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Yesterday (Sunday) the meeting of the president with the other parties agreed on the principle of forming a national security council.

This principle of annual improvement in real wages based on technology we also hold to be neither inflationary nor deflationary.

We've said in principle that we would be interested in providing a provisional reconstruction team either on our own or in conjunction with other parties,

The protection of homes, small businesses and other private property rights against government seizure and other unreasonable government interference is a fundamental principle and core commitment of our nation's founders,

Today's action means the core principle of protecting women's health as guaranteed by Roe v. Wade is in clear and present danger.

Today's agreement in principle is an important milestone for Nortel. We continue to work vigorously on the implementation of our remediation plan and addressing our outstanding regulatory matters. In addition, we continue to improve our governance provisions and financials systems and controls. These are critically important for the company. We remain fully committed to rebuilding value for the benefit of all stakeholders.

The rational basis behind the prohibition on termination of pregnancy is the preservation of potential human life, ... With an anencephalic fetus, there is no life. Therefore, it's irrational, and I would say cruel, to apply the restriction in a case like Jane Doe's. This is about the government making this principle that is irrational and tragic.

Yeah, all the characters in those days were abstract because that was part of the principle that I was working under, that you wanted abstract things.

We are ready to make joint efforts with Yemen to make use of each other's advantages to enrich bilateral cooperation under the principle of mutual benefit.

The deepest thing I have to say in comment to that is that the principle work is to be done within the individual him/herself, and to learn to cope with one's own masculinity and femininity within is an absolute prerequisite before one has the right to talk about exterior relationships.

Xerox has an agreement in principle with the SEC that effectively resolves Xerox's outstanding issues with the SEC.

We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.

When push comes to shove, the senator allows politics to trump principle every time.

Those who will not heed themselves perish. To understand this principle is not to be impatient, not to reproach fate, not to blame others. He who understands the doctrine of self-help blames himself for failure.

We said earlier in the year that we were not opposed to the principle of women competing and that this was something we were going to do,

Whenever force is used, the principle of proportionality has to be applied, and all necessary measures have to be taken to avoid loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian property.

When certain crimes are committed in a country and it is possible to try them, it must be done in that country. That's the principle of territoriality,

This resolution is in accord with our basic principle that the authority and seriousness of the non-proliferation regime should be maintained.

You have to believe in the jeopardy of the story - the power of darkness and power of the light, and the conflict of the two. The underlying principle is you have to believe in the power of the ring.

Words without deeds is an affront to the principle that guides our Nation and makes a mockery of the values we as public servants claim to love.

We accept the principle of a cease-fire, there's no problem about that. But if we're going to be bound by it, be a signatory to it, then we have also to be participating in the whole conference.

You don't lock into a ten-year family budget. You take it a year at a time - maybe even six months at a time. And then if the income really comes in the way you hope it does, then you can make some of those expenditures that you've been waiting to make. We think that same principle should apply to the national family we call America.

The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time. A house is built one brick at a time. Football games are won a play at a time. A department store grows bigger one customer at a time. Every big accomplishment is a series of little accomplishments.

We believe that by restoring the house, Madison will no longer be an overlooked founding father. He is the genius who is responsible for the success for our nation's Constitution. He was the principle creative genius for this.

We're increasingly inclined to put our scoops on the Web before publication in the newspaper. Our guiding principle should be to serve our readers first, getting news and information out as quickly as possible. It's also true that some stories just work better in print, particularly enterprise and investigative work with multiple elements and greater depth and length. The key is to tailor the content to the platform.

Cooking in the fireplace is the closest thing to grilling over charcoal or wood out-doors. The principle is pretty simple. You just build a good pile of embers and rake them under a Tuscan grill.

At this point everyone's agreed to the principle of 51/49 but everyone's 51% and everyone's 49% is different,

confirmation of what is for me a bedrock principle that judging is different from politics.

Congress had made clear that it has affirmed the principle of keeping banking and commerce separate. This loophole ... circumvents that principle. If Congress wants to revisit banking and commerce, that's their prerogative but it doesn't seem a good approach to allow a loophole in which that distinction breaks down.

Don't follow the mind. Don't follow the body. Follow the Conscience. That is the main principle of this text. So we should follow our Conscience.

What our experiment demonstrates is a fundamental principle of how the brain pays attention.

What we are showing is a proof of principle that stopping the synthesis of a protein that is necessary for the formation of the telltale plaques reverses the progression of the disease, and more importantly, the cognitive function of these mice, which had already been impaired, has now recovered,

At Red Hat, we believe that open source technology can change the world, and is still in its infancy. It's a guiding principle that is embodied in everything we do. Beyond a founding corporate sponsorship, we've put engineering and other strategic resources behind the One Laptop per Child initiative to add our expertise, global reach and focus to the project.

Is it possible for this boundless creation to be brought into existence by man, if there had been no Divine Principle behind it? For instance, fire is latent in the branches of a tree and in the tree itself. If the branches rub against each other, they may generate a fire which could burn down the tree, branches and all.

Common prosperity is not an unreachable goal, but the basic principle and pursuit of socialism,

'Is there a right to privacy under the Constitution? If so, what does it cover?' These are the broad questions senators must ask, ... You cannot ask a question that encompasses all possible disputes, but you can get a pretty good view of a nominee's philosophy. The American people have made clear they want to know what the nominees think of the basic principle of Roe v. Wade, and they've made it clear they expect nominees to answer questions.

Is there a right to privacy under the Constitution? If so, what does it cover?' These are the broad questions senators must ask, ... You cannot ask a question that encompasses all possible disputes, but you can get a pretty good view of a nominee's philosophy. The American people have made clear they want to know what the nominees think of the basic principle of Roe v. Wade, and they've made it clear they expect nominees to answer questions.

The whole process of reconciliation between us and the Palestinians is based on the principle that terrorist groups will be disarmed. Unfortunately, things like what happened today happen because terrorist groups remain armed.

While the overall principle is sound, the financial implications are tremendous. One child can end up costing you $60,000 for a teacher's salary and benefits and another classroom. You have a couple of those situations and it gets very, very expensive.

The governance principle of 'improving governance and benefiting the people' adopted by Donald Tsang and the SAR government conforms to the fundamental interests and common aspirations of the Hong Kong people.

Is not that a great principle for all of living? The people who will really accomplish great things in life are those who are willing to discipline their lives, who maintain their health, their vitality, their efficiency through this process of rigorous disciplining of what they take into their bodies and what they do in life. It's a very important thing in terms of championship living.

The stakes are high on both sides: for Russia this is a matter of principle and for the Americans that means safeguarding access to energy resources.

The teams have all agreed in principle to come. It's a good field and I think it'll be a very good tournament.

The swap in principle is well-founded, but as it currently stands, some of the other processors represent higher-growth opportunities.

The second great principle of Presbyterianism is, that presbyters who minister in word and doctrine are the highest permanent officers of the Church.

The previous talks helped all parties accomplish a 'word-to-word' goal, and the new round will focus on how to carry out a commitment on the principle of 'action-to-action', which must be a complicated process.

We will have an educational mission as well as a research mission, ... But our principle mission will be to build research.

And wherefore do you want to be immortal? you ask me, wherefore? Frankly, I do not understand the question, for it is to ask the reason of the reason, the end of the end, the principle of the principle.

We think that the two sides should respect each other and follow the principle of equality and properly handle the issue in accordance with World Trade Organization regulations.

When crimes are committed in one nation and it's possible to try those crimes there, that respects the principle of territoriality,

We all agree in principle it is a viable proposal. The only problem is that Pakistan is hosting Zimbabwe from late September and we are still not sure if their tour will go ahead on schedule.

To speak, therefore, of an electric current in the nerves, is to use quite as symbolic an expression as if we compared the action of the nervous principle with light or magnetism.

Two cents really isn't a big deal, it's the principle of it.

To be fully comfortable to the principle of right, the form of government must be representative. This is the only one that permits republicanism, without which the government is arbitrary and despotic, whatever the constitution may be.

Breath is life, and the intermingling of breaths is the purpose of good living. This is in essence the great principle on which all productive living must rest . . .; in this way each individual life may also be fulfilled.

The most important issue to be discussed today is the principle that needs to be established between the two countries. Only when we agree on starting talks on ... major issues, can we start sharing the ideas of principles.

Thanks to former President George W. Bush - remember the compassionate conservative? - I have a good name for the fundamental principle that should guide the Democratic alternative: compassionate deficit reduction.

Principle says it's not who put forth an idea. It's not the position of the person who put forth an idea; it's not the longevity of the person or the party of the person. That's not what it is at all. In a power system, that's the way it works. But in a principle system, it's what it says.

After the adjustment of the cutoff point, the number of taxpayers will drop by more than a half, approximately. It will live up to our legislative principle to care for the interests of low and medium-income groups.

Facebook is the social graph with the organizing principle around your friends and your social life. LinkedIn is the professional graph, organized around you, your job, your industry, your title and your function. At Chegg, we are building a student graph centered around you, as a student.

The government is willing to be guided by the principle that it won't achieve IT security through regulation. Congress and the federal agencies should be discouraged from trying to craft IT regulation into law.

Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle of delight!

Once the principle is there, that cells have the same genes, my own personal belief is that we will, in the end, understand everything about how cells actually work.

Now, if the principle of toleration were once admitted into classical education --if it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language, and the stress of the teaching were placed on the few things absolutely essential to this result, if the tortoise were allowed time to creep, and the bird permitted to fly, and the fish to swim, towards the enchanted and divine sources of Helicon --all might in their own way arrive there, and rejoice in its flowers, its beauty, and its coolness.

Democracies are based on the principle that their citizens participate actively in the decision-making processes of the government.

During the fourth quarter, we resolved several non-performing assets, which slightly increased net charge-offs while lowering non-performing assets. Asset quality continues to compare favorably with peer banks and remains well within our tolerance levels. Strong credit quality, rooted with our guiding principle of securing loans with hard assets, is essential to our balanced growth strategy and overall success.

At what point is the discretion in individual cases actually a pattern which has become a concrete rule and that rule violates the principle and the spirit of the law?

A man of unwavering principle and honor, President Reagan epitomized the American dream and encouraged his fellow citizens to do the same.

Although we must be impressed by the enormous accruement of new elements of vocabulary in the areas of pitch, rhythm, timbre, and so forth, I sense at the same time the loss of a majestic unifying principle in much of our recent music.

This illustrates the principle that unchecked authority goes astray. In this case, it's a relatively trivial infraction. But to me the point is that we need more aggressive and penetrating oversight than we have.

Quite a lot of agreement exists on the general principle of avoiding the over-production of food.

Propose to any Englishman any principle or instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it.

Russia has already made a decision in principle to build an oil pipeline from Eastern Siberia to the Pacific Ocean. This is a large-scale and costly project that experts should thoroughly study.

savage principle of the survival of the fittest.

Teamsters Canada Rail Conference is pleased to announce we have reached a tentative agreement in principle with Via Rail Canada.

Power focuses on self-preservation; principle focuses on making ideas successful.

Power tends to protect itself merely to maintain its own status and control. Principle gives up power for the sake of creating the best public policy.

The only thing that we would allow is a non-substantive, minor language change that would not affect principle and would not affect the meaning of the platform.

I've always been a great believer that you have to keep producing new things in order to keep life interesting - not only for ourselves, but for the audience as well. That's really always been our principle and way of working.

The University of Cincinnati and Bob Huggins reached a tentative mutual agreement in principle to mutually terminate his employment contract. ... It's not a resignation and it wasn't a termination without cause.

This case represents a real victory for international justice. Mexico will become the first Latin American country to extradite someone for gross human rights violations under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

This does not eliminate taxes, it simply shifts who has to pay for them. That should be a fundamental principle of taxation, that people with like circumstances should face like burdens.

This dreadful situation, for which our government have made no adequate provision, has alarmed every man of principle and property in New England.

This court decision is consistent with the fundamental principle that patent laws exist to support and encourage medical innovators, not undermine them,

The U.S. safe harbor principle meets the test of adequacy as required by the (privacy) Directive.

The U.S. Supreme Court doesn't require her to be there. It is her decision, and we have not discussed it yet. Obviously there is a great deal of money involved in this case, but the principle is more important than the money. Ms. Nicole Smith believes that her husband intended to support her for the rest of her life, and his son is trying to stop him from achieving that.

This is a major victory for the simple union principle that people at work should not have to breathe in toxins.

This is the essence of character: the will and ability to put principle into action.

This is a matter of principle where she said my oath, my promise not to reveal secrets is superseded by my oath to defend the constitution of the United States.

This is about accepting or refusing the principle that it is possible to laugh at, or even just criticize, a mentality, a religion, a way of understanding spirituality.

a disgusting assault on the very principle of European democracy.

This is good news for taxpayers and the states. We hope the Supreme Court will bring some clarity to this area of the law and affirm the principle that states are free to develop their own business climates, so long as they do not discriminate against out-of-state taxpayers.

This is good news to us all. We are defending the principle of the right for caricature and satire.

This isn't about the money. It's about the principle of stopping IP theft.

This is not a racial issue and should not be presented as such. The principle is legal versus illegal status.

India and China are our strategic partners and we cooperate with them on a very wide range of questions, ... Three-sided exercises are possible in principle but then we should have to then move to the SCO.

Individual spiritual practice is the negative pole and service is the positive pole. The conjunction of both poles can alone bring success. The mind carries the divine principle (the light of love) and conveys it to all who contact it.

important to stick to the principle of not negotiating under fire and terror.

If no other test or measure of the strength of motives can be found but their prevailing, then this boasted principle will be only an identical proposition, and signify only that the strongest motive is the strongest motive, and the motive that prevails is the motive that prevails -which proves nothing.

I love what Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh and Jesus all said - that love is really the driving principle of the creative act. In fact, they would say that great art is always inspired by love.