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The band was an extracurricular activity. But Earl had the ability to encourage people and push them, at the same time, in order to raise the bar. And through his arranging techniques, he was able to minimize the weaknesses of our band and to emphasize the strengths.

The biotech industry is seeking to minimize human life for economic purposes, ... They're trying to redefine when life begins.

That is something that is inherent in the system and I don't think there is any doubt that corrections will be made to minimize that effect.

Any time you lose, it feels bad whether it is by one point or by 20 points, ... You think about all the things that happened throughout the game. The turnovers, they are really sticking out in my head right now. Turnovers are going to happen, but we must minimize them. We must get back to the fundamentals. We have a veteran group of players on this team that has a lot of pride. We are embarrassed by the way we are playing. We put forth the effort, but we are just making too many mistakes. We need to fix these things and I am determined to fix them.

Design engineers are going to design the roadway to minimize impacts. Some people might say, my home or barn or business is directly under that line. Well, once the designers start, they might be able to design it to where that home or business or barn is not taken or impacted in that way.

Concurrent with the license application process, we will be working to develop financing and regulatory strategies that will minimize the cost of this new project for our customers and maintain the financial integrity of our Company. Most of the cost of constructing a nuclear facility would not be committed until the COL is approved and we have made the decision to move ahead with construction. Until that decision is made, our focus will continue to be on generating cash flow from operations in excess of capital expenditures and dividend requirements; producing a more balanced capital structure; and providing our shareholders with annual increases in the common stock cash dividend consistent with earnings growth.

It's traditionally a time when you see quite a few disconnections, but we certainly try to minimize those.

It's potentially a very serious situation. Some of the actions have aggravated that situation and we must do everything possible to minimize the risk of a re-emergence of conflict.

Every time we've ever played, it comes down to turnovers, who can minimize them and who can exploit turnovers, ... We just have to go into the game ready to play and not make mistakes.

I want to be very careful I don't minimize the event because if it's your car or your home, it's not a small matter. But our trigger for catastrophes is 500 claims, and we haven't seen anything near that in either homes or autos. When the event is this small, our agents can handle it pretty quickly.

The Fed will probably go along with what the market has priced in to minimize volatility and any policy surprises.

It's very similar here. You've got to minimize the train wrecks.

In order for Republicans to maintain control, they've gotta be able to show that can solve real peoples' problems, and obviously, for Bill Clinton, to minimize the traditional downturn of a midterm election, and really, his first two years is all he's got.

Cloning an animal isn't easy and I don't want to minimize that accomplishment. But the biggest breakthroughs actually came in figuring out how to make the in vitro manipulation successful.

I just tried to minimize him. I know now he is a great legend. I tried not to get swept up in the game early. I tried to play with my heart and win this ballgame. Everyone played well.

In the mental-health field, it's sort of walking a tightrope. You can't treat someone by simply locking them up. It can be tough, but we try to minimize the risk as best we can and still provide treatment.

If you're with a companion, hopefully it can minimize things if you do end up getting in trouble,

Intermediary liability enables the Chinese authorities to minimize the number of people they need to put in jail in order to stay in power and to maximize their control over what the Chinese people know and don't know.

In the next 5-10 years, property owners will increasingly adopt cost segregation to minimize federal income taxes.

Investigations like this open every day. I'm not trying to minimize it, just trying to put in to context.

By utilizing the resources from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, we will help minimize any potential supply disruptions as a result of the hurricane.

By not putting it in the earnings release, that was an attempt to minimize it.

By doing all these things, ... the enterprise will know how to respond to a threat in ways that minimize downtime and keep digital assets secure, even in a world where threats are almost guaranteed.

Check your credit report. It won't stop this crime from happening to you, but it will minimize the damage.

Certainly these are not just numbers; they represent people that have gone through personal tragedies. We do not intend to minimize or brush aside their grievances nor shirk responsibility. The cruise industry is constantly reviewing its practices and procedures to make sure incidents, no matter how rare, are handled responsibly and with compassion.

By knowing when a consumer's credit behavior changes, lenders will be able to make a timely offer, change the credit limit or take other appropriate action. This timely intelligence will help companies implement their credit strategies immediately to enhance marketing efforts and maximize customer relationships, minimize risk and improve profitability.

(General manager) Don Waddell is trying to minimize the differences between us, but the difference is sizable.

They capitalize on all our mistakes which is why they won the last time. I think communication within the defense will help us be more aware and if we minimize our turnovers we should be fine.

They are working with a blank map. The good news is they're making really good progress and working very well together. They've looked at a lot of different information and they really, I think, want to minimize the impact of these boundary changes as much as possible.

They have to try to minimize each one of these risks until they finally enter the actual battle of running the business.

They want to minimize the impact of aircraft being taken out of the market,

I remember telling our guys this. 'They're going to have some things they hit us with when their timing is right and they've got us in the wrong protection. Just minimize it. Instead of a 10-yard sack, make it a three-yard sack. And for God's sake don't throw it up for grabs.

Anything that can minimize paper and streamline the process would be great,

Are we going to make traffic better? Probably not. We are going to try to minimize the impact outside the midtown area, plus we're working on an existing street grid so there's lots of ways to get in and out.

As far as tourist season, we plan our projects to minimize impact ... because you're driving 40,000 to 50,000 vehicles a day through our office,

A number of companies are going to be looking at continuing a presence there with real reluctance. State governments are going to have to figure out incentives and guarantees to minimize departures.

The e-card is really a reflection of a trend in pre-paid cards. It's worry-free for the students and faster for us to process than checks. This helps us minimize paper usage.

The fourth inning was what got me in trouble. You have to minimize things because you can't do too much with the bases loaded.

The idea was to minimize impacts to weekday traffic. The idea would be to have everything reopened in time for the Monday commute.

The industry folks I've spoken to are very receptive. They're saying 'Tell us what the impacts are and tell us how we can minimize those." ()

The city?s first concern is the people ... to minimize the trauma,

The company has taken extraordinary measures to minimize the effect of the virus on our guests, which was limited the number of affected guests and crew on the current sailing. Our commitment is to ensuring the comfort and safety of Amsterdam guests.

The company needs to expand to keep ahead of competition as well as diversify to minimize risk from potential regulation.

The community right to know act will become the community right to know every other year act, ... This proposal would deny communities up-to-date information about local toxic releases, reduce incentives to minimize the generation of toxic waste and undermine the ability of public health agencies and researchers to identify important trends.

The key would be public input and design elements that incorporate the building into the neighborhood and minimize street-grid disruptions.

It is time to stop debating whether the Internet is an effective tool for political expression and instead to address the much more urgent question of how digital technology can be structured, governed, and used to maximize the good and minimize the evil.

Everybody has their own story, ... And I'm just hoping to create one for myself. ... With the type of guys that I have around me right now, if I go out and minimize the mistakes and get the ball to our playmakers, we're going to be just fine.

Then, when the critical peak pricing period starts in the afternoon, you start adjusting that temperature upwards, going as high as 78. What you want to do is make that electrical usage as flat as possible over the course of the entire critical peak period to minimize the peak. Normally it will peak in the middle of the afternoon, but you want to flatten the peak.

That's one thing I'm not used to coming from New York. I got news for the rest of the league. That team (the Patriots) is not changing. If the league thinks that team is changing because it lost two coordinators, it isn't. They minimize mistakes. That's something we've got to do.

That's a given. I'm a rookie, the only rookie on the starting defense. It's expected for them to come after me. I've just got to be prepared this week and minimize mistakes.

You can't make a million people happy. There's going to be a lot of debates. I don't think you can minimize the role Congress is going to play in what kind of legislation they formulate to guide the reconstruction. There will be enormous pressure to do something quickly. It's all new virgin territory, and it'll be tough to craft an optional strategy.

You can't minimize great quarterback play in great games, so he's probably my personal pick.

There will be more earthquakes of this type, and with more humans exposed to the hazard there will be more devastating losses of life. What we hope to do is develop technologies that can minimize that loss.

They must minimize or not allow the use of a personal guarantee. Unfortunately, that is very hard to do when starting out, but as quickly as possible move as away from using a personal guarantee to access capital for the business.

What the big issue is going to be is how much of an adverse visual impact it has, ... We haven't even begun to look at all the different options. Can it be moved? Can it be painted white? There are all these different values to consider and there's lots of opportunity for compromise to minimize the visual impact and still provide the cell coverage people need.

We welcome the opportunity to provide the commission with additional information to better understand the current financial impacts affecting Detroit Edison. We're implementing the performance excellence process to minimize the need for future rate increases, meet future electric capacity needs in Michigan.

We're going to want to minimize pay cuts and minimize layoffs.

We feel this is the best plan to minimize impact to the citizens.

It was quite a disaster. Luckily people were in the building and they were able to cover computers and copy machines with plastic covering to try to minimize damage as best they could.

It's a well-reasoned decision, and it does minimize privacy and civil liberties implications.

This week, I will announce a decree to minimize the impact of this unfortunate disaster in the United States on Mexican families and national industry,

We just keep getting penalty after penalty. ... If we can minimize those things, then I don't see a team out there that can stop us. That's why I say it's really all about us.

We want to end the season with a better record than last year. We need to minimize errors on defense and be more of a running team.

We want to minimize placement disruptions if we can.

It's going to vary from kid to kid, ... You want to minimize distractions, including cell phones and other teen passengers, minimize nighttime driving, and make sure they are wearing seatbelts.

It's going to vary from kid to kid. You want to minimize distractions, including cell phones and other teen passengers, minimize nighttime driving, and make sure they are wearing seatbelts.

The relief money is coming in much faster than it has for any other natural disaster that I can remember. That should help minimize some of the hit on consumer spending,

They're going to stick to their game plan. They're not going to put the game in his hands. They're going to run the ball, try to get a lead and minimize the passing.

I decided I wanted to optimize the vitality of my immune system and minimize my dependence on medication. Exercise was the thing I hadn't tried. I saved it for last.

I don't want to take away from the fact that we played really well. Games like that, where you are trying to beat a team that's ranked and at home, you need to minimize mistakes.

I don't want to ever minimize the danger of working in a mine.

I don't want to minimize the size of the fire.

I do think, however, that it is very important that we, as individuals, protect ourselves; that businesses make contingency plans; and that governments at all levels ? public health officials everywhere ? do what is necessary to minimize the danger of a potential pandemic.

He's not afraid to walk around and talk to the staff. He doesn't take a stay-in-the-office approach. He doesn't look for ways to disguise or minimize a problem. He tries to get to the bottom of it.

I don't like to see him minimize (the illness), because it breaks my heart to see what he does every day. Pricking his finger . . . taking all those supplies with him . . . putting a needle in his leg or stomach.

I don't mean to minimize the crime of perjury, false statements, and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors need these tools,

For the last several years, we have had an aggressive effort under way to better understand what, if any, risks PFOA may pose to the public. The science is still coming in, but the concern is there, so acting now to minimize future releases of PFOA is the right thing to do for our environment and our health.

For someone already in college I think the best route would be to just try to minimize the amount of student loans that you acquire so that you're not faced with a large amount of debt when you graduate.

I felt very much appreciated on the field today, ... There were a lot of people with Saints jerseys that were very nice to me in welcoming me back. I don't want to minimize the fact there was some personal adulation based on the reception I received.

if he can stay away from the one bad inning and minimize the damage.

An all-cash transaction will minimize the equity dilution.

The master plan concept developed for the City of Kansas City, Mo., calls for the construction of a large, municipally owned telecommunications network in conjunction with current underground utility construction in the Kansas City Live Entertainment District, helping to minimize disruption to the area.

The main priority now is to minimize the effect of this worm. Therefore, the usual recommendations apply: keep security solutions up-to-date and scan the entire system to ensure that it is free from threats.