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Our student-athletes continually strive to set the standard on the Yard for our Brigade in military performance, academics and conduct, ... The support and encouragement they receive through the Commandant and his staff and the academic dean's office is extraordinary and provides tremendous motivation to be successful across the board. We are all proud to be leaders on the field of competition, but even more so when we can prove to be leaders in the classroom as well, clearly defining the meaning of a midshipman who is truly a scholar-athlete.

I think social networking is absolutely here to stay. Now, whether or not the label will Facebook forever, depends in part, I think, on whether Facebook wants to try to be less proprietary, be more central to the operation of defining and stewarding identity online.

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.

It had a profound impact on me as a human being, and I did a lot of growing within that, so that will always be a defining moment in my life, a defining time.

It gives you a sobering assessment of why this is one of the defining issues of our time.

I think you can separate yourself from your fears. You know what you should do, and it's just scary to do it. But I'd hate to let the fact that I'm scared to do it make me not do it. It ends up defining you. Because the moves you make are then based on what you don't want to do.

I think it does in a lot of people's eyes. To me, it is a lot more about the journey than the final destination.... But in a lot of people's eyes, it is the defining part of a career.

I think it's going to be a defining moment for this team, for this season. If we can get this one against a very good football team, then we'll be back on track. And if not, then we're going to be in a hole and we'll have to fight our way out of it.

.travel is now a permanent part of the foundation of the World Wide Web. As travel and tourism businesses register their .travel domains they are not only reshaping the next generation Internet but making history by playing their role in this defining moment in the evolution of travel industry.

We have been working hard on defining our tourism focus and marketing it.

We will all remember these times as some of the most critical and defining in our nation's history,

The amendment goes far beyond just defining marriage between a man and a woman. What it does is prohibit recognition for all unmarried couples in the state.

That was the defining thing to me about the whole trip - man did that, not Mother Nature.

We're definitely pleased with the way we contained him. The defining character of a championship team is getting stops when you need to and that's something we've been working towards all year long.

That was the game. . The game was really decided from about the 5:50 mark until the end of the first half. That was the defining moment.

The one thing that we should stick to is to figure out how to become better human beings, but in order to do that we have to go to the second level which is to work on defining the palette of what a better human being is made of, and creativity is one of them.

We're 18-2 and it doesn't feel that way. I don't feel overly comfortable or ecstatic. I just like where we are right now, but I know that there's a lot in front of us, so I'm not ready to make any defining statements yet. We've played pretty good basketball, but I don't know that we've played an exceptional game at both ends. So I think there's a lot of room for improvement, a lot of room for growth.

We want the black middle class and we are confident that they will want us once they see what we have to offer, which is really good information, entertainment and service. But that doesn't rule out the white market because let us face it, black people have been watching and enjoying white entertainment forever. So why can't the opposite be true. We are not pointing to race so much as lifestyles in defining our market and these days and times, many different lifestyles are emerging.

We are taking the additional precaution of defining high-risk areas to act as a buffer zone between infected areas and unaffected parts of a member state.

Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself.

When I was 15, I went on a cricket tour of Zimbabwe with my school. My defining memory of it was stroking a semi-tame lioness at a game reserve. I grew up on a farm, so I felt I had an affinity with animals, and when it put a paw out, I thought I'd connected with it. But its claws came out and nicked my leg. Then I did the most stupid thing: I ran.

All I want is the defining moment.

Today's decision by the IRA to move into a new peaceful mode is historic and represents a courageous and confident initiative. It is truly momentous and is a defining point in the search for a lasting peace with justice.

We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.

We are really depressed. We are left clawing our way back to commitments made three years ago. When we start defining success as simply standing still, that's a terrible situation to be in.

The defining factor should be a supplier's ability to eliminate or reduce downtime, which is the biggest cost factor for a contractor.

The defining factor was Frank does it for Chelsea and to have a regular penalty-taker is important for us.

More and more people are defining themselves not by what they are about, but by what they are against, what they are overcoming, the thing that is wrong with them.

What you do that makes you happy and that makes your family, the people that love you, their opinion counts more than anybody out there that is putting a category on you or defining you according to the old phantasmal.

Occasions for defining moments do not arise every day. When they do, we must seize the opportunities they present for improving everyone's life.

Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.

Those who wish to redefine marriage are resorting to scare tactics and making claims that have no basis in reality. Defining marriage is as uncontroversial as it gets.

We are coming close to defining ourselves. I feel good about the direction we are heading. We are learning and progressing, and our attitude is good.

We were not in sync in defining the scope of the project.

We will face serious challenges in this round of negotiations that will go far in defining our future, but there is no way that we will allow our retirees to become sacrificial lambs in the process. To allow a company to renege on commitments it made in the past, just so it can further feed an insatiable appetite now for more profits and bigger bonuses is just flat-out wrong.

When people look back on this time and look back on this conflict, I honestly believe they will see this as one of the defining moments of our century. And you did it,

This will be a defining moment -- President Bush has to pick between what mainstream America wants and what the radical right demands. He can make good on his promises to unite the country by reaching out across party lines to find a consensus nominee who'll respect privacy rights, value women's freedom and defend constitutional traditions.

To me, Scottie is one of the most ultimate competitors to ever play the game, ... His defense was unbelievable. His defining moment as far as I'm concerned was not the years in the Finals. It was the year ('94) he led the team in everything. Michael wasn't here. He led the team in everything. To me, that was it. He was definitely one of the greatest all-around players ever to play the game.

To me, Scottie is one of the most ultimate competitors to ever play the game. His defense was unbelievable. His defining moment as far as I'm concerned was not the years in the Finals. It was the year ('94) he led the team in everything. Michael wasn't here. He led the team in everything. To me, that was it. He was definitely one of the greatest all-around players ever to play the game.

We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food and other companies to address diet and physical activity factors in order to prevent chronic diseases.

We are proud to be joining forces with the emerging leader of Asian popular culture, Korea, whose companies and stars are increasingly defining what people listen to, watch and play throughout the world.

We applaud the FDA for defining what whole grain is. Unfortunately, the FDA has not defined any claims concerning the grain content of foods. Consumers should continue to check labels. Grains such as wheat, rice, oats or corn must be described as 'whole' in the list of ingredients to be considered a significant source of whole grain and also should be one of the first three ingredients listed.

We are at a defining moment. The court is going to decide when political parties go too far in rigging electoral districts for their own advantage.

We are at a defining point in the Bush presidency, and all indications are that we are headed for a calamitous result and most likely failure.

Very few have been successful. Nuance is really defining voice interface.

American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.

But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter what sort of a state we're in.

Bill was instrumental in passing the Georgia amendment defining marriage. He is a proven conservative.

Bill was instrumental in passing the Georgia amendment defining marriage, which was critical to our state. He is a proven conservative and I'm proud to be standing here today with Bill Stephens.

Vietnam was the defining event for my generation. It spilled over into all facets of American life - into music, into the pulpits, in churches of our country. It spilled over into the city streets, police forces. And even if you were born late in the generation, Vietnam was still part of your childhood.

Think about a guy like Bob Mitchum, with his kind of chest gut not defining itself one way or the other. Was there anybody tougher? Lee Marvin was a marine sniper during the Second World War. They had this sense of themselves, and they had this product of being a man in a masculine way.

Trafalgar was a defining moment in Britain's history as it established Britain's maritime ascendancy for 100 years which saw a fantastic growth of trade and empire during Victorian times,

We've been looking at this road trip since the schedule came out in August. If this is our defining moment, then let's get at it.

These results are highly encouraging for the overall property potential and we plan further definition drilling along Zone I and the other Zones identified on the property with the objective of defining additional resources on the property.

The state board is defining junk food in a way that makes sense and ensures the health of children. These rules will help students have a healthier diet and perform better in school.

What's important to note here is that a lot of these amendments that have passed around the country the last few years, that they were sold to the public as strictly defining marriage. But many of the amendments don't do just that -- there are far-reaching affects.

Anglo-Saxon America dealt with the emotional aspects of life by hiding them, ignoring them, or defining them as problematic. Janis rebelled against those habits, yet there was no guidance beyond the rambling of Kerouac's novels. Releasing one's feelings from years of bondage was a righteous and dangerous experiment.

It would be very gratifying. In a lot of people's eyes it is the defining part of a career. To me it's more about the journey than the destination. It's what you do along the way, the people you are able to touch.

It would be a defining moment for him as well.

The rise of China and India will be the defining geopolitical reality of the 21st century. That's pretty important company to be keeping.

There is nothing that's been in any of my novels that, in my view, hasn't been either illuminating surroundings or defining a character or moving a plot.

No one should feel at all offended or threatened by the obvious fact that we are not all born entirely blank, or entirely the same, in our mixture of the broad behavioral propensities defining what we call "temperament.

Both countries ... are in the process of defining their strategic requirements and defense posture for the future.

Orlando's character, at the beginning of the movie, is defining success and failure. But then life comes along and trumps that.

People had some preconceived notions about what my purpose was. Over time, being there and working with my colleagues in the Senate and the House . . . that falls away as the defining characteristic." ()

Texas' law is among the narrowest in the country in defining insanity.

Oh, I don't know. We'll see. I don't want to put any stock in that. I can't put stock in that yet. ... If he doesn't do it the right way, and that's going to be the defining mode of this football team, we won't miss a beat. He says the right things to me, but I see better than I hear.

The reason we care is these are games we play, and the defining part of a game is the rules. And if you don't follow rules, you don't have a game. Then you have a movie or professional wrestling.

That position is a ways away from defining itself and will probably be one of the most competitive in (fall) camp.

a truly defining moment for the Atlantic alliance.

A lot of what SOA is about, what's fundamentally different about SOA, is that it's about defining what services mean to the business. Business and technology together need to map the enterprise. That's fundamentally not a technology activity, although the techies can help there by pushing the conversation in the right direction.

American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.

This has been a defining period for Old Mutual, marked by these very satisfactory results that show our organic growth is coming through strongly.

This includes threat modeling, specifying the intended operational environment, defining of use and misuse cases, adopting of secure coding techniques, and performing source-level security reviews including source code analysis.

Publishers send me a lot of first novels because my first novel was the defining novel of my career, and I guess a lot of people want my benediction or something.

Florida is the proud home of three tradition-rich National Football League teams, and home to our nation's best college football, ... Floridians know and love the great game of football, and we are pleased our state can once again be part of another defining moment in the NFL's storied history.

The play of the game was the missed block out on the free throw and he got the offensive rebound and put it back in and that kind of turned the tide right there. He did the things that he needed to do when his team needed to win. That's what we're searching for. We're searching for someone to make those kinds of plays in defining moments.

This will be the defining race for the future of our state, ... We will elect a new senator and a new congressman. There are 20 seats open in the state legislature. This is serious business.

The unit price of both systems is comparable. The school board will have to decide which system will service our district best. ... Price isn't the defining factor, but what system will best service us in our work with kids.

They should be utilizing that person more, and based on that, defining how their position can entail more responsibility. I think that would be something the shops would agree with." ()

This driving need is what is so defining of her and is, in a sense, what makes her a palindrome, ... Loosely, metaphorically speaking, a palindrome describes that part of ourselves that is immutable and that resists, so that for all the metamorphoses, physical and otherwise, that we see over the course of the film, the character remains a constant.

This could be a defining moment for his presidency, or it could be empty rhetoric.

This could be a defining point for Salinas. We are in a new era and this campaign will define the way politics in Salinas will look like for the next 10 to 20 years.

This could truly be a defining moment for his presidency or, depending on what he does, empty promises.

This court has been very aggressive in defining the bounds of the other branches, and Congress in particular, ... And that has to do with Rehnquist's vision as much as anybody's.

This is a defining moment for the European aviation industry.

This is a defining moment for the travel category, where Excite and Preview Travel are establishing themselves as definitive leaders in travel on the Web.

This is a defining moment in New Orleans history. People feel that they don't have a voice. This provides a voice for people, a role to play in this whole process.

This is a defining moment. The Republican Party came to power in 1995 by advocating limited government. But in the last four to five years, there has been no evidence that the Republican officials in the federal government have any remaining commitment to this vital principle.

This is a fight I have always wanted. I thought Felix Trinidad would be the defining fight of my life but it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. Now I'm getting a chance for redemption. I must win this fight for me, the people of Nicaragua and everyone in the world who loves me because of the way I fight.

This is the defining moment for this horse. She's got to prove herself against open company. That race at Bay Meadows was much easier. The owners' goal is to make it to the Kentucky Oaks (at Churchill Downs on May 5), and this is one more proving ground to see if she is worthy.

a defining day in America's war against terrorism.

A defining moment takes a long time to get over, if you ever do.

You need to overlay the business reality. You probably want to have a check on how those business processes map to the technology architecture. Step three is about defining a technical strategy for implementing these business services using available technology.

Important and defining moments occur in the theatre and in our lives, and this is one of them,

I'm not into judging or defining careers in the middle of a career. I hope to play for a number of more years. I am not looking back on my first eight years thinking about what is going to happen in years to come.

Steve understands the campaign-like nature of current judicial confirmations, and that the day-to-day pushback and defining the nominee can make all the difference between success and failure.

The biggest job was defining the processes rather than setting up the technology. We took a process that was manually intensive and was done internally, and we created a system that enabled their distributors to enter their own orders.

The new member states have a completely different view of Russia, understandably. But they, too, have to sooner or later start defining what kind of relationship they want with Russia. This is something Germany has been trying to do since 1945.

not in narrowing differences but in defining them.