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We have said that this is a structural issue, not a short-term factor, and the price is going to stay the same,

We've got literally thousands of bridges across our railroad. We've come to the realization that our resources really need to be directed to ensuring the structural integrity of these bridges rather than their cosmetics.

We are all mindful of the industry environment, the pressure on our suppliers and dealers, unfavorable market share trends, and the fact that our issues in North America are structural rather than cyclical. That is why we remind our people that we will either change ourselves -- or be changed by someone else.

There is no market to discipline the pricing in this industry. What you need to spend the next 18 months doing while you still have the authority is to establish the structural conditions that would let market forces be created,

We remain concerned about the company's long-term outlook and management's preparedness to address the challenges. Still, built-in expectations or valuation appear to be low, and 2006 should benefit from the structural elimination of Brazil and a year of disappointing results in 2005.

We face structural problems which go far beyond any short-term crisis,

We're in a period of denial about the extent to which racism still exists as a structural phenomenon. It was just so evident in this storm. Even in the language people used.

We still saw growth last year even with higher oil prices. Countries have adjusted, with interest rates still low and structural reforms proceeding. Risk premiums continue to fall, making stock markets more attractive.

Beyond guidance for favorable structural cost performance in 2006, and details on material cost savings goals, no specific guidance on the extent or cadence of structural cost savings was given. In addition, the company offered only limited details on the timing of plant actions.

Corporate social responsibility is not a fad. In fact, there are structural reasons why this is happening and happening so widely,

Dialectical materialism is not of course an eternal and immutable philosophy. To think otherwise is to contradict the spirit of the dialectic. Further development of scientific thought will undoubtedly create a more profound doctrine into which dialectical materialism will enter merely as structural material.

What I wanted to create with 'The Luminaries' is a book that had structural patterns built in that didn't matter, but if you cared about them, you could look into the book and see them.

What really has been the convincing point for the emergency response community and the civil and mechanical communities who focus on structural damage has been seeing the data; once you have seen the data it becomes very compelling.

We do not, however, share the belief that any of these objectives can be achieved in the near term, given the structural impediments to rationalizing GM's cost base. These structural impediments include union contracts, legacy liabilities, and dealer agreements.

The union was caught in a global hurricane, and they managed to come out of it with minimal structural damage. They preserved key principles; they gave up some money.

The trend of increased state revenues has resulted in a level of financial flexibility not seen in the sector over the past five years, and is helping many states restore structural budgetary balance and begin to rebuild reserves. In addition to the tax-reduction measures, this revenue growth has also led to new funding initiatives for education, transportation, infrastructure, and other areas that had been restrained from 2001-2004.

The toxic soup, as it has been called, is touching every square inch of the flooded areas, ... That issue of the environmental cleanup is one that we have not typically faced with other disasters. It's not just the structural integrity of the buildings, but it's the whole issue of contamination: contamination of buildings, contamination of yards.

The trade release has reminded the market of the structural weakness of the dollar.

While the run of results and structural change in the Irish marketplace impacted our gross win percentages during the year, 2005 saw strong revenue growth across all our channels - a key indicator of the health of the business.

The Gore approach to budget surpluses is much more prudent; the Bush approach to structural reforms of the entitlement programs is more promising. They have set up a good dichotomy that people can look at.

While they were doing that, they dropped some equipment off the tray. What they dropped was a film processor, it struck the left hand side of the body flap. There was some tile damage on the body flap, which they're addressing. They're looking, of course, at structural inspections to evaluate if there is any structural damage to the body flap.

We need to solve structural problems, such as agrarian reform and the structural problems of housing, employment, health, education and roads.

We seem to be in very good shape. There is no major structural damage. They're busy moving some sand around and digging out seaweed.

We see much more of a structural shift happening in Germany than we do in any other European country. We've spent a lot of money there.

We see the end of the dotcom bubble in Asia, cyclical things and structural changes in some sectors that will lead to a changing in the way some workforces are deployed.

As the potential for devastation from Hurricane Rita increased, investors grew more worried about the impact that the third strongest Atlantic hurricane on record would have on both local and national businesses, through structural damage and the loss of oil supply. With oil and gas production still attempting to recover from Katrina, this new force could cause even greater disruption, with already almost 14 percent of U.S. oil production shut down.

The third floor is a total loss. We're worried about the structural integrity.

The structural building of China's capacity is coming to an end.

The structural damage is everywhere. And the winds are still strong.

The structural difference between enantiomers can be serious with respect to the actions of synthetic drugs.

The structural engineer looked at it and said that the facade is just very dangerous.

The structural or biogenetic relations of plant products as deduced from the recognizable architectural components of the molecules have been consistent guides in my investigations.

The structural problems have not improved and the trend is still to higher deficits. That presents a risk for the dollar.

These refineries have been through a lot of hurricanes in the past. They aren't fragile. I wouldn't anticipate any structural damage.

The striking evolutionary conservation of ratchetting points suggests that recursive splicing provides specific advantages for large introns, ... One possibility is that recursive splicing prevents the generation of long RNA transcripts that could form structures that interfere with correct processing into mRNA. Another is that recursive splicing might help stimulate transcription through long introns by promoting interactions between the splicing and transcription machineries. We also know already that recursive splicing is used to control the removal of certain exons from mRNAs, generating structural and functional variation among the gene products.

These conduct restrictions are necessary to allow the structural remedy sufficient time to restore competitive conditions in the software industry,

The State of the Union address obviously provides him the chance to get the attention of the American public. But it is not going to undo the structural problem he faces. You have a situation in Iraq that is not going to get better in the short term. ... I see him not having a really big change in popularity.

With Italy's history of more than 50 different governments since World War II, it's hard to believe that a government with such a tight majority will have the mandate to implement the structural reforms demanded by the rating agencies.

These are unprecedented surplus volumes, reflecting the structural changes of China becoming the factory of the world.

There would have to be a structural shift in prices to change their perspective, ... Right now, there's a lot of speculation built into oil prices -- the majors will have to see that turn into fundamentals in order to change their plans.

The risk is that the deficit is rather worse than the market is looking for and if that's the case it may swing the focus back to structural dollar negatives and away from the interest rate focus.

What had really been driving down the euro ... were structural outflows of investment from Europe into the United States,

The other issue, the more structural reason why PCs are not seeing the demand we've been used to, is that the PC is increasingly a communications device rather than a computational device.

We wanted to eliminate the risk of anything more coming out and getting in a mechanism somewhere. It was important to get this off as soon as we can just because we don't know the structural state of it.

We are still assessing the vast impact of Katrina, and there appears to be good news beyond the Coast with no significant structural damage to most of our courses, ... We anticipate that those that have not already opened will do so very soon. The Gulf Coast will take longer to recover, of course, but some of the courses will re-open soon there. Meanwhile, the rest of the state continues to welcome and support visitors and misplaced residents. We've been surprised how strong the golf-and-gaming stay-and-play business has been in the four other regions of the state since Katrina and this is good for the state and its people and businesses.

We are very satisfied and committed. We don't have any structural problems. Everything is working. ... We will have always some small problems to solve. What is important is to solve them quickly.

After Katrina, there were a bunch of refineries which didn't sustain structural damage but couldn't turn the power back on.

People are worried that in order to achieve structural reform and postal privatization, LDP politicians will be less engaged in pork barrel politics.

The thing I love about being a novelist is that with each project, you invent a new world. You approach it with a different set of aesthetic and structural ideas, and you grapple with a different series of problems in figuring out how to tell the story. And yet there are certain concerns that stay constant.

With the aircraft on jacks, small excitation forces will be applied to the airframe. Measurements of the structural response for a range of excitation frequencies will be made using accelerometers.

The government is trying to proceed with structural reforms. The rating agencies have already reacted somewhat.

One has to be aware that you have structural factors in Japan such as the LDP trying to exploit nationalist feelings, the Japanese yearning to be treated as a normal state and Japan in general would like to secure a higher status in the international community.

Once the jacking operation was complete, our structural engineers . . . came to the conclusion that it was simply not salvageable, and in the interest of safety, the best course of action would be to replace it.

Coke might have to resolve this issue through additional compensation to the bottlers or other structural changes.

A little bit here and a little bit there, we are attempting to address the transportation infrastructure needs. I think the big difference here is the Senate is proposing long-term sustainable structural financing, which is exactly what you need.

As an individual investor, you're basically lending to the government for an additional 30 years compared to the 10-year note, but getting no extra risk premium. That being said, there will be structural demand for the new bond.

As a result of this structural and strategic transformation, AOL is better positioned to remain flexible, nimble and competitive in the market, enabling us to expand existing audiences and reach new ones online.

Although we believe GM can reduce capacity and structural costs over the long term, the company will emerge from restructuring with lower earnings power and operating leverage. With a lower dividend, the costs of investing in this longer-term restructuring story have increased dramatically.

Term limits make it harder to do structural initiatives that require a number of years to implement.

Europe's citizens do not seem convinced that the bitter medicine of continued structural reforms will cure the stasis that afflicts much of the Continent. It is a failure of politics that people have not come to see that the more they want to retain the attractive European way of life, the more the way they work will have to change.

The review will be a long and methodical process involving outside experts that will generate long-term structural changes to the IT infrastructure of state government.

This should improve dollar sentiment ... as it alleviates a lot of the structural concerns about the dollar.

To say that the U.S. economy benefits from trade is not to say that every individual American worker or family benefits, or that the structural changes induced by trade are not disruptive,

We also judge that the dollar is vulnerable from a structural perspective. External imbalances in the U.S. are not a key market focus at the moment, but this could change on signs of weakening flow support.

This exquisite property is the culmination of a long search to find the perfect location to launch Shangri-La in France. We aim to combine Shangri-La's renowned Asian hospitality, accommodations and dining, with the site's romantic history, privileged location and structural attributes, to create another gem in Paris' crown.

This is a day for celebration. But tomorrow when Hong Kong wakes up, it will still face structural challenges.

This is a material shortfall. It's a sign of some structural problems at Netscape.

This is about 500 fewer than at present, reflecting the closure of two small bases in Basra, the transfer of some training tasks to the Iraqi security forces and structural differences between the two brigades,

This is a celebration not just of passage of act but everything Social Security has done for past 70 years, ... Social Security is one of the hallmark programs of the New Deal era and I think it's important to remind people of the great structural reforms that took place during the Roosevelt era.

You tailor it to the need of the family or individual. If you've got spoiled food or minor structural damage, say an awning or fence, you can resolve it on the spot.

This is an industry that needs some consolidation. There are some structural issues that need to be addressed.

This is evidence of a structural change an economic chain reaction.

This is fairly typical of some of the failures we've seen. These walls underwent catastrophic structural failure.

This is shedding like a cat, ... Right now, it's so fragile, it has no structural integrity.

This is not trade based on comparative advantage. We are confronted with an economic crisis in the U.S. steel industry, stemming directly from the structural mismanagement by several governments of their economies. Neither the U.S. government, nor its steel industry, can afford to wait for the trade law process to take its course.

In Europe, the stronger growth and reductions in unemployment are now arriving, ... But for better performance to endure, Europe will require substantial structural reforms.

If the next premier after reform-minded Koizumi raises concerns about slower progress in structural reforms or debates about the consumption tax, it would be negative for Japanese stocks.

In order to improve financial results in 2006 and 2007, we are moving quickly to implement several important actions that will address these weaknesses in North America. And we have a good line of sight on the steps we need to take to further reduce structural costs on a global basis that will position GM for long-term success.

In our view, Dell is pretty much the same company and we believe most have forgotten about its structural and cost advantages with its world-class supply chain and direct model,

Interest in extending the service life of the world's P-3 and CP-140 fleet has increased as a result of the P-3 Structural Life Assessment Program (SLAP). With many of the P-3 aircraft in operation now reaching their service life limits sooner than expected, and with no affordable replacement maritime patrol aircraft available, a service life extension is the only way for nations to maintain this vital operational capability.

If you have depression and chronic pain, it's important to figure out what came first. Chronic pain sufferers often get a stigma if we can't find a structural reason for the pain.

No major structural damage. No major damage in terms of a lot of the second floor units. A lot of the roofs: they held up pretty good. It's something we ought to be able to work together to work out. I just don't know why we haven't done it yet.

I hope to explain (to the U.S. officials) the Japanese government's continued efforts toward structural reform.

Structural concerns ... faded into the background (during 2005) as markets have been placated by the strength of capital inflows into U.S. portfolio assets.

Structural concerns have faded into the background (during 2005) as markets have been placated by the strength of capital inflows into US portfolio assets.

Structural engineers investigating this morning's incident have confirmed that this is an isolated situation that has not occurred anywhere else on site.

Structural nervousness creeps into the market from time to time but interest rates still favor the dollar.

Structural productivity continues to grow at a firm pace, and rebuilding activity following the hurricanes should boost real GDP growth for a while, ... More uncertainty, however, surrounds the outlook for inflation.

The biggest issue in this election is postal privatization. It's the symbol of structural reform.

That is very true for any walk of life and very true for my character in 'Prison Break' because he's a structural engineer. I did a little bit of reading about that. And structural engineering is the art and science of connectivity. The pieces of a building are all interdependent. My brother in the story is behind the wall and every brick in that wall represents the conspiracy that put him there. My job as his brother and as an engineer is to find that one brick and loosen it. And another and another and hopefully the whole thing will come down.

Not a word has come out of the White House about maybe there being a structural problem in the insurance industry,

It's unlikely that the next administration will stray far from pursuing structural reforms. Even if the Democratic Party of Japan takes power, they will continue to push for fiscal reform.

It's unclear what lower rates would do. If it's really true that productivity and structural changes are causing labor market weakness, it's not clear that another cut in rates would be helpful to the labor market.

At this stage we do not face any structural problems, but there are still a lot of small details to fix and monitor in the few days before the opening of the Games. We are ready and committed.

Sharp declines in the government?s external debt indicators and structural improvements that, over time, should help Pakistan?s export capacity motivated the change in outlook for the foreign currency rating.

The largest part of this gap is structural costs, ... Delphi, Northwest (Airlines), we are in the same position as all of them are.

The fact that you've gained no purchasing power in 11 years is discouraging and problematic for people in the bottom 20 percent. On the other hand, if you look at other states that have some of the similar structural characteristics of Connecticut, you see that their bottom 20 percent are worse off. Things are bad, but they could be worse.

It offers the opportunity for far-reaching structural reforms, ... We trust and hope that the measure will be successful.

It's being decontaminated right now. Then the engineers can go in and assess the structural issues.

In my view, at this point, it is probably more important to foster a structural reform of mindset.