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These changes will threaten established practices and entrenched interests in the media and advertising sectors, but consumers will benefit and ultimately, companies that can ride this wave will benefit as well. No one really knows what the media landscape will look like ten years out.

The second half of football season is toughest because you've been doing it a few months already. Practices start to wear (you down). You get home and you don't feel like doing anything but going to sleep and you've got three or four subjects of homework to do.

There are scenes in such programs that stray from the customs and cultural practices of our people in the East, ... help instill good values among the younger generation.

With special teams it's the first time we've practiced with lines - ever. Now we practice wide side of the field, short side of the field. With hash marks you can run full-blown practices without getting out cones and saying, 'This is a hash mark.' You can do situations a lot easier.

The players and coaches are looking forward to this weekend's competition. Each player has been working hard this spring during individual workouts and has shown improvement. Team practices started this past Monday, and it was exciting to get all of the players together and practice in a team setting.

The press writes about questionable practices such as excluding option expense from the income statement and the use of pro forma earnings, but few calculate the earnings impact.

When you look at the complexity of the business, it's not really a surprise. There's a lot of legacy practices that need to be fractured. What they have now with e-technology are the tools to really get at it.

We always say the spring game is mostly fun because you've been working hard and now you get to compete. Any time you keep score, you'd like to win. It's probably a little more impact than a normal spring practice. But they (the players) all know we've got 29 practices ahead of us before we line up for real against Northern Illinois.

We've hit a wall. I don't know if it's physical or mental. I tend to think it's more mental. We're not as focused or as intense in practices or in games as we were earlier.

We've got to develop some mental toughness. It's why we don't have back-to-back good practices and why we can't win two games in a row. Right now, we're just not mentally tough enough. I'm disappointed because after a good day, we'll have a lackadaisical practice.

An intensive investigation conducted together with local prosecutors and regulators concluded that AT&T repeatedly failed to comply with laws that require the company to inspect its underground tanks and make repairs to faulty systems. Every day they postponed inspections and repairs, they risked catastrophic leaks and spills of MTBE and other toxic chemicals into our environment and surrounding communities. This settlement will force AT&T to overhaul its business practices throughout the state so that its underground storage tanks, and the public, are safe.

I've practiced two times already and the practices were great. My vision is back 100 percent, and I'm ready to get back out there and just play.

I've read in the media that people were frustrated with the length of time it took Brett to come to this decision. Last I checked, he hasn't missed any pre-season practices or games yet in the 2006 season.

The scouts and NFL executives all watch the practices real closely, so outside of the combine, it's the players' best chance to improve their draft status.

These are very encouraging figures but we must not be complacent. We must make sure that future agricultural and aquaculture practices protect rather than impact on wild salmon stocks, and we need to fund further research into predation and general marine survival.

There will emerge some promising practices and recommendations that will be a model for all schools. ... It's going to be raising the bar for all students.

The right to vote is the foundation of our democracy, and an essential protection of that right is the Voting Rights Act. Every voice must be heard and every vote must be counted. State and local governments continue to adopt voting laws, practices and procedures that deny equal access to voting - without the Voting Rights Act, there would be little protection against these efforts to deny some of us our right to vote. The Voting Rights Act is necessary to help ensure that every American citizen is able to exercise the franchise.

The rink is much smaller than standard Olympic size, so it's hard to skate perfectly. We've only had two practices at this rink before today.

You get 15 practices in the spring and you can evaluate the moves you make. Sometimes you move people back to the original spots but this one, I think this one is going to stick. It's really been a good move for both players.

What exactly happened? How did our practices work? Could we have done more?

What happens is in camp you can go five days and get in eight or nine practices, ... During the regular season, you might get in 21/2 practices in five days. What you miss in camp, it takes weeks to make up that time.

What this means is that India, which has had a good record in safeguarding technology, but has largely stood out from outside the global nonproliferation arrangements, is moving inside those arrangements. It is adopting practices and procedures, export controls and other safeguards that are much more in line with the international community's efforts to police proliferation and avoid proliferation.

Van Buren will have three good practices to prepare for us. We will be tired Wednesday and will only have a breakdown practice to get ready for Van Buren.

With climate change, high energy costs, environmental concerns and increased focus on sustainable business practices by institutional investors, customers and other stakeholders at the forefront of today's global mind-set, businesses are increasingly looking for ways to reduce their impact on the environment. Our experience and relationships put us in a unique position to offer carbon management solutions designed for next generation businesses.

The recent disclosures that resulted from the investigation by the New York state attorney general, as well as the practices uncovered by the staff of the SEC, the NYSE and NASD, reinforced the commission's conclusion that further inquiry is warranted,

To my knowledge, every member of management in this company believes that at the time we collectively followed appropriate practices for those option grants which affected all of our employees.

We all know that the best hospitals are those that have figured out how to 'get it right' consistently -- the challenge is transferring that knowledge and practical know-how to those that aspire to be the best. Premier's Rapid Improvement Programs revolutionize knowledge transfer by providing access to best practices and collaboration with experts quickly and inexpensively -- right from the user's desktop.

We all know that there are products and practices out there that seem to be far more focused on profit than on patient wellness.

There is no sport that we have where the team practices any harder than track. They are out there three hours a day, six days a week and there is no down time. (Wilson) plans meticulously.

You can look at him, ... and get that sense that he practices every day like he's the guy that's going to lead this team one day.

We've had some good practices over the holidays. We got a lot of turnovers, turned them into transition and got some momentum going our way.

We've had some very good practices over the holidays. Our intensity has been good and we've been focused. We're just hoping to continue it this week and into conference.

We've had 85 practices and every day starts with defensive stuff. We know if we play defense and rebound the ball, you're going to have a chance to stay in games. You have to develop that mentality.

We've had the two best practices in over a month, this week. They are more focused and more enthusiastic.

This new investment, better working practices and infrastructure improvements will make the Ford plant at Dagenham a world-class facility,

This new service is an ideal way for our Business Check Card customers to simplify their accounting practices and better manage company expenses.

We are very glad to have been chosen by ITP after such an intense evaluation process. Improving communication and taking advantage of existing best practices will help ITP improve its collaborative efforts.

We have done really well lately. The practices are going much better. We finished 6-9 in dual meets and we did a good job at the end of the year. We were much improved.

We have eight new positions (to fill), and we're just learning as we go. They're catching on fast. We've just got to get some more practices in.

We have excellent security practices on board the ships that screen out anything you don't want on board.

Both Dan and Jimmy have all the tools to do very well this year. They're actually complete opposites. Dan practices hard, but he's a racer. Jimmy practices great, but he hasn't been able to pop a big race yet. That's something we're set on helping him achieve.

Both history and practices of 'the myth of empires' have demonstrated that the pre-emptive strategy will bring the Bush administration an outcome that it is most unwilling to see, that is, absolute insecurity of the 'American Empire' and its demise because of expansion it cannot cope with,

Both of those were tough matches throughout. We had a match last night, I missed two practices and felt a little out of shape at the end.

We went there for little practices and we were told that a soft ball match was being played, which no one seemed to know.

Adding an attorney with David's level of experience is extremely valuable to clients in this region. There are more and more companies in need of both creditors' rights and litigation counseling, and having David on-board strengthens our practices in those areas so we can help clients effectively and efficiently.

The thing that cracks me up is we've practiced that. I guarantee you, we're the only team on Earth that practices that. If Flutie goes down, I'm the backup drop-kicker.

The thing I'll remember the most is how tough those practices were when I first got here. With Coach (Bob) Huggins pushing me for three hours. It was different than what I was used to back home. It was the hardest thing, but it was also the most fun thing.

No stronger case can be shown for prohibiting anything which is regarded as a personal immorality, than is made out for suppressing these practices in the eyes of those who regard them as impieties; and unless we are willing to adopt the logic of per

Failure to uphold this Commission decision will allow Microsoft to continue these anti-competitive practices ... in the markets addressed in the current case and would open the way for an extension of the monopoly into new areas.

Facilities that use toxic chemicals such as styrene must follow our reporting rules so that area residents and emergency response personnel are informed of possible chemical hazards in the local environment. This penalty should remind others that we are maintaining a close watch over chemical reporting practices and are serious about enforcing community right-to-know laws.

Unfair servicing practices can worsen a family's already difficult economic situation, and the injury echoes from the family to the community and ultimately throughout the economy.

But now winning makes all the practices and all the hard work worthwhile.

But rather that just focus on the data brokers, the federal regulators also need to probe the security practices of the phone carriers themselves. The root of the problem is at the source -- with the phone carriers.

The good news is that we can make a very positive difference in ecosystem services by 2050. The caveat is those policies and practices are not widespread at the present time, and substantial changes in policies and practices would have to be made in order to implement the beneficial ones at the global scale.

The governor certainly supports implementing some of the best practices we saw in use in Martin County. And this program will do that.

We are excited about expanding these practices throughout the firm and further developing these areas and client relationships. We see great opportunities in these new and expanded practice groups for Reed Smith.

Denny had a couple of tough weeks of basketball, but he's hung in there. He's had great practices this week and there was a correlation tonight.

Nowadays, you've got to consolidate, and we're trying to use good business practices so that we're very diligent. It's going to double our space. People are on top of each other now.

specifically targets the practices of unscrupulous information brokers and others who trade in confidential financial data produced by fraud.

D.C. seems to be returning to the kind of practices that caused so much concern a decade ago.

Defense and rebounding will continue to be the focal point of our development. Obviously, we are working on some offenses that will give us some more options, but defense has a greater presence in our practices than at any other time.

Deborah brings extraordinary experience to this position. Her expertise and strong track record of implementing best practices among organizations will be tremendous assets to the company.

Companies that prey on hard-working families through fraudulent practices should feel the full force of the law,

Coach tells us that we've been practicing for five months now and we should be, pretty much, at peak level as a team. We've had good practices, but today was just a bad game overall. We can't really have these kinds of games at this point in the season. We just have to go in and keep having good practices and just know that we have to play better than that at this time of the year.

Coach Joyce started to run practices and he knew what he was doing. He got us to be real intense. I think we still have to peak and I think we can make a big run in the playoffs. We are on the brink of doing that.

Background screening might appear to be a cut and dry decision for a corporation, however, common buyer misperceptions are placing corporations at increased risk of regulatory non-compliance, workplace violence, fraud and possible litigation. Based on an audit of over 500,000 employees, Verified Person estimates that current employer practices are identifying only 66 percent of relevant criminal offenses.

That tells you how good of a goalie he is. It's going to give him some confidence. Whether he just practices for a few days, it's good.

That's why the Department has pledged $14 million to gather the best practices among the states and to better assess and better measure these kids.

As basketball has become more of a smaller person's game, big athletes have taken a backseat on plays, in practices and in games. In The Paint aims to give big athletes the confidence and skills to deal with high expectations and take their game to the next level in all aspects of their lives.

As a result of our investigation and our contact with the two companies, they have now amended their practices so that consumers will now be able to buy other brands of cars from dealerships that were previously exclusively for BMW, Mini and General Motors.

A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints

A lot of the old apparatchiks came back in, and corruption really dramatically increased in '94/'95, particularly around Yeltsin's re-election in 1996, when the government used corrupt practices to give money to business, part of which was returned to the campaign coffers, and helped pay for Yeltsin's re-election.

This guilty plea stems from a federal investigation into waste industry practices in Connecticut and New York. The investigation is very active, and we have no further comment at this time.

They've been healthy, and they've had good practices lately. That's where you get better.

They've been running really well in practices all week, so I fully expected that good of a time.

Public confidence in UC is of paramount importance to us, and we will reform our policies and/or practices in order to meet fully our public accountability obligations.

Right now we're about halfway through our spring practices so this is kind of like a midterm exam.

Right now we're struggling with getting practices in because of the weather, getting grades up, and getting commitments from families.

Safe workers are productive workers, better ensuring system reliability. Safety practices include not only attention to the personal safety of employees, but attention to the safe operation of the system. One of our primary goals is customer service excellence. Keeping employees safe and keeping our system safe enhance the service experience for our customers.

Sometimes practices get boring. Having rain adds something new to it and gets all the guys hyped up.

SAS thinks that Computerworld has provided an excellent forum for open and thoughtful discussions that are valuable for business intelligence users and vendors alike. This conference is a real opportunity to share best practices and gain insights and perspectives on how the combination of data integration analytics and information delivery will change the way organizations compete,

Other companies that follow similar practices beware: This is just the beginning of what we hope to identify and publicize.

Tennis is simply not affordable to many in the Arab world, ... They should have public courts like they do in the United States and France. One of my dreams is to fill Morocco with public courts and offer practices to kids who cannot afford to belong to clubs or have coaches. But that's in the future. For now, I am competing. No Arab player has ever won a grand slam event. My dream is to be the first.

Teams that use the squad-size adjustment to escape penalty rather than improve their academic practices right away might find the 'pay-me-later' syndrome hard to accept. As more years of APR data become available, teams will find scores harder to change.

People don't, in general, have a full understanding of what is required and needed to keep consumer foods safe and the practices that are involved in the industry. That is key to make sure people understand.

People are tired of all the litigation. They're tired of the high insurance costs. The legislation will require all developers to use better practices that the good developers are using now and should result in an overall better product.

People take for granted that a laser is a machine that puts out light, and that it's pinpoint. But in fact, some of the worst scarring that we see is in the areas of laser use for wrinkles and hair removal that have occurred in physician practices where they rent lasers.

Practices are completely different. We work hard and we concentrate on the details we have to do in the game.

Practices are going well - they are working hard. We have got in some good workouts and made some gains but we are also getting a little beat up with the shin splints because of the hard surface and tight corners.

Practices are like they were in January. He's definitely stepped it up a lot more. We're not going to the tournament just happy to be there. We're past that level.

Practices can be rough, especially now, when we're trying to get in the playoff mode. I'll be surprised if we don't have some sort of scuffle amongst us.

Practices have been good; they've been real high-tempo. Everybody seems to be serious. Everybody knows what's at stake.

Practices have once again proved that only two-way interaction and active communication can eliminate the doubts and enhance the mutual trust, so as to push forward the healthy and steady development of bilateral ties.

Practices must already offer quick access to a GP, but we will move to guarantee patients more flexible access if they want to book ahead.

Practices such as arranged marriages and restrictions on girls attending school have deep roots, and changing them is a gradual process. Sometimes these problems seem very far away from us here in the United States. But let's remember that even into the 20th century, an American woman could not own property or vote in national elections.

Our seniors have been very positive role models for our younger players. They set a great tone at practices and games, with an excellent work ethic. They've shown our younger players what it takes to succeed at this level.

FDA's investigation of BTS revealed serious and widespread deficiencies in their manufacturing practices that provide the agency reason to believe that allowing the firm to manufacture would present a danger to public health by increasing the risk of communicable disease transmission.

Federated worked with regulators to address problems with improper trading, ... With this agreement, virtually the entire mutual fund industry has now sworn off improper trading practices and agreed to compensate investors who were harmed.

Focus on melody, tone and vibrato. I've never been a guitarist that practices scales. I couldn't tell you what scale I'm playing.

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