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The intention of the person or persons that threw the water balloon was probably a practical joke type thing but as you can tell it did cause some damage. . . . It's quite concerning to us that this type of activity resulted in people from Washington state not having a very good experience in our neck of the woods.

The cost of protecting IP rights for UK firms is an issue ? we're looking to find practical ways of reducing it.

Their process is a low-temperature one amenable to large batches of materials with lower melting points. From a practical standpoint, it's a good process.

The instructions are too boring to go through, and I believe it's more practical to be familiar with their functions through use.

It offers sensible, practical advice, in an easy-to-read format.

It's deregulated pretty well. From a practical standpoint, we didn't have the funds to really do a whole lot on the program anyway.

In one sense it's somewhat good news, because now the defense, instead of worrying about that 24 number lingering out there, can think 15 is the worst they can do, and they're going to try to improve upon it. There's no guarantee, but as a practical matter, that really is likely the worst-case scenario.

In practical life the wisest and soundest people avoid speculation.

In terms of practical things you need to do when filling out your return, just double-check your numbers, especially the Social Security numbers for you, your spouse and your dependents. That was the biggest error last year, either missing or incorrect Social Security numbers.

Classes taught by professional Wilderness Medical Associates instructors are fast-paced, with an emphasis on practical skills, including full-scale rescue simulations, fake wounds and stage blood.

Iran will be the most checked and inspected country if the principles agreed in Lausanne are transferred into the language of practical agreements.

I know our judges here will be practical and take into account that there's only so much a lawyer can do to make certain his client is being complete and truthful.

I hold Jenson's ability in high regard and had hoped he would race for us but I regard the outcome pragmatically. Ultimately, a financial settlement was a poor second choice, but the only practical resolution to the situation.

I have talked to Bush. I have dealt with him in the past ... we were fellow governors, ... I believe he will approach this in a practical problem-solving fashion.

In theory, drug ads could provide some important information to consumers. But as a practical matter, that's not what they do. They promote new drugs. They promote more expensive brand name drugs.

In order not to have a split and divided city and in order to have free access to everyone to the sacred places, we need to respect the right of the believers and we have to find a way that the practical day-to-day administration of the Old City will be shared administratively,

His area of specialization is just perfect for leadership of a group that is looking at a possible response to the bird flu pandemic. And on top of that, he's had substantial practical experience.

Because the proposed change raises both significant legal and practical issues, the administration at this time is not prepared to support it.

I'll probably buy practical things, ... Groceries, gas.

I didn't play practical jokes at home. I had a strict upbringing, which is part of my rebellion. I was raised Catholic and went to parochial school, which is why priests and nuns appear in my movies a lot, and I don't have very much nice to say about them.

I picked economics at the end of my undergraduate time because it seemed to be a really nice combination of theory, including mathematical theory on one hand, and things that are quite practical that you can touch and see and feel. So I picked it, and I consciously thought of it as an experiment to see if I liked it. And it worked.

He's always the perfect gentleman. He gives you common-sense advice. He came out of business before he went to law school and he is very practical in the advice he gives.

He's a prankster, a practical joker to the max. ... He created a lot of funny stuff, stuff we still laugh about.

The two biggest factors that determine travel costs are: Do you go to a rich and therefore expensive country, or do you go to a poor and therefore inexpensive country? ... The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World.

They will offer practical moral support to loved ones.

It was not practical to think of buying more and more expensive ground to keep increasing the length of holes to make them fit for championship play as the ball became more and more powerful, particularly when this increase in power carried no actual advantage to the game in any conceivable form.

It's amazing that it's as active in the blast crisis as it is, ... Essentially for all practical purposes that disease is basically untreatable. It was completely unexpected in my mind. It's possible that, if combined with chemotherapy, we may see even better responses.

In addition to testing for analytical abilities, which current tests do, we also want to test for practical abilities such as common sense, problem solving, ability to work with people and creative abilities, because we know, especially in business, creativity is crucial to new products and service development,

Any time a contract negotiation drags on for more than a year, the issues tend to be less practical and more emotional, ... We think this is certainly the case here with UAL and its mechanics.

A relatively more acute awareness of practical gains and losses, a more worldly mentality and a relatively weaker nationalism are part of Hong Kong culture.

The most practical way to become famous is to survive a major tragedy.

Another way to understand this opposition of principles and practical obstacles is to speak of statistics and dynamics.

Then also J has a particularly aggressive management (company) that started looking into the numbers and kind of made money an issue. My wife, we had a kid, and ? we need the money. But I mean, it's kind of cool. There are a lot of practical reasons to do it. Then there's also like just, I don't mean to be pretentious by saying it, but kind of spiritual reasons for doing it as well, and musical.

After sitting with the vice president in the White House, the Oval Office and the Cabinet room over six-and-a-half years, that he was consistently sound, sensible, practical and willing to fight for politically difficult issues,

Sooner or later we all will have to face the fact that most of the 11 million are here to stay, and it is in our interest as much as theirs to find a way for them to do so legally. There is simply no practical alternative. The only real question before us is how to structure the transition.

The breadth and scope of the proposed amendments are such that they will not only have serious, adverse economic and practical implications for legitimate industries but could very likely place (the current reporting law) into a questionable constitutional stature which would threaten to undermine our shared goal of protecting children from exploitation,

The buildings are basically intact for all practical purpose. The site needs some work, but this is the identifying site of the state's worst coal mining disaster and that needs to be preserved.

agreed on a new practical approach within the context of disarmament, and we hope we put it in the right course and finish it very soon.

The green building market is growing exponentially, yet professional home builders have no reliable, authoritative source to go to for information that can be applied to traditional American homes. Every Green Builder Magazine issue will deliver educational content about best green practices that will satisfy the growing hunger for practical information. The Magazine will serve as a 'builders' advocate,' bringing greater awareness of sustainable products, designs, systems, and techniques to America's largest industry.

The Eaga Partnership has done a very, very good job because it doesn't just raise a very important problem, it actually brings forward practical solutions.

The Court recognized that just like shopping malls are the new public square, these associations have become and act, for all practical purposes, like municipal entities unto themselves.

The course has a strong practical element. Although it covers the theory of corrosion, the main emphasis is on practical advice based on actual examples from the yachting industry.

The idea of the course is to teach students to learn more English so they can assimilate themselves better in the community. Our goal is to help them be able to ask directions if they get lost, go to the library and ask for what they need. It's a very practical use of English.

The idea was to, in a very practical way, give people something to take back. We had people from all over the world,

This is a historic moment of resolving a water dispute in a very sensible and practical way.

The focus is on practical life and work. Survival skills.

The inline design makes the DATUM-C practical and efficient as a pipeline booster, and because of the compact size and quiet operation it would not even require the construction of a traditional pipeline station.

The EU scheme should provide a practical and realistic way of addressing the climate change impact of CO2 emissions from aviation.

The first and highest law must be the love of man to man. Homo homini Deus est- this is the supreme practical maxim, this the turning point of the world's History.

The first practical impact of this could be when the qualifying tournaments for the 2008 Olympics would occur.

The first thing is to not act on fear and the only way to do that is to talk about the issues and analyze what's going on, ... We also need to put a lot of pressure on our government and let them know that we don't believe that people being detained is legal or smart or will have any good, practical outcome.

The Coalition of Iraqi forces have completed the move for all practical purposes from the north to the south. They are operating in one way or another in much, if not all, parts of the city at the present time.

The concerns in the Witt Report that have gone unaddressed and the inefficient response to Hurricane Katrina have given local officials practical reasons not to certify these plans. FEMA needs to acknowledge these flaws and work more closely with our local communities to put adequate emergency preparedness plans in place.

These humanitarian aid operations financed by the commission are a practical example of Europe's solidarity with the vulnerable people in the region.

A cool-headed analysis of the negotiation result, in fact, shows that Japan has gained practical benefits.

A co-operative association designed to furnish labor for farming operations is clearly within the realm of practical achievement.

A comprehensive plan should educate a community, it should address the social fears, concerns and stigmas people have, it should provide a practical knowledge on how to address the issue,

For an acquisitive Wall Streeter, the money saved by choosing a practical car can be put toward the cost of some pricier means of mobility - like a plane.

For all practical purposes, we're an international company now.

It's suddenly practical to do very high quality video wirelessly over mobile devices, and we're just in the early days of that.

It is this way that in mathematics speculative theorems and practical canons are reduced by analysis to definitions, axioms and postulates.

It is through individual efforts with the invaluable assistance of organizations such as Freddie Mac and Hibernia Bank that evacuees will recover from the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Freddie Mac, Hibernia Bank, and Usher's New Look Foundation with recording artist Usher are to be commended on their humanitarian efforts. The social and practical problems caused by the hurricanes will only be exacerbated by the fact that finding permanent housing can be extremely challenging. I am elated to be a part of this effort.

It just isn't practical to call Domino's and tell them to deliver eight pizzas, ... You'd never get the food.

It just isn't practical to call Domino's and tell them to deliver eight pizzas. You'd never get the food.

It's the fashion equivalent of a mullet. It's party on top, all business and practical on the bottom.

(It's) to express thanks and gratitude in a practical way.

It's more practical to wait and see what the government decides.

It's not practical to have four goaltenders dressed for practice, so we felt it best to have Ryan remain at home and be available.

It's an uninsurable risk. The only people who would buy it are in a flood area, and it would have to carry such a high premium that it would not be practical for anyone to buy it.

It's all very well to say one scandal shouldn't set back the field, but Hwang's team was the field. If his results are false, then after seven years of attempts worldwide, no one has succeeded in getting even the first step in 'therapeutic cloning' to work on a practical scale. At what point do legislators stop throwing away good money after bad?

A suit is just a suit: a practical garment, not a ceremonial robe; it can be worn out to dinner with friends or for a visit to an art gallery. Its beauty and craftsmanship are utterly wasted if you think of it as something magical and symbolic.

Economics has as its purpose firstly to acquire knowledge for its own sake, and secondly to throw light on practical issues. But though we are bound, before entering on any study, to consider carefully what are its uses, we should not plan out our work with direct reference to them.

Anyone who has practical ideas or proposal to encourage emigration, let him speak up. No idea or proposal is to be dismissed out of hand.

There was a time when the career center came through for practical nursing with some money.

This Practice Test has been upgraded keeping in mind the latest objectives of the exam. In addition, it is an attempt to keep pace with the fast changing demands of the industry. The questions provided are challenging and their explanations revolve around basic concept such as How, When and Why. This not only helps you to get through the exam but also makes you competent enough for challenging jobs, as we have laid special emphasis on practical aspects of the technology.

They don't have Greenspan's practical edge to them, but they all have academic and government policy experience. I hesitate to say they won't live up to Greenspan, but that would be hoping for an awful lot.

It's far too ideological and not practical for Canadians.

The report is very explicit as to what occurred. For all practical purposes, it essentially was a gang rape.

There's a role it (the Center) symbolically plays in protection of the natural environment, and there's even more of a practical role it can play under the right leadership. This is a woman who gets it, and is willing to try new things when it comes to protection of the environment.

It's a tremendous teaching tool and it's going to give our students hands-on, practical experience.

It's emotional as well as economic, practical as well as personal, tangible as well as intangible.

It's just really nice when more people listen to your music and like you, and there's nothing greater than playing a show and having the audience know your songs, ... And for practical reasons, I want to play our stuff more and provide better conditions for my band and us, and buy more instruments.

It's kind of a practical thing to do it this way,

It's just not practical to do a commercial negotiation in the public arena. We would not be able to engage a partner the quality of Hutchison if it was done in the public arena.

It's just not practical to have a comprehensive deal today.

It's just not practical to think that can happen.

We turn real-live, flesh-and-blood women into baby-making machines who are supposed to give us their products and go away. Well, that's not acceptable on a human level and not acceptable on a practical level.

The principles and doctrines of the priesthood are sublime and supernal. The more we study the doctrine and potential and apply the practical purpose of the priesthood, the more our souls will be expanded and our understanding enlarged, and we will see what the Lord has in store for us.

We don't think it's limited as a practical matter. The cell lines currently available are sufficient to progress the science.

It's a fantasy. I didn't think that I'd have the chance in a practical setting.

This will be a very time-consuming and expensive undertaking if owners are to salvage the vintage planes. As a practical matter, it's a good bet that many of these seaplanes will not fly again.

We find that it's more practical to get our chips from other people rather than to try to go it alone, even if it means we're buying back our own technology.

It's like saying the Internet is a crutch because back in the day we used to go to the library and pore through the card catalogs to spend two more hours finding some information. That's not what happens in the workplace anymore, so why teach it? This is about new modalities here and everywhere. It will not reduce the college experience. It is in line with modern and practical expectations.

It's largely symbolic. I don't think that it will have practical effect.

It's a practical response to the fact that we're in an international economy.

It's God's timing, not ours. But probably the most likely buyer from a practical point of view would be a medium-size church that has been going through a growth and is faced with a decision of building or stop growing. We could give them much more space for the same money.

There may be little practical difference between a Ford Mondeo and a BMW three series, but in terms of perceptions of who you are and what you are, then they are worlds apart.

There may be the kinds of things that you may find interesting, but then there's also the practical reality of needing to make a living and this is what you have to choose from.

This is the year they establish a benchmark. We don't know what kind of participants or spectators it will draw. We'll have to wait until after the event to measure what kind of impact it had. I think it's very important to be a quality event, and then build on it. ... Look at the Cherry Blossom Festival. ... It's not practical to think huge in the first year. It's something you have to grow.

There's a lot of practical interest and a lot of academic interest in the patent system. And I think the community is going to be extremely motivated to do (reviews).