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I have been here a long time, and I have seen this cycle happen before. I'll wait awhile and see if this flurry of activity leads to anything permanent.

What we have here is a prediction that the cycle is going to be very active, and what we need and what we're of course working on is to be able to predict individual storms with a couple days or hours in advance so the grids can take the action.

We suspect that the end of the Fed tightening cycle as policy tightening continues in the key low-yield economies will leave the dollar increasingly exposed to structural vulnerabilities in the second quarter.

We're in the process of grinding out a bit of a bottom here. But it's a rotational market and the guys that are playing the last cycle by running in and buying the techs and so forth are ultimately going to be disappointed.

I agree that metal doesn't ever really go away, but it does have waves of popularity, and right now it seems to be growing. I don't think it's quite hit its peak again, but it is on the way up. Major labels are trying to grab hold of a lot of the metal bands, and that whole thing is coming around again too; you can kind of see the whole cycle repeating itself.

How you feel about changing the process largely depends on how you came out in the last redistricting cycle and how you will come out in the next one,

We may be at the end of a 40-year cycle of bitterness. I've spent enough of my life fighting. It would be nice to spend some time constructing, and I think that there's a feel in the country that's very similar.

We may be getting very close to the end of this rate-increase cycle and it may be also time for the Fed to make that clear. Stocks will benefit from that.

We may well have reached the peak of the economic cycle earlier in the year.

I am in a constant cycle of selling my clothes at Wasteland and buying from Goodwill. Once or twice a year, I go through my closet and donate everything to Goodwill. It feels like I am recycling my fashion.

If those train wrecks and if that gamesmanship is being driven by broad political forces, narrow margins in the House and the Senate, divided party government, difficult decisions that have to be made, genuine differences that exist, mobilization of interest groups if all of those things are true, you are going to find vehicles to have those fights, whether you have a two-year budget cycle or not.

If it remains warm, no problem. But if we have a cycle where we go back to the normal spring weather ... and you get below freezing, that's a real risk.

History suggests that the most powerful factor influencing the profit cycle is pricing power.

Holiday sales have become a vital component of the retail sales cycle for millions of small businesses. Overall, we found 51 percent of U.S. small business owners believe Valentine's Day sales are important to their business and are optimistic that sales will be rosy this year.

Hitting for the cycle is a great accomplishment for any batter. That was a pretty amazing thing to witness tonight, especially since Brooke was able to do it in four at-bats.

Historically, peaks in the U.S. rate cycle combined with rising equity volatility and a moderation in earnings momentum all signal U.S. equity performance.

He's a rhythm guy, and I think he's out of rhythm. We're trying to see if we can get things back in sync, back clicking in the right cycle for him. It's been tough for him to get that back. ... It's waiting to happen for him. We're going to stay with him, we believe in him. He's our guy, he's my guy. I think he's capable of taking of taking us to a different level.

We're probably about five years into a 30-year cycle of transformation, ... But there is simply no doubt that 25 years from now, when people reflect on the seminal changes of the early days of the century we are about to begin, the impact of networked computing will stand in relief.

Terrorist attacks ... normally come in cycles, and it's unfortunate that we are in that cycle again, ... Sometime this month and next month, we are anticipating a major terrorist attack and most likely in Manila.

Market investors appear to be looking ahead to the end of the Fed tightening cycle and its implications for the dollar.

Market sentiment in the short end is probably more bearish than bullish -- people want to pick the end of the Fed ease cycle (and) expect Greenspan to signal things are on hold,

Look for renewed debate on whether rising producer prices will be passed through to consumers in the CPI measure of inflation, ... If so, that may well mean that the Federal Reserve isn't quite as near to the end of its tightening cycle as previously thought.

Margin pressures were intense in the fourth quarter due to the weighting of video products in our sales mix as well as the highly promotional retail environment, ... These pressures will ease somewhat as the current video cycle matures,

Some of the models driving the increase in vehicle price for sporty cars are the Pontiac Solstice, the Audi A3 and the Ford Mustang. It is also likely that demographics are playing a role here. A sporty car is generally not the primary car owned by a household. The 'Baby Boom' generation is at the peak of the earning cycle and makes up a significant portion of the population. An increase in demand from this significant portion of the population would have a positive impact on vehicle prices.

Part of the major increase is in supplies because of the uniform cycle that we're in.

Our reading is that their aim is not to begin a tightening cycle but to reinstate a normal monetary policy.

People are really uncertain about whether we're going to see a lot more earnings disappointments or whether we're towardÊ the bottom of the cycle as the Fed started to ease.

People are getting ready for the end of the tightening cycle and they are beginning to feel like the dollar?s rally is nearly over.

My wife has joked that if anything ever happened to me, she'd gladly live out her life without anyone else around. I think it bugs her I'm home all the time; such is the life cycle of the cartoonist, however.

Manufacturing growth has moderated in recent months, as the cycle moderates despite the hype about the new-found recovery.

Managers believe the economy is growing and expect the Fed tightening cycle to end soon - setting the stage for the financial services sector to prosper. Managers may also be expecting strong performances by investment banks and financial institutions that specialize in regional mortgages.

I think they're going to have a very big crowd. We're gaining a lot of momentum. It's going to take a little time to cycle through adding two events in that region in 24 months.

Jobs cuts tend to lag the process. You've had an inventory correction (that) may be getting near the end, you still have to superimposed investment boom/bust cycle that has been taking place, and there's still a process squeeze.

I think the cycle going forward is going to be more muted, or modest. I think 2005 was a good reflection of that.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to deny that something profoundly different than the postwar business cycle has emerged in recent years,

I think the repeat findings would be the result of the audit cycle to a great extent. The agency had just two months to make changes based on his recommendations. We fully expected the possibility of repeat findings.

I think there is a reasonable chance we will see another interest rate reduction before the cycle is over, but I don't think it is going to happen quite yet.

I think there will be another quarter point hike or two. This is paving a way for a pause at some point early next year. This tightening cycle is long in the tooth.

Over the life cycle of that airplane, we're absolutely confident we're going to get 50% or more." ()

Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software providers. The business software cycle is on the rise, rebounding nicely from the Y2K problem of last year and the successful transition from client-server architecture to Internet architecture software.

Outside of the industry, there is the stock market decline, concerns about economic trends, oil prices, and the presidential election. Within the industry, consumers are not yet in the upgrade cycle for Windows Millennium Edition, and there aren't really applications demanding faster processors and upgrades.

Our whole goal is to provide a safe haven for them. These kids have been exposed to things which have been damaging. They lose a whole history, they lose themselves and don't have an identity. For many of them, it's been a cycle of abuse.

Our view is that Apple has had very good growth over the past couple of years, largely driven by upgrade cycle to its existing installed base.

Our view of the global economy suggests several more quarters of low volume growth and continued price pressure, ... Lower raw material costs and more favorable currency comparison. combined with results from our productivity focus should all contribute to our ability to weather this cycle more favorably than in the past.

Overall the inventory position is tight. This cycle is all about surprise. We had the demand shock from China, and now we're also getting another one from the investment community.

Our feeling here at AT&T is that we won't close the book on Y2K until February 29. First of all, we need all our billing systems to run a full cycle and then we want to take a close look at the leap year.

Our goal is to stop abuse before it starts and break the cycle of abuse. We want to assist new parents so they don't become part of the system.

I think one of the thoughts was that you have a situation that when babies are sucking they're probably not going into that deep sleep cycle that they may normally go into.

I think people need to be concerned about the length of the technology cycle and the inability of most CEOs and analysts to predict the course of corporate earnings over the next several quarters.

I think he's being pushed out or made a scapegoat, ... That is, that the president feels he's got to have somebody to blame, and he's doing it indirectly by asking Tenet to leave. ... I don't think he would pull the plug on President Bush in the middle of an election cycle without having been asked by the president to do that.

It does happen. There is some confusion about when the election cycle ends. The basic election rules are not understood as well as they need to be understood.

It felt like such a right idea that it didn't bother me to put it away, because I knew it would be ready when it's ready, ... When I had kids, I realized I understood my parents better. I had more compassion for them and I look at my kids and realize, 'Oh, man. This is just the same cycle all over again.'

I think the IMF has done as much as it thought it understood it could do, ... I don't know what alternative policies could have been implemented which could have significantly altered the pattern that emerged once the vicious cycle began to accumulate to the degree that it did.

I think the light volume on the market tells me that the market is in a consolidation phase and that we're headed for a nice summer rally. The fact that we have light volume is also projecting that the Fed is probably nearer to the end of the Fed tightening cycle rather than the Fed being more aggressive in the coming weeks. I think the technology stocks are going to come back strongly. And I think financial stocks are going to do well.

It gives you the sense that maybe this earnings cycle is going to be like the rest, where it starts out like it's going to be terrible and it ends up looking good, ... That's been the pattern for eight quarters.

It certainly has been an up week overall. The market is stepping back and looking at the fact that inflation is in check, we are near the end of the rates-tightening cycle and the economy is growing.

I think it all bodes well for a league that many thought was on an up cycle to begin with.

It is similar to the process in Massachusetts, where it is a six-month cycle for half of the customers and then the rates are blended.

It can give you full cycle control network access control capabilities and be up and running in an hour or two.

It confirms that the (Fed) was correct in pausing their tightening cycle at last week's meeting.

I think we match up well against them. It's two skilled teams that like to cycle the puck and get a lot of shots.

I think we're going through this natural vacuum in the news cycle where we have a quiet economic calendar and the fourth-quarter earnings reports are slowing down. It's difficult to generate any interest in the market.

I think we're always in a continuous cycle of trying to attract people who really want to teach in an urban environment, ... We already know that people in this program will have a passion for city schools.

We've thought for a long time this housing cycle was a little different from those of the past, in that it would stretch out a little more. The sell-off in housing stocks has been overdone, since we don't think 30-year mortgage rates ... will put the brakes on housing.

Tiger could drive a new hardware cycle and that's pretty significant,

Typically, if rates increase, basically if we get the sense that we're more near the end of the rate increases than the beginning of the rate increases, that would certainly be a positive for our sector. Retail stocks are basically early cycle stocks. And if we get the sense that we are more near the end than at the beginning, the low valuations of these stocks will prove attractive to many investors.

We were short-dollar as our core view is that the Fed ended its tightening cycle on Jan. 31.

Those looking for more safety should look for stocks that benefit from a dollar depreciation and ones not overly exposed to the domestic cycle or that have some international presence.

We'll get more buyers with yields around these levels. People won't want to call the end to the Fed rate cycle too quickly though, so I doubt we'll get a big rally.

We are in the right cycle to do it.

We anticipate a 15.5% increase in line speed, an 13.4% reduction in cycle time and a 32% boost in through-put (measured in pounds per hour) with this new furnace technology.

We are in an active cycle of storms, and there is nothing to indicate that won't happen. It's too early to tell what will happen.

To have a fatality in motorsport is always terribly sad, but for a 14-year old to lose his life is quite devastating and my thoughts are mainly of course with Chris's family, but also his team and the many friends he had in the motor cycle racing world,

With the economy showing signs of life, the Fed easing cycle is probably at an end. We expect the Fed to hold steady.

The advocates of retaliatory wars will continue to assume a much simpler reality with their hoary oppositions: Religious and secular, backward and enlightened, free and unfree. But if we are to admit how deeply and irrevocably interconnected our world is, then we must find new ways to break the cycle of counter-productive violence.

You can get back on cycle later with a new car." ()

That's the major driver of stock markets today. The rising interest rate cycle is close to an end.

Understanding a comet's water cycle and supply is critical to understanding these bodies as a system and as a possible source that delivered water to Earth.

We found contraceptive effectiveness was just as good in the low-dose pills as the high-dose pills, and cycle control was just as good.

We haven't needed any direct repair program (DRP) relationships yet and we're running full capacity. We are proud to say we are in charge of the repairs. The only way this works is if you design the right facility. We try to give it a 'Nordstrom's' feel when they enter. We put out one of the best products in a consistent manner and our cycle time is better than anyone due to diligent organization and constant refining of processes.

We have learned from the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons that hurricanes are becoming more frequent and more severe. There's widespread agreement among scientists that we've entered into a cycle of more active hurricanes.

We believe that the US Fed will make its final rate hike in the current cycle at the Jan 31 FOMC meeting.

When it comes to credit quality and provision for losses at the banks, if we're not at historic lows, we're certainly close to cycle lows. It's likely credit costs are going to be going up next year.

You always look at what's possible, but that product (the Cobalt) is early in its cycle right now.

well into an investment cycle that should lead to long-term consistent growth from a stable of high quality strategic businesses.

We continue to believe that no company is better positioned to benefit from the success of PlayStation 2 and the overall expansion of the gaming space as move into a new platform cycle than Electronic Arts.

We continue to believe that we are in the second year of a 5- to 7-year investment cycle in Internet infrastructure.

We continue to expect a long, successful business cycle expansion amid well-known challenges. However, visibility has been somewhat reduced, and the Fed is not fighting off increased market expectations of policy tightening.

We have to raise the attention with this tower issue with the FAA. I'd like to bring a new tower to the valley because it's the right thing to do. The life cycle of this is beyond its useful life. No one is suggesting that this will happen overnight.

We'll buttress ourselves against any foolish moves by our competitor, ... clock cycle by clock cycle.

We believe this capital cycle in mining equipment is different from those in the past two decades, specifically in length and strength,

When you're that young and you play with an orchestra -- I debuted with the New York Philharmonic -- they call you a prodigy and that name sticks with you even when you're 15 or 16. What I liked even then, though, was that the conductors treated me like a colleague, not like a 'prodigy,' ... Then, when I would be invited back, it became a wonderful cycle for me: I would create friends at these places, such as New York and Berlin, and they have watched me grow up.

That's the saddest part of this, is that he works with children on a daily basis. He shows probably a genuine amount of commitment to them, and has never indicated any toward his own son. It's just not fair. I mean, if you don't do your fair share, nothing will ever be right for you as an individual. And what's worse, it furthers the cycle of what's not right onto the next generation.

The extension of the IBM, Sony and Toshiba relationship to fundamental research is extremely promising. This joint development project will help accelerate the cycle from fundamental research to commercialization based on detailed feasibility studies of potential technologies, device structures, innovative materials, and unique processing tools.

The extraordinary financial performance of conventional homebuilders in this economic cycle leads us to believe that there is a strong possibility that their stocks could be poised for record-breaking valuations.

The process is broken. It's more about how you feed your re-election cycle than doing what is in the best interest of the country.

What we decided to do was to take the ship into New York a day early and miss two ports to get an extra day in of sanitation and disinfecting the ship with no passengers on board. We wanted passengers off the ship so we could really make sure the cycle was broken.

There are early signs that the long-awaited corporate PC-replacement cycle may indeed about to begin, but it is too early to say that significantly increased semiconductor sales to this sector are guaranteed.

There is a power, and a danger in mobility. You can increase productivity. You can reduce cycle time. But the danger is the increasing complexity for your business. There is also the security risk.

We really felt like it was a chance to start the 12-year cycle of producing a new series each year for the baby.