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Frankly, we question the timing of this announcement on the heels of one of the largest mergers in the history of software,

I don't think anyone would take a country into NATO that had a major territorial dispute within it, in the heart of it, that had not resolved this huge question on the future of Kosovo, ... I don't think there's any possibility of that happening.

Fullerton is just like us, in that their first area of concentration is pitching and defense. I think they are an Omaha team. I don't think there is any question about it.

Fundamentally, it is a question of basic political will.

Futures are down this morning, feeling the pressure of Texas Instruments' weak forecast. Now it is clear that growth is certainly going to slow. The question is, by how much?

For me, the big question is what is Wal-Mart going to do to improve sales,

getting people to sit in the back office and connect dots has not been their strong suit. Now they know they have to do it. The question is, Will they?

From our perspective, all savings is good, and I'm loathe to criticize it until we see detailed plans. But the main question it raises is to what extent does this encourage or discourage long-term savings?

From a legislative perspective it's an interesting time now because the question is whether the federal law will give consumers more power to protect their data or less power to protect their data.

I feel like we're solid defensively. I feel like we're better than a year ago. I feel like we're poised. (But) there is major question marks at safety and linebacker going into the fall as far as depth.

If both of them can make it, we just question why (Larson) can't make it.

I get that question a lot: What's the cost of living in Atlanta?

I don't think it's out of question that he could still be the fifth guy. It's going to go right down to the end. With his stuff and what he's done, you'd like to keep him there as a starter, but you never know.

I don't think it's out of the question that a DVD can be released in effect in the same window as a theatrical release. Although I'm sure we will get a fair amount of push-back on this from the industry, it's not out of the question. I think that all the old rules should be called into question because the rules in terms of consumption have changed so dramatically.

I don't think it makes sense for the United States to take on the whole world on the question of whether or not we're going after Saddam Hussein.

I don't think it's an issue, I don't think there's any question right now of players being rested for the Champions Trophy.

I don't think it's a question of coverage -- it's a question of the change in the television landscape.

I don't think it's a question of how big or small it is. It is an issue that we have to contend with because of the action that was filed and we're responding through the legal process.

I don't think it was so much an issue as it was a question of how it would be called. There was definitely aggressive driving up toward the front. But it was just like the other Daytona 500s.

I encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot. I encouraged the Thai to help the Khmer Rouge. The question was how to help the Cambodian people. Pol Pot was an abomination. We could never support him. But China could.

If a client had a specific question on a sales opportunity, we had to search them in Excel and then locate the relevant correspondence trail in Outlook, which was very cumbersome.

GM is beginning to take some strong action. The question is whether those moves will be able to somewhat diminish the risk of bankruptcy.

Given the pay-to-play Republican style of politics that is ruling our state, the question should be raised: What did Bob Perry get for his $100,000 investment?

Given the question of where the liabilities lie, there should be a fight. That fight can't be made without an equity committee.

Given the revelations that are coming out about Roberts from these documents, it does beg the question as to whether the White House is sincere in its efforts to reach out to minorities and other groups.

Given what information has come out, with the president admitting that they had avoided the courts, then the question becomes, do you try to learn whether something like that happened in this case? I would have to talk to my client about whether that's a road we want to go down.

Giving developing countries greater representation and say in the UN, increasing the UN's input to the question of development and realizing the Millennium Development Goals on schedule, these should be places on the very top of the reform agenda,

If a square peg doesnt fit a round hole, neither the peg nor the hole is to blame. Between two people, the question "whose fault is it?" is the friend of argumentation and the destroyer of growth-oriented communication. Assigning blame involves listening to criticize and responding to defend, speaking to lower the other person rather than speaking to build each up. Relational progress is impossible as long as blame is the focus because blame and progress are enemies. In our litigation-hungry society we must take care that focusing on fault - which is proper for the courtroom - doesnt carry over into interpersonal relationships. The heart of loving communication is listening to understand.

If all these people that came here are going to stay, then there is a question of what will be the social cost. If they're only here for their working life, it's a bargain.

If a man loves the labor of his trade apart from any question of success or fame, the Gods have called him.

If anyone in transportation can do it, UPS can. We are watching it closely, but this business has been full of potential. Our concern is less that UPS won't be able to execute, but the question is show me the money, and how much customers will be willing to pay.

If anyone is ready to step in and play in the Big East, it's Corey. He did a great job for us and there's no question he's a Division I (college) player.

For us, we've got to treat these final 20-some games like they're our playoffs. We haven't thrown in the towel. You can question our execution, but not our effort. Things didn't go the way we wanted this season, but you can use this time to get ready for next year.

For me the much more significant question is what did the Americans do, if anything, to help the Croatian army, because they are the ones that changed fundamentally the map of Bosnia, not the Bosnian army.

From the standpoint of gaining market share and remaining competitive, it's a step in the right direction. The question becomes whether they paid the right price.

For the students, it was not a question that we would win the Patriot League. For us, as players, we were like, ?Hold on!

For those who have envisioned the State of Israel to be a democracy, which although primarily a Jewish polity for Jews is one in which non-Jews can become citizens and enjoy equal civil rights with the Jewish majority, the question of natural law is the question of human rights.

Fortunately, the writers are clever enough to never really answer that question and, hopefully, they never will, although we get hints about it. ... Probably if you asked him what he believes in, he'd give you a different answer every day.

For us, the fundamental question is whether the DPRK (North Korea) is prepared to abandon its nuclear programs. And as you know its nuclear programs are involved with the production of materials for nuclear weapons,

I expected the hockey fans to want hockey. The question is will they be able to expand the business. The stronger teams are going to be in good shape. We'll see what happens to more marginalized franchise.

I don't trust a person who opposes Marijuana because I know one thing about him that he doesn't know about himself and that is, he doesn't question what he thinks and believes therefore always remaining dangerously ignorant!

I don't think you say quarterback is the only place to upgrade. If we're competitive in the (Big Ten), there's no question that Tim will be improved.

I don't think you can ever question the decision that your boss makes.

I don't think we're going to have to answer that question this year. We plan on going in there and lifting a lot of weight off (Brown's) shoulders and walking out of that stadium with a smile on our face.

If an exchange fails to secure normal trading, this calls into question its purpose.

If a witness has a problem with truthfulness, the question is where is the corroboration. In drug cases, you often have terrible (prosecution) witnesses, but if there is corroboration in the form of tapes or photographs, these are things that can really sway a jury.

If it doesn't feel right it probably isn't. If it doesn't look right it probably isn't. If you're ever in question don't take it.

If I tell you a story, you can choose to believe me, or you can question it.

For mid-sized suppliers in particular, the setting up of an own production outlet in the vicinity of the final product manufacturer became a question of survival: They had to follow their big customers abroad.

I bring it up, and the kids are so relieved and the parents are so relieved. But they would probably go without asking the question otherwise, which is really dumb.

I believe we solve the whole question of the permanent agreement, and we are very close to it; it is actually around the corner.

I believe the truancy reduction project has potential as a bridge between the juvenile justice system and prevention. I don't question the immediate impact of the program.

Certainly a rate cut looks out of the question any time soon.

Certainly going in, there were tremendous question marks. And there still are. There are many things we are not doing well right now that we have to continue to improve upon. That's our main focus.

Certainly. I mean, unequivocally, there's no question about it. Backup support and having a partner or having additional partners there is absolutely a better and more safer situation.

Certainly one has to question what the side benefits would be from being a major sponsor of the trip. Do these sponsors earn brownie points?

Certainly, Syracuse is in the middle of a very difficult five-game stretch, no question about that. There are certainly scheduling challenges with 16 teams. We're the largest league in the country, and that makes scheduling difficult.

But, it was a road he had the physical ability to travel. Once again, at this point it was a question more of his personality than his ability. We were hoping and still hope we could send him to Europe and he could show he'd fit in socially and physically.

But they can notify the user so he can question the legitimacy of the subpoena.

But this latest episode not only proves his proximity to the (Nehru-Gandhi) family but also puts a question mark on his impartiality.

But we must realize, as we have in the past, that simply asking a question does not mean a judicial nominee should answer it.

Capt. Kennedy, you answer the first question and you hand the mike to whom?

But French legislators aren't just looking at Apple. They're looking ahead to a time when most entertainment is online, a shift with profound consequences for consumers and culture in general. French lawmakers want to protect the consumer from one or two companies holding the keys to all of its culture, just as Microsoft holds the keys to today's desktop computers... Apple may not qualify as a literal monopoly -- there are lots of ways to get music and buying online accounts for only a small fraction of total music sales. But the sliver it does control it controls almost completely, and it's not out of the question to suggest that this sliver will ultimately become the only way people will buy music in the future.

Building a base on the moon is not impossible. The question is, do you want to anger our international partners by reneging on our obligation to finish the space station that they've poured billions of dollars into, or do you want to finish it and risk the funds you'll need for this new era of exploration? You can do one, but you can't do both.

I don't care who you are. It's what you say to me or what you don't say to me in answering the question that matters in whether or not you get struck.

I don't believe until this came up anybody had gone to the trouble of checking name by name (for dead voters). Frankly, it was only a question of time that this was going to show up.

I do not question that the attorney general should have this immunity. But for tactical reasons, I would not raise the issue here.

I don't believe it says something bad about the school district. I believe you have to question the individual at hand.

I don't believe my brother did it and if he did, I believe he would've broken down by now. He would have admitted it to me. I don't think Donnie could hold something like that in. I've given Donnie several opportunities to tell me, and it's not even a question to me - he didn't do it.

I dont care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.

I don't care if you call it restricted stock, options, bonus, salary the question is...why?

I don't know much about Britain. I've been working overseas for most of my adult life. So I'd like to see what sort of problems there really are here. It's a question of asking, 'Where are we going, how purposeful are we?' And see if there's anything that can be done to find possibilities for change.

I don't know what's going to happen. It's just a tough situation. It makes it hard to avoid the question for two weeks. It's tough for everybody. For us, what's done is done. You can't change it. It's just the way you react to it, the way you handle it that is going to make the difference. It's definitely something we wish we could avoid.

I don't know what the answer is. First we have to call the question: Can we still do this together? I think the question Bode has to answer is: Do you still want to be a part of the United States ski team?

I don't know what the answer to that is - but I'm not just sitting like an ostrich with my head in the sand and saying, oh, well, that's just the way it is, and there's nothing we can do about it. I'm raising the question - and trying to engage people in trying to at least talk about to try to figure out if there's something that we can do.

I don't know whether the Attorney General was responding to a question in a news conference, but that's the reason that Homeland Security is the agency that the President has designated to communicate changes in the threat level. And Secretary Ridge addressed that subsequently. I think it goes to show that there's different voices, and, as we have created the Department, we tried to bring that together so there's one focal point of communication as to the threats that we face and how the public is supposed to respond to it, and that's Homeland Security.

I feel very defensive about that question today. I'm very, very hands-on. I sewed the rhinestones on the wedding dress today. It's my passion, and every bit of the collection starts here.

I felt like it was a very close match. We know each other very well and it was just a question of a couple of points who was going to be the winner today.

Business definitely goes down when there isn't a lot of snowfall. When people don't see snow in their backyards, I think they question if we're still up and running.

But the question is, do I agree with it when it's 1-in-100, when it's 1-in-50, if it's 1-in-20. That is a policy question. At what probability do you begin to spend hundreds of millions or billions of dollars in order to do something?

But the question is how does it work?

But the question is more about economic growth.

But the question is what the DPRK has done in that one month,

but the question is, will it be taken over by steady progress or go into decline.

but the question is, would this draft satisfy the Sunni Arabs' demands.

but the question of what to do with Bennett now is a whole different issue.

But there's no question in my mind that this team is just going to get better. It was only the second year together and everybody is still learning.

But the scale of the fall remains beyond that which would be expected, given the difference in supply lines, and regardless of its motivation it still raises the question as to how inventories for the driving season can be built in a timely fashion.

But that's who Michael Jackson is, he's a very, very naive person in many respects, and there's no question about that. Yeah, he does wear a bull's eye,

China-EU relations are less complicated. When the EU negotiates with China on economic issues, it isn't clouded by the Taiwan question or security fears.

China sincerely hopes the boundary question be settled in a fair and reasonable way at an early date so that the border areas would become a bridge for eternal peace and friendly cooperation between our two countries.

Because of the time he's missed, we wanted to accelerate him, and felt the best way to do that was to put him against more experienced Triple-A hitters. We've never had a question about ability or command; it's just been health.

I have all the respect in the world for Rodney Harrison. I told him that when we brought him here, and he's made great contributions to this team. There's no question about it. Unfortunately, he had a tough setback last weekend and so did the team, but that's the way it is. We're playing San Diego this week. Unfortunately, he won't be with us. I wish he was, but he's not.

To explain this change to employees, Microsoft hosted an internal event with CEO Steve Ballmer, chairman Bill Gates, Johnson, Allchin, Raikes, and Bach. Most of the discussion and Q & A that happened that day is largely irrelevant to Nexus readers, but the company did take one impromptu question about competition with Apple Computer that I thought you'd enjoy. Here's a transcript of that portion of the session, and some photos taken from a video of the event,

Today is an entertainment show that has a news segment. I don't think there's any question that NBC sees it that way.

We are exploring the question of whether full-fledged negotiations can start, ... In such a phase, it's a political mistake to pose ultimatums.

Having a survey without bias is clearly the goal here. Surveys are tricky. You can load a question and I'd like to really avoid that. We'll make the questions as neutral as possible.

Here's a guy that was running away from the pack like Secretariat winning the Belmont by 30 lengths, and now people are starting to question the quality he was running away from. Exactly what was he 30 lengths ahead of? ... But now that he's lost and lost in devastating fashion, I think people are asking that question louder and more often.

Here's a trick to self-control: Ask yourself a serious question from time to time - something you might otherwise lie about.

We've got to run the ball better, there's no question about that.