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Maybe politically it wasn't wise but when people have different view points I think the public has a right to hear it and the public has a right to make decisions based on those view points.

Justin averaged 21.5 points and was 11 of 19 on threes and didn't get named last week.

Just 10 points a race isn't going to do it, and what are the chances of me finishing second for the next six races? We can only do as good as we can do and can't really worry about the outcome of the 20.

Johns is averaging about 22 points a game and a team leader in rebounds.

(Johnson) had a couple of streaks where he would put up eight points in a matter of 45 seconds. He had some big moments; he'd get his points in bunches.

John Young is our unsung hero. The kid shuts down everyone's best player. He is the best defender around. I am so proud of the kid. He does not get a lot of credit because he only scores seven points a game. Nobody sees what John Young does for us. He has done a fabulous job, that is why he is our captain.

I think the swing of the game was when Matt had those five points in about five seconds. That changed the momentum of the game and allowed us to play a little differently in the fourth quarter.

I'm sitting here looking at points and we're only 34 points out of 10th and we've got two races left,

I think this was our best defensive half of the season. We let them score handily in the first half. But we held them to 18 points in the second half. That's pretty good.

It is definitely in the back of our heads, four points and we blew it in the last 50 seconds. We have a little redemption.

It is bizarre going into the first game thinking you cannot afford to lose but that is how far the standards have been raised. We have gone into seasons past, had a poor start and still gone on to win the league. But we got 41 points out of 45 at one stage last year. If that is not championship form I don't know what is but we still didn't get close to Chelsea, so we must do better.

Julian Watson will be our kickoff man. Jorge Couto will handle our extra points and field goals.

I thought he was my friend, but he betrayed me. If someone points a gun at you and shoots and it doesn't go off, what would you do? If someone is pointing a gun at you and they start putting more bullets into the gun, what would you do?

It hasn't been typical that we come out after halftime flat like that. We have lost a whole bunch of games by 10 points or less this year. We're struggling to get over the hump.

I think I've spent the last 12 to 15 years and only scored about 14 points a game, and I want you to know it's a lot easier to call defenses when you have a lead. I am the biggest fan of the offense in America.

I think L.A. is under a lot of pressure right now. They have a lot of resources on that team, but they're only four points ahead of us, with (the Rapids having) two games in hand. They had a tough loss on Sunday and I expect it to be a very emotional, very physical game.

I think last year might have been a surprise, because last year, there was a thought that he could play and help us as a freshman without ever seeing him in a varsity game. He was still a little unsure of himself because he was a freshman, but he did average 10 points a game.

I think last year's team was bigger and more powerful ? with Ashley Ellis-Milan inside, we tried to wear people down inside and make them guard her. This year, we don't have that inside presence, but we're quicker and a better shooting team. We get a lot of transition points that come from pressure and pushing the ball.

I think it will be a big part of us winning the series. We can't let him get 40, 45 points a game. That's where I come in to keep those numbers around 20, 25 points. With that said, that will give us a good chance to win.

I think it will probably be here sooner, but it's one of those guess points of people in ornithology. If you have the summer, you have breeding birds over in Europe. Then they'll probably go north, mix again (with birds in Alaska), and then next fall and next winter, we could start seeing it.

I think it works pretty well. That's kinda one of the really cool following points of the DVD.

It didn't really mean anything. They'd already beaten West Chicago by 26 and 36 points in the first two meetings, so in the back of their minds, they knew they could just show up and win, and that's what they did. With an extra day of rest and preparation, they'll be ready to go.

It didn't turn out as well as we would have liked, of course. We only (had) three points on the board. The defense put us in some positions where we should have put more points on the board, but we didn't do it. We know that we need to correct some mistakes and get better than we were tonight.

It depends on what they look at. This is the only bad loss we've had. Other teams get beat by 35 or 40 points and still get in. We beat some good teams on the road. I hope these young ladies get the opportunity. I'm very proud of this team.

I sure hope we're different. We seem to have been playing more physical basketball on the defensive end. Again, that was just one of those special games, the guy got on fire and obviously, since that's happened, we're not the team he's scored the most points against.

It all depends on where the points are needed, and where the team needs me. I like the four and eight, but I also like the one and two. So it all depends.

It all points to how he progresses over the next six weeks. Obviously we want him to get his at-bats. We've said it all along -- we believe he is going to be in the lineup somewhere. We're just not sure where. But he's got the best instructor you can have. We'll see how much progress he makes over the next six weeks.

It all points to more of this coming along.

I think the surface helps a lot. It gives a lot more free points than other surfaces. Serving aces out of nowhere when you haven't had any before, that comes out of confidence.

I thought it would last for three games and then I would stop doing that. My team helped me out a lot. They knew I could do it and they had confidence in me. They set screens for me. I didn't really think about it (scoring 41.9 points per game).

I thought if I came back early and played well, I would have a chance to make points early. That's still my goal.

I thought it was going to be a factor. I knew they had a good kicking game. I thought if we could get momentum early. They haven't scored a lot of points this year, to get an early score, I thought psychologically would have been good for us.

I thought it was great, I loved it. It takes a lot of the pressure off. You don't get so angry if you think a call is incorrect... and if you were wrong, then you don't spend those points or matches or extra games really thinking about it. So I thought it was great.

I was just trying to point out to him, you get a standing ovation and pump your chest and Allen's got 25,000 points and he acted like (it was) no big deal.

I was kind of disappointed with that game. We've played hard over the past few weeks, but we just didn't seem to have that desire against Riverside. We got outscored 17-2 in the second quarter. We had 17 points through three quarters. You're not going to win like that. We didn't get down and guard them. We gave them too much inside.

I was just reacting to what I saw, ... That's not how the play was supposed to go. But we needed some points and I was just trying to make something happen.

I was just so lucky to have her. When we played Randolph, we needed scoring and she stepped up and scored 12 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter. And when we needed to get other people involved, she'd do that.

I was just thinking about getting points on the scoreboard for my team. I heard the crowd, so I figured it had to be OK.

I think that meeting really helped put a face on who we are. We made our points about what we contribute to the city in tax dollars and that this is our livelihood, we've been doing it for decades and we hope to be doing it for a lot longer. And I really got the sense that they got it.

I think that 25-basis points is the likelihood, and I think that has been built into the market.

I think some of the girls thought the game was over. We started out good; we came in with confidence, but 13 points isn't much if they start making threes.

Josh had a good day. He always will have a good day. I'm pleased that he placed in the 100. He's a fast, big kid. He's in that because we don't have a fast 100-meter person to put in there. I'm tickled pink for him to score points in the 100. He scored in every event. The relay, he won the discus and shot put, and took third in the 100. He's putting points in the till for us to help us out. That's pretty cool.

Josiah Johnstone ran out of his head. He did a great job. We took a lot of points from them in the field events and they started to stack up. To come that close to them, even when we were not in the ball park, I'm really pleased, especially with the boys winning both relays.

Jodi maybe doesn't score a ton of points for us every night, but she does a lot of other things that make us go and make us better. Se gets a lot of rebounds, steals and assists and spreads the defense.

It is going to take a team effort. You cannot give up extra points when you lose; you have to pick up extra points when you win.

It is good, but one of the only positive things we can take out of the performance. We are disappointed with the way we played. I think it is two points dropped. It was a horrible, scrappy game and I don't think either goalkeeper has made a save.

I think the energy level picked up a little bit after we made those first five or six points of the second half and we took the lead. I thought our energy level defensively picked up.

I think the bullish case is emboldened by the fact that, despite a lot of reasons, investors just haven't been willing to sell stocks en masse yet, ... Had someone told you 18 months ago that oil would reach $70 a barrel and gas would be $3.00 plus for a gallon, and the Dow Transports would only be 200 points off their all-time highs, you would have never believed it.

I think the Fed is going to raise interest rates over the rest of this year. I think it will go up at least 100 basis points before the year is out. So the Fed funds rate will rise from about 6 percent to at least 7 percent. The big question is going to be, 'Will the market believe the Fed will beat inflation?' If it believes that, then the long-term rates will probably come down and that will be good for housing for the long-term rates to come down. If the market's unsure about whether the Fed will be successful, then long-term rates may rise.

I think the Fed's going to lower by 25 basis points and I think the trend is going to show stabilization and a pick-up in growth. The current data is not going to look terrific but there will be signs of stabilization.

I think the generational differences and that fact that I was a woman doing a lot of men's tennis matches with those two kind of worked. We all brought different points of view. We all pronounced the players' names a different way so it sounded like there were 14 people on the court when we were together. Fred would say it one way and Cliffy would correct Fred and I'd correct Cliff. I think we did produce a nice sound. There was genuine warmth there. It was just a wonderful time.

I think when you're the points leader you want the season to be over right then and there, ... It doesn't matter how many races in the Chase you are, so from here on out as the points leader, there is some pressure being on you in that position.

It is just a matter of putting points on the board. That is something we have been really, really working on the last three days. I think we have gotten a lot better at it already. I am not saying we are the Chicago Bulls or anything, but we have gotten a lot better over the last couple days. It is still a work in progress.

It is nice to get a win at the end of a difficult week. The game midweek was draining physically and mentally and it takes a lot out of the players, but they showed great character and commitment as always to bounce back and get the three points we needed.

It is just unfortunate that we didn't click on at crucial points in games, both in the Test matches and one-day matches.

It is kind of funny. We started 0-3 in the ACC, we ended up the No. 3 seed, we're 3-0 in North Carolina, we won this game by three points and now we're in our third game.

Lauren has been a great player for us all year and she came through for us again. What I was really happy with is the way we played defense. To hold them to 49 points is very pleasing.

It is an important win for us, especially coming from behind like that. These two points are just as important at the end of the season. This is a big win for us.

It is a pity that we missed out on the points but that was not the best afternoon for me.

I think the men's title will be between us and Houston. We just have to make sure we don't make mistakes. The way I have it scored, there might be 10 points between us. On the women's side, it should be Houston, then Rice, then us.

I think the winner tonight was the American public. This was a very good debate, civil debate. I know it probably lacked the fireworks that some would have wanted, but I thought it was a very competent explanation of the two points of view,

I think the urgency and the desperation have gone up. We've gotten points in three straight games and we've had opportunities, now we need the consistency aspect. In order to win in this league, you've got to play 60 minutes, and I have the utmost confidence we'll do that.

I think the second quarter cost us the game. They did the old cherry-picker on us. It was there, in the second quarter they beat us by eight points and they ended up winning by one.

I think the situation is not very difficult, it's more difficult for the other clubs, ... We have four points in hand over the teams at the bottom but I am here to give my experience from Marseille and to get as many points as possible until the end of the season.

I think the X-factor for them in this game was the shooter Dorsey. I think she scored three points the last game. This game she had a lot. That was pretty much the X-factor.

I think they are. I think that the Fed either finished its tightening for this cycle, or it has 25 basis points to go in a couple of weeks. I do not see the Fed tightening further in August.

I think they are trying to say that they can still do their tightening 25 basis points at a time, but they still have a long way to go in raising rates. Essentially, the message is, 'if you think we're nearly done, think again'.

I think they thought they just had to go out, put some points on and play the finals later on. You'd have to feel for Japan, they made all the play.

I think they understood how hard they have to battle all the time. Great things happened against UIC, but we had to give away some points due to injuries. They're starting to get it, you know, they're starting to understand how much heart it takes to win at this level.

I think there are going to be opportunities to buy the weakness because I think the pre-release season will dominate again ? I don't think there's going to be a significant drop, though. There are a lot of people who buy the concept that 250 basis points (in interest rate cuts) with more coming is going to help.

I think there is no defending a title. You don't go into a season with a points advantage over anyone. So I don't think it's ever a title defence. I think you've got a different number on your bike, if you choose so, but everyone starts at zero again.

I think there's so many points of view that you want to make sure your stories are being told from men and women... you get all of the different backgrounds. You don't want every story being told from the same point of view. So just for better storytelling, I'm like, 'Yes, please, bring some more ladies on.'

I think there is a very long road to go before institutions and businesses, large and small, get a handle on this. The fact that we get breach after breach points to that.

I think there were probably points in time where a vote of confidence, if it was coming, would have come and didn't, ... I'm not naive. To say the least, I'm disappointed.

I think there were things within our team tonight amongst ourselves where it was boiling points and frustration with one another. I think it's very important right now, when it gets to that level, that we've just got to stay together. There are some tough times in a long season. This is the time we need to stay together and just get through it.

I think there will be growing interest in using biometric scanning at international access points in order to catch known people coming in on false papers. The problem is, even if all these searches disclose the identity papers of some of the perpetrators, that will not tell you necessarily what their mother named them since none of these people travel under their own names,

It is always important to score a lot of points at the start of the year. We know Renault is the team to beat at the moment.

I think after a while, after we start missing the easy shots, I think we start pressing a little bit and trying to make up for the easy shots that we missed and we just continued to miss. At one point I remember looking at the clock when we had 33 points and I don't remember the next time we scored. Then, the same thing happened in the third quarter when we just could not make a shot.

I think anybody that just points to the patent office being overloaded and incompetent is whining over spilled milk. Reality is not going to change overnight.

Remittance transfer across the world is becoming more accessible. There are more points of access, and the rates have become cheaper...it is getting easier both from the financial and convenience standpoint.

Rocky made a huge play, and the next thing you know, we've scored 14 points in (30) seconds. That's how you win in this league.

Our 1 percent growth in Europe is affected by currency. In the quarter, the effect of the euro took about 9 percentage points of growth. That's still good growth. I'd love to see North American sales be higher than that. Our focus is to grow the top line, but profitably.

Our Achilles' heel has been killing penalties at home. They get a power play goal and it's a 2-1 hockey game. You get the number of points they have as a team by hard work, and we knew they weren't going to quit by any means.

Over the last few days market trading has been very thin and there has not been much volatility to speak of. The index has been up maybe 30 points and down about 70.

Over the next 12 months, we believe the Nasdaq has 200 points of downside risk and 2000 points of upside potential, creating a ten-to-one ratio of reward to risk which makes this an opportune time to be aggressively buying stocks.

Over the next few weeks, we expect oil service companies to post strong fourth-quarter results and likely provide bullish guidance for 2006, including positive data points on both activity and pricing trends, which should fuel sharp earnings growth for oil service companies over the next few years and ultimately push stock prices higher.

Our goal with this team is nothing but to advance. Nine points from the remaining three matches should be enough for us to advance directly, I hope. But now, three points from Wednesday's game are of key importance.

Our positive was Rashad scoring 18 points but on the other end you have guys driving by you going to the basket. I thought though his offensive attack and feel was good.

Our power play didn't come through. It's a bunch of little things but they're adding up to big points we're losing out on. To win games you've got to score goals, and we just aren't doing that.

Our press has been good to us most of the year. We used different types of presses ? we used a diamond-and-one and a we switched to a 2-2-1 ?Êand I thought our kids read it real well. What was really big off the press was that we converted some easy lay-ins. Those were some big points for us.

Over the past year, core intermediate goods inflation has been nearly 5 percentage points higher than core finished goods inflation. This is one of the largest gaps ever, and reinforces our expectation that a part of this early-stage inflation should feed through into finished goods prices in the coming months.

Overwhelming evidence, supported by independent expert testimony, points to the fact that the 'emails' and chat room conversations were patently fraudulent.

Out of the box we are offering a complete GPS solution for people wanting to drive in Europe. Digital map material is provided by Tele Atlas which is highly detailed, easy to read, includes loads of points of interest information and has comprehensive road data right down to street numbers. And it's the same level of detail throughout Europe, all running on your mobile phone.

Our turnovers and their offensive rebounding were key. I think 18 of their 32 first half points came down to their effort on the boards.

Overall, he held up very well and helped the prosecution. He came with a lot of baggage. But he did so much damage to the defense case. And most of the points the defense attorneys made on cross-examination didn't go to the crux of the government's case.

Our role players have really improved. If we can get points from our other three starters, that just makes it easier for Tamara and Megan.

Our schedule is really no different than last year as far as being harder or easier. The difference is some of the teams we don't play were worth some points and other teams were beating them. I thought the kids were really peaking down the stretch and playing really well.

Our spirits just got down early tonight. Every time we came back down the court offensively after they scored, we thought we had to make four points and just rushed things.

Our starters didn't play a lot of minutes, and it was good to see us score as many points as we did with those guys not playing. For our team right now, playing this midweek game before getting back into the (Southeastern) conference at Tennessee (Saturday) was good for us.

Our strength and our emphasis is to get the ball inside. We did that and we couldn't score. I was disappointed that we gave up that many points in the first half. But Mines only shot 33 percent. But when you shoot 19 percent, you put yourself in a big hole.