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Once they come in, they are actually reluctant to leave.

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative vitality of nature but a supreme being intelligent and benevolent, the answer must be a reluctant negative

Consumers are still the weakest element within the recovery. European companies are still reluctant to hire, and it will take a long period of recovery before they start to do so.

Do I wish somebody would have stepped in there and grabbed him before he got that shot off? Absolutely. But at the same time, with so many offensive weapons out there, guys were reluctant to leave the shooters.

It's tough when a lead in a game gets in the 10-, 12-point range. You're reluctant to go. But you can always come back.

I wanted to show that we were committed to maintaining our grade. This will help lure horses for the upcoming year. If you get a grading and lose it within a year or two, they're going to be very reluctant to give you the benefit of the doubt in the future.

The metals are looking nervous, the sell-offs are providing the dip-buyers with good opportunities but for a change the follow-on buying seems to be reluctant to join in.

The labor market is starting to look more and more like the one we experienced in the late 1990s. Companies are undoubtedly reluctant to increase their costs, but it has become necessary to boost salaries and special benefits in order to attract and retain the top talent.

Clearly, Corporate America is still in hunker-down mode, reluctant to increase budgets for equipment and slow about increasing employment, ... That puts a weight around the neck of the recovery and keeps it at a moderate pace.

I occasionally find myself reluctant to be pulled into a world that's not mine, in the sense that I'm not a religious guy.

Investors will be reluctant to buy bonds ahead of the five-year notes sale today. There is a concern bond yields will keep rising and the central bank is desperately seeking to raise interest rates.

Investors will be reluctant to try (to push shares) higher as they wait for more information on the outlook for US and Japanese monetary policy.

Investors are reluctant to buy bonds before the price report and the BOJ meeting. I see a more than 50 percent chance for a policy shift next week.

Investors are reluctant to take the dollar significantly higher and we are having thin markets. The market still prefers to sell the dollar on rallies.

Investors are very reluctant to hold positions in an environment like this. People are anticipating that if the data on consumer sentiment is fairly innocuous, the day could be over at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.

I get asked why there aren't more female directors all the time. I'm kind of reluctant to talk about it. That's not because I think the question is irrelevant or stupid. It's just that there are so many mitigating factors.

If you want to be a leader whom people follow with absolute conviction, you have to be a likable leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons with brilliant vision can command a reluctant following for a time, but it never lasts. They burn people out before they ever get to see what anyone is truly capable of.

But I imagine school administrators are going to be reluctant to continue with some projects they had put into place a year ago. It's going to be particularly challenging for those schools that need to rebuild after the recent hurricanes.

Before, we were dealing with guys who knew the service end of a department and knew how to get things done for communities. If you were out there fixing a street, and somebody said, 'Can we extend it around this corner because there's a need here,' they'd figure out a way to do it. New people are reluctant to work with anybody unless it's scripted. There's not a lot of innovative stuff going on.

He's that reluctant hero, and he's a fairly classic version of it. He reminds me of characters I always liked, Mad Max, Dirty Harry, Han Solo, where there's more going on than what they're letting on.

He sounds to me like the kind of person Nortel needs. A new Nortel CEO should be top-line, sales oriented to sell to people who may be reluctant to use Nortel because of their reputation.

The U.S. military is reluctant to be drawn into a counterinsurgency war. They don't think it's possible to say you're going to go down there and help the Colombian military shoot drug traffickers without shooting at the FARC, and that makes them very nervous. It's a rebellion that's been going on for some 40 years, and it's plainly not going to come to an end soon -- the Pentagon fears it's a whirlpool that's going to suck them in.

The yield curve is flat and typically when that happens, banks are reluctant to lend money and the economy becomes vulnerable,

In fact, most told us that companies are very reluctant to allow frequent telecommuters to manage others -- 29 percent cited that as the single biggest negative impact that telecommuting had on career advancement. Many also said that telecommuting seems to slow down raises and bonuses.

The most recent acceleration in productivity growth looks like it was cyclically driven, ... Even with output soaring, many businesses were reluctant to boost hiring because the Fed was hiking interest rates and energy costs were surging. Even if businesses wanted to hire more workers, many could not because the labor markets were so tight.

A revival in their investment plans backs up the case that deflation is ending. Non- manufacturers have no choice but to depend on domestic sales and until now they have been reluctant to increase investment because of concern about deflation.

And there's another very big problem. Television broadcasters are very reluctant to air them.

As far as innovation goes, I can tell you that Korean students are reluctant to step out of line. If I ask questions, nobody raises their hands - not because they don't know the answers, but because they don't want to step out of line.

As dismayed as Americans are with the influence of the special interests that finance election campaigns, they've been reluctant to embrace the alternative: taxpayer-financed elections.

AOL has been pursuing a multiple portal strategy. Netscape has been reluctant to realize that they're really a media company...here's competition at its finest, with AOL slashing up Netscape for its real key assets.

A weakening national situation is not good news for the Gulf Coast area. Some workers seem reluctant to move to an area where the labor market was already weak.

The British may be reluctant to storm the plane with so many women and children on board. They're more likely to simply use boredom as a weapon, waiting out the crisis and letting the hijackers tire and then later offering them a way out.

All things considered, the market acted pretty well. You can chalk up 20 to 25 percent of this move today to the fact that it is the weekend, and people are reluctant to take positions home, or start new ones.

The dollar was reluctant to follow movements in the equity market, but when the selling became fierce, it started to respond.

The heavy job cutting we have seen over the past three years appears to be trending down, ... However, the job market seems to be in a state of limbo, where companies are eager to hold on to people they have, but many are reluctant to create any new jobs.

The majority of deer hunters in Pennsylvania are rapidly losing their confidence in the Pennsylvania Game Commission and their current deer management policy. Our whitetail deer herd has been decimated in many areas in the state and the Game Commission seems reluctant to make any changes.

The companies that decide to stay are expected to be extremely reluctant to make major commitments of capital to the country given the sheer evidence of regulatory uncertainty and state heavy-handedness.

I'm very reluctant to put my words into God's mouth.

For far too many years Canada has been timid and reluctant to put human rights squarely on the table in meetings with the Chinese government, scared that pushing too hard on human rights might detract from trade and investment prospects.

It's a lot to do in a short time when you're largely unknown and look like you're somewhat of a reluctant candidate because you certainly weren't in this at the opening bell. The to-do list is very long.

At first I was very reluctant and for about three weeks I was unable to sleep.

At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy, but once they got going, you couldn't stop them.

It's not quite a forgotten craft but it's the area of the game where we have been most reluctant to get involved, in terms of the specialist help the fast bowlers have received. I have got to convey a basic message about the mindset of a spin bowler, engender an interest in spin bowling and a culture that allows it to flourish. I'm not sure that exists at the moment.

It must be a sobering lesson for all parties that millions of people have been reluctant or have refused to participate in this election at all and there will be much to reflect on for the Conservative Party.

As ridiculous as this might sound, we have real money issues right now, and the government is reluctant to give all agents and analysts dot-gov accounts.

As a business that's strategy-focused, I regularly experience bias on the part of male clients who appear reluctant to accept that a woman can deliver meaningful contributions. That makes it very challenging for women-owned companies like my own to elevate their visibility.

They only have a certain number of paid days off from work, the kids are out of school, and they're just very reluctant to give it up,

They are the ones that have no assurances and are reluctant to invest in their homes because they don't know what's going to happen.

We certainly have indications, increasingly so, that units either can't carry out a mission which is assigned to them because of fuel shortages, or are reluctant to plan a mission which can't be carried out because of fuel shortages or have to call a mission short because of fuel shortages,

We certainly, I think, have a better idea of what their position is, although I must tell you that their position does seem to be evolving a little. So I am sort of reluctant to put too much emphasis in the discussions that have been carried on through the press.

We don't want them (veterans) unaware or reluctant to seek out services for which they are entitled.

were very much trying to present themselves as reluctant warriors. They were very much reacting to demonstrations of public opinion.

It was a very reluctant rally but it shows how much the market can feed on itself.

It's a good number, but we're reluctant to read much great significance into it.

The more threes they made, the more reluctant we were to play the post with a big-to-big double (team). We couldn't double with a guard. Every one of those threes were like daggers. They allowed Lewis and Thomas to do what they wanted.

It's an important symbol that the Easterners have come to power, ... They have a more pragmatic way of doing things and they are used to big changes in life and therefore, I think, they are not so reluctant to face up to new challenges.

It's an important symbol that the Easterners have come to power. They have a more pragmatic way of doing things and they are used to big changes in life and therefore, I think, they are not so reluctant to face up to new challenges.

It's his heart and soul, it's kicking ass all over the world and becoming a huge brand. He would be really reluctant to leave it now.

They're making consumers apprehensive. They're concerned that they're buying something that makes their computer crash. This affects all the labels. The average consumer doesn't know it's just Sony, so they become reluctant to buy CDs.

They really are acting out of patriotism. This is not fun for them. They're reluctant to step forward in this way and for good reason. ... They believe that Rumsfeld is endangering the course of U.S. foreign policy.

They're ready-made victims. They're reluctant to go to the police. They speak very little English. What little cash they have, they keep on their persons or in their homes.

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One can't indefinitely do for somebody what he is reluctant to do for himself.

The one thing you're most reluctant to tell. That's where the comedy is.

If you're reluctant to weep, you won't live a full and complete life.

We Call Them the Brave who likely were reluctant to be brave.

My reluctant charity shames both me and the recipient.

If I think about my life, I'm not reluctant about taking chances. I'm definitely not reluctant about relationships.

The legislation was unlikely ever to have become law, because the Republican leadership in the House would have been reluctant to let it go to a vote. But as a symbol the proposed legislation was very unhelpful. The threat of high and sweeping tariffs against our third largest trading partner was the height of irresponsibility.

The Japanese consumer remains reluctant to buy U.S. beef.

The market has a very strong undertone to it and would seem reluctant to surrender too much of its recent gains. Very strong and robust turnover yesterday ventures to suggest some serious commitment to the market place.

The market remains fund-driven. No one wants to go short while consumers buy in dips and producers are reluctant to sell, hoping for yet higher prices.

The market is taking a break after nonstop declines earlier this week, but the shrinking volume showed that investors are reluctant to buy aggressively.

The markets remain overbought at current levels and could see some profit taking at any time. However, market internals remain very positive, so investors are reluctant to sell much into that. Given this scenario, we are likely to see more gains through the rest of the year, and some consolidation in early 2005.

The market was reluctant to push the euro above $1.2150 and we've seen it slowly come down from there during European trading.

The longer it's been since their diagnosis, the more reluctant the kids are to talk about it, ... They know they're not the same person they were before, and it's very upsetting for them.

If you are terrified of making mistakes, you will be reluctant to acknowledge them when you do make them-and therefore you will not correct them.

The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.

I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.

Whenever we come out with a new version, and particularly with this version, you'll see an increase in revenue because you get that installed base coming in and you get people who have been reluctant thinking about whether they should buy the product saying, 'That is the hot new thing,'

Some taxpayers may object to a print journalism bailout on the grounds that it mostly benefits the liberal elite. And we can't blame taxpayers for being reluctant to subsidize the reportorial careers of J-school twerps who should have joined the Peace Corps and gone to Africa to 'speak truth to power' to Robert Mugabe.

Implied / Subjection, but required with gentle sway / And by her yielded, by him best received; / Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, / And sweet reluctant amorous delay.