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It was an objective in the first quarter, too, but we gave up 17 points. They were set to do some things against us both offensively and defensively.

It was a big relief to achieve our main objective of qualifying from this group.

It's hard to believe the objective is better service when on its face, this plan to shutter nearly a fourth of Iowa's county offices will lead to more driving, greater inconvenience and less service,

It's hard to be objective about it, ... But it's one of the movies I most like. It's the most complete. It really works. I know that it's probably the best movie-making experience and final result in terms of a creative, well thought out movie that's well written and well acted.

It's an affirmation of the direction the city was heading. The purpose was to have outside experts take an objective look at what the city is doing and what it should be doing. There were a lot of parallels and a lot of criticism.

The most important thing is that this is an objective result, it reflects the will of the voters.

Any objective look at what science has to say about climate change ought to be sufficient to persuade reasonable people that the climate is changing and that humans are responsible for a substantial part of that - and that these changes are doing harm and will continue to do more harm unless we start to reduce our emissions.

Anything is possible. This insures us a piece (of the conference). Our main objective is to keep working toward a state title, but you have to get through the conference first.

An inspection is an objective visual examination of the physical structure and systems of a home, from roof to foundation, ... When problems or symptoms of problems are found, the inspector may recommend further evaluation or remedies.

Anyone who thought analysts are totally objective gets what they deserve. Everyone knows it's going on.

After reviewing Judge John Roberts' credentials and meeting with him privately, I have found that he meets my criteria for judges. And that is: only the brightest, most objective minds shall serve on the bench,

The broad objective is to create a more vibrant downtown.

The inflation objective is explicitly a long-term or medium term objective. It focuses on, for example, core inflation to avoid getting involved in short-term fluctuations in energy prices and the like.

All three of those players have tremendous potential rewards. Each one needs to add a different element to their game to get them to the next level. My objective is to get the best out of them.

The games are staggered otherwise. The objective is to give as many fans as possible the chance to watch the game. The fact is when you put a game on at 4 o'clock the TV ratings are brutal.

The city's primary objective is to get a second recycling center ... that would make for a more comprehensive site.

The fundamental objective of an inquiry has to be lessons learned. How did these things go wrong, are they still going wrong and how can we make sure they are fixed?

The girls played pretty solid. If they get focused and just play, they are capable of playing pretty well. I hope they just keep their focus and work to get better and that's our main objective because we try to get better every day. Hopefully we do well again tomorrow.

The Egyptian government must fulfill the promise it made to its people - and to the entire world - by giving its citizens the freedom to choose. Egypt's elections, including the parliamentary elections, must meet objective standards that define every free election,

The IIC wants cartoon villains, not the truth. Mr. Sevan has now reached a point in his dealings with the IIC where he questions the Committee's commitment to objective and evenhanded fact-finding and doubts he can receive a fair hearing in this forum.

The imposing edifice of science provides a challenging view of what can be achieved by the accumulation of many small efforts in a steady objective and dedicated search for truth.

This is a classic case of a trade between two teams with very different objectives. I understand that today there will be a lot of questions about the closer role in 2006. That will resolve itself in the coming weeks between now and Opening Day. We've got some good arms in our bullpen to choose from. We obviously don't have an experienced closer. But I'm confident that we'll be OK there. That wasn't the objective of this trade for us.

The cause here is improving Minnesota in the long run. I don't see myself, and I guess I don't see other candidates, doing showboating if it's going to harm the overall objective of improving things for Minnesotans.

The ultimate objective of all this is the destruction of Arab identity; for the enemies of the Arab nation are opposed to our possessing any identity or upholding any creed that could protect our existence and cohesion, guide our vision and direction, or on which we can rely in our steadfastness,

The ultimate objective of human life is to be free from sin.

The initiative seems to respect the rights of creators to determine how their works will be used, and this has been our concern and objective all along.

Their objective was to get their critical records out, their utility records and all of that,

Their objective was to undermine the electoral system and overthrow the government,

The events of September 11th, and the lives lost that day, will never be forgotten. We are committed to assisting those who are left behind and that remains our objective as we expand our mission to include other disasters. We wish to thank the Mental Health Association of New York City for honoring our efforts and greatly appreciate the recognition that comes with it.

The major objective of the truck supply industry at the present time is focused on the provision of a satisfactory level of support infrastructure to ensure that the vehicles required by operators can be processed for delivery in the shortest possible time, and are then also fully supported in terms of parts, service and repairs once they have entered service.

The marketing function in tech is undergoing significant fundamental change. All tech marketers need to improve their effectiveness and IDC research demonstrates that a number of leaders are emerging. IDC will identify and then analyze the marketing management practices of these leaders, with the objective of sharing their techniques with others in the industry.

Al Qaeda has significance beyond its numbers, frankly. And so for us, our 24-hour-a-day objective is to seek out those al Qaeda cells. And, as we seek them out, to target them and eliminate them. And we're doing that 24 hours a day.

The first and most important objective was to step up our recruiting of international students,

The first half of the season is your preparation for district. Our main objective is No. 1 to win a district and that's our objective at the beginning of the year. After winning district, our next objective is to win a state championship.

The Central African Republic is free to close its border, but we regard the decision only as a gesture of courtesy with Chad rather than an objective move.

The company's objective during its real estate review... is to identify underperforming stores and close or move them to new, more productive locations,

The company sought to interpret this study in the most positive manner possible, but a more objective analysis may conclude that the results were actually negative in our view.

The company also has the objective of commercializing novel biotechnology instrumentation and the advancement of biotechnology manufacturing techniques.

The key objective to successful business travel is to maintain control.

The key question here is as to whether this is an intensification with the explicit objective of resuming hostilities or whether it is an intensification to probe the attitude and disposition of the new government.

For future exploration, when we have the objective of going to the Moon, it is important to have several possibilities to go there, and within this framework of cooperation to have our own access to orbit around the Moon.

Accuracy was the big, big objective in making the film. We had to be accurate, otherwise we would fall under that perception that Hollywood was messing around with a very vital event.

Food and energy account for a significant portion of household budgets, so the Federal Reserve's inflation objective is defined in terms of the overall change in consumer prices.

It's not the most objective of websites. Obviously that's language you wouldn't find in a normal encyclopedia,

Its objective is to support the long-term road to recovery by bringing the end of the relief operations and the start of reconstruction.

It's obvious Al-Jazeera is probably not the most objective news organization.

It presents a challenge that it's in a wetland; our objective here is to make it look like it has always been there and disturb the environment as little as possible.

At Kohl's, our objective is to provide great fashions to our customers to help transform the way they look, live and feel. We are happy to report that the results of our survey reinforce our customer-focused beliefs and fashion ideology.

There's a misconception about which foods are bad for you, but really it depends on what your objective is. I avoided nuts because they're high in fat, but that's not an issue for me. So now I have permission to eat them.

I tried to take some risks and I made a mistake and it threw me off my focus a little bit. Technically, I'm right there with the best girls. It's a little hard to accept (fifth) when the objective is a medal but I'll be there in four years.

It's very difficult to be objective about one's childhood because you have no perspective on it. I have nothing to compare it with. The only way I can lead any kind of a comparative life is to portray other men.

It's not spit out by some computer. I have objective numbers like that, but my pencil is my coaching tool.

It means that the franchise has been pretty successful. I don't think there are many franchises who play over .500 at this point. It's a pretty significant milestone. Our objective now is to just stay way above it.

It really is designed to be a fundraiser, but the other objective is to honor outstanding volunteers that deal with the youth of Pacific Grove.

It remains the case that on any objective analysis the prospects for a settlement are good, and we have to work towards that with renewed vigor and determination. Democracy must defeat evil.

It's a little hard to accept when the objective is a medal.

Each situation can be different, depending on where you are. Objective rules are less important than good judgment and common sense.

Economic policymakers face enormous uncertainty. Economic models provide a set of useful tools to frame future outcomes, but as we were reminded repeatedly during our efforts to forecast the economy in 1974 and 1975, models can go off track in myriad ways, ... Objective and thorough analysis ... is the most effective counterweight to this challenge.

The number one objective for us was not to give up goals. We were doing that in the first two weeks. I thought defensively we did pretty well although we broke down on the one goal.

The objective for the next generation is to make it more evolutionary. Three hundred millimeter was quite an abrupt change with many new standards. If we repeat that, we will have failed.

The objective here is simply fact-finding and an understanding of faculty perspectives at this point in time. I will simultaneously be working with others beyond classics to see how best to carry this inquiry further outside of a single department, much of which may have to be done when faculty return to campus next fall.

The objective is still to make good kids excellent.

The objective is to accelerate the 802.11n specification process and to promote interoperability, which is critical for acceptance by consumers.

The objective is to bring people back to the sport. Our job is to let people know hockey is back and better than ever, ... For something like this, a nontraditional approach is necessary, combined with a traditional approach.

The objective is to get (Looper) 100 percent. We don't expect it's going to take that long.

The objective is to get people passionate about supporting the Eclipse projects.

The objective is to have a vehicle which is more comfortable than the Soyuz capsule which will be used with pilots and four passengers,

The objective is to head (bankruptcy) off if you can possibly avoid it. (Dana) will try to avoid it.

The objective is to increase both coffee and breakfast sales. Premium coffee and specialty coffee are a really important part of the American breakfast experience.

The objective is to promote competition and to ensure that consumers are not punished for crossing a border.

The objective is to provide the best possible management for the assets of my family and foundations that may also be attractive to other investors with similar objectives, and to put into place a structure that will last beyond my lifetime,

The objective is to show them how various sectors operate in the country. This is an important first step. And they have already shown interest in doing business in Brazil, not only in trade, but also in partnerships.

The objective is to slow down investment growth and loan growth.

The objective is to slow down investment growth and loan growth which were higher than the targets set by the government. This won't be the only move and more administrative measures are likely to come.

The objective of cleaning is not just to clean, but to feel happiness living within that environment.

The objective of debt relief is to free up resources to improve the lot of the poor. But sustained improvements in governance are necessary for these resources not to be hijacked by vested interests and used effectively and efficiently to improve the delivery of education, health and other essential services.

The objective of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives

The objective of my visit is to learn from the experience of the Turin Games and we have learnt a lot.

The objective of the actual conference is to narrow the issues down to the top five or 10 that will be forwarded to the national AFAP conference.

The objective of the contests is to get new music heard and reward artists on a periodic basis.

The objective of the customer is not being met if the fund managers are diversifying their assets into hundreds of businesses. If they do this, they are typically performing close to the indexes. But that's not the way wealth is created.

The objective of the Drug Court is really to reduce the number of kids placed out of home -- to cure them of drug addiction in an effort to reduce their delinquency ... and prevent them from being locked up or sent to a placement facility.

The objective of the NIT is to restore its heritage as a meaningful postseason tournament.

The objective of the operation seems to be to create a few large-sized benchmark bonds and over time buy back the smaller issues.

The objective of these observations is to contribute towards the safety, regularity and efficiency of aircraft operations during takeoff and landing.

The objective of the trip is to move the diplomatic process forward started by Secretary of State Rice's new initiative that has allowed for serious bilateral talks within the six party format,

The objective of this deal is clear. We'd like to be the leading provider of silicon building blocks.

The objective of this exercise is to demonstrate NATO's capability to project power rapidly in the region,

The objective of this study was to determine the relative prevalence of diabetes and related cardiovascular diseases among overweight and inactive adults in a population representative of the nation. What we found was that individuals who are overweight or obese have a higher likelihood of having diabetes and cardiovascular disease even if they are active and appear to be 'fit.' Likewise, individuals who are not physically active have a higher likelihood of having diabetes and cardiovascular disease even if they aren't overweight.

The objective of this tour is to explain the situation of my country to the African authorities and ask for their help.

The objective of today's meeting is to summon both sides together and to do it on a tight deadline, saying 'we want you to meet next week, we want you to conclude very shortly after that'.

The objective remains the same - we go onto the pitch to express ourselves. Victory is what we must aim for, we must win a game - and if we win an away game that is even better.

The objective should be to make money and survive, not to be the biggest airline on the planet. With the low-fare market, they can make money. And with charters, no one has more experience with charters than ATA.

The objective was met but we've got to learn from this and be ready to play from the get-go. We must learn from this because next week is huge.

The objective was to even out the debt over the life of the bonds.

That's our objective right now. They have both played well. We'd like to do that as often as we can.

There wasn't a filter that a lot of us who maybe coached or played college football identify with. Maybe we aren't as objective as we should be.

It set a goal to prevent dangerous human intervention with the climate system, but no one could define what that was. So you have an objective to achieve something that no one could define.

It seems like its getting tighter and tighter. Change is dramatic on a lot of nights. Our objective is not just to make the playoffs; we want to win our division.

It's kind of a protest song. My objective is to make sense of foreign policy decisions taken by the current Bush administration and showing how they resemble solipsistic bullying.