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The arrival of Tiffany is a significant event for The Fashion Mall and indeed, the entire Indianapolis retail community, ... It again validates one of our core strategies - that the world's greatest retailers want to be at truly preeminent retail properties.

The appeal of the rural companies is that they have a lot less competition, fewer unknowns in their business and that they have decided to opt into these high dividend strategies, ... There is less chance that management will use cash for a significant acquisition or invest in things that are away from the core business.

We have an excellent core of girls coming back. They know what their goals are.

With the divestiture program behind us, we are working to capitalize on growth opportunities. In doing so, we will leverage our core materials integrity management products and technologies to solve the industry's most challenging contamination control issues and help improve our customers' yields.

Users want quiet and powerful machines. Intel is very focused on designing microprocessors that deliver the maximum performance without generating excessive heat or consuming huge amounts of power. For now, the Intel Core Duo fits that bill perfectly.

We're unlikely to see a rally in medium-term bonds with core consumer prices edging up.

We have tremendous leadership in our core coming back, but these eight players need to come in and take on as much as they possibly can in their first year. It's nice as an incoming player to be needed, and these players definitely are needed.

We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream.

We have always felt that a company with music at its core rather than technology could do so much better for music fans. It is so user friendly that even I could use it.

I was really happy because it showed we have some real hard core hockey fans in Greenville. If we have to come back and play on Wednesday, I hope even more people will come out.

The area needed a core surf shop. We have two of the best surfers in the world here, and we will be a part of the community and involved in community.

The advantages of heavy crude processing and upgrade of the bottoms via high-valued asphalt sales fit our core strategy and our business model well.

The 2006 development slate is our largest yet and represents our determination to broaden our programming scope both in genre and talent, while continuing to appeal to our core viewers, those elusive young men. The emphasis during this development season was a real focus on creating great characters and distinct stories that will hook viewers and bring them back to the network day after day.

Most companies today are probably oriented toward legal compliance - gotta obey the rules. Then there are others who say, 'We need to adopt ethical values in the core of how we manage this company.' The best firms are doing that.

You can cooperate and not compromise your core values. But I'm a realist with the philosophy that sometimes you've got to take bites out of the apple instead of the whole apple.

You live and die with your veterans early in the season, and this weekend saw our veteran core step up

That's a welcome sight, job creation in the area's core business.

That's based partly on the view that core inflation goes up from here and partly on the view that job growth is strong.

That's the most important engine for growth. It's going to be through the service deals and growth within the existing service deals. It's also going to be through continued growth in the U.S. core business and international.

The 1.9 percent December year-over-year rise in the core personal consumption expenditure index reflects a stable and modest inflation rate. That would support the idea that the Fed can stop raising rates soon.

We got to the core of our offense by being unselfish.

understands the importance, as well as the consequences, of providing news from all sides of the issue, a core value of the channel.

When I first set up my big band, I only had Gilson Lavis, the drummer from Squeeze, with me. He was the core element. Whenever a group hits the big time, they always get a new drummer because they really need that. You can make do with rubbish elsewhere.

While we may not have been considered the best musicians on the scene, the combination of John's songs and the core of the rhythm section made us so strong.

We are watching very carefully the potential impact of inflation, and especially any price increases that would pass through to core inflation.

We are not that satisfied with how training has gone, not everyone has turned up for practice but the core group has been there. Our first game is against Signal Hill on Saturday and we are hoping that we can put things in place by then.

We are not the circus. It is important to make sure that the core elements of sport are respected before we abandon ourselves to the demands of show business.

We are now beyond nature's normal variation in terms of how the atmosphere is composed. Nature did something for a million years. It actually goes back a lot further than that, but the ice core records show a million years. So, nature has this normal oscillation within this zone, and all of a sudden, we're forty percent outside that zone.

We haven't even seen Wilma's core pass yet. We can expect this to be stronger than anything we've seen in the last couple of years.

Microsoft is long overdue in creating a consumer operating system that includes core features for media, entertainment, and family security, and Vista will include much of this ability.

Microsoft is moving away from some of these strategic media investments they had made in the '90s so they can focus their energies and resources on the Internet-based computing trends that are occurring right now and could potentially be harmful to their core business.

Microsoft's biggest concern is the precedent whereby a government agency can dictate what it can and cannot put into its core product.

We are basically working for next season, the last 20 games it's important for us to find the core chemistry of our team. This organization wants to make the playoffs.

Without continuity and without the core of players bringing a lot of experience to this tournament we would have had no chance. We have an average of 100 national team games among our 22 players.

Whether you look at the core personal consumption expenditure index on a monthly basis or a year over year basis, the inflation trend is basically 'steady Eddie.

While 2005 was a tough period, we strongly believe the business outlook will get better in 2006. Our basic belief in the underlying strength and potential of our core business operation, does not change.

While 2006 earnings targets appear achievable, we are concerned with the projected sustainability of volume and margins at the core Auto division. Fiat is not alone in lowering costs within its industrial base. Rival volume makers such as VW, Renault, Peugeot-Citroen, GM and Ford will also make significant restructuring improvements. In addition, Japanese and Korean market share gains are set to accelerate, putting manufacturers like Fiat on the hot seat.

While core finished goods are still relatively tame, there are signs that price increases are accelerating further back in the production pipeline, ... Typically the Fed continues tightening until this series tops out. But with prices up only modestly, they will likely continue to make only modest adjustments.

While core trends were solid, weaker revenue trends, particularly in logistics, prevented an in-line quarter.

We're certainly looking to see how core (consumer) prices come in.

Yeah, it's a dry, raw recording. That's what we want people to hear: a rugged--not a polished--album. So much of today's hard core is nothing but trigger drums and Marshall amps. Most bands can't pull off their sound live, so why use that stuff?

We realized we needed to give our core leaders deeper control and accountability in the way they run their businesses, while at the same time ensuring strong communication and collaboration across business units.

We really believe in this show, so we're bedding it down over summer so we can get viewers quickly to the point where it really starts to work. I'd be happy to have a core audience of 800,000 to work with when ratings start (February 12) as the show really evolves by then.

We continue to be concerned with the recent pattern of (the company's) estimate reductions, sales sluggishness in the core personal-care division, increasing margin pressures and deteriorating working capital trends.

We continue to execute our growth strategy laid out five years ago to enhance our core retail business, extend our business into adjacent areas and expand into new markets.

We continue to expect the Fed funds target to reach 5 percent in the second quarter of next year, which is where we see the tightening process ending. Comments from Fed officials suggest that they expect only a temporary hit to growth from higher energy prices, while concern about a drift up in core inflation is increasing.

We continue to perform well in our core UK consumer markets,

We're delighted to welcome BLIMPIE as the 102nd member of the Whole Grains Council. We salute BLIMPIE restaurants' commitment to offering customers the choice of whole grain bread with any sandwich. It's a great fit, because BLIMPIE shares the Council's core belief that whole grains can be both healthy and delicious.

We're both sticking to our core competency and that makes it a classic win-win situation for the students in our area.

We're building confidence with each win. So this game is important as we get into the core of the SEC season.

We're building off last year because now it's two years in a row with names people recognize. Last year's class raised the platform, and we started this year with a higher profile. The inductees are growing in recognition. They had commercials and were known beyond core soccer fans. They did more than kick the ball around.

We do not expect to be able to achieve a core agreement in one round of negotiations.

We don't comment on any deals that are in negotiations. I can't even give you a gauge of our interest. But we own and operate venues as part of our core business.

We put in a phone call and we had discussions. Nothing that I would say was ever close. . . . I can tell you we had no intention of parting with our core players.

When taught and modeled daily in the classroom we see that the core values help to reduce intolerance, harassment, bullying, teasing, and risky and aggressive behaviors. If we as adults are responsible and do our job as caring adults, children will feel safe and supported and they will enjoy positive relationships with peers and adults. They will know and understand what is expected of them and the rules and expectations are consistent. All of these things will help facilitate learning for all children and success at home and in school and their community.

While the core process of establishing an offshore e-commerce business is relatively painless, the costs of choosing the wrong country or even the wrong type of business entity can be financially devastating.

While the CPI print was a bigger drop than expected, there are some components that show some price increases. That probably implies core inflation is starting to creep up.

We believe the stock should be a core holding for investors.

Wendy's has become a 'Pandora's Box' of shareholder value. We think this could ultimately result in deeper and quicker cost cuts at the core Wendy's brand.

We cast a wide net. I believe we've got the core of the business community now.

We've got the core of our team coming back next year, and playing games like this really helps. It helps with your experience.

We have a lot of our core runners back, so that was very helpful. We're a lot deeper than we have been as far as second-place finishes and third-place finishes.

We have a good core from last year and we'll see how the new guys push the returning players, ... I'm very excited about our coaching staff. Our team will play with a lot of passion. I expect us to be very competitive.

We have a good core group back from a championship team and they understand what it takes to win. Those guys have the guts to lead and they set the bar on how everybody else works. When you have that, you have a program with continuity.

We have a good core of kids to build the team around, and that's really encouraging. I've seen these kids work very hard during the indoor season, and now we're going to see what we're about ... It's nice to train but opening day and that first meet is always exciting.

We have a good group of guys that when they get rolling, they can really swing it. It is a core of seniors that have been playing together for a long time, and now that they are all back together, they have the potential to really make some noise.

We have a large core of returning players who have played together for a number of years. That's good. It makes things a little easier.

We've learned the audience has grown older with the movies, so the PG-13 rating just played into the core of the audience.

We've got people here who have a talent for preserving and interpreting history and an audience who wants to learn about it. And the key is to match them up. We've gotten a tremendous response from the small schools. Those communities are tight-knit, where the school is the core of the community, and where they maybe don't have access to the larger curriculum of other schools.

We had a lot of discussion on our young core group and guys that will need more time in the Minors and guys that we have an interest in pursuing as free agents.

We had a lot of quality, substantive conversations that I hope demonstrated to Cliff that he is a core part of this team. But a value we both felt good about was not one we could reach right now.

We had high hopes for this semester with the core nine guys that we had. But based on the academic situation, it forces me to create a whole new offensive and defensive team.

We're also strengthening our commitment to our core brands,

That's the real core of the car battleground in America in terms of volume. Those are huge, huge volume vehicles.

The fact that oil is remaining above $40 leaves me all the more convinced that core CPI will continue to climb higher, that we're on the verge of having the annual rate break above 2 percent.

There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn't have that religious core - that base to turn to - I would be truly lost.

What we can do is take the core rate of PPI and combine it with last week's 5 cent-an-hour jump in average hourly wages and say that inflation looks like it is a concern, maybe not a problem yet, but a concern. And the Federal Reserve was justified in raising rates and may be justified in raising rates again in the May or July meeting.

The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at its core contemptuous of the country that gave them better lives than nearly 100 percent of everybody who's ever lived. And they pass that contempt along for everyone to see.

We have performed a number of upgrades to the reactor and its support systems in recent years, as well as the core internal change-out process, which essentially results in a new reactor core every eight to 10 years.

We have reached saturation point commercially in Scotland and Ireland, which are our core markets, and we have to look at other areas, ... First and foremost, Du Wei is here as a footballer whom Gordon Strachan feels has great potential. If we can piggy-back on to that and get commercial benefits from it, all the better. The Chinese market is potentially even more lucrative than the Japanese one and we are already looking at a tour next year taking in both Shanghai and Japan.

The on-year rise in core CPI backs up our forecast of an exit from quantitative easing in April of next year, but the market's interest has shifted to the timing of an interest-rate hike.

We shared the same core beliefs: Give praise and honor to God in everything we do.

There are no easy answers for the balance of how you protect the core business of the books with what the digital future will look like, but that would be our job with DC Comics, to figure that out and experiment and take some risks while always protecting the core business.

We're a rock band to begin with and that's still the core of what we do.

We're 11 months through the year and any measure of core inflation hasn't captured a filtering down of higher commodity or energy prices. That's why we continue to see the 10-year yield under 4.5 percent.

We reached our financial target thanks to continued revenue growth in key businesses, strict control of costs, risks, and capital, and a rigorous focus on core business lines. We have invested in growth businesses and regions during 2005 and will continue to do so.

This will mean an improved focus on the customers for our core products, profitable growth and a stronger company that will deliver greater value for our shareholders and a more secure future for our employees,

We are going to make sure that we inventory our new materials and take out the ones that are no longer our core curriculum. It is a very common request for the company.

We did not become one of the most successful companies in the world by doing things the same way for 44 years. We have succeeded by sticking to our core values while always looking to improve.

We did nothing. We had no money. We had no core people. We have taken what's in our guts and said this seems to be the right thing to do.

We want to build with a core of great young players that we have and by adding to that core with the pieces we need to become a champion.

Or maybe I'd do what I always do - hang out and see what develops. Fatalist to the core.

This really creates a new breed of core business for these guys. This is the kind of asset that they will be working for 30 years.

We have intensified our focus on what we do best -- provide core communications services, ... Including today's announcement with EDS, over the past year we have shed virtually all of our non-communications services businesses.

We have a really strong core group of players from local teams that came together. This is one of the better high school softball areas in the state. There's that many more people available to be better interested in the program.

We have a short time to prepare and I'm yet to select a final squad, but I'm expecting that the core group of the Under-20 girls will form the senior squad... the other girls who will join are experienced enough to fit in.

We're ground zero at the debate in this country over off-reservation gaming and reservation gaming. We're at the core of a much larger battle.

I know that at the core of each religion there is the truth, heavily obscured in some cases, but it's there.

There is no doubt that we produced 11 patient-specific stem cells and possess the core technology to create them again.

There is certainly nothing from the core inflation numbers to egg the Fed on to keep tightening.