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Watching yourself on screen is always a little weird, but I didn't cringe when I saw myself on 'The Hour.' It actually exceeded my expectations; every shot looks like a vintage postcard and even my most brutally honest friends have said they think it's good.

We are out-of-the-gates strong in fiscal 2015. We grew revenue 8% in the first quarter and exceeded our QuickBooks Online subscriber and our company financial targets.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture represents two-thirds of all employment, governments are proving that resource commitments yield success. In 2004, African heads of state pledged 10 percent of their national budgets to achieve 6 percent annual growth in agriculture. By 2008, 20 African countries had met or exceeded that 6 percent target.

As the Nasdaq soared in 1999 and early 2000, demand for many offerings far exceeded the supply of shares available at the initial offering price.

I've always considered myself a Libertarian. While I was running for governor of New Mexico, the Republicans were totally inclusive of me; the party was open-armed, but they never thought I'd win. I delivered in a really big way; I exceeded their expectations and think I'm still highly regarded by the GOP in New Mexico.

Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.

One of the key reasons payrolls exceeded the consensus was due to a 31K gain in manufacturing jobs, the first gain in 11 months. With more of these high-paying jobs in the mix, average wages were pulled higher.

Nicole has done an outstanding job getting them to mesh. This program has exceeded our expectations.

Next year's budget has necessitated a fee increase across the board as our expenses have exceeded our revenues for the first time in a number of years. We recognize the increasing burden facing the parents of our children. We do everything in our power to keep fees and expenses under control; it is nice to finally see some recognition ... of the financial realities of parents and of running a sports association today.

Obviously, we exceeded their predictions. In October alone there were 20 births to our clients.

Poker is popular right now because of the television exposure and the World Series of Poker is the best brand out there. The sales of the World Series of Poker exceeded our expectations.

Nextel's first-quarter global subscriber growth significantly exceeded expectations.

Now we find out that the casualties might have exceeded 100.

Pfizer is using curious language to describe 2006, saying 'while we are pleased that 2005 exceeded previous expectations, investors should be aware that the factors driving performance may differ materially in 2006. We are not sure what to make of this choice of words.

Revenue and net income exceeded our preliminary views principally due to a record volume of steel shipments. Our mills were able to take advantage of the continuing strong market demand for flat-rolled steel and wide-flange beams, increasing production rates and enjoying record shipping volumes.

I have confidence in Luke, he's had a season that exceeded our expectations. He's on a mission, like he's been all year.

I have been teaching guitar all of my playing life. I really needed to do this. Where the ranch is now there were only prickly bushes and poison ivy. It has exceeded our wildest expectations for me and my blues-picking buddies.

If the Series is two large-market teams, like the Yankees versus the Dodgers, aggregate revenues would easily exceeded rights fee payments.

Last year, we probably exceeded some things on offense, ... This year, we've had to mend some fences. You lose a certain degree of continuity.

Last year we exceeded the goal by $7,000. We hope to do even better this year.

When we started doing this, we weren't sure what response we'd get from students and parents. It has exceeded our expectations.

Mr. Romney is quick to uphold rules great and small. During primary debates, when his rivals spoke out of turn or exceeded their allotted time, he would sometimes lecture them. When supporters ask Mr. Romney to sign dollar bills or American flags, he refuses and often gives them a little lesson about why doing so is against the law.

Motion picture history was made this weekend. The first four days of 'Reloaded' exceeded the previous best four consecutive days ever on a motion picture, which happened to be 'Spider-Man' (with) $125.8 million.

Mac unit sales exceeded our internal expectations despite what we believe was a pause in sales associated with the Intel transition.

Since bidding for my jewel-encrusted bra in the eBay charity auction has exceeded our original expectations, I'm concerned that some of you may be confusing this bra for something that it's not.

On any given night, we have a different person step up. They have all exceeded my expectations.

She's challenged him unlike any other challenger ever has. There's no question she's exceeded expectations. Could this be a close election?

I wouldn't say exceeded (expectations) yet. We're still getting there. I would say we've had some young kids, ninth and 10th graders, on our team that have really increased our quality depth.

I would say we'll probably see $70 (a barrel) again before we see $50 or $55 even. When the dust settles, we'll see that while Rita did not match Katrina in terms of impact, it significantly exceeded what's been reported.

He just exceeded our expectations. He just kept making play after play and running the football and not wanting to get out of the game.

Growth in real gross domestic product amounted to 4.5 percent in 2004, and preliminary anecdotal evidence suggests that this performance may have been exceeded somewhat in 2005.

Growth in the Chinese automobile market has exceeded everyone's expectations.

Fourth quarter results from continuing operations met or exceeded our long-term targets for earnings, revenues and, on a pro forma basis, return on equity. Higher spending by affluent consumers, small businesses and corporate Card members more than offset the impact of an industry-wide spike in bankruptcy filings before new legislation went into effect last October.

Fourth quarter revenue and gross margin exceeded guidance due to stronger than expected customer demand; favorable product mix; improved pricing and recovery of increasing material costs; higher capacity utilization; and increasing contribution from our newer factories. As a result, gross margin rose to 24.2% from 16.4% in the third quarter.

From Sunday through Friday our football team has exceeded all expectations. In fact, it's never been better.

From my review of the legislation in place, I don't think they've exceeded the limits to meet the definitions of adult entertainment. It's no different than a restaurant or bar with entertainment -- comedians, a band, or magicians.

I expected a good demonstration and some good coverage of it. A lot of it exceeded my expectations.

I expect her to be a consistent, solid player, but this exceeded my expectations. She hit the ball hard every time at bat. Even the out she made were hit hard. She's got great confidence at the plate. She's very relaxed when she goes up there. She can hit the ball to all fields and she goes with the pitch very well.

Carlos filled our greatest need last year by excelling in production from the middle of our order. He is established as one of the league's top run producers and exceeded our expectations from the outset.

But contrary to the high expectations that China's 1.2 billion population would provide an ever-expanding market for U.S. goods, ... by 2000 the value of goods imported to the U.S. from China exceeded the value of U.S. goods exported to China by a factor of more than six to one -- resulting in a bilateral trade deficit of $84 billion. Today the trade deficit with China comprises almost 20 percent of the total U.S. trade deficit and is the largest trade deficit the U.S. has with any single nation.

Business demand consistently exceeded our expectations throughout most of calendar year 2000, and in an effort to meet our customer expectations we continued to increase our inventory and capacities to keep up with rising demand.

China's foreign trade in 2004 exceeded 1 trillion US, so anyone can see the proportion of Sino-Russian trade and the future potential,

China's foreign trade in 2004 exceeded US$1 trillion, so anyone can see the proportion of Sino-Russian trade and the future potential.

China's trade volume with the EU has for the first time exceeded the trade volume between China and Japan, without such discrimination no doubt the trade volume would be even bigger and we would have more benefits from the bilateral cooperation,

Basically, every bodily function was not functioning when he arrived, and I think it's dramatic that all systems are go, that he's recovered to such an extent. He's made a remarkable recovery and far exceeded my expectations.

We are extremely pleased with our fourth quarter results, which exceeded our expectations. We continue to see sharp increases in the number of users to the site and the number of pages read, and an even larger percentage increase in our revenue.

What you really have is a rogue agency. So many people give the SEC such wide latitude, but they have exceeded (their) legal authority.

We've exceeded the sales estimate for the month. We turned the production at a very healthy pace.

We're obviously still the underdog. We don't have to win. We've already exceeded everyone's expectations, but it doesn't change how we're going to go out and play.

Humanity's collective demands have exceeded the earth's regenerative capacity by 26 percent,

He was probably the most improved player last year. He really exceeded all expectations.

I always hoped for a show that was realistic and provocative and moving and funny. And to me, it's exceeded those expectations ... not to mention the people who have climbed aboard to join in it. As a creative endeavor, it's been the greatest experience of my life.

If successful, such claims could result in the loss of most if not all of the annual MSA payments to Kentucky, which have consistently exceeded $105 million each year. Moreover, there is a possibility that the flat fee contemplated by this legislation could be invalidated as a result of litigation.

He has exceeded any expectations you would have for someone less than a year out of the draft. Certainly, we probably expected a little more out of him because of the person he is and because of his background, and we all went into spring training hoping he would be ready to contribute at some point this year, but never expecting he'd be closing games in June.

He has exceeded our expectations, and the recovery has progressed rapidly. It will probably take a year or so for complete recovery, but we're hoping he's out of the rehab facility fairly soon and able to go home with Anna and the children.

He's had a good spring. Coming into Spring Training, I didn't have any expectations for him, because he didn't have a good 2005 season, and didn't pitch particularly well in Puerto Rico. He exceeded my expectations, because he wasn't a guy who would've even been considered for somewhere in the pitching staff.

Good growth, together with strong margin improvement in every division, drove us to another record in both dollar profit and profitability, ... Every geographic area met or exceeded our volume expectations despite economic problems in some areas of the developing world.

Going into this year, we really felt we were going to have a good basketball team. But to go back to state tournament, this team exceeded my expectations. You don't do those things unless you have team leadership and chemistry.

He's been in our top four rotation for quite some time now, so he knows the coaching staff has a lot of confidence in him. Mark has lived up to, and exceeded our expectations.

He hit the ball unbelievably. I think they eventually wanted him to have the job. I think he exceeded the expectations they had of him this spring. You might as well give him a shot, and he earned it.

He exceeded our expectations at Ford Field in the first year of this thing. It's funny, he's almost his worst enemy now because the expectations are so high, but he keeps meeting them.

He exceeded our wishes. It got him here.

(My performance at the recent Australian Open) gave me a lot of confidence. Making the last eight (in Melbourne) exceeded all my expectations. Now that confidence shows, especially in today's game. I've been improving every week.

March sales definitely exceeded all expectations and for the first time ever, total sales including non-reporters, exceeded 60,000 units in one month.

That far exceeded my expectations. We had two one-goal games previously. The girls have worked hard since spring break.

Recruiting is on an upswing. In the last couple of months, the services have exceeded their recruiting goals.

People have a spring in their step. When you read that the TV ratings exceeded the final night of Big Brother, you know that you're heading in the right direction.

I think, by far, he's exceeded expectations. He's made his share of mistakes but he's definitely done a lot of great things, and it's only going to get better from here.

I think by the end of the month, we'll be well above the administration's estimates as well as ours. We've already exceeded the administration's estimate, and there's still two days to go.

June's numbers exceeded our expectations and affirm our forecast for a strong 2000.

I think I've met or exceeded most of the things on my lists, ... Sometimes you achieve them, sometimes you don't.

I think that in general the company showed good results, and some financial figures (net profit, sales profit) even exceeded our targets.

I think that what it says is from an external point of view, from a national stage, we're being recognized for excellence in what we're doing. When I first came on board with the CU College of Music in fall of 1999, one of the things I had hoped to see was some recognition at some point from these national awards. And for us to have had the 13 in five years has exceeded my expectations, but I think clearly represents the great work the students and faculty are doing.

I think they exceeded my expectations and their own. They're still learning what it's like to play high-school ball. But we're shooting for state. We're in second place right now, and we control our own destiny.

Results from all three of our recent investments have exceeded our initial expectations and contributed significantly to our excellent 2005 results.

Rising stars still outpace fallen angels globally, though the gap is narrower than in 2005, when the number of rising stars exceeded that of fallen angels by the biggest margin since 1997.

Over the last 10 years, Exxon Mobil's cumulative capital and exploration expenditures have exceeded our cumulative annual earnings. So, we keep investing in the future when earnings are high as well as when they are low.

Over the last eight years, the average annual growth of information stored on disk arrays exceeded 60 percent, ... This year we project the growth will exceed 70 percent.

Overcoming tight labor markets in many regions and the hurricanes' impact in the southeast, we surpassed our expectations for fourth quarter home deliveries. We produced over $2bn in revenues this quarter, which exceeded our entire year's production just five years ago.

Our box-office take for Carmen exceeded the usual take for an entire season.

Our revenues exceeded what most people were looking for on the gaming side, and on the non-gaming side, particularly driven by our hotel revenue and food and beverage, (revenues) also were pleasant surprises for us.

I think Randy is a fantastic success story. He exceeded my personal expectations for recovery.

I was very pleased with the opening. It exceeded our expectations.

It exceeded all of our grandest expectations. We should have more than 1 million particles larger than 1 micron in diameter.

It exceeded our expectations and went almost into the dream category. It was so much better than we could have even hoped for.

I think part of these profits reflect prices that far exceeded their costs of manufacturing immediately after the hurricanes, and remained high for longer than they needed to.

I think he's exceeded expectations when you look at what he's done. But it's unfair that we've had to be so dependent upon him. When he plays well, we're a tough out. When he does not play well, which happens as a freshman, we struggle.

It doesn't put too much pressure on us. We don't have to win. We've already exceeded everyone's expectations. It doesn't change how we go out. We'll just go out and play 40 minutes. That's all you can really ask of each other.

Just to be here was something special for our team. We exceeded all of our expectations, for sure.

I think this is the fifth sequential quarter where we have either met or exceeded analysts' top-line and bottom-line estimates, and we are proud of our results.

I think we've exceeded the expectations of what we were thought to do. Some predicted us to finish second to last in the conference, but we've shown what we can do, and sometimes we just need the hitting to come around.

It certainly exceeded my expectations in every way. I was overwhelmed by what the media, both locally and nationally, said about Detroit.

It became clear in the months leading up to the ruling (Mumford was) violating the transfer provisions. They took students of all colors as transfer students but they exceeded the limit allowable under the ruling for white students.

I thought we exceeded our initial expectations. When we started off training for the season, we didn't think we were going to have that much (success). Then (at the end) I thought we achieved more than anyone thought we would.

Those numbers are picking up day by day, and I can tell you we're feeling very good about our early results. They far exceeded our expectations.

We are delighted to announce that worldwide sales for the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling have now exceeded 300 million copies.

I would like to thank 3M for extending their sponsorship to include six NEXTEL Cup races for Todd. He has exceeded my expectations in the Busch Series so far this year and we are going to do everything we can to make his transition to NEXTEL Cup as smooth as possible. Having him compete in six races later this year will certainly help advance his learning curve.

We have had a season that exceeded my expectations. We finished the regular season with 20 wins and six losses. We won the Seacoast Class L championship.

We have more than exceeded my expectations. I thought perhaps going 14-5 would be reasonable.

The 2006 GSM Association Awards have been specifically designed to showcase the diversity of products and services and the quality, ingenuity and level of innovation that combine to fuel the mobile value chain. Entries this year have again exceeded our highest expectations, reflecting the vibrancy of the mobile industry on a global basis.