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Given the recent run-up in DirecTV's share price, this news was not completely unexpected.

Given the recent spate of positive January data, CPI and durable goods are unlikely to disappoint. The USD is positioned to make new gains ... as favorable U.S. growth and interest rate differentials weigh on market sentiment.

Given the recent surge in energy prices and higher medical costs, many will not be made whole by the increase. The increase is backwards looking; it represents inflation over the last year. In the near term, inflation will be greater.

Given the response to our scholarship program in the past two years, and with the recent cuts to student loan programs by Congress, it is clear that there is a huge need for these resources. So many GLBT students -- as well as their supporters -- face steep challenges in funding their education, so we are grateful for the generous bequest and donations that make this program possible.

From the softer ad market and the organizational changes in 2005, Fisher is poised in 2006 to capitalize on an attractive business structure going forward as well as other opportunities such as the recent Seattle Super Bowl (that pitted the Seahawks versus the Pittsburgh Steelers) carried on our Seattle and Portland ABC affiliates.

I don't think recent price data suggests that inflation is dead. The Fed has to worry about whether or not it is keeping inflation under control and it would probably like to err on the side of caution.

I expect a weaker opening here due to a higher yen and a fall in U.S. stocks, while a halt in recent rises in oil, gold and other commodity prices is a plus.

I experienced again in my recent conversations with Mikhail Gorbachev how much Raisa influenced her husband and his life, and how they both belonged together,

I don't think we're that much more talented than we've been in recent years. But the chemistry is there, and things have gone our way.

Globally, banks sector earnings have not kept pace with the market in recent quarters, while the oils sector relative performance has lagged behind the price of crude.

I felt it man. Tonight was my night. I've been going slow these recent days. Prior to this game I only had one goal, so I had to step it up. I'm a senior so I got to do what I got to do.

I believe we'll be better than we've been in recent years. The experience factor alone should make us better, and I really like the motivation, good work ethic and positive attitude of our team.

Certain developments in Russian politics and foreign policy in recent months have given us pause,

Certainly closing above 4,400 last week has been positive. The market seemed to be struggling to get over that. We've been helped in quite large part by a big move in the oils in recent days.

Certainly President and Mrs. Bush, because of their faith, celebrate Christmas. Their cards in recent years have included best wishes for a holiday season, rather than Christmas wishes, because they are sent to people of all faiths.

Certainly sentiment towards gold now remains positive, with the market ignoring the further drift lower in the oil price and the recent strength in the dollar,

Based on recent adverse findings for performance-enhancing substances and the subsequent allegations of trafficking in these substances, I feel that it is necessary to commission a wide-ranging inquiry to examine all the details of the allegations.

Based on recent literature, freeze, flight, fight, fright, faint provides a more complete description of the human acute stress response sequence than current descriptions.

Based on recent positive statements about the pace of chip demand, made by analog peers active in the wireless markets, we anticipate similarly constructive statements from National Semiconductor.

Based on recent precedents, compensation payments to passengers' families are running at about $2.4 million per passenger, which suggests the total cost to insurers could be between $250 million to $350 million.

Based on recent statements by Tony Blair I would say that there is a move in the direction of voluntary agreements,

Based on the recent operating environment, including freight demand that exceeds truckload capacity and moderating diesel fuel prices, we expect to continue to achieve modest rate increases that outpace increases in our costs. Our intermediate term goal remains an operating ratio of 90 percent or better.

Business-to-business magazines are central to our strategy, and we will dedicate the resources needed to support our customers in this segment. Our recent investment to enhance our co-mailing capabilities, so as to minimize publishers' distribution costs, is just one such example of this support.

I don't believe there is a housing bubble bursting. I think there will be an evening off of demand and an evening off of price escalation. We won't see the big rises we've enjoyed in recent years. But that doesn't mean there will be a downturn.

I don't know why we haven't been consistent. I've said a few times that maybe we're not as tough, mentally or physically, as we have been in recent years.

Bubble conditions may not be present yet but are approaching such and thus require close monitoring going forward. To allay this concern, housing price increases will need to start to moderate soon from recent sharp increases. Our expectation is that this should occur, since rising mortgage rates should slow the growth in housing prices to a rate below gains in income.

Business activity in the services and construction sectors has been accelerating in recent months and is now growing quite quickly, providing momentum for the economy coming into 2005.

Business conditions for the life offices provide some grounds for optimism. We notice that in the recent reporting period, all life offices reported moderate to strong gains in their embedded values. This is a key determinant of the health of the life industry, and with strong rises in this key measure, the underlying business is not in bad shape.

Business conditions in the first half have been some of the most difficult that we have experienced in recent years,

But there are plenty of stops along the supply chain with weaknesses: the start of hurricane season, Iraqi production hanging on by a thread, recent problems in Ecuador, no sign of growth in Russian production and continued speculative interest in being 'long' in this market. The increases of the last month reflect that backdrop.

But there is a shortage. And that's one of the issues that were discussed at a recent legislative meeting. And that shortage still remains until we can at least get some programs a little bit further along into active mode, which we expect very shortly.

But there's still almost 30 percent of patients in a recent survey that weren't getting aspirin during an acute heart attack.

China and Latin America have seen improved political relations and close trade exchanges in recent years.

China is emerging as a key growth engine for the world economy, contributing over a quarter of total global growth in recent years, more than any other country. The downside for U.S. consumers and businesses is that this is forcing global commodity prices higher.

China stocks are always risky. Many funds sold off the stocks after recent sharp gains, which drove down the stocks. I expect to see further correction in China stocks.

Chinese cinema has taken the world by storm in recent years. And as China celebrates a hundred years of movie making in 2005, it is a perfect time for Disney to bring its wholesome family entertainment expertise to this rapidly growing market as part of the Walt Disney Company's focus on expanding our presence in China.

I have a huge amount of respect for what Parker has done. He is creating what could be the best merger in the airline industry, managing the merger as well as any airline has done in recent memory.

I have already mentioned that recent years have brought with them much disillusionment concerning what has so far been achieved by humanity.

To get faster job growth, we're going to need either faster aggregate demand, which seems hard to fathom, or we're going to need some diminution of the recent extra cyclical pop in productivity, ... When will that start? Anybody who says they know is lying.

Hasty Pudding is no small potatoes (sorry to mix the food references), known for its famous alumni and much-hyped annual awards ceremonies. One year Mel Gibson recited Hamlet and escaped from a straitjacket. Tom Cruise has strutted in a bra and stilettos. This year Sarah Jessica Parker gets the prize. A recent ... episode was about money woes. I wonder if there will be any jokes about dough this time!

We've been watching Jens closely in recent weeks and have been quite impressed with his performance. We now want to take a closer look in the fitness tests.

Having more or less traveled together, refined products and crude have become disconnected in recent weeks.

What we have been seeing today and yesterday is a rather normal correction after the nearly vertical rise in high-tech shares in recent sessions. Investors will be taking refuge in other sectors until high-tech stocks find a floor.

What we've seen is demand growing at three and a half to four and a half percent in some recent years. This year it will only grow about two and a half percent.

What you have seen in recent weeks is the usual seasonal doldrums. We will have a good recovery. The market will still be healthy.

What you're seeing in these recent remarks is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of how widely disliked Rumsfeld is.

Hertfordshire has had six recent training exercises on site in the last six months - the last one three weeks ago - and has worked closely with the site for many years to prepare for any incidents.

We think Aetna's results will be more than enough to sustain the stock's recent strength.

We think Cyclorama - our most recent studio album - is a great record and everyone that has taken the time to listen to agrees with me.

We suspect the future of this market may unfold similarly to the recent slowdown in Washington, D.C., or a situation similar to the events that transpired in Las Vegas a little over a year ago,

With market attention firmly focused on the forthcoming OPEC meeting, we expect oil prices will remain well supported given recent statements from member countries indicating a desire to curtail physical supply.

I love all of Albert Brooks' work from Defending Your Life back to his first film, Real Life, but am sorry that he seems to have lost his edge in his more recent work.

I look forward to continuing my coaching career at Kent State. My goal, as it has been since the day I arrived at Kent State, is to continue the tradition our program has developed. We will strive to maintain the high level of excellence Kent State basketball has achieved in recent years.

I agree with Gould that the frequency of stasis in fossil species revealed by the recent analysis was unexpected by most evolutionary biologists.

Human kind has little or nothing to do with the recent temperature changes.

We have to avoid becoming stagnant. We knew at some point Orlando would hit a stretch where they hit shots. We also knew that when that happened we had to keep the ball moving on offense and not slow it down and get into isolation plays. That bogged us down in recent games. I thought we did a good job of staying away from that.

We make residence hall assignments according to our students' preferences, and in recent years the number of students expressing a preference for all-women's housing has decreased to less than 200, ... The vast majority of incoming students want to live on campus in a coed residence hall.

We may see some profit-taking in energy stocks later following sharp gains in recent sessions but it is likely to be limited on expectation that global oil prices will continue to rise.

He wanted to make sure the board understood that they (Gonzalez and her volunteers) do an outstanding job and are a value to the county. But the recent disasters have really drained community support at this time.

He was a good friend, maintaining his sense of humor and proportion throughout the difficult period that marked his most recent service,

I actually think that 'States of Union' will be a lifelong endeavor for me. It won't take up all my energy as it has in recent years, but I imagine that I will always continue to add to the body of work - the project of documentation will never be entirely complete.

He was someone who created a lot of controversy about recent German history when it was taboo to do so.

He was playing a little catch-up this spring and wasn't as sharp as we would have anticipated him to be. He has quickly turned that around and really has played some great lacrosse in recent weeks.

We maintain our overweight (rating), as we think a recent correction in this well-diversified vehicle safety supplier has been unjustified.

We look forward to knowing the results of that investigation. The United States has every intention of living up to the letter of our recent agreement in regard to beef imports into Japan and we will work closely with the appropriate authorities here in Japan and in the United States to ensure there is no repetition of this mistake.

I am glad Buck and I got to spend some time together on his recent West Coast tour. He was a wonderful friend and he will be dearly missed.

I am looking forward to meeting one-on-one with this distinguished group of Cuban officials and specialists to discuss the real business potential for Southwestern United States. Cuba with its recent discoveries offers our business community another option for oil and gas exploration and discovery.

I always have special feelings when Spa comes around but I have to admit our recent performances are dampening my enthusiasm,

If we were in a similar circumstance in the future I would want to make sure that our reporting was at least as diverse as it was during this most recent war.

If the HSI falls below the major support at the 50-Day moving average of 15,314, it might have a negative impact on the recent rally seen in third and fourth liners stocks.

If the Fed doesn't raise rates, it's strictly for morale. Given the recent market swings, they're going to go ahead with the increase. There will probably be two more hikes.

If the current population growth in Ethiopia continues, according to recent figures, by 2050 there will be more than 170 million people.

He has demonstrated this in Wasps' recent Heineken Cup and Zurich Premiership matches, and merits his return on his current form.

He had just served as the best man in a recent wedding. He was an adult volunteer who helped out at youth activities, which is a common practice in every church. Like many other people in our church, I was completely caught off guard and shocked by this. It seemed completely out of character for him.

HEI acquired more than $1.5 billion in hotels over the past 36 months. We believe the outlook for hotel investment remains quite positive. Our most recent fund, which will allow us to acquire approximately $1.5 billion in assets over the next 36 months, was originally targeted at $350 million, but became over-subscribed.

He is aware there are questions out there about some of the recent decisions he?s made. He welcomes this opportunity to have a dialogue with people, hear what the local concerns are, and to have a chance to explain his perspectives more fully.

He's had some lumps, and recent health issues, but the guy can pitch, and if we can hang on, the postseason is a place where he can perform.

He takes hundreds of recent law graduates at their most vulnerable, dependent state and guides them, soothes them, suffers with them, flatters them, advises them, exhorts them, humors them and holds their hands over the last hurdle before they enter the practice of law.

He has looked quite sharp in training, although everybody has to be fair. The players in recent weeks have given me everything to turn things around ? and that's something that wouldn't go amiss against Chelsea.

Imagine how different those classrooms could be if hundreds of Nigeria's most talented recent graduates and professionals channeled their energy not only into the country's banks, but into making education in the country a force for transformation.

Historical relationships have shown that the Australian dollar should be trading around 85 cents to 90 cents, given the recent sharp rise in gold. It does provide the case for the Australian dollar to play some catch up, particularly if the Fed rate-hike momentum loses favor with investors.

Gold and the other precious metals appear to have found support after the recent sell-off, however, we believe it is too soon to turn bullish on gold specifically.

Gold has corrected nicely and is now ready to begin working higher into the New Year with the recent highs around $540 a likely target faster than most people think.

Gold has pulled back from its recent spike to around $505 an ounce while the rand has strengthened to 6.34 against the US dollar.

Gold is in search of a fresh catalyst to return it to recent highs.

Gold is on 24-year highs because of a recent shift in investment allocations to commodities by a wide audience.

Gold may fall as low as $462, as investors will take advantage of the recent rally to take profits.

Going forward, UK exporters will be fervently hoping that recent signs of improving growth in Western Europe will be sustained and will increasingly feed through to boost exports,

There aren't really any standout negative catalysts today. The market's just kind of drifting lower today on pretty light volume. We're also probably still a little oversold from the recent run.

There is an urgency in this year's report that we haven't had in recent years. Each state has its own set of challenges to work through. ... There is much more room to go.

The raised interest rate goes into effect on July 1. People graduating prior to that date should absolutely apply for consolidation under the current lower interest rate. That could save recent graduates lots of money in the long run.

He's gained a lot of kudos in recent months, he's a fiscal consolidator -- which is what Japan needs. I understand he has growing support within the LDP.

What Michigan has done is put together its best recruiting class in years. Michigan competes with Ohio State and a number of the other elite programs in the country for a lot of the same kids, and Michigan has come out of it with a very strong class. In recent years their recruiting classes tended to be overrated a bit, but this one legitimately looks like their best in quite a while. They really solidified their core, and added much-needed speed.

This was one of the largest in recent years and certainly the most efficient and the most peaceful. They weren't trying to take over downtown. It was a fantastic, peaceful voicing of opinion.

There is no evidence in their recent history that would indicate that injuries have in any way compromised their ability to perform in a winning way.

He has provided very important and valuable leadership on a range of issues from the Latin American debt crisis in the 1980s to the challenge of the transition economies following the fall of the Berlin Wall to the emerging market challenges of recent years.

The PeopleSoft news could make it more likely that the Oracle deal will go through. And after all the recent downgrades, people are probably relieved to see a brokerage lifting its view on the chip sector.

We're progressing. I'm pleased with our recent improvement in rebounding and defense.

(My performance at the recent Australian Open) gave me a lot of confidence. Making the last eight (in Melbourne) exceeded all my expectations. Now that confidence shows, especially in today's game. I've been improving every week.

Lloyd's has made huge progress in recent years and is in good shape.