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I think we are basically in consolidation mode for the rest of the week.

I think the market's really in a waiting mode right now and it's not too surprising it would move rather dramatically on anything that was announced.

It is plain to me now that the Irish Producers, quite as strongly as the Critics, have neither sympathy nor understanding of my mode of playwriting.

It clearly shows that Wyoming is in a catch-up mode in the energy race.

We are in a cross-your-fingers mode right now, hoping it will stop snowing.

We are in a wait-and-see mode right now,

We are in a waiting mode right now, until we get some money in hand.

The artist chooses his subject; that is his mode of praising.

We need to take every precaution, we need to be ever-alert, but we shouldn't go into panic mode without having things properly looked at,

We've been fortunate to be able to make music as Depeche Mode for 20 years

We are now moving into the full operational mode along with our partners in the military and in the security agencies.

Yeah, it puts you in a certain mode of play. After playing six rounds, eight rounds of match-play golf, certainly helped my mentality for this week. So, it's probably a good start for this week, preparation-wise.

We continue to see bias to the buying side, but it's less drastic than yesterday. We're in a wait-and-see mode with earnings, and we're seeing a little profit taking today. ... The jury is still out on how the rest of the earnings will be.

We were moving our feet on defense finally, not trying to do it all (individually) and quit reaching. They had a great time. The girls finally got into the up tempo mode that we've been preaching all year, and they had a smile on their face. ... There were times where we had two, three girls out in front with the ball before (Seaside) turned their heads around.

We have to talk with representatives of the U.S. administration in order to check the operative mode being applied in the fight against terrorism.

We do support the city of Orr's concern for safety, ... But we're still in the research mode here. Just because a law is passed doesn't mean that the local police or other law enforcement are capable of enforcing it. We don't know if we have enforceability yet. We're hoping it's something that the railroad will work out with the city of Orr rather than becoming an adversarial relationship.

We've lost production out of the offense. That hurts, and you have to try to make up for that in other ways. We certainly have confidence in our two wide receivers from a playmaker standpoint, as well as at running back, (but) you need somebody to stretch the middle of the field, and our tight end position has been more in a blocking mode than anything else.

We had a lot of football players on the team then. Once we got out of football mode we started making strides.

We really went at it. I thought it was going to be hard for us to get back into team things. ... We played today how we practiced all week. We got in the mode of competing all the time, and it carried over into today.

There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records.

We've been in postseason mode for 10 days now.

We've been in postseason mode here for about a month, kind of similar to what the Red Sox were last year. I think it does help us.

We're absolutely in wait-and-see mode and if he doesn't cut tomorrow, hang on to your hats because we're going down big time.

We have informed consumers, and they're choosing to take the mode of transportation that is not only the most enjoyable to them but also the most protective of park resources.

Today's decision by the IRA to move into a new peaceful mode is historic and represents a courageous and confident initiative. It is truly momentous and is a defining point in the search for a lasting peace with justice.

We have made a concerted effort to make sure the kids remember to have fun. We practiced Christmas Eve morning between 9 and 11 a.m. and we had some of the coaches and ex players playing a little. We want to get them back into the mode of having fun. Nobody has their heads down.

Touch is our most highly developed sense when we are born, and it remains a fundamental mode of communication throughout a baby's first year and an important influence throughout a person's life.

We're kind of just in a standby mode at the moment.

We'd like to see all these cases investigated rapidly so that we can determine what the mode of transmission was, what the source of exposure was, and whether or not there were any characteristics of the situation that are different from what we've seen in Asia.

We'd love to get to a mode where we're looking at the number of employees served, the number of checks processed--you name it, some business metric--and take it out of the technology realm and tie our success to their success in terms of business.

With 18 games left, I think everybody is getting into a playoff mode here. Let's face it, from five on down to eight, there's going to be two or three games separating (the teams). So each win is really vital.

We do have an offense that can get us quick shots. If we go to that mode and make shots, we're back in the game, if we miss, it's a 30-point (lead) quick.

We put ourselves in the mode of having to fight back. We built ourselves a hole.

We will continue on that aggressive path. Make no mistake about it, we are really in an investment mode right now.

We saw a lot of good things early on from the first team offense. When we got into the fast-tempo mode it caused the defense some problems.

We're not in the mode that we are mad. We're not at the stage where I think, 'Orange County is taking my water.' We just need time to assess things.

We have no information right now that tells us anything other than we are able to meet the demand right now and supplies are good. We are in storm preparation mode right now. We are going to do our best to keep Florida moving.

We have to get out of the mode of playing good caliber teams good, but coming out a little short.

When we went to 12 games, everybody kind of went into panic mode because scheduling a game is not quite as easy as you might think. Usually, these games are scheduled five, six, seven years in advance.

The Postal Service really isn't in a building mode anymore, and that's throughout the whole country.

We're going to do some testing. It's the prudent thing for the company to do. We're looking at every possible innovation and concept. It's more in the speculative mode right now. It would be unfair to jump to conclusions.

We're going to maintain the largest customers in a mode that is sell-with and involves a lot of participation. I think that's natural.

When we get men into scoring position or on base, it's like we go into defensive mode instead of offensive mode. I don't know how to get guys out of it.

When we got there, the building was well-involved in flame, so we went to defensive mode to protect neighboring buildings.

We failed to agree over the nomination mode between the electoral college of delegates and direct party membership system.

We're in a mode where it feels like there's no free time, but there really is. To live a good life is not about going to a meditation retreat one weekend a year. It's about moment by moment, every day. You've got to train yourself, train yourself to be calm.

We're in a very unpredictable mode at this point,

We're in a wait-and-see mode hoping that the river is opened to ocean-going traffic.

We're in that mode here where there's a dead cat bounce and that the glass is half full. At some point reality will set in and then the glass will be half empty.

We're not going to look at this game in the way that, if we lose, it's the end of the world. But, definitely, it's going to be a key game for us to get a playoff mode going.

We are looking to be in a mode of constant improvement, and it isn't going to be one person; it's going to be a cultural change.

Yes has been sleeping in this kind of awful mode that I think is slightly disrespectful to our beautiful fans. It's all ... political is not the right word, but it's all contrary to different people's opinions of what's right and what's wrong. I think that's really a shame.

(El Nio) can be very persistent on occasion, and it does seem like we are in a mode where we are seeing them more frequently.

CompuServe hasn't been in a huge growth mode since AOL acquired it. AOL is looking for more advertising and trying to bring in more customers.

Curiosity ... endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.

Don't forget the late '70s was dominated by people like the Queen of Disco Donna Summer and everybody who was in that bag. We were already in dance mode, the Bee Gees were out with the most fantastic record the world had ever heard, so the world was in the mode. Anything outside of that mode was secondary.

What's been revealed of Windows Vista is particularly sad. Defaulting to a mode that requires users to enter an administrative password before they can install programs? A security-enhancing idea, but one that's been around for ages in Apple's Mac OS X. Integrated search? Apple has it now. The Registry? There's no sign of that monstrosity in OS X, but it'll still be around in Windows Vista to drive users nuts. Copying the competition's good ideas and retaining a bad one that you actually did originate: That's innovation!

When you open up mode four to include migrant workers of all types, I do not think it will benefit us as we are already there.

You hit panic mode if you don't like the first draft at all.

Assuming the survey results are accurate, this indicates that many companies do not yet recognize e-mail as an important mode of communication. Responding to an e-mail within one to five days is reasonable. Anything longer should be considered excessive and a sign that the company is not truly open for business on the Web.

I've been working on timing and getting my hands in the right position, just trying to get that feel back. It's hard to explain. You can do it in batting practice and you can do it in the cage, but to get in the game and to be able to settle your nerves a little bit and get in that mode when you can still get your swing off when the velocity picks up and you start facing off-speed pitches. I'm trying to find that rhythm, that timing.

I understand there is considerable anxiety about America Online right now, but I want to assure you we're confident about the future. Our goal is to be in the growth mode in the second half of the year, and then get back our real momentum in 2003.

The traveler wants to be able to communicate everywhere, and you never know what mode will be required,

Today we're in the bottom- fishing mode and there are a lot of people who think the tech correction is complete and we've established our lows for this cycle.

Today you have Southwest Airlines in a reactive mode opening up cities they probably would not have opened up.

To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment

We've been on coast mode for a couple weeks, and it caught up with us. I think we remember how hard it is to win, to put ourselves at these high expectations. It's a big difference to go out and do it. We haven't been doing it.

We've been preaching to the girls that we've been in playoff mode since last Monday (when Rutland went back to practice after defeating cross-town rival Mount St. Joseph). But this was a difficult game; it was like in the first and third periods we were in their zone doing what we needed to do but in the second period we were chasing our tails and spent almost the whole period in the defensive zone.

As the economy continues to slow and inflation remains benign we expect the Fed will be in easing mode by the second half.

The system must not be shaken, weakened or discarded at any time. The Western mode of political systems must never be copied,

The situation is very dangerous. ... The machine is absolutely out of control. We tried to fix the machine after the first debate, but the Bush Cheney Champaign officials would not let us do the job properly. The machine is locked in the 'Angry Lies' mode under the 'complete desperation' menu. I wish I could help them, but they voided the warranty and refused to let us work on it when we had the chance. Now they are paying the price.

There are a lot of teams that are pretty even, and we feel like we're one of them. We've kind of been in the mode where we haven't finished, and that's been one of our strengths over the years.

When the Federal Reserve is in a (interest rate) tightening mode it's difficult to get excited about old economy stocks,

We've got to get people back in the mode of parking here.

And when that happens, the first thing people tend to do is blame the coach, or blame the people that are picking players. And once you get into a finger-pointing mode of who took that first-round draft pick, or why did you let this player go, it tends to create divisiveness between those three people.

Users described interest and excitement over AMD's 64-bit Opteron server capabilities, citing price performance advantages over Intel-based boxes, both for 64-bit Linux installations, as well as running in 32-bit mode running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, ... With the 64-bit version of Windows Server, which is supported on Opteron, beginning to enter the market, users are hoping for even greater performance for Windows Server installations.

Visual Sciences has been acting in stealth mode for the past three years, and they by far have the most phenomenal product on the market. And unlike any other business intelligence tool, theirs is really designed for marketers.

We're developing a mode for keeping the arm out in front. We'll essentially stow it now by putting the instrument pack up over the rover's deck.

While it's difficult to take cuts like these, it's important to take them quick so we can get back to the mode we want to be in, which is high growth. This is one of those difficult things but unfortunately if you don't do it in an industry like this, you can die by a thousand cuts.

The reason it took so long is I really focused on coaches who have been in the mode of teaching young players.

Bringing in spring merchandise now is a good thing. It creates a sense of excitement for consumers. I think retailers are better off selling less stuff at higher margins than getting into a promotional mode later in the season.

This number shows that inflation is in a benign mode for the U.S. economy.

We do not think there is a mode shift (from air to ground shipments, ... We believe that the express-intensive businesses are the ones that have been punished the most in the recession and the slow recovery.

Being anti-social, that's his personality. People that don't know him think he is cocky and anti-personal, but when you get to meet him he's a nice kid. When he is in battle mode he doesn't talk to you. He gets into that warrior mode, and I like that.

We are very much in listening mode and we are keen to hear what people think of these proposals.

Strictly speaking, Natural Selection is not a cause at all, but is the mode of operation of a certain quite limited class of causes.

Across Europe, hubs are recognized as the best way to organize transportation, giving people quick and easy access to the best mode that suits their needs as they run errands, commute to work or school, and travel within the city.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

Oscar Wilde defines a perfect personality as ""one who develops under perfect conditions, who is not wounded, maimed, or in danger."" A perfect personality, then, is only possible in a state of society where man is free to choose the mode of work, the conditions of work, and the freedom to work. One to whom the making of a table, the building of a house, or the tilling of the soil, is what the painting is to the artist and the discovery to the scientist -- the result of inspiration, of intense longing, and deep interest in work as a creative force.

Oh, I don't know. We'll see. I don't want to put any stock in that. I can't put stock in that yet. ... If he doesn't do it the right way, and that's going to be the defining mode of this football team, we won't miss a beat. He says the right things to me, but I see better than I hear.

Firms must weigh mode costs against reliability requirements.

Finishing off 12-4 is our goal. I don't want to say the intensity, but the importance of the playoffs starts this week. So we're in playoff mode starting now, and we'll continue going into next week. So you can look for us to actually be playing like it's our first playoff game.

We had some trepidation whether or not we wanted to do it because we had been in the mode of doing the other. Once we got into the very first rehearsal, it reminded us how good Mozart was, how funny and how relevant to today.

Seeing him be so happy kind of motivates us to know that basketball is a game of fun. You get too serious and get too tense, you might have jitters on the court, so we're trying to stick to that mode of having fun. It works for us.

Sometimes I have problems where I get into a mode where even just looking at a page on a screen makes me panic. And getting past that is a really intense thing to do.

Space flight is years from being routine, or even a mode of transportation per se. Transportation refers to reaching a desired destination. Space flight, for the foreseeable future, will be an end in itself.

Depeche Mode have never got over their teenage awkwardness with each other. We're still like that. Mates but not mates. That awkwardness is there, only now we have families and kids.

Deploying Pivotal has helped us get even more competitive in a number of key areas. We're definitely generating more revenue, while at the same time reducing administrative expenses. We have moved back into a membership-growth mode and were able to downsize our account-services department by reducing the paper they have to deal with. And, terms of retention, we're running at a 93 percent rate, which is 5 percent higher than before the solution was deployed.

Now, can he get enough reps? Can he catch up mentally enough to put himself into more of an active, competitive mode at the quarterback? We'll have to see.

The mode everyone is in continues to be search-and-rescue.