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This is the first competitive grant cycle where organizations had the opportunity to apply for grant funding. We've been going to organizations and presenting checks to the chosen groups for this year.

In most markets, the boom phase of the real estate cycle is behind us. The market is reestablishing a balance between supply and demand, buyers and sellers.

Initially it begins a little slower, and it begins to build over a cycle of elections, over a period of a couple of elections.

In Canada, the rate hike cycle hasn't fully matured yet. We should still leave open the possibility of another rate hike later in the year.

In China, inaugurations are frequent affairs, though they have nothing to do with presidents. A news cycle rarely passes without some fanfare over the inaugural ride on a new subway line or the inaugural trip across an unusually large bridge.

In fiscal 2000, we began to see the strength of a digital product cycle that we believe can last well into the new decade,

Inflation hawks may be eating crow today. Despite their fears of tight labor markets and a strong economy, inflation is only creeping, not accelerating. I don't think that this report assures that the Fed tightening cycle is over, but I wouldn't be surprised to see rising market expectations of a rate cut. With most prices in check and energy prices easing, this report is about as good as it gets.

In 1998-99, enterprise software companies were actually harmed by shift to Internet computing because they didn't have products to offer in that category. They are now just beginning to enjoy the product cycle in Internet-architected software. In addition, there is a broad shift to e-business throughout the economy and a heightened appreciation of the value of e-commerce.

I'm happy with where we are. We're in a situation where we don't have a void anywhere in players. We continue to cycle through the players from old to young. We continue with the development of our guys and go through it that way.

If there's an excise tax, what that means is over the cycle we're going to have less earnings than we would have had, and therefore our ability and our willingness to invest is going to diminish.

If there's going to be another growth cycle in terms of schools, I'm not sure where it's going to come from.

If Microsoft can't get operating leverage when it's in its biggest product cycle ever (and customer interest is high), when can the company show leverage?

I'm positive on the industry, negative on consumer spending. But I'm a big believer in this product upgrade cycle we're in, ... Traffic levels remain positive for the rest of this season, and the promotional environment is not as bad as we think.

I met women behind bars who exposed me to a life I never knew. Some of them told me they feel like they'll never get out of the cycle of crime.

Intel's gross margins tie into the chip cycle. When the cycle starts to peak, margins at Intel peak.

Interestingly enough, the housing stocks have been on of the strongest sectors this week. I think what's happened is that these stocks were weak prior to where we are right now in the economic cycle because of concerns about Mr. Greenspan and crew raising rates still further. Those concerns have diminished. They haven't completely gone away, but they certainly have diminished in the last few weeks as we've seen more evidence of a cooler economy. Hence, you're starting to see investors say OK, we're probably cruising in for a soft landing and housing should do well in that.

If you don't breach the lagoon, you'll lose the run of fish. There are arguments both ways. If you breach it too early, the younger fish are going to die because they're not mature enough and will get sucked out into the ocean, but if there's a drought year, you're going to have to open it up during their spawning cycle so they can get into the river.

If you look back to 1994 when the Fed was hiking rates continuously, after every rate hike the Fed adopted a neutral bias. However, the tightening cycle continued until early '95, for a total of 300 basis points (3 percent). We are not looking for that type of tightening cycle this time, but nevertheless it does suggest that the neutral bias does not preclude further rate hikes down the road.

If you believe the commodity cycle hasn't peaked, then the resources stocks look cheap.

If you're going into the worst year of a four-year cycle and heading into one of the worst months statistically of the year, then it seems like a likely opportunity for the market to see its 10 percent correction.

If you're buying for investment, it's more important to try and time the fluctuations of the market cycle. If you're buying to live there, you should buy because of the cycle of your life.

If we want to save our country, we must all realize that the breakdown of our culture is trapping millions of people in a cycle of poverty and dependence, and together, we have to do something about it.

If you don't look at decomposition, it's like looking at your income without considering your expenses. You have to think about the whole life cycle across the entire biosphere.

I'm excited about the second half of the year. That's when we'll likely see Vista and Office 12, some of the most significant releases in the company's history. I think that will lead to a PC upgrade cycle in the second half of the year.

I'm going to recommend that we repeat this cycle every 24 months so we can have the most updated information in terms of community perception. The broader picture behind that is that community input is extremely important in helping the hospital make strategic decisions that will benefit all area residents.

Sun's stock has already taken huge blows, is one of the better names in our group and should ultimately benefit from a strong product cycle and an expanding solutions approach, ... For now, however, we think the economic cycle probably has the upper hand.

Strong underlying fundamentals are in place, and we believe this is a business cycle that has staying power.

The bearishness is overdone. This is probably the part of the cycle where you'd do well owning auto stocks if you have some patience.

The airlines aren't doing particularly well, but they need new jets. A new replacement cycle for planes is just starting to kick in.

The Australian dollar is relatively more sensitive to the global growth cycle -- not just commodities, but leverage to trade with Asia, especially China.

The boom part of the cycle is over. Most of the gains this time around are behind us. Now the question is how much of those gains do we get to keep.

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.

That is one of the reasons why we think that the Sharon plan provides such an opportunity, because it offers a chance of breaking the cycle of violence, withdrawing from territory, abandoning settlements, giving Palestinians control over land, and reinvigorating institutions that can meet the needs of the people,

It's reasonable to assume that equity markets will make money this year. There's nothing like the end of an interest-rate cycle to get investors' juices flowing.

the need to end the cycle of violence is still there.

The NEVER FLAT has staying power and it's great to see Spalding's constant cycle of innovation continue. Innovation has been integral in maintaining Spalding's 100-plus years of brand strength. NEVER FLAT looks like another dramatic step in breakthrough technology with product benefits that truly matter to the consumer.

It was a cycle that needed to be broken,

I try to be as disciplined as I possibly can. I try to live a fairly kind of clean life. I do yoga; I cycle and do weights and swim. I do whatever it takes.

Once the equity market sees the end of the economic cycle isn't too far away, people will be more comfortable buying stocks. The market will probably retrace a lot of its lost ground. I think there will be a December rally that will carry through first and second quarters of next year.

This is just the way it goes: there's always a cycle with music - it goes up and it goes down, it goes risque and it goes back, it goes loud then it goes soft, then it goes rock and it goes pop.

It's no good saving people today just to see them killed tomorrow. They need help to escape the vicious cycle they find themselves in.

The minutes confirm that the tightening cycle is indeed drawing to a close.

The news cycle has moved on and I don't want the public to forget about those who were affected by Katrina or to believe that everything is fine now.

The new Violence Against Women Act provides a comprehensive approach to combating domestic violence and sexual assault, ... It stiffens penalties for repeat offenders, provides more money for vital services and will help battered women get the assistance and support they need. It also focuses on breaking the cycle of violence through education and helping rural victims in under-served areas.

Conditions will be similar to 2005, as the nation's economy continues to expand. There are imbalances in the economy that could slow growth as early as the second half of 2006 or even bring the expansion cycle to an early conclusion.

Construction is at record high levels throughout the West. It is likely that as home building cools, those states that have seen construction hiring booms will record job losses as the cycle begins to subside.

Doing as much as we can in the critical early years of the Olympic planning cycle will ensure that London and the U.K. get the best possible long-term benefits from the new Olympic facilities and services,

It's pretty typical for trends in general elections. Through their cycle of a term they start at a high and go down just before the election.

It's part of a broader trend. Nationwide there are markets that have a ways to go, especially in the Midwest. But we're much closer to the end of the cycle than the peak. Now we're watching how it plays out -- whether it's going to smash into a wall or just level off for a while.

Evidence of this active cycle was demonstrated this year as the Atlantic Basin produced the equivalent of more than two entire hurricane seasons over the course of one.

As you watch sports franchises and teams, they go in cycles, and I think we're now emerging from - I'm not going to say a down cycle - but I'm certainly going to say a cycle where we weren't at our best. I think this team has already worked very hard to pull us out of that.

I want someone with a national reputation. I want somebody who is a good manager of people and who is a change agent. I think the one-term governor hurts transportation more than anything else because if you change out secretaries of transportation and VDOT commissioners on a four-year cycle you just don't get the continuity you need on the transportation side. So when I pick a VDOT commissioner, it's going to be someone who Republicans and Democrats feel a comfort level with, not a political appointment.

The metal cycle is still intact, with commodity prices holding very well.

The merger and acquisition cycle isn't over yet and I don't think we're at the peak yet because people aren't gearing up to do silly things. We still have a year or two years of sensible consolidation to go.

The last thing you want if you are in a testing cycle is a major interruption.

The corporate PC upgrade cycle hasn't really started yet.

The continued (Israeli) occupation is the reason behind the tensions and the never-ending cycle of violence.

The consensus among hurricane researchers and forecasters is that the hurricane landfalls of 2004 resulted from the AMO, a natural cycle of hurricane activity, combined with a lapse in the incredibly good fortune of the previous 35 years.

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless is mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.

The million-dollar cycle hasn't completely played itself out in the more affordable areas, which include the Inland Empire. There is more to happen there.

The Fed is nearing the end of its tightening cycle and on a weekly basis the release of the minutes may impact the dollar negatively.

The fact that you can identify a group of people who are at risk for problematic behaviors is very important. If you can intervene on a group of people before they begin drug use or embark on a cycle of addiction, that could have huge health benefits.

the Internet; changing the energy cycle from petroleum-based to solar-electric; and moving into space.

The Fed is close to the end of its rate hike cycle while the ECB is just beginning, which removes support for the dollar.

The key to breaking the cycle for many people is to begin the process of questioning spending, and to not just continue to spend the way you historically have. If you're spending too much and saving too little, clearly you've got to change something.

The lack of such short-term borrowing thus far in the current cycle seemingly contradicts the notion that a brisk expansion is under way.

That said, we continue to favor GM over Ford due to the former's more favorable 2006 product cycle and its more aggressive restructuring approach.

That said, we continue to favour GM over Ford due to the former's more favourable 2006 product cycle and its more aggressive restructuring approach.

It's in a bad cycle and they're going to come out of it in three to five years.

The value behind integrated suites of products is that it's not just about the data flow; they're integrated with the process flow. You're getting better data and you're pooling more data across that network, so you're getting better optimization. But the real big value is cycle time.

The vehicles are replaced based on the useful life cycle of the equipment.

the urgency of breaking the cycle of violence.

The US currency has come under pressure on speculation of a pause in the US monetary tightening cycle together with the increase in the US current account deficit, which the market usually shrugs off.

It will be interesting to see if they decide to break the cycle and release a patch earlier in response to the increasing number of exploits of this problem.

It will depend more on the phase of the business cycle and the credibility of the institution, namely the central bank, and the person.

They ... continue to drum home the point that this isn't going to be a huge extended tightening cycle with them pointing out, yet again, the risks beyond 2006.

They are not said to be kings, who die in conflict, and then enter again the cycle of reincarnation.

They cycle well against anybody. You look at their top six forwards, they're big men. They can wear you down. It's hard to get it back once they start cycling. It takes a lot of energy to get the puck back sometimes. It takes away a lot of your offense.

I guess it's just a cycle in people's lives. They just gotta prove they can do something.

In Paris, I rent a bike in the street and cycle around, and in L.A. I live up in the hills so I go hiking a lot.

In Raytheon IDS, our commitment includes focusing on customer needs throughout the product life cycle. This means helping to extend the life of our systems with product upgrades and reducing life cycle costs with whole life services and support.

In the '98 cycle the Democrats raised 50 percent of all their money through soft money. We only raised 40 percent of our money through soft money.

I know a lot of people who are weak, who are in a perpetual cycle of poverty and being locked up. There are guys from my neighborhood who are in jail or who are dead. It does take a certain strength to know your environment and say, 'I can grow beyond it.'

Circuit City is benefiting from the whole digital product cycle and is more competitive in getting the products to the right place at the right time.

If the market begins to expect a more imminent end to the Fed's tightening cycle that would certainly remove the interest rate support for the dollar,

I think NBC is starting to turn. It's just a cycle we're going through.

Higher price points for the blockbuster titles in 2004 and 2005 can condition the video game consumer for the acceptance of broader price increases during the next video game cycle and beyond. We encourage the industry to look longer-term at the potential necessity to raise prices to maintain growth.

I hit everything so hard this year. I had the biggest tour I've ever done, I had a record to finish that was real important to me, and, of course, I had something new in my personal life, and I was trying to do that, too. It really ended up being too much. At some point, I just got exhausted. I'd go from the road to the studio and back to the road, and it was that cycle all summer.

In the logic of the current negotiations, market access will determine whether there will be a virtuous cycle leading to a positive result, and that depends fundamentally on the European Union.

If you see a thunderstorm in early May in Nebraska, say, your immediate reaction is the possibility of a tornado. Elsewhere, the seasonal cycle falls apart quickly. It never goes to zero threat, but never gets all that high either.

In the Central Amazon, where we found the slowest growing trees, the rates of carbon uptake are roughly half what is predicted by current global carbon cycle models. As a result, those modelsùwhich are used by scientists to understand how carbon flows through the Earth systemùmay be overestimating the forests' capacity to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

In the past, a single fragrance had a life cycle of maybe six to seven years, because people would stay loyal to a scent for a longer period of time. The life cycle is much shorter now, especially with the younger consumers, who always want the latest product.

In the near term, we believe Juniper is in the early stages of a transition from a secular to a cyclical growth company, which keeps our rating equal-weight despite an attractive valuation relative to historical multiples. Over the next several years, we think Juniper is well positioned for a spending cycle driven by bandwidth demand, security, and the convergence of services onto IP networks.

Investors have been looking for excuses to say the chip cycle is over, ... But I'd guess that things don't plateau until mid 2005.

By extending loans to the SME industry, it will create a beneficial cycle in the economy and eventually the one who gives out the loan will benefit.

Home mortgages offered through insurers are likely to grow in the future, ... Customers get the added convenience of coordinating their home buying activities and reduce the paperwork while insurers get an alternate revenue stream uncorrelated with the insurance cycle and unaffected by catastrophe losses.

Home mortgages offered through insurers are likely to grow in the future. Customers get the added convenience of coordinating their home buying activities and reduce the paperwork while insurers get an alternate revenue stream uncorrelated with the insurance cycle and unaffected by catastrophe losses.

Hosting the first stage of the legendary French cycle race will raise the profile of cycling in the capital, attract visitors and promote the capital as a venue for international sporting events.

There is beauty to be found in the changing of the earth’s seasons, and an inner grace in honouring the cycles of life.

Clearly the cycle of rising global interest rates has only just started, and this is likely to make it a very tough environment for equities through the second half of the year.