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Look back in the last 30 years, the Federal Reserve has caused every major market pullback because of tightening the monetary policy, ... I believe the odds are that they will be raising rates by 25 basis points on Nov. 16. But beyond that, that will be it, well into the year 2000 before any further rate increases take place.

Martin is one of the most improved players in the league. He is very efficient on offense because he scores points but is not a ball hog.

Martin's the first to find out, to listen and to get different points of view. It's a great quality for a young CEO. He doesn't have his mind made up before he has the facts.

Marty has been talking about finishing games since we've lost by a total of nine points those three games. And he has been stressing about finishing, making plays when you have to.

Mary kept the points a lot shorter. She tried to go for too much at the Open.

Marc did a great job in qualifying. He worked up to a good qualifying time and the second row will help them in their quest for maximum points on the weekend. Paul put the car solidly on the front row. He and Jan really get down to business. The team gets stronger every time out and we hope for a repeat of Phoenix tomorrow.

March is an important month for us. We've got six league games, so lots of points are up for grabs.

Marco missed eight games this season, but he deserves to be a first team all-star. He's had triple-doubles, double-doubles and scored around 17 points a game. I don't know what the kid has to do.

Mark really stepped it up tonight. He has become more of a leader the last two weeks. He came up with some big points tonight.

Some games you have to do the right thing basketball-wise to win and we can't seem to do that. We don't play a good offensive game and we can't win. That puts Kobe in a bind. He's got to get 35 or 40 points for us to win. We should be embarrassed. I know I am.

Some of the activities that we engage in put you in a position where you can truly understand some of their points of view.

That drives me up a wall. We made some errors with the lead when we had the opportunity to put even more points on the board. But, luckily, our defense came through and held them off.

That big kid, No. 53, I don?t know his name. He got some points in the paint on us. He had eight at halftime. He just lowered his shoulder and went (to the basket).

That bumps the double points in the relays up more. You can score 18 points in a relay to what used to be 14.

That can be a good thing, but right now it's because we're rushing shots. We're a young team and everyone wants to take the big shot. We get down by four or five points and everybody wants to be that hero.

That definitely gave us momentum. It put us up two points at a time when we really needed it.

That clearly took us out of our game plan. We watched the Steamboat(-Battle Mountain) game (Saturday). We saw that those two had seven-eighths (sic) of their points and we decided that someone else was going to have to beat us, and to their credit, they did.

That could have created a real big spark. That could have put six points on the board. But I couldn't get it. My eyes failed. I was seeing too much green in front of me. I didn't see the ball.

Some people can say Herb had a lot of garbage points today. I say it was good position. It was Herb outworking their big guys.

I said to him on Wednesday that I had watched him and I've never seen him that relaxed. I told him to keep it up and accept the bad stuff with the good stuff. He's swinging well and if he gets some more points he's in. That takes the pressure off me.

I said it three or four times during the season. They were the most complete football team in the nation. They were better all-around than Southern Cal. I didn't care how many points Southern Cal averaged.

I said I wouldn't get nervous and then I found out two weeks ago that I still had 18 points left. Everyone told me to relax and not worry about it.

I said after last week that we've got to try to make up 20 points a race. I think we made up 20 points today, so we just have to keep doing that.

I said I didn't think people as young as 16 should be allowed to vote. Apparently, they took points off for that.

Some of the guys mentioned we haven't won here in a long time. We just had to keep grinding. We were trying to get that monkey off our back, get two points and continue the roll we're on.

Some of the Kmart issue was worked in during the previous session. The data out of the U.S. still points to an economic recovery.

Stephanie Villalba lost her sex discrimination case. She lost her claim for costs. She has now lost her appeal on points of law relating to victimization and unequal pay. It is time for both of us to move on.

Stetson scored 23 points off turnovers. We have to take care of the ball and take good shots. We have to make the easy play because Gordon sits back there like a free safety picking off passes.

Rebecca is within 7 points of qualifying for state and Alyssa is with in 20 points. I see both of them qualifying at GNAC in Hastings.

Regan Mooney stepped up big time for us in the first half with 12 points while Ryan and Rayne were struggling. Ball handling, rebounds. That was a very big help. Usually when Ryan and Rayne struggle, no one steps up. She took it upon herself. And Mary Kate Brady hit the boards, scored 10 points. That's what has to happen. The other kids have to step up.

Really, I think it's just a matter of giving into ourselves. It's easy to talk yourself out of playing hard. At certain points of the game that's what we've been doing.

Such a good couple nights for us. We did it again, we give them chances on the power play. They had like three posts it could have been different. It was our night. We had a great goal in overtime and we got four points on the road against the Red Wings. I mean, if you look at the history, that's never been the case.

Picking up nine points over Christmas sets us up for a crack at this title.

President Bush believes that the promise of Social Security fulfilled over the last 70 years ought to be a promise we keep for future generations. Scoring political points by shirking responsibility for tomorrow's seniors is not a birthday party Americans can afford to attend.

President Bush is the fittest president in history. They said it's because he spends a lot of time exercising. See a lot of our previous presidents wasted that time reading. .... A lot of people are every critical of President Bush for taking the entire month of August off for his vacation. But his staff points out, there's nothing at the White House he can't do at the ranch because the ranch is fully equipped. It's got the treadmill, the weight room, the jogging path, the big screen TV, they get Nickelodeon. It's got everything he would do.

Regulators have picked out two points this year: encouraging fund inflow to the market and revving up studies of new derivative products. The index has a good chance to test 1,300 this week.

Part of it was we looked a little rusty, we made some simple mistakes, like passing the ball out of bounds. That led to some fast break points for them. You have to give credit to them. They did play good defense and did have good defensive pressure.

Patrick didn't let the bronchitis he is coming off of slow him down. He's a very tough competitor and he made sure we scored the points we needed to win the meet.

Patrick is the best player in the state. There are a lot of scorers in Illinois, but how many defend and rebound the way he does? What puts him at a level with other top players is he is very athletic and plays hard all the time. He gets at least 10 points a game playing aggressive defense.

Parry's comments hint that the Fed still views the neutral level of the federal-funds rate to be approximately two percentage points above the inflation rate,

Our only goal was to keep putting points on the board.

Our original goal was to finish in the top five and we weren't far off. Overall, it was a successful year. The state was a lot more competitive. The top teams were more evenly matched and it took a lot more points to stay in the top ten than it did last year.

Our line, when we play together and play well, we produce points and help our team win. When our team's winning, obviously everybody's going to have points.

Our long term goal to develop local offices in strategic points around the country. The Northeast Corridor is home to many well established technology and manufacturing companies and our unique position as one of the only technology specific design and interactive agencies makes us a terrific match for that area.

Our mindset is that we want to be in the top four so points are most critical. But it's Michigan and we love to beat them. We're in third place but the seventh-place team is only two points away.

Our defense was good and our offense was unbelievable. To come out and scored 80 points on Blackhawk is great. I just think we had a great overall game.

Our defense was good enough. Fifty-four points, I thought that would have been good enough. But we only scored 19 points the second half. We gave it our best. We just didn't make any shots.

Our defense wasn't good. Our offense was twice as bad. We have way too much offensive talent to score 15 (third-quarter) points against anybody.

People may look at how many points we've scored here in the last three games (67, 67 and 57), but a lot of the reason for that is that our defense has really picked up and we've been able to get some offense out of our defense.

I saw Hussy hurt three times with a jab on the ropes and his legs were gone on him. I wasn't looking at his face. I was looking at his legs and I knew. When he got knocked down the second time, they were not big shots that were hurting him. They were solid shots, not big ones. We didn't want to see him get hurt. He wasn't going to win. He was already four points down on the cards.

I was a little disappointed in that (Big East) rule. We've had plenty of cases on the team now, and in the past, where a guy was a couple points short on a test. Yet he comes here and graduates and has a great career and does a great job representing the program.

I think a lot of the players don't realize that you only have one basketball career and it doesn't last as long as you think. The money might be there, but actually being out there on the court, that (stuff) doesn't last. And until people realize that and realize that you have to help each other and not be so selfish and worry about how many points you score, we're going to be stuck in the same position, same place.

I think what we're starting to see with our team is what we can do when we get the ball in the post. I thought that was evident today against a really good team. We had good success inside and got a lot of points off a very good defense. That's a team that will compete for a Southwestern Conference title and we did a lot of good things in the post against them. That's really got me excited to watch it continue to come along.

I think that certainly is a factor in some of the scores. It takes more time to get a shot against a zone than it does man-to-man. Teams that are playing zone probably aren't fouling as much, so you aren't getting as many points at the free throw line.

I think that certainly we'll be excited when we're able to generate more offense, put points on the board. We remain confident that we're right on track and we're going to be much improved.

I think what we can do now is we can change our personality. Defense can carry us at times. But I thought in the fourth quarter, our offense, we executed. To score 28 points down the stretch in the fourth quarter that's pretty impressive.

Last year against Brentwood (in the playoffs) we were up ten points and they came back and beat us. We weren't letting that happen again. We're peaking at the right time.

Kobe scored 81 points. I was asking the guys the other day, 'How do you score that many points in a game?' That's like scoring seven touchdowns.

Krista had a beautiful routine. She always swings the bars so nicely. She was very clean. The judges could not deduct points from her for bad form.

Kurt only gave up four points on his feet in 34 matches. The only other points he gave up were from releases. Nobody scored on him at districts or at state. This is a high school kid who doesn't make mistakes or get out of position. He wrestled all season at an extremely high level.

J.D. Smith took eight data points that were common to the original World Trade Center bombers in 1993, ... From those eight data points, he matched the profile.

Just having the chance to put it on the line at the end with the coach putting me out there was a lot of fun. We needed the two points anyway it came and it was a great way to get it.

I think so. Not to disrespect them (Magic), but it's not like you're going up against Phoenix right now. You expect their numbers to be up a little bit, but they scored 54 points in the first half. I don't care how you look at it, that's not defense to our standards.

I think Steve has got some good points on why comparing vulnerability numbers is difficult.

I think there are valid points on both sides,

I think the rate cut was the worst-kept secret around. If they didn't do 50 basis points, the market would be concerned, because I think 50 basis points was in the marketplace.

I think there are a lot of great players coming up. I know this experience is going to help them. It's been up and down this season but I think the high points will help them.

Land is so speculative right now. The price points facing developers (in the West Valley) are higher than in other markets that have proven themselves.

Last time we turned the ball over eight times we had the same outcome. Whether you lose by one point, three points or 30 points, you can't do that.

Last time we were the No 1 at Manchester, and I'm sure everything points to our retaining the top position here too.

Opening price points are still where they were. In other words, you still launch at $49, but after a few weeks go by, demand dries up. So you're not seeing games hold the price point as long.

Irene averaged more than 10 points per game this past season and I believe that her best basketball is still ahead of her. We are excited about the physical presence that she brings to our low post game.

I remember what it was like to be a young coach. Sometimes you get caught up in how many points you score or how many yards you can gain. Let me tell you, it doesn't matter if you score 60 points and they score one more than you.

Jessica played a good game and really gave us a lift in the third quarter. We scored 26 points in the third quarter. That helped carry us through.

January could prove to be a very difficult month for bonds, just as December was. Long-term interest rates rose anywhere from 35 to 40 basis points last month, and we're obviously starting January on a very weak -- if not suspect -- note.

Japanese shares seem set to push up to the 17,800 points level no matter what economic news comes out next week.

Jarvis is doing really well. He is doing a lot more offensively. Last year we were very well-balanced and nobody averaged more than 14 points per game, but now we are young and need him to step up.

Our guidance points to a large, powerful hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico in the next few days. We're forecasting a Category 3 hurricane, but Category 4 is not out of the question.

Our intensity in the first quarter was great. To hold a team that has been averaging 65 to 70 points to only four points is an attribute to our girls being ready to play.

Our guys stepped it up a notch. To hold that Bulls team to 30 points in a half is unbelievable.

Our guys struggled a little in the top doubles spots, but I'm not concerned because these guys always seem to bear down and win the key points when it counts.

Our hard point (bottom line) is stopping launch aid but there are other points to negotiate.

Our goal on the men's side is to be where we were a year ago, if not better, and for Rickey and John to improve their qualifying marks, and for others, like David Rae , to make it onto the national lists. Rickey is going in trying to defend his title. If he is able to do that, it will get us rolling. We also hope to score well in the pole vault because we have four solid athletes in it. David Rae is capable of scoring us some major points in the 3,000. We are a young team, but we have a lot of people capable of doing great things. Hopefully, Big Tens will be an awakening for them to compete at a high level.

Our goals are to improve restaurant margins 500 total basis points and to generate at least $100 million to $125 million pre-tax profit improvement by the end of 2008. We are confident about our future and we are eager to begin writing the next great chapter of Wendy's long-term success story.

Our goal was to clinch a playoff spot. To be up four points with less than two minutes is disappointing to see it slip away.

Our goal was to give them one shot per possession. We did a good job of that. They got some points in the paint, but we took away the perimeter game.

Our goal was to hold them to under 40 points for the game, so we're happy we were able to do that. It wasn't our prettiest game, but anytime you can get a win on the road in front of a hostile crowd, it's a good victory. The girls did a good job of holding their composure in here tonight.

Our goal was to put Luke (Simmons) on (Phillips), and hold him to under 15 points He did a good job defending him.

Our jumpers did a great job today. And Dustin scored a lot of points and showed a lot of senior leadership, which is important.

Our juniors just went out and had a great day. Our seniors are leading us really well, but we're getting the bulk of our points from our juniors. They're not just scoring points. We had three conference champions today. It was pretty cool.

Our juniors went out and had a great day. I'm really pleased with our lower levels. Our seniors are leading us really well, but you know, we're getting some points from these juniors. And more than scoring points, we had three conference champions today. That's pretty cool.

Our kicking game has definitely been a blessing this year. We kicked well on kickoffs, punts, extra points and field goals. Honestly, I think we played well in all three phases of the game, tonight.

Our kickoffs are just horrendous. He kicks all his extra points and kicked the field goal. But he's got to work on his kickoffs.

Our guys came through and did the job. Carmel is so well-coached, and they're tough to score points on. But we were able to get a couple big wins, and we also won the close matches.

Our guys did a tremendous job on the defensive end of the floor. We're a team that applies a lot of pressure and tries to use our defense to jump-start our offense. We were able to force some turnovers and turn them into transition points tonight.

Our guys have done an unbelievable job. To get 16 of our last 18 points is something to be proud of. Their heads should be held high.

Our kids just kept battling and playing hard. I mean, to win a championship game and not even get to 50 points is truly remarkable.

I'm hoping this is a coming out for (Brown). She's averaging 11 points per game but I feel like she should be averaging more.

I'm happy for him, and it's an indication of the success that he's had, but there are a lot more points that he needs to score if we're going to have a big year.

Man...must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator, for he is entirely a dependent being...And, consequently, as man depends absolutely upon his Maker for everything, it is necessary that he should in all points conform to his Maker's will.