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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.

Nick has been facing that all year long. It's no secret they're going to put their best defensive player on him, and at halftime we told Nick he had only taken three shots, but that's his unselfishness.

I would pray. You talk to any Big 12 coach and they're baffled how to defend her, and they've been facing her all season. . . . She has the ability and mentality to do whatever she wants and will her team to win.

When I came in 10 years ago, some of the biggest guys were at 300 pounds. Now I'm facing D-linemen at 350, 370. You have to get heavier as the years go, because everyone else is getting bigger, faster, stronger. You have to do it to keep up.

When I came to play in Pittsburgh, I had been in the league 11 years. I had been through the ringer a few times, but when I was put on a line with Mario and Ron Francis I was intimidated. I don't want Sid facing that.

When I looked at who would be the best choice to lead this district, I wanted to make sure that I endorsed a candidate who shared my commitment to the families, schools, and safety of this community. Janet Reilly understands the challenges facing Bay Area families. Janet is smart, committed, and policy oriented -- I trust her to make the thoughtful leadership decisions that will truly move California forward.

My goal for the season was to win a state title, and I knew the best way to do that was to push myself by facing the best available competition.

My guess is that the kind of demonstrations we're going to be facing in Argentina are going to be much more choreographed and aren't going to have the same level as what we faced in Quebec City or in Sweden or in Milan.

Like any vibrant economy, the house prices have gone up. But more than that, we're facing a bit of a housing crunch.

One of the things we were facing was the change of councils as a result of the municipal elections. We had to check our list and check it twice.

No country is risk-free, and we are facing a serious international crisis. It is important that local and national authorities within other countries in the region remain vigilant for possible outbreaks.

No doubt about it, facing Jackson is a tough test at the beginning of our season, ... But we're ready to line up, put our best against their best and see what happens.

One thing they will do will be to provide our league with styles created more off of pressure, both offensively and defensively. That's something we haven't had much of. Facing different styles will help prepare teams for the post-season.

One of great threats facing marine mammals in the ocean is acoustic pollution - noise pollution - which is impeding the whales' ability to find food and communicate with each other.

Of course, MIT was notable not just for its faculty but also for its students. And, facing such extremely bright kids as a rookie teacher was something like being thrown to the wolves.

My experience with these offenses is that it takes you about a quarter to get used to it. It's kind of like facing the option. Our defense is definitely going to be challenged this week.

Online poker operators are facing increasing competition at all levels. The World Poker Congress will highlight the strategies, products and services that will help any online poker room stay at the top of their game.

Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction.

Poetry, as odd as it is, and as hard to figure out as it is, many times, it's almost something that we're used to. It's kind of like a dream language that we had centuries ago, so that when we speak poetically or write a poem about what's going on, a real difficult issue that's facing our communities, people listen.

Nobody wants to go to jail for a long time. Most people, especially if they're facing the kind of sentence this guy was, they're going to cooperate.

Next year is the first year for WTO entry and we are facing an extremely serious international economic environment. Doing well on economic work next year is very important,

Now we're facing a four-game road trip. We have to steal one very shortly.

Pettitte did a great job, the kind I've come to expect of him while facing him so many times in the American League. But so did Derek.

People were expecting a lot of things from this team, and they don't realize, before we got here, they were winning 11 games and facing NCAA sanctions. They wanted national championship success right away, and we knew it wasn't going to be like that. It was going to be a long grind and process. We've done that really well, to the point where we expect to win.

Richard is an outstanding leader and strategic thinker who has the experience and vision to grasp the challenges and opportunities facing BBC Children's. I am confident he will build the output and reputation of the department both nationally and internationally.

Right now, for the short term, the market is probably going to continue on this path for a little bit, ... Unless we get some dissipation of headwinds facing the market, we have a tough running ahead.

Right now he faces the choice of either turning over the records or running the risk of facing contempt of Congress charges.

My focus, regardless of where they come from, is on making some more inroads addressing the infrastructure issues that we're facing right now.

I didn't need to be speaker because I needed a fancy title or a big office. I wanted to be speaker so I could lead an effort to deal with the serious issues that are facing our country.

I didn't want to do that, but the new coach (Tyndall) said I'd be more of an agile (power forward) for him. I'll get to step outside and play facing the basket more.

I don't have any other concrete plans. When I got here seven years ago, it was with the idea of staying for three to five years. The agency was having financial troubles at the time. We were looking to build a new crisis center. Those were the two biggest challenges facing the organization, and I believe we have accomplished those goals.

I don't even remember facing him. I think I might have faced him once when I got traded in 2003. He can do what he does. I'm going to make my living regardless of what he says or what he does. I never met the guy, so I don't even care. If he's going to do that, it just makes him look bad.

If this passes, we'd be facing some tough options.

If this act had been passed two years ago there would not have been much debate about conformity. But this year, more than 40 states are facing budget shortfalls.

If this gets swept under the rug, we're not going to learn by the mistakes of the past and we're going to end up recommitting them because nobody ends up facing justice in this country.

If we don't address these issues, we're going to be facing significant security issues.

If we can get more of this town pedestrian-friendly, we are going to cut down on some of this traffic and gridlock we are all going to be facing in upcoming years.

Lots of other factors affected them last year but they are an extremely proud union. We fully expect a pretty fired-up team facing us on their home ground.

We need to make sure everything was above-board, ... It's an important business, an important sector of our economy and we can't function without that. We need to make sure other types of companies aren't facing that same type of problem.

We're constantly cruising and now we are facing more than 40 shows. But we want to take over the world. We are going to rock 'n' roll, which is, to make good music and to have a good time all the time.

Let the Liberals complain about facing the people. We're interested in facing the future as a party and a country.

Let her go home, send her home, ... She will probably in all likelihood be facing this stigma for the rest of her life.

Ms. Kaczynski felt that management failed to keep the board informed of important issues facing the company or failed to do so in a timely fashion.

Mr Hicks is the only one facing a commission,

Men can make a particular difference -- by being more caring, by taking fewer risks and by facing the issue of AIDS head-on.

Since I have already faced all of these hardships, and I remember how hard the transition was for me, I wanted to help other Sudanese avoid facing the same challenges.

Sino-Japanese relations are facing difficulties, and it is impossible to expect bilateral ties to develop as usual.

Since September 11, 2001, we know we are facing terrorists who are trying to have their way with our constitutional democracies.

Mr. Armey and Mr. Lott are longtime friends and allies, and they will always work hard together on the issues facing Congress,

Shane Bond has gone through their top order and I know I'd be pretty anxious about facing him if I were the Indian top-order tomorrow,

Most people would argue the Canadian dollar is fairly valued somewhere in the 80-85 U.S. cent range, and we're not far from that. So I suspect the conditions manufacturers are facing right now are perhaps more reflective of the true long-term type of conditions they should expect.

She is the player to beat. We are two completely different players now. I am really looking forward to facing the best. I will just go out there and play. I need to bring out my best as I will be facing a very confident player.

When you raise both feet off the ground in a tackle these days, you are facing trouble. I think, especially away from home, when you lift your feet and launch yourself at someone you are risking everything. That's the game today.

Solving the problems facing agriculture, rural areas and farmers remains a top priority of our work,

Sen. Lott feels any time he can show his colleagues up close what Mississippians are facing then certainly that contributes to a better understanding of the Katrina recovery and what it's going to take to continue that recovery over the long term.

Siebel has provided a consistent vision for the CRM industry for over a decade. With Customer Adaptive Solutions -- and everything they represent -- the company is laying out a new vision for customer facing applications that are more flexible and better able to accommodate customer input. This will enable Siebel users to be more responsive to customers and enable the kind of customer centric processes that drive loyalty and, ultimately, repeat business.

Sen. Feinstein and I worked closely with law enforcement on this bill because we wanted to address the problems they are facing on the ground. As a result, the legislation we passed is the toughest, most comprehensive anti-meth plan ever considered by the Congress.

Senior executives may find themselves facing decisions other pre-retirees don't need to consider. For instance, they may have a large portion of their net worth invested in employer stock and still feel strong ties to that employer. And for former executives who have a great deal of their net worth tied up in stock options, this can pose a dilemma: how can they balance their need to diversify with their desire to maintain involvement with the company and benefit from its future success?

Seventy years after China emerged from the Second World War, the greatest threat facing the nation's leadership is not imperialism but skepticism.

She's just starting to get back into the loop. And I think sometimes the SEC can be a little daunting for all freshmen when you're looking at kids that you've had their poster up on your wall. When you're facing a Georgia or Tennessee, we need to work her in and let her get a feel for the game.

She's laying with her head toward Vine Street and her body facing south, ... I couldn't see any obvious of trauma.

She then walked toward the sidewalk to get a better view of the vehicle and noticed that it had just passed her and was now at the end of the block, making a U-turn (and) once again facing toward her.

She told me and the police they had them facing against each other fighting 'em. I seen a couple spots on their nose.

She's physically very healthy, I'm being aggressive when facing her again.

The principal problem facing our economy today is jobs.

The only institution that Minnesota Republicans are truly interested in preserving is their slipping grasp on statewide offices. Minnesota Republicans have spent the past month barn-storming the state in an attempt to build support against Democrats in the State Senate who have repeatedly kept this amendment off the ballot in favor of focusing on real issues facing Minnesotan families. Republicans continue their noisy death rattle knowing that polls show that this is their last opportunity to place this amendment on the ballot before they lose the Governorship and State House to Democrats this fall.

Stop looking for a scapegoat in your life but be willing to face the truth within yourself & right your own wrongs

Kimberly-Clark is currently facing a number of global challenges, including commodity cost pressures (natural gas, fiber, energy), higher selling, general and administrative costs and a still difficult playing field in Western Europe.

Kids are facing problems earlier. Teen problems run the gamut: problems with friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, to suicide and abortion.

Knowing that Joe has pitched as well as he has, it had nothing to do with him facing us the first time. He's been throwing the ball great. It felt like it was going to be a tight game, and then I gave up two runs in about two minutes, before anybody's even sitting in their seats. ... I couldn't afford to make a mistake after that.

I would say the toy industry is facing its stiffest competition ever from non-toy categories, and with rapidly advancing technology, I wouldn't say this is a trend that shows any signs of slowing.

James had the misfortune of facing the eventual runner-up in the first round. But I'm proud of what he accomplished this season.

There are still some bodies lying under the water but we are facing problems in retrieving them because they are traditional people who do not want unknown males to touch the bodies of their women.

I'd do a nude scene for world peace or if I were facing some serious jail time, but I'm also a sucker for a good bottle of wine and candlelight.

Given the competitive and demographic challenges facing Canada, tax reform is increasingly urgent. In the coming years, Canada should not simply react to changes in tax policy abroad, but should take the initiative and adopt policies that would unleash the Canadian tiger.

I can think of no one more appropriate or compelling than Colonel Madden to keynote the conference this year. This year's conference highlights the technological challenges facing the U.S. military services and Colonel Madden will address these challenges of achieving a net-centric environment.

Freund is facing aggravated stalking charges for a series of phone calls he made to young children while their parents were not home.

France, which needs to find itself and come together, cannot move forward into the future without facing its past with courage.

Franchised new-car dealers are on the front lines, facing skeptical customers, when cars and trucks offered are not fresh, innovative and inexpensive.

Fundamentally, we believe that at this point in the cycle, after one year of sub-trend growth and facing the prospect of one to two more years of the same, and with inflation peaking, the bank shouldn't be tightening policy further,

For me, the biggest thing was just getting all the wows out of the way, and that was mostly stuff like the new cities and stadiums and facing a certain great pitcher here or there, ... Better to do it now than next year. We want to be winning right off the bat.

Getting kicked around as much as I did, you get tired of it. I'm not trying to hit people. But at the same time, hitters were very comfortable facing me last year, much more so last year than any year in the past, obviously. But there's something you can do about that as a pitcher, and you've got to be proactive in doing it. I feel like my command is good enough that I can throw the ball in off the plate and get people off the plate without hurting people.

Getting the America's Cup back is one of the biggest issues facing New Zealand sport and industry.

From here on out he's going to start seeing more situations like that and he's going to be facing big lefthanders. And he's going to have to be ready to start getting them out.

I feel relieved after hearing the very real concerns of parents facing the possibility of being moved from the Clovis West area not to be a part of it. It's not my night to cry,

I feel going into that program, that environment, the coaches will prepare me very well, facing that competition, I'll improve, I'll do well.

I am drawing on a lot of my feelings that are in sync with many people's feelings about facing the last chapter of their lives and how they want it to be written.

I came up with 'Roots and Shoots' when I was traveling around the world in increasingly broader circles talking about the environmental issues and challenges facing Africa,

If you are buying untaxed tobacco products, we will find out who you are, and you will either be facing a criminal investigation or substantial assessment from the department of revenue.

I estimate it will take five to 15 years for the IT labor supply in this country to adjust, ... As other countries catch up to our level of IT, we will constantly be facing the same staffing challenges.

Global warming is not only the No. 1 environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity. We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet.

GM needs much larger concessions than this to have a material impact. The kind of cuts that GM needs are cuts that the union would simply not agree to. And GM needs to face that at some point, just like Delphi is facing it now.

Giving tax cuts to the very wealthiest Americans should not take priority over the real economic, health care and security concerns facing regular people,

For most colleges and universities, tuition is the largest share of revenue. If you're getting 80 percent of your revenue from tuition and you lose half your students, you're facing enormous difficulties.

For us on defense, we just had to do what we had been doing all year. We didn't have to a make any big changes or anything like that just because we were facing a high-powered offense.

I expect bonds to keep rising. Economic growth is facing obstacles.

I don't want to be a Cassandra, but I fear the entire nonprofit sector in Russia is facing dark times. There is spy mania in Russia, and they are specially scrutinizing any organization that has foreign funding.

I believe that it is Congress' obligation to every individual facing a lifetime of suffering to fully explore the potential of this research by expanding rather than restricting the federal government's role. Through establishing national guidelines for federal funding, we can help move this research forward while ensuring that it is preformed in an ethically sound manner.

I believe that this budget has failed to deal with the single most important issue facing this country. And as a result, everything contained in this Budget, and all of the discussions we embark upon are really moot.

Certainly all of Michigan's economy is now facing significant challenges. What this paper shows is that, as we look for opportunities to expand and grow industries within our state, we need to be mindful of what we have and the potential for further developing our already strong food, fiber and agricultural production.