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Brian Knight hustled over to third base where he's supposed to be but he doesn't have the tag-up call. That's the plate umpire's call. I had it lined up. The wrong umpire made the initial call. The plate umpire, which is me, it's my call and I had him leaving early.

We are very pleased that Nick will be with us in what will undoubtedly be a difficult initial phase,

We are very pleased to report that we are well on our way to achieving the investment objectives we set forth in our May 2005 initial public offering.

We are very pleased with our accelerated time to market as evidenced by delivering the market's first workforce optimization solution, and the ability to meet our customers' requirements and changing needs even more effectively. Key to this was our relationship with FCG India, many of whose employees will soon join Witness Systems' global R&D organization. The initial impact they've had on the business has been significant, and we look forward to many more achievements and successes driven out of this arm of our R&D operation.

Subsequent to those interviews, some of the things that he had previously told us during our first initial contact with him ... required us to look deeper into his alibi,

The most important and urgent appeal we have to make is for an immediate cease-fire. Initial reports from the cease-fire talks being held in N'Djamena in Chad are not very encouraging.

After adjusting for the storm effects, both initial and continuing claims appear to be near their pre-hurricane levels, indicating that labor markets remain strong despite the weak October payroll employment report.

After an initial read, the results are clearly troubling and will require further discussion with the international community.

The thing we were doing with our initial visits was to call on retailers who don't have policies to create one.

Reading 'Blood Will Out,' one begins to understand how so many people were duped by Clark Rockefeller. All the imposter needs is some kind of initial agreement that he is who he says he is; thereafter, consensus builds via a network of human relationships.

Often a patient will think they want a sicknote, when the best advice a critical friend can give might not meet their initial expectations,

Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.

Under the new rules, the initial online publication and later stories could be part of the package.

But most of the things has to be, as far as staying aggressive in your initial offense, not searching out the three.

But the initial piece of this was the fact that he went to the courthouse and claimed he was involved in the surveillance video tape and he wasn't.

The governor fully expected that the $1.5 million is inadequate for county needs. But it is an initial amount that counties will be able to begin to tap into as they apply for funding. Options are being explored. Many things are being looked at. There could be further emergency declarations in the future.

The President's proposal should be viewed as an initial bargaining position.

The momentum is very much on the side of domestic equities, and these are ideal market conditions for companies to offer initial public offerings. There seems to be no shortage of cash in the marketplace.

One girl's father offered to take the pictures and we all worked together to come up with the themes for each photograph. We had an initial donation by one girl's brother to cover all the production costs and now we have calendars ready for sale.

Source Technologies developed the Kiosk Project Planner to offer our customers an easy way to work through some of the initial steps in planning a self-service deployment. Banks and retailers are aggressively looking for transactional kiosks that address their customer's specific needs and that also provide unique branding opportunities. By allowing the customer to choose their model, devices, applications, colors and implementation plan, we are enabling our customers to quickly and effectively scope their project, reduce their time-to-benefit and maximize their return on investment.

Despite initial interest, other countries have run away with the market for wind turbines.

Despite the initial progress, it cannot be ruled out that some unsafe coal mines are still in operation, and we will continue to strengthen our supervision and inspection.

Once we calmed down a little bit and got over the initial embarrassment, I guess you could say, we looked at the season as a whole and we're proud of ourselves. 15-1 teams, they come and go, but a 16-0 team you'll always remember. We're glad to be in the books.

Now longer-term development programs are being prepared and initial projects are already being implemented.

Some expected these bees to be a major threat to agriculture and life in the Southwest. Others expected an initial surge of activity and then the problem would somehow go away. The truth in New Mexico is somewhere in between.

Dealers have numerous people on their lots during the week, but a small percentage of those people actually get written up. But as we know, the more people you write up, the more cars you're going to sell. So, we'll present ways on how to maximize your opportunities through a sales process from the initial point of contact with the customer.

Definitely, I thought on the initial impact that he just killed us,

Definitely, I thought on the initial impact that he just killed us. And, obviously, there's 24 people on board . . . I care about every single one of them very much, and I wasn't happy with the aggressive nature of the intercept.

Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs ranging between 20% and 50% after absorbing the costs of the initial implementation period.

As long as initial claims remain on a comfortable 320,000 glide-path into the new year, we should see continued payroll growth of 180,000 to 190,000.

As plastic surgeons, we use our general surgery training to help treat initial trauma in the field to save the patient's life or limb. From there, they are transferred to Germany to help them stabilize, clear the infection and allow the wound to heal a bit,

The moderate rises in unemployment of the past 12 months and higher numbers entering the initial stages of the repossession process, should mean that repossessions will continue to increase over the next few quarters.

A.J.'s initial treatment is going very well. His doctors suggested it would be in A.J.'s best interest to take an additional two weeks in transitional care.

You wouldn't need a warrant to do the initial interception, but afterwards, once you're targeting the American citizen, then you need that warrant.

As an investor, you can take some reassurance in the fact that after an initial period of loss of business, there will be a lot of cash and insurance proceeds flowing into the area,

As ardent believers in the power of market competition, we strongly support the idea of a dual-listing, and are proud to be among this initial group of market innovators, ... Our hope is that as more companies opt for dual-listing, we will experience a healthy increased competition in our trading markets, resulting in innovative applications of technology, heightened transparency, and improved trading outcomes for all investors.

Although initial samples taken last week showed some elevated levels of air contaminants, samples taken from the same locations today showed considerably lower concentrations.

Although it is too early to tell if the AES proposal will meet the energy needs of this area while protecting those who will benefit from its product, even at this early point, it is abundantly clear that the FERC ought to allow some time so that interested parties can study this alternative, which seems extremely viable and which already has the initial support of Governor Romney,

Although the investigation is in its initial stages we have found no apparent connection to any type of terrorist activity or group.

A lot of the reason for the rally is that people think that everything's on the table. You saw a knee-jerk reaction this morning, with people selling on an initial reaction to the news, Europe being down so much and some weak earnings, like Kraft.

A lot of entrepreneurs are leading with the names of where they were, establishing some initial credibility.

A lot of people couldn't understand the initial hesitation of this administration to react to the disaster, especially with the image problem the U.S. has in the area and around the world, for that matter.

They start at the very beginning. The whole account of Adam and Eve is a very romantic picture. I'm also thinking about Samson. That's a really unique picture. He went down to this land and saw this lady and got what I call 'the tingles.' In that culture the parents worked out the details. I think that the phenomenon in that initial attraction is seen throughout human history.

They're trying to turn the boat very, very slowly and Wall Street may not be happy in the initial stages that they're doing that fast enough. So the first cut may not have as big an impact on stock prices as it should, but it should have a nice impact on the economy.

They've done well to have enough gains from the sale of assets to be able to offset these losses because they were in fact quite a bit bigger than the initial estimates.

Qualifying is first and foremost, ... Once we can achieve that initial goal, the next objective for California is to finish the race in the top 20. That won't be easy, but it's possible even though there are more than 20 world-class drivers competing in the Nextel Cup Series. I really feel the CENTRIX Financial team can do it. I am backed by a quality crew chief, a quality crew and have Hendrick horsepower under the hood of my CENTRIX Financial Chevy.

Rolling Stone is an ongoing and active operation in its initial phase with future coordinated arrests expected as the operation continues.

Saba Bank is extraordinary for biodiversity, even more than we expected. Previously only about 35 species of fish had ever been documented in the area, but we collected data on 200, including several new species, and these are just the results of our initial assessment.

Salisbury couldn't have shot it any better in the first quarter. But we finally got over that initial burst, and I give my kids a lot of credit for withstanding it.

Our announcement is an assembly and test factory, a 300 million dollar initial investment, 1,200 people initial employment: (it's) just one small initial step.

Our approach is neighbor taking care of neighbor. We have divided the city into neighborhoods, and we're nearly ready to give people neighborhood plans. People uphill should prepare to receive others coming up there. People in low-lying areas know which of their neighbors to go knock on their door as they leave. We'll have initial safe havens identified for each neighborhood.

Our existing system had served us well in the past but there were a number of reliability and support issues and it was also starting to reach its limits in terms of expandability. At the end of 2004, we started a four-stage selection process with an invitation to tender from which we created an initial list of eight different products from 12 potential suppliers.

Our current plan is to file for an initial public offering for KBR soon after we file our 10-K. We believe the IPO market in general and the public market for engineering and construction companies in particular is very attractive.

Enrollment has grown 100 percent since we moved into the initial building five years ago.

During the second half of this year (1999) we took aggressive action to return Compaq to profitable growth, and fourth-quarter results reflect our initial success where it matters most - in the marketplace,

Even an initial reading of the report is deeply troubling.

Even at the initial price, (the electricity cost) is way higher than the global average. Then you throw the new cost on top of it and that's why it got curtailed.

Essentially she has been arguing that Iraq's initial step -- this famous two-part letter -- is unacceptable because it's not an unconditional climbdown.

Europe still has the same problems that drove the euro from its initial highs of $1.17 to its low of 88.50 cents.

There's some encouragement in the initial sweeps. ... The numbers (of dead) so far are relatively minor as compared with the dire predictions of 10,000.

There was a lot of dialogue between the people who were developing Flickr and their users to get feedback on how they wanted Flickr to develop. That interaction made the initial community very strong, and then that seed was there for new people who joined to make the community experience strong for them, too.

The responsible way to handle a security vulnerability report is to let the vendor know you believe you've found a potential vulnerability in their product so they can investigate it. That wasn't done in this case, and it's really unfortunate because the result has been that customers have been unnecessarily frightened about this issue because we were given a grand total of fewer than 12 hours between the initial report of the vulnerability and the time it went public. The goal at the end of the day is to protect customers, and responsible reporting practices suggest that the right way is to give the vendor a chance to do the investigation.

The results of the initial test were zero. No trace whatsoever.

The results of this second well will be extremely important to us. Log analysis of our initial well indicates we are in a highly fractured area of the New Albany Shale, which is what is required to produce natural gas in commercial quantities.

There's obviously a lot of confusion at the start of any major new program, but the real test will come in 9 or 10 months when seniors have made the selection of a plan and some of the initial kinks have been worked out.

There's no question that the network is extraordinarily valuable and it's much more valuable than the initial monies that were put into it.

The phone system has been going nonstop, and I'm waiting for the initial online report. Some of our cabins may be booked solid by the end of the day.

We have several new products being introduced, and the initial response from our customers has been positive. We also expect to continue to realize the benefits of the cost reduction initiatives we implemented in September.

There is no reparative treatment for traumatic brain injury. All we can do now is try to prevent secondary damage by relieving pressure on the brain caused by the initial injury.

We believe Ms. Frank's initial practice, collecting the amount stated in the statute at the time payment was tendered, was proper.

We are sending out the renewal in normal non-see through envelopes. The decals only contain the month and year numbers. You would still need an initial badge to have access to the base with your car. We don't anticipate any problems with the new system.

We believe retail printing is a key growth opportunity in the digital photo market. This initial introduction is just the beginning first steps in how we plan to broaden our portfolio.

We have seen growth every year since our initial kick-off in 2003, ... Our goal is to see every golf club in Canada host an event and raise $1000 through our pledge program. This would translate into an annual contribution well over 1.6 million dollars, something that female golfers could be very proud of.

This completion represents a significant milestone in our drilling efforts in the expansion area of the Barnett Shale formation. We are anxious to complete the well cleanup process and report the initial production rate of the well. We will continue our efforts to accelerate the completion schedule of our five other wells during the next several months.

This approach will reduce the initial training academy costs. And incentives should be explored to attract quality applicants.

This bill ensures that consumers know when their personal information has been lost or stolen, so they can then take reasonable steps to prevent becoming victims of identity theft. Such steps include monitoring their credit files more closely, placing an initial fraud alert on their credit file, and placing a security freeze on their credit file if they live in a state that allows it.

This gives them the initial communications package without me having to wire in anything.

This initial earnings guidance for 2006 reflects the fact that the integration of May is going to be a more challenging and longer-term task than some investors had expected.

This initial experience has not lived up to our expectations... and it is not acceptable. While these problems will require a lot of hard work, the bottom-line conclusion is this HealthCare.gov site is fixable.

This is a different challenge. I think everybody has been energized. I think we've gotten over the initial pain of moving on. So many of them relate to the championship team. We really haven't looked back.

This is the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets, the first mission to the last planet.

This is one of the initial steps in the direction we'd like to take (with the airport). Besides the restaurant, this is the first significant non-aviation business on the county-owned property at the airport.

Afghan and U.S. forces did not open fire based on these initial movements, choosing instead to develop the situation,

Advanced designs in war planes and other mechanical devices cannot win a decisive victory without occupying forces to consolidate initial victories.

Your initial reaction is to panic, but you have to catch yourself. I noticed that her head was torn open on one side and she was bleeding everywhere. For a split second I thought she was done.

You might tap an initial pool of people with lots of money and nothing better to do,

You never know how you're going to be received, after all this time. The initial response we had was just overwhelming, particularly that tour of the States.

This is, in a very real sense, the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets that the United States has led for the world since the 1960s.

Initially, the contact center was considered a service organization and was asked to do that as efficiently as possible. Quality monitoring as a contact center application is still very much involved in the initial goal of improving customer-facing processes. But importantly, it now has higher value for deriving customer intelligence.

Initial negotiations have been positive. It will be a matter of months rather than a year.

Initial numbers indicate that we increased our share of both the overall tax services market and the market for paid preparation,

Initial open court sessions of death penalty cases during their second verdict in some provinces and municipalities have proved to be successful. The Supreme People's Court is confident to spread it nationwide.

Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter.

Initial reports are that the Saturn failed to stop at a stop sign or just didn't see the truck coming and pulled out in front of it.

Initial reports from the L.T.T.E. indicated one of their vessels were involved in an incident at sea, but they later said they had no involvement.

In January alone, 1.5 million eligible Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the new drug benefit. The rate of enrollment is encouraging because we know people are getting past some of the initial enrollment challenges and are truly receiving the benefits that they need and deserve. As we move forward, we anticipate more people hearing about the benefits from their friends and loved ones, and when that happens we expect to see a great surge in enrollment.

In collective bargaining, it's important for both parties to get used to losing because they have to make initial demands or offers and then they have to be willing to accept less.

In a lot of ways, it is a tribute to him that there are a lot of clubs that have been interested in him since we picked him up from the Yankees. But we have repeatedly said and acknowledged that we have received calls for him but they have not been past the initial inquiry stage.

In my first start-up, I had an initial advertising budget of $5 per day total. That would buy us 100 clicks per day. At $5 per day, marketing people scoffed and said that is too small to matter. But if you think about it, to an engineer, 100 real humans everyday giving your product a try means you can really start improving.

I joined a organisation called Wycliffe Bible Translators that had the objective of translating the Bible into all the languages of the world, and to do that you had to study linguistics, and so that was my initial exposure to linguistics.