation numbers.

'Robopocalypse' explores the intertwined fates of regular people who face a future filled with murderous machines. It follows them as humanity foments the robot uprising, fails to recognize the coming storm, and then is rocked to the core by methodical, crippling attacks.

Rising oil prices, like other unfavorable price shocks, can also feed through and raise underlying core inflation, ... So there is also a risk on the inflation front, and the risk is higher now than it was a year ago.