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We're not expecting an entirely clean read for the durable goods report. The business confidence data began to bottom at the end of June and that's encouraging. We probably will see modest gains in consumer activity and eventually the business cycle will catch up to that. But so far, everything right now is pointing to frustrating moderate economic growth for the time being,

The pickup in construction of new homes is good news for the Australian building industry, pointing to firmer activity ahead.

The data from the ongoing engineering analysis on the PAL ramp seems to be pointing in the direction of not flying with the PAL ramp for STS-121.

When the record industry is identifying particular pieces of music on Napster, they're pointing to specific files and where they see a file name. But clever users of Napster are doing things like writing the name backwards or putting it in code.

We ought to be proud of that. But what are we doing in Washington? We're pointing our fingers. We're talking about process.

We were watching things unfold, surrounded by all that was going on in the news and pop culture. I wanted to say the most controversial (things) I could while still keeping the songs smart and articulate. And there's a sense of humor there, which makes it more inviting than if I were just pointing fingers.

We have been pointing to this game for our program, ... I think the (OSU fans making the trip) will be shocked at the enthusiasm and the vociferousness of the Hoosiers. They'll think, 'Where did these guys come from? They must have stayed up all night waiting for this game.'

When my father testified at the trial, ... there was a full-page picture of him on the witness stand, pointing his finger at John Gilbert Graham.

There has been a lot of pointing fingers but unfortunately, as an industry, it does not help.

The reason we're pointing to this alarming trend is because if we're going to get girls to continue to decline in drug use effectively, we're going to have to deal with those causes, which are different.

We kept our poise. We stayed united. No finger pointing when bad things happened.

We're not pointing fingers. That will start outside this room.

We're not pointing the finger at nobody. (The offense) puts three points on the board, we should win the game.

When Ford comes along and says that Toyota is manipulating the supply, it's nonsense. Toyota developed it all. Toyota does a lot of it in-house. Someone is pointing a finger at Bill Ford saying, Why don't you make more hybrids? So he has to point the finger at someone else.

When you're traveling around, it's very confusing, especially if you're pointing to one race and something happens and you switch up to go to another race. Maybe the medication was fine for the first race, but now you're excluded from the next race.

We're getting the process started with exploring bonding and meeting with some people who are pointing us in the right direction.

We are seeing a series of good indicators pointing to solid recovery: improving production, improving exports, improving employment and improving spending.

We knew what we were getting with Juan. We've seen him do it so much against us. We did it a couple of times last year. I keep pointing out that you have to have the personnel to do something like that.

And they always find in archeology a series of small walls. Every time, a series of small walls. Everywhere you go. Weve found a series of small walls, were very excited I think this proves they had walls in olden days. They were very small, and a series of small wall people. And then someone comes along, very learned, with glasses, Of course, the king and queen entertained here 1,500 courtiers, and there were soldiers, 20,000 soldiers in this room, and elephants dancing hopscotch over there A mad fiddler in this room, playing the banjo, buttocks and aqueducts into a heater And youre just watching, and going, Youre making this up, mate! Youre just pointing at a series of small walls, going, there, there Tutankhamen playing banjo in there Dont know if its true.

Content and services can be exposed from our site and be branded by partners, so it looks to visitors like they are on the customer's site. For exposing our content as a Web service, we're doing the heavy lifting. For the consumer of the Web service, it's more like pointing a network toward a URL.

What needs to happen if you're going to tell an evolutionary story is you have to tell a story of gradual change and at each point there has to be some sort of selective advantage. The evidence is just not there that these processes can do the sort of design work that I am pointing to.

Every team is different, some teams fit better than others. I think the leadership on this team has been very good, pointing everybody in the same direction. They respect each other.

Everybody's worried about him. You can see the center, the quarterback always pointing at him -- 'Watch number 43! Watch number 43!' -- and looking where he's at. I think he draws most of the attention, so everyone else flies below the radar.

At the end of his Macworld keynote address in January, Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, noted that the company will celebrate its 30th birthday on April 1, 2006. While it's possible that Jobs' was simply pointing out the longevity of Apple, we interpret it as a signal that Apple will hold a major birthday party in the form of new product event around that date, most likely in early April.

I've never had a make-or-break year in my life. I'm going to coach football, it's what I do. This program, to me, everything is pointing in the right direction. So we're going to work as hard as we can and be as smart as we can.

Things are increasingly pointing toward a grand coalition of the CDU/CSU and SPD. This seems like a trend that may firm up before voting day.

The trends are all pointing upward for Toyota - sales market share, production, the rumors are so strong about an engine plant. That's a good indicator to us that a production facility would be announced.

We've been pointing to this game. We talked all spring about finishing games. It feels real good to close one today. That's what I told the girls.

The world has a thousand creeds, and never a one have I;Not a church of my own, though a million spires are pointing the way on high.But I float on the bosom of faith, that bears me along like a river;And the lamp of my soul is alight with love for life, and the world, and the Giver.

It would be an inappropriate signal to cut, because they are keen on pointing out they'll do everything to keep markets well supplied, especially after such an incident.

What can you say -- you got somebody pointing a gun at you. I'd be terrified, too. Thank God he's all right.

U.S. economic figures are still pointing to strong consumer confidence, which gives positive momentum to Asian exporters to carry into 2006.

We had practiced that play, ... There was a comment in the paper about our guys standing up. You watch the film, and our guys are pointing out that the halfback is (still) back there.

We had practiced that play. There was a comment in the paper about our guys standing up. You watch the film, and our guys are pointing out that the halfback is (still) back there.

We didn't launch a feud with Fort Myers. What we were pointing out was the relativity of risk. What we did was gently point out that not coming to London was a risk.

Rather than indicating any rise in inflationary pressure, the data out ... with today's prices paid are pointing to receding inflation pressures.

After the first game, people in both towns have been pointing to this game for a month and a half. You could feel it building. The anticipation has been crazy for this and I think it proved to be worthy of that.

But the language in the Fed comments and in Greenspan's speeches of late has been pointing to rate hikes becoming more aggressive, ... The word 'measured' is going to be dropped soon, maybe at this meeting, maybe at the next.

Delta is a team that's always real competitive. We are pointing to them as the top team in the league. They are well-coached and have great ballplayers.

The modest downtrend in order growth is pointing to some moderation in the months ahead,

You would have to be blind, deaf and dumb not to see that as pointing to a direction for the dollar.

Amber always asserted to him that he was the only guy she was sleeping with during that time period so Anthony's never had any reason to question it. Anthony's big thing is that his reputation has been harmed. This poor guy can't go anywhere without people pointing at him.

A lot of people had an influence on me when I was growing up, pointing me in the right direction and teaching me to make good decisions.

They started trash talking out there. It woke us up. We started to get up and down the court. ... I was pointing at the Memphis TV guys. They was talking trash, too.

They try to divide you, all these guys try to divide you and they try to divide the team. They get an unnamed source or a player here (to say) that we're all pointing fingers.

Our compass is pointing in the right way and if it continues to point in this way, there should be no reason why we should even discuss (that), ... very unlikely.

The Philadelphia Fed business outlook index is still above zero in January, pointing to expansion, but the expansion is not quite as broad.

We had 20 scoring opportunities today but just didn't capitalize. We are playing well and the girls remain positive despite our struggles. We're pointing our efforts toward the post-season.

We didn't expect a one-point game, but we definitely knew it was going to be tough. A lot of times you can have a game like this and get down on your teammates, start pointing fingers. We stuck together.

The weak update on major renovations in Sydney is just one among a plethora of indicators pointing to NSW having slipped behind the pack.

The Web as we've known it for a long time has been pages linking and pointing to other pages.

The U.S. pointing to China is a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. The deficit with China reflects poor policy on both sides of the Pacific.

This is something the Fed is going to keep an eye on as it's domestic prices that they're worried about, the domestic pace of activity, and it definitely is pointing in the direction of further rate hikes.

In Madrid, there's a big street in the centre called Callao. I remember being there with my mum and pointing to one of the big film posters and saying, 'I want to be up there.' That was my dream, and I got it.

I'm sure there will be a lot of legalistic explanations pointing out that the president lied under oath. His (Livingston's) situation was not under oath. The bottom line, though, is that he still lied. He lied under a different oath, and that's the oath to his wife. So it's got to be taken seriously.

Indications are pointing that way, which is really terrific, because we have added 3,000 more seats.

In a short story, you can use someone - we're only going to be with that person for maybe 10 pages, and they can have sort of a one note personality. And in a novel, you need to have arrows pointing more than one direction for that person.

In economic news, the Federal Reserve said that manufacturing output was down for the northeast with the Empire state off 20.1 from 26.3 in December. Industrial output nationally increased by 0.6% nationally while capacity utilization was at 80.7%. These numbers are important as the FOMC looks at them closely in determining inflationary trends. These numbers are still pointing to an expanding economy.

I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me.

I opted to give him a break after the Manhattan. He didn't have any major problems. I've been pointing for this race for a long time. I figure he runs well fresh, and he wants to go the distance. Naturally I'm a little nervous bringing him back off the layoff and asking him to go this far, but I think he should run well.

I?m used to us losing a couple of games and everybody pointing a finger at me,

In the larger debate over intelligent design, this decision will be of minor significance. As we've repeatedly stressed, the ultimate validity of intelligent design will be determined not by the courts but by the scientific evidence pointing to design.

Instead of taking action to bring down gas prices dramatically before the Fourth of July holiday, (Vice President Al) Gore, Browner and President Clinton are pointing fingers to blame everyone, but not themselves, for busting the summer vacation budgets of millions of Americans,

I'm not pointing any fingers, and I'm not finding fault with the harbor committee. They're doing just as they see fit. We thought that perhaps the community would embrace it, that it would become something they could call their own.

I'm not pointing any fingers, but there were a lot of things going on besides the fact I had a pulled hamstring.

I'm not pointing fingers at anybody, but as a group we're not playing hard enough to win basketball games. We don't seem hungry. We don't seem like we want to make it to the playoffs.

I hope that Mr. Gold and Mr. Sharon will stop this broken record, assigning blame. Finger pointing will not save the lives of Israelis and Palestinians.

I just cannot imagine why anyone would want to be really famous. You go to a restaurant and people are pointing at you and they talk about you and they whisper and it is very disconcerting; it is a very odd feeling.

I'm ready to go out and get in a fistfight with them, but that would be pointing fingers and we can't be doing that, ... Let the offense figure it out for themselves.

I'm not going to allow an insurance company to bankrupt half of the families, businesses here ... by pointing to the fine print that says that they should have known that our hurricane policy doesn't cover storm surge.

AT&T is simply pointing out the challenges related to an ever-evolving Internet with proliferating applications that require significant network bandwidth. At this stage, we are exploring different product models, but feel strongly that this is an issue that has to be solved in the marketplace.

Superdome officials are pointing to the Falcons-Saints game on Sept. 24 as the first event in the building since Hurricane Katrina. We are pleased that this historic reopening will feature the annual renewal of the traditional Falcons-Saints rivalry.

Superdome officials are pointing to the Falcons-Saints game on September 24 as the first event in the building since Hurricane Katrina. We are pleased that this historic re-opening will feature the annual renewal of the traditional Falcons-Saints rivalry.

Sydney is acting as a major drag on the NSW economy and the weak update on major renovations is just one among a plethora of indicators pointing to NSW having slipped behind the pack.

The Bank of England is walking on a tight rope as the data this week has been quite weak, pointing to downside risks in the economy. We see sterling coming down from their lift last week, going lower against the euro from here.

The basic credibility of this government is really up for grabs and open for question without the Democrats doing anything but pointing a finger.

Still, this is a hugely encouraging report, pointing clearly to a vigorous recovery.

The best way to make employees happy is to set realistic goals and achieve them. The big job is to make sure those small steps are pointing us in the right direction and demonstrate at the end of the year that they all add up to something pretty great.

Everybody is pointing the finger. You cannot put all the blame on (Nee). We have to take some of the blame.

Everyone seems to be pointing the finger at Mick.

That is the race I've been pointing for.

It's real frustrating, I'm not going to lie. We keep practicing so hard, then keep losing. We just have to find a way, we can't start pointing fingers.

The new data are pointing toward a bottoming out in the manufacturing sector,

Not only are long-term factors pointing to considerable strength, but short-term developments in the last couple of months have been positive.

No, there is no guarantee, but there is somewhere between that and just throwing up your hands and there is nothing I can do. Rather than pointing fingers, we need to change the culture of the town.

The officer sees two offenders pointing weapons directly at the officer at which time the officer, in defense of his life, shoots at the offenders and we have two fatal victims.

Then I see this person waving a gun around, he's circling around, pointing at people, then brings it up in the air and fires two shots.

Then she starts pointing towards me and shooting and I was shooting back to her.

Consumer credit growth was again relatively muted in September, pointing to continuing consumer caution,

Arrogance is a creature. It does not have senses. It has only a sharp tongue and the pointing finger.

Their problem is they don't have the time. There are some people with 80 accounts, and that's 80 sites they have to visit. They may have only two persons plus them in a crew: a three-man crew. If you have 80 accounts, some once a week, some every other week, 10 miles apart in some cases, you don't have much time. I'm not knocking the industry, I'm just pointing out some facts.

It obviously is pointing out the fact that extreme fuel cost pressures are offsetting a lot of the progress that Continental has made on the labor cost front in the last few months,

The U.S. isn't about to cut interest rates to save the other currencies. And the Japanese or the Germans are not about to hike rates in order to affect exchange markets. So the fundamentals are still pointing in the direction of a somewhat stronger dollar.

They ... continue to drum home the point that this isn't going to be a huge extended tightening cycle with them pointing out, yet again, the risks beyond 2006.

In raising the consciousness of the public to the plight of many small, wild cats, the Bengal and some other hybrids can be like a signpost pointing the way to a broad and unselfish commitment to save not only endangered species but those whose fate may also one day become inevitable.

Claims are pointing to firm, if not firming, conditions in the labor market. Corporate profits are just huge and businesses are in a position to expand.

His disappearance could mean higher tensions in Liberia in the short term, but there are a lot of people who would rather see Taylor dead than alive, and everything that's happened is pointing more in that direction.

His birthday is something I do enjoy pointing out or celebrating or recognizing myself personally, because that was always a lot of fun with him.

I haven't made that decision. But I would certainly welcome the superintendent of schools, instead of pointing the finger at everybody and everything, taking some accountability of what is happening on his watch.

He sees the whole floor. He's always pointing people here, there and everywhere, and while he's pointing he sees somebody cutting back door and he throws a pass. He's the glue to their team, but they've got four other guys they throw out there that are pretty good, too.