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These new operations are not likely to create enough jobs to replace the labor-intensive jobs being lost to offshore production. But the recent trend has been a slowing of the manufacturing job losses in North Carolina compared with the 1995 to 2003 time period.

The situation in Judea and Samaria will be complex and difficult after the disengagement. The region will become our main theater of operations for fighting terror.

These riders pack the biggest wallop on the Foreign Operations and Commerce/Justice/State bills,

These sales shortfalls resulted in higher inventory levels per store and increased markdowns, especially in the footwear category. In addition to the issues resulting from the decline in sales productivity, results in our Japanese operations continue to be negatively impacted by the Asian crisis.

These second-quarter results continue the favorable trend in industry conditions that we began to see earlier this year, ... We will be divesting or closing operations that no longer meet the company's financial or strategic objectives.

These shark operations are a double-edged sword. On the positive side, they show that not all sharks are killers, and in fact, they're reasonably docile animals unless they're instigated. The bad part, of course, is that it's, in essence, setting the shark up for a fall.

These cable companies use their operations to present only one side of the issue because they don't want consumers to know there could be a choice for cable TV in this state.

The state had a responsibility under the emergency operations plan to evacuate these folks.

The status quo is not acceptable, ... We need more resources to support our people, operations and programs. These are investments that will pay large dividends rapidly.

The program is very bureaucratic. Commonly, a producer has to contract with an outside consultant in order to hire guest workers, and there's no guarantee the work force will be available when you need employees. Also, the program is seasonal in nature, so it doesn't benefit agricultural operations such as dairies that need labor year-round.

The programs of these specific recipients were chosen because these are organizations that have existing operations on the ground, they have a proven track record, and they have the capacity to rapidly scale up their operations so that we can begin having an immediate impact when these dollars are out the door,

We must change the function of government. We must build up a government with regulated behavior and harmonious operations -- and which is fair, transparent, clean and efficient.

With some of the refineries now shut down in the Houston area and their workers evacuated, we are pulling from operations east of the area,

We will move all of our striking teams to residential areas. They will no longer conduct offensive operations to seek and destroy GAM,

We welcome David to the executive staff of our management team. His unique expertise in both the facilities and operations aspects of managing high-profile arts and entertainment venues in the Bay Area will prove invaluable as we plan the next phase of expansion of our exhibits and event programs.

And you see those stories repeatedly, everywhere across this city. That the sense of desperation among these people is growing and while the operations at the Superdome, seem by the end of the week finally to be getting into gear, there are just so many other people across the city of New Orleans and all of these other parishes who just have no help whatsoever.

An Iraqi special operations force conducted a raid in one of the neighborhoods in northeast Baghdad to disrupt a terrorist cell that had been responsible for not only conducting attacks on Iraqi security forces and coalition forces but also in kidnapping Iraqi civilians in the local area.

Anne is an exceptionally focused and proven leader in this industry, ... Her leadership of Vehicle Operations resulted in a significant quality improvement. She has also overseen profit resurgence in South America and Mexico and increased market share in Canada. We expect her to drive our operations toward greater coordination, efficiency, productivity and results.

I've spent the last several hours in an appearance before the grand jury largely detailing the operations of the White House and the physical setting of the White House during the time in which I was chief of staff. I believe I've answered all of the questions that were asked of me. And I will not comment any further on my testimony,

These are typically former special operations community personnel who are highly trained in the use of deadly force, also in surveillance detection and also in risk avoidance.

It would be reasonable to expect a slowdown in operations during Ramadan.

There would be an impact on all the Delta launches, because if there is a strike, all launch operations will freeze.

We temporarily withdrew the line last year. We were trying to blend this product line into our regular operations and found it to be too inefficient. We're now evaluating whether we want to establish dedicated operations to service this market.

We're placing them into good homes where they'll be loved and taken care of and used as a useful animal or just pets. The alternative is we either leave them on the range and they damage the public lands because they're overpopulated, or we put them into large-scale holding operations where they don't get used; they don't get touched; they just sit there.

We see attacks on a regular basis. Since the end of major military operations in April of 2003, there have been close to 250 attacks against oil pipelines, refineries and oil facilities and that has been pretty significant in reducing... up to a million barrels a day of potential production,

To me, it was a very solid quarter. I'm not disappointed at all. We knew the point would come when operations would match expectations.

We feel really strongly that the best operated supermarkets are regional operations that operate under their own brand and close to customers in their market.

We should be back to normal operations from a Katrina standpoint sometime Thursday.

There is some speculation that CLP might announce a generous payout. But the company continues to face an overhang because of the uncertain outcome of its talks with the government on the scheme of controls relating to the operations of power companies in Hong Kong.

The operations are under preparation and you will see them in your houses as soon as they are complete.

The operations group will be interviewing the crew this afternoon. I understand that he saw some misalignment in the track that caused him to put his brakes on.

The operations side of both schools have been great in seeing that there is a test of fairness in how the game is presented. Both schools have an inordinate number of things they do at their home games, things their fans expect to be executed.

The reason the department refused to grant the few waiver is because this organization failed to demonstrate that its request was in the public interest in that it was not likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government.

There is also the personnel training and cost to consider, since it would take naval officers at least three years to master the operations before the Aegis-fitted warships can be enlisted,

We've had meetings, but we're looking for concrete operations planning.

BP is aware of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into possible contract-bidding irregularities involving two companies that do business with the company through the Durango Operations Center.

This new venture creates an opportunity for both Paramount and Universal to launch new operations throughout the world from the foundations built by our successful UIP partnership,

This officially turns the baseball operations to you.

to suggest that we need several hundred thousand troops there after military operations cease, after the conflict ends, I don't think is accurate. I think that's an overstatement.

We don't abduct anybody. We are not even holding anybody -- even those we take in on cordon operations are handed to the police and appear in the magistrates' court.

We currently operate daily flights between Bahrain and Hong Kong. We also operate 13 flights a week to Dubai and three to Riyadh. Because of the importance of this growing region, Cathay is studying plans to increase the frequency of its operations to Bahrain.

We have decided to suspend the offensive operations that we launched last week in response to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel ,

We have experienced unsatisfactory financial performance with our commercial airplane operations, ... Our expectations are that commercial airplane operations produce significant, double-digit operating margins,

Both meetings were positive and continued to focus on the Saints' operations in Louisiana.

Bombings on some of the gas pipelines have affected operations in one of our oil fields leading to disruption of crude oil supply. We are now transporting oil to the refineries using tankers.

Bombings on some of the gas pipelines have affected operations in one of our oilfields leading to disruption of crude oil supply. We are now transporting oil to the refineries using tankers.

Both Gyula and Vincent have demonstrated tremendous leadership in their regions. The switch gives Gyula an opportunity to lead our rapidly growing Asian operations based in Japan and provides Vincent the chance to return to Europe after many years abroad to lead our successful European and South American business. I have great confidence that our international operations will continue to strengthen and grow, given the presidents' strong working relationships, and that both leaders will continue to grow in their careers.

Bottom line, this year was obviously a disappointment, ... Duplication and inefficiencies inevitably worked their way into our operations and I am working to make sure they are squeezed back out again.

We are strategically realigning our operations in response to global business realities, ... We are reducing costs.

We are very pleased to be able to commence certain operations in Rock Hill. The opening of this office enables us to immediately begin to transition certain day-to-day activities as well as to use it as a base from which to launch our local recruiting, hiring and training of new employees.

We are very pleased to be able to help Chevron enhance their network operations while reducing their overall cost. We have a very solid track record of providing advanced network management services to global leaders in diverse industries such as financial services, energy, and pharmaceuticals. Chevron is capitalizing on our expertise while remaining very much in control of service and delivery strategy.

We are very pleased to report that the situation at the Grasberg Mine in Papua has been resolved peacefully and our operations resumed at approximately 6 p.m. (0900 GMT) on Saturday.

We are going to focus even more attention on the high-growth markets where we can gain additional leverage from the company's overall branding efforts. We plan to fuel significant new growth in our retail mortgage operations by re-directing resources to our most productive and profitable activities.

Acquiring a controlling interest in MSNBC will allow us to fully integrate the channel into our news operations and our overall cable platform.

After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine what was going on in the operations because the photographs just showed a mess.

Operations continue and we're open for business. We hope that the Teamsters-represented workers will come back to work, but if the strike continues, our contingency plan will bring Sikorsky to full capacity.

Operations continue as normal, there were some delays in patient tests, but elevators were back up and running pretty quickly.

Operations Research is gaining more visibility as a competitive business advantage and the Franz Edelman Award does a great job of highlighting outstanding O.R. applications. O.R. transforms business decision-making and this is being increasingly recognized by companies around the world.

Thanks to our drivers, the districts liability insurance claims have dropped over the last three years in a row while the number of vehicles, drivers and miles driven continue to rise. Operations are about as lean as they can be and still remain safe and efficient.

Thanks to continued support from The Scottish Executive, we look forward to the further expansion of our operations in Glasgow and to attracting top talent to the business.

I want again to remind everybody that Slobodan Milosevic is the problem... His troops are stepping up hostile operations in Kosovo and once the Albanian leadership signs this agreement we can turn our full attention to Belgrade,

Professional football operations will be preserved in the 23 cities and 25 stadiums where such operations are presently being conducted.

No single measure or investment can help an organization support the growth and direction of its business, but organizations that develop ongoing strategic performance management programs that allow them to manage their performance and track their competitive environment will be first in managing business growth, strategy and operations effectively.

Normally when such (foreign investment) agreements are spelt out, there are some fundamental control factors or check mechanisms that are implemented. So, while directly a foreign investor may not get management control, the conditions within the agreement and check mechanism ensure that a foreign investor has sufficient control on operations and finance.

North American pets get more investment per month than we have money for all our humanitarian operations in the world.

Northwest's operations steadily improved after the start of the AMFA strike, ... In the weeks leading up to the strike during the month of August, Northwest's on-time performance, completion factor and aircraft out of service were negatively impacted by an AMFA slowdown, as well as weather events including Hurricane Katrina that negatively affected the operations of all airlines.

Northwest's operations steadily improved after the start of the AMFA strike. In the weeks leading up to the strike during the month of August, Northwest's on-time performance, completion factor and aircraft out of service were negatively impacted by an AMFA slowdown, as well as weather events including Hurricane Katrina that negatively affected the operations of all airlines.

Strangely enough, the linking of computers has taken place democratically, even anarchically. Its rules and habits are emerging in the open light, rather shall behind the closed doors of security agencies or corporate operations centers.

With the arrival of Venus Express, ESA is the only space agency to have science operations under way around four planets: Venus, the moon, Mars and Saturn. We are really proud to deliver such a capability to the international science community.

With the company running at only 30 percent to 35 percent of capacity, and given a business that scales with volume, this must be a revenue story. More efficient operations can only take you so far.

While improving operations is certainly important, we do not necessarily believe that it will be enough. With the company running at 30 to 50 percent capacity, and given a business that scales with volume, this must be a revenue story. More efficient operations can only take you so far.

(Fields') next challenge is to lead The Americas automotive operations back to a sustained level of profitability while producing the best cars and trucks in the industry,

Two other areas where we utilize GIS are HAZMAT incidents (oil spills and affected areas) and Homeland Security. For example, during the Orange Alert following the London bombings, the county's Homeland Security Office and Emergency Operations Center went on 24-hour operations for all commuter transportation.

But since they have been a part of similar operations previously we are not ruling out the possibility.

The governments should invest in primary and junior middle school operations and staff salary payment. They are not allowed to depend on fees from students to run schools.

We are excited about our partnering relationship with DSC Logistics and most importantly, excited to offer our drug wholesalers, chain drug stores, mass merchandisers and independent pharmacies the ability to capitalize from the benefits of this new relationship, ... Through the relationship with C200, DSC Logistics and Kramer Labs were able to forge a relationship that will improve our overall business operations and provide our valued customers with accurate and timely delivery of our products.

We are excited about our partnering relationship with DSC Logistics and most importantly, excited to offer our drug wholesalers, chain drug stores, mass merchandisers and independent pharmacies the ability to capitalize from the benefits of this new relationship. Through the relationship with C200, DSC Logistics and Kramer Labs were able to forge a relationship that will improve our overall business operations and provide our valued customers with accurate and timely delivery of our products.

We are executing better in key areas of our business, and we are also encouraged by the fact that input cost inflation trends for some items are moderating following the significant cost increases we experienced in recent quarters, ... Fiscal 2006 should be a year of solid operating profit performance as we continue to improve our packaged meats operations and make our cost structure more efficient.

DP World has a long and rich history of supporting the global operations of the U.S. military.

DP World will transfer fully the U.S. operations ... to a United States entity.

Despite the success of our efforts to increase productivity and rationalize costs, the impact of September 11th and the continued recession in the travel sector has left Budget Group with a level of non-vehicle debt greater than our operations can reasonably support.

Despite the tremendous efforts of those within our fabrics operations to reduce costs and improve productivity, this segment of our business has simply been unable to compete.

Despite mild weather, our utility operations increased earnings in the quarter thanks to growth in both the number of retail customers and the electricity usage by those customers. These are indicators of a continued steady economy in areas we serve.

Despite near record mild winter weather, our electric and gas operations delivered solid performances this quarter.

Despite the cautionary language in our financial statements, I continue to be optimistic that our efforts to consolidate operations and improve efficiencies, together with our tremendous technological developments and contracts with blue-chip companies, will result in a stronger company with good long-term prospects.

Once the government approves the deal, the two airlines will be merged and continue their operations as Jet Airways.

Notwithstanding, the several unusual items that influenced our results the last three months demonstrate that the underlying performance of The Hartford's property and casualty and life operations was strong. This performance is a reflection of our efforts to sustain profitable growth in a competitive environment. Our return on equity of over 15 percent over the last twelve months has exceeded our stated long-term goals. Actions we have taken to broaden distribution and improve our products are driving our sales momentum.

So we're kind of waiting, too, to see what is expected and what's needed of us. Our primary concern now, operating as an Emergency Operations Center, is to help the evacuees we have.

Speed and accuracy are essential factors we use in evaluating distribution process improvements. Our mission is to optimize our operations to ensure quality, accurate, next day deliveries for customer orders.

Now eight days are gone. There are still rescue operations going on. But they say technically after eight days, the chance of miracle saving is slim,

Companies are looking at their operations and deciding where they can outsource. It is a trend that we are seeing and Boston Communications is benefiting from that,

Companies, both local companies and multinational companies, have voted, because of market realities, economic realities, to move operations to China, ... And they require the normalized travel and trade.

During the fourth quarter we successfully increased production in our existing factories as well as our newer operations to support strong demand in several end markets, including wireless communications and consumer electronics. Our leadership in wafer bumping, wafer level processing, flip chip, 3D packaging and other advanced package and test solutions has created what we believe is a strong pipeline of business. We are focused on optimizing our business opportunities, leveraging our strategic alliance with IBM, and laying the groundwork for expansion in Singapore and China.

Cognitive neuroscience is entering an exciting era in which new technologies and ideas are making it possible to study the neural basis of cognition, perception, memory and emotion at the level of networks of interacting neurons, the level at which we believe many of the important operations of the brain take place.

I've never felt such exhilarating highs and dispiriting lows than those experienced when we first detected the signal from the GBT, indicating 'all's well' and then discovering that we had no signal at the operations center, indicating 'all's lost, ... The truth, as we have now determined, lies somewhat closer to the former than the latter.

As in any time when our operations are very proactive and going out after the terrorists groups, the insurgent groups, there is always the possibility that our casualties will go up,

As life forms, viruses are just inherently interesting. It's the microworld - this universe of life too small for us to see - but it's profoundly complicated, and immensely powerful. Ebola is like a beautiful and frightening predator. There is a wonder in the operations of nature that can't be denied, even when we're the losers.

Bank One's interest in improving conditions for the residents on the east side of Detroit has lead them to donate their former bank building, ... Without their dedication to the community, this opportunity could not have presented itself. This building will not only enhance the current operations of U-SNAP-BAC, but it will be a place where residents use community resources in the heart of their neighborhood. There is no greater place to do this than this beautifully renovated facility.

a unique animal. I see daily operations as a democracy, however at a fire situation, it becomes autocratic.

As of today, we now have full nationwide connectivity to the Homeland Security Operations Center, a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week nerve center for homeland security information and incident management,