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He has gradually relaxed and he doesn't look before he steps now. Whatever needs to have the attention paid to, he's right there.

He's grown an inch, and he's gradually put on weight. Strength is a big thing.

There is a perception that the Chinese started out downtrodden and abused in the 19th century and gradually rose to the top of society as model minorities, and you see them winning Nobel Prizes and getting into our best colleges. But it is not a linear progression. Things don't always get better.

The owner had many animals and gradually became overwhelmed, eventually keeping them all in closed crates and small rooms as his illness progressed.

His presence will always be here, ... But I don't think he would like to be known as a figure that weighs heavily on everybody else. I think he'd like to say 'well, I've done my bit, you get on with your bit now'. The place is adorned with his pictures, which is quite right. But I've been to some clubs where it (the memory of a former great) can be a noose round your neck. It's not such a big problem here. He's well loved rather than worshipped. I think loving something is better than worshipping something. With worship you're kind of pushed into it. It can be a scary thing. It can be indoctrinated into people to worship a particular god. Love is a different. That has to gradually come on. You can't push anybody into loving anybody, but they all loved Jock.

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to

We've been told that it will take a state law to have the culvert covers removed. Some of our citizens are taking it into their own hands, and the covers are gradually coming off.

He'll gradually get back to where he needs to be as long as he doesn't get major doses of minutes. It would be great to have more practice time, but he's been in this situation before and he's familiar with it.

He gradually started learning the more he misbehaved, the less time he got to spend on the horse. He began to make conscious decisions not to act out.

My thirties merged into my forties, and I sort of gradually realised that I don't really want children. Now I'm glad I don't have them. Part of that is because I have my books.

Many gourmet-style foods begin in trendy and exclusive restaurants and gradually transition to food-service establishments that serve mainstream consumers. As the product becomes recognized and popularized, you will see it available in more settings.

Listen, if they wanted to do this thing gradually I could understand that. Say you want us to wear slacks and a shirt this year and then next year add jackets and whatever. But to do it all at once is just more than I think is necessary. To just jump up and say wear suits or you get fined is nuts.

Market players are expecting that Mizuno and Fukui may start preparing the markets gradually for an eventual increase in interest rates, and are listening carefully to their speeches.

Starts at year-end 2003 will provide additional support for GDP during the first two quarters of 2004 as construction activity gradually brings these buildings to completion.

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually progress from one level of insight to another

Recent trends show the price pressures are well contained, with the exception of oil, ... The core CPI rose at just a 1.8 percent annual rate over the past three months, which is slightly below the 1.9 percent year-to-year gain. That means the core CPI is unlikely to accelerate in the next few months and allows the Fed to continue its policy of just gradually pushing up interest rates.

Price rises are gradually feeding down the production chain.

Price rises are gradually feeding down the production chain. This is starting to affect consumer prices and would make the exit from deflation more solid.

I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.

I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hand of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; -- but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.

Just as the institutional long-only market has become more focused on value added, retail funds are likely to follow gradually in the years to come.

Japanese companies are regaining pricing power by gradually reflecting rising manufacturing and labor costs in their product prices. The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates as early as August.

Japan's consumer spending is pretty firm, and it's expected to pick up momentum further in the next fiscal year. So far, the growth in consumption hasn't caught up to the pace of economic growth, but we expect it will gradually play a role as a locomotive for economic expansion.

Our kids have gradually played a little better. Our kids are coming off a disappointing loss against Bloomington. The positive thing is we played well for longer period of time. The disappointing thing is it's a loss. There are no morale victories.

It could very well be that kids who last year were in a comfort spot of, 'This is my spot, this is where I'm going to hit,' and then you mix it up a little bit. It was nice to see we'll be gradually getting Courtney back. She should be back before you know it -- she's healed and that will take us up another notch.

I went to the States with that amount of prejudice which seems the birthright of every English person, but I found that, under the knowledge of the Americans which can be attained by a traveller mixing in society in every grade, these prejudices gradually melted away.

I think the dollar will continue to do what it has been, which is gradually weakening.

It is legitimate for you to think about withdrawing your troops, but it must be done gradually and in consultation with the Iraqi government.

I think they're obviously trying to cherry pick where there's a gap in the market and use that going forward to gradually roll out other products.

I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can be inert and study your navel, and gradually fall off the chair. I think the key is to keep flying.

I think most of the staffing implications have already been taken on board. It has been happening gradually over a period of time.

I think politics are a sideshow right now. We think the best thing an investor can do is step up their buying gradually as prices move lower.

I think the price decline pressure is gradually easing.

I think it is gradually becoming a given that the BOJ will at some point next year end its quantitative easing policy.

I think we had normal consolidation here. It seems like people are banking on a better second half. I don't think it's going to run away, but it's going to get gradually better.

We not only have Sanders' homestead, we have his boat, ... People are gradually finding it ... . More and more people are calling, making inquiries.

We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals.

To become a novelist, the most crucial thing one must do is read, read and read again - gradually you begin to think like a writer. Ideas are not found - they are shaped.

Those arguing that the Fed will soon take a time-out from gradually normalizing the level of the fed funds rate will have found little encouragement in these minutes.

We are in a weak El Nio that started a few months back and is gradually building. Typically what ends up happening is we get more 'cyclogenesis' --the formation of storms -- taking place in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico off of the Texas coast. Once these things form they tend to track towards the Northwest. It puts (Lufkin) in proximity for some rainfall.

We're willing to work with the United States to take effective measures to increase China's imports from the United States and work hard to gradually address the trading balances in the two-way trade in the further expansion of our trading ties and economic cooperation,

Where we spray it works. We are gradually tightening the noose.

Will we get along better after all this? ... Yes, because we're big people, and we'll gradually put this behind us. But it was disgusting.

Most issuers waited until at least mid-2005 or later. Credit-card companies should have started implementing this guidance a long time ago. They should have done so very gradually ... That hasn't happened. But we haven't been flooded with complaints, either.

You just want to hang there and let the spacecraft gradually adjust the asteroid's course.

We've been gradually replacing all the buildings in the fort to try to make them more historically accurate. But we've retained one thing from 1957 the Discovery Tower.

We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world -- introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably -- that the best way of knowing the inwardness of our neighbors is to know ourselves.

We have now been able to track star formation in galaxies out to modest distances, more than half the age of the universe, and we find that all galaxies, big or small, seem to be fading gradually so that they are less active today than they were further back in time.

We haven't been able to stretch him out, so we're trying to gradually increase him.

While city people continued their strong spending, rural people have increased their spending only gradually due to lower incomes. This trend will continue for the rest of this year.

We do not die wholly at our deaths: we have moldered away gradually long before.

While we were explaining the potential his home had, he gradually became more excited. Soon enough, he had sold his custom lot and planned to focus on remodeling his current home to suit his families needs.

While we still expect the housing market to cool gradually -- and the data over the past couple of quarters has been consistent with that view -- the February existing home sales number shows the considerable strength that is still in the residential sector.

We hope that the current calm and stability will gradually install itself throughout the country.

The real excitement starts now as they gradually merge two operations. They've got the two-year window, but it will be a delicate act,

The problem with the speeches is they get gradually more realistic, but they are still exercises in spin. They don't outline the risks. They don't create a climate where people trust what's being said.

What we'll find is that next week some of the music is gone. The week after that, even more is gone. And over the coming weeks and months, the music is gradually less and less appealing to music lovers.

We did everything we needed to do and then just held our own for a little bit and gradually got tighter and tighter.a top ten is exactly what we needed.

There are those of us on the Senate side who really do suspect, not politically but genuinely, that this is an effort -- the beginning of an effort and very obviously a huge beginning -- to gradually phase out Medicare as a public expense,

We're gradually getting effort back and when we do that, we have a chance to win.

Trading in future contracts led the market today, with bullish sentiment there gradually spreading to cash bonds. This is probably because some investors took heart from a pullback in the equity market here.

We are gradually showing people the value of our technology, but it is a tough market.

We still expect mortgage interest rates to gradually rise, so the best window may be right now for potential home buyers who have been on the sidelines,

We began installing LED lights a couple of years ago. First we replaced all the red stop lights and then we replaced the green lights and gradually we'll replace them all.

We believe China's trade surplus will gradually drop, but it will take time before it drops dramatically.

When politicians began to see that every last thing that they did in public could be broadcast to a mass audience, the fact that the stakes were so much higher now that every moment became fraught caused them to become more cautious, and the consultants very gradually but inevitably became literal reactionaries.

We are working hard with the aim of reaching an agreement, and we are not thinking about failing, ... We are at the final stage of the negotiations and we are gradually getting close to turning the corner.

We will gradually discontinue these interim arrangements and services as Virgin Blue and other carriers grow.

We will gradually expand the project to cover the central and western cities and rural areas, to benefit more adolescents in poverty-stricken areas.

We think (we) can allow market supply and demand to gradually bring about a greater effect on the exchange rate float.

The poverty here is real, there's absolutely no doubt about it. If you can help them gradually take those steps out of poverty, you're going to fix many things.

With the indexes edging up, retail investors will gradually return to trading. Institutions such as insurers, pensions and overseas banks will restore interest in the markets, partly thanks to low pricing and the country's economic boom.

We gradually came to the realization that we were hurting not just ourselves but the Chinese people.

We're getting better, for sure. It's just going to keep gradually coming. We have a lot of talent, a lot of potential. It's just a matter of putting it all together to get to that higher level.

We believe that the long-awaited shift from soft to hard data is evidence of a recovery in euro zone private consumption has started, and will likely proceed gradually and modestly over the coming months, in line with the expected improvement in household real disposable income.

We still think commodity prices are at their peak and will gradually come off, but we've just pushed out the timing a little bit.

Elite has grown gradually since we started in 1999 and while we are a small company, we doubled our sales last year. When electric prices go up, people begin to think again of solar.

At this point, Rita has become a potentially very devastating Category 5 hurricane. Fortunately it's over the open ocean of the Gulf of Mexico, and will be over the open ocean for the next day. But we expect it to gradually make a turn to the north.

Atmospheric conditions are expected to gradually become more conducive for strengthening.

Continuing on this unsustainable path will gradually erode, if not suddenly damage, our economy, our standard of living, and ultimately our national security.

Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed. It matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contempt for the normal - hardly inspiring - standards of political conduct.

Even in evil, we discern rays of light and hope, and gradually come to see, in suffering and temptation, proofs and instruments of the sublimest purposes of wisdom and love.

I've been gradually reclaiming all kinds of freedoms over these years..,

Things were going real well and they still are going well with my shoulder. It was better than I expected. A month ago I wasn't looking to be where I was at. It (the knee) is what it is. I don't know really what happened and how it came about. It just kind of gradually got more sore and sore.

The trade deficit will gradually narrow, but you'll still see a reasonably firm clip continue in imports as investment is going to remain strong.

You can't climb to the second floor without a ladder. Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.

We need to have a little bit of energy and more intensity than what we have. We were able to gradually grind it out. That's what we're going to have to do, because we don't have a heavyweight team that's going to knock you out.

We see very high vulnerability on the Jersey coast. These things are not going to happen tomorrow. It gradually unfolds over the course of the 21st century. But we will be spending ever-increasing amounts defending the coast.

As soon as one or more of these major corporate figures is indicted and convicted for the thievery that occurred at the expense of the American investor, I think confidence will gradually come back.

As the Civic has gradually moved up-market, it has left room in our lineup for a new entry-level model. With the introduction of Fit in April and all-new CR-V this fall, along with continued momentum from the new Civic and other key models, we're projecting Honda Brand sales of around 1.3 million in 2006, which would make it our 11th consecutive record year.

As the Civic has moved gradually up-market, it has left room for a new entry level model (for Honda).

As the job market gradually improves, it should easily support consumer-spending gains of at least 3.5 percent this year.

The terrible pictures are gradually showing us the extent of the devastation caused by the hurricane,

The system is rapidly losing its efficiency and credibility, ... Most former officials are watching in awe. An unknown and inexperienced movement has taken over and their incapability is gradually becoming evident.

The size of the supply hole is gradually becoming clearer.

There are a few tentative hints -- higher new orders, a drop in the inventory-to-sales ratio -- that the period of maximum weakness has likely passed. Although further declines in output are anticipated, the rate of decline should gradually diminish.

An invisible line has been crossed, and the decline in Rumsfeld?s tenure has now begun. He has gradually alienated each of his core constituencies, including the Congress, the media, the think tanks, the defense industry and now much of the officer corps.

The way I think liberties get eroded is not that all of a sudden you become an Orwellian state, but gradually it becomes harder for people with unpopular views to speak out without being in danger, be it from the state or just from the majority of the people who don't like them.

It was very slowly moving, starting out bluish in color and turning gradually into a deep red as it penetrated deeper into the atmosphere. It lasted about one minute.

We should expect the insurgency not to just go away, but to gradually reduce.