Targeted Quotations

I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts of the Middle East. It seems to me that we cannot ignore the fact that Christians in the Middle East are increasingly being deliberately targeted by fundamentalist Islamist militants.

Thanks to social media like Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads, I can easily reach out to so many people. Being a writer gives me the added bonus of a targeted audience: readers, who enjoy targeted 'prizes' for participation in fundraisers - books and other neat promo items.

With nearly 20 days until Iraq emerges as a free sovereign state for the first time in more than three decades, terrorists have increasingly targeted our country's infrastructure.

We have learned that precision munitions go precisely where they're targeted to go. We've learned that the introduction of human beings in the equation, who can cause the precision munitions to go precisely where they should go, pays a huge dividend.

I like to say StumbleUpon provides a personal tour of the Internet. The responses are more targeted to your interests than they would be with a regular search engine. If you choose a topic on our site that you're interested in, such as art, Web sites related to art appear, as if you're leafing through an art magazine.

You have tremendous freedom in the young adult book world to write what you want. You can put R-rated content in a book that you can't in a similarly targeted movie.

We targeted five industries for growth, industries where we have natural advantages in North Dakota: value-added agriculture, advanced manufacturing, technology-based businesses, energy and tourism. We worked very hard to grow all those businesses, and that's what's happening.

The only moral question with suicide bombing is who the target is. And in that sense, the suicide bomber is no different from the stealth bomber or the cruise missile. If it is targeted at civilian people, then it is morally wrong, whether done by Bush, Blair, or a suicide bomber.

The truth is, consumer-grade antivirus products can't protect against targeted malware created by well-resourced nation-states with bulging budgets. They can protect you against run-of-the-mill malware: banking trojans, keystroke loggers and e-mail worms. But targeted attacks like these go to great lengths to avoid antivirus products on purpose.

Subsidies and mandates are just two of the privileges that government can bestow on politically connected friends. Others include grants, loans, tax credits, favorable regulations, bailouts, loan guarantees, targeted tax breaks and no-bid contracts.

We are going after a targeted group of businesses that are creating opportunities for themselves using other people's property. The Internet has very little to do with this.

Advertisers now have a highly targeted opportunity for aligning their brands alongside the entertainment experience people are enjoying on YouTube.

When infuriated by an outrageous column, do not be suckered into responding with an abusive e-mail. Pundits so targeted thumb through these red-faced electronic missives with delight, saying 'Hah! Got to 'em.'

In the name of the rule of law, democracy and human rights, we cannot accept that the rights of individuals (Arab or Muslim) be trampled upon, or that populations are targeted and discriminated against in the name of the war against terrorism.

One of the reasons we saw the iMac targeted first is because it is the line that is going to be least impacted by the pro apps.

I would estimate that approximately that approximately $3 billion today is spent on locally targeted advertising across the various forms of online media.

Nigeria has always been a difficult place and now they have targeted the offshore platforms. They've never done that before. Obviously, that's very dangerous.

Online threats to consumers have expanded from widespread nuisance viruses to targeted attacks designed to steal personal, confidential information.

One is not sure how much of the allocated funds will land up reaching the targeted segments.

Money itself is quite patently not the problem, but its use is. A much more targeted approach is imperative.

Nextel has had a vertical approach to sales. They've been very targeted in which opportunities to pursue.

Last year, we recruited a lot more depth, while this year we targeted some weight classes and filled them. We covered a good array of weight classes.

Last year we targeted 13,8 million but unfortunately, because of the tsunami, we were only able to attract 12 million.

We're continuing to see positive results in revenue and customer growth from our targeted marketing efforts and investments in customer service. Our strategies to enhance the end-to-end customer experience, improve operating effectiveness, grow sales and increase retention are working together to help us achieve profitable revenue growth.

Millions of people watch 'the most exciting two minutes of sports,' so this is a highly targeted and cost efficient way for us to create awareness and interest in Yum around the globe.

Since the clusters are free of the typical demographic and geographic inputs, they offer advertisers the chance to utilize media consumption insights in developing a marketing campaign for targeted markets as diverse as specific consumer groups, product categories, and even specific retail channels.

made more heinous in that they deliberately targeted innocent civilians preparing for holiday celebrations.

Madison Avenue is responsible for that, ... In fact, 'Beach Girls' (her upcoming Lifetime movie) is made for, designed for, and targeted to the 18 to 34 age group.

Many think that the Macintosh operating system is impervious to viruses or these kind of security threats. It is not that they are impervious; they are targeted less.

Many of our products are targeted to people with dry skin, brittle hair or itchy scalps. That's very prevalent in certain ethnic groups.

Security hazards are not something that you can offset by using Opera and Mozilla. It's a problem that affects everyone but Internet Explorer is hands down the most targeted because it has the most market share.

Seniors can be vulnerable to deceptive sales practices in the financial services arena. Sometimes, seniors are specifically targeted by bad actors who try to use scare tactics to sell fraudulent or inappropriate financial products.

Search engine users aren't terribly loyal, so a better or more targeted technology could make headway.

To produce this kind of candy is sickening. This is targeted to children.

Guidance needs to be more targeted to the specific action rather than general.

Jackson was not targeted for any other reason than the physical condition, the location of it and being able to put students in other schools.

there are targeted flights, special flights of concern, that are particularly covered. And we're trying to make sure, through additional resources, that we really increase the number of flights that are covered.

Given the demographics of the targeted Pier 1 consumer, we believe higher gas prices could limit spending levels and further impact comparable sales.

I am very concerned about the actions of USDA to close beef processing plants in Montana. The timing of this action is disturbing. We hope USDA is not taking this action in retribution for MCA, R-CALF USA and Governor Schweitzer's recent actions to protect the Montana cow herd from Canadian bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Governor Schweitzer purchased a 4-H pig during the Lewis and Clark County Fair, and that carcass is hanging at the Butte plant targeted for closure by USDA.

Globally, the future is in this type of publication. The research we've seen lately indicates there's still a lot of room in the market for more demographically targeted newspapers.

If anything, it's helped in implementing this solution. We've had no incidents of that kind. I think that the huge majority of users come in here for credible reasons wanting to learn or do some type of research. This is targeted solely on people who want to come and do something other than research.

IBM believes that the environment has shifted. With increased security protection on most systems and stiffer penalties, we are seeing organized, committed, and tenacious profiteers enter this space. This means that attacks will be more targeted and potentially damaging.

Based on the fact that (the network has) a highly targeted demographic, that's not an unreasonable price...from an investment point of view, I think the rational approach is to maximize shareholder value.

Bucks County is at the epicenter of America's political firestorm in 2006. Both parties have targeted this race.

BB&T has targeted this market for rapid growth. We have a great opportunity to provide Jacksonville customers with quality products and services.

Here in the UK the government has decided to accept the recommendations of the Better Regulation Task Force to measure and make targeted reductions in the administrative costs - the red tape costs - that regulations impose on business.

We think a 10 percent across-the-board cut assigns about 80 percent of the benefits to the top 20 percent of taxpayers. We'd much rather prefer targeted tax cuts that really go to people who need that tax cut for a particular reason,

We're pleased to have acquired him. The reason we targeted him on the first day of free agency was because we thought he was a good young talent.

Hunters in this stage are always learning new techniques and improving their skills in an effort to become better hunters. They tend to be more focused on one targeted species and spend countless hours in the field. They are usually more interested in applying management and harvest techniques, such as intensive fertilization of forage crops or limiting the buck harvest in a deer herd to improve age structure and antler production.

I am happy and I am excited. I targeted this horse as the best horse in the stable and being able to win first-up so softly after 45 weeks, shows just how good he is. From Hong Kong, he's the one I've been waiting to train and I'm certainly not disappointed with what he's showing us.

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.

There are numbers of polling stations whose electoral material was looted by gunmen, and voters at the polling station in many areas in this area were targeted by gunmen wearing military and different uniforms.

When he came off the bench, we targeted in on him.

He's been targeted as the guy who fouls a lot. He's just going to have to be careful.

He's been working hard, but is under the radar screen and avoiding big media events. His campaign people are making very targeted invitations to likely primary Republican voters.

He's going to be targeted just with who he is. You have to earn the respect of your peers around the league when you're that young. He's awfully mature for his age, but at the same time, he's 18. He's done a great job with it, but I think anyone in his position at that age would get frustrated at times. He's only going to learn from it.

He came in, walked by individuals who were working and specifically targeted the individuals we believe he shot, ... They were from the accounting division. And the woman who was at the reception desk at the time was a vice president, I believe, of human resources.

We try to invest in companies that kids can easily understand and our educational material is targeted to about the 6th grade level. It's all in the presentation I think.

The people who are targeted under these statutes are sophisticated gamblers.

Longview Solutions is proud to support FEI. Our focus enables us to provide FEI members with a targeted perspective on corporate performance management and financial issues. We are thrilled and look forward to this strategic partnership.

Local search listings typically rely on geography when, in fact, there are several other factors that influence whether or not a particular merchant meets a consumer's criteria. If a consumer searches for a kitchen contractor in LA, he'll have to sort through hundreds of listings. But most of them won't be relevant either because they don't do the kind of work he's looking for or they're not seeking new clients at that moment. Our goal is to connect consumers with relevant businesses that want phone leads. Our refined search results will drive more targeted leads to merchants, who then provide new revenue for Internet publishers.

Like we handle antibodies against foreign proteins and we only get viruses like measles and chicken pox once, you can form antibodies against hundreds of things on the cells, ... The future is going tobe the development of those targeted therapies so that we will evaluate cancer cells in a much different way. We will do enzyme profiles and protein profiles to come up with almost a blueprint of the cancer and pick and choose those things that are available.

Lime offers a uniquely targeted and passionate audience that represents the growing consumer trend toward wellness and sustainability. We are happy to partner with them on content distribution and customer acquisition for this unique audience.

Look at what is happening in China and in Russia. They have units that are specifically targeted cyber warfare. They are carrying it out. Our critical infrastructure is attacked thousands of times a day.

Some of the battleground states, particularly those with other high-profile elections -- Florida, Michigan, Missouri and Washington -- may have higher turnout. But since about 33 states and the District of Columbia were not targeted by the campaigns, it is likely that turnout will fall in most of those states.

Spyware sends information back to a source, usually some kind of businesses. It monitors what sites you are going to. It finds the sites you are most interested in. If you are interested in hunting, for instance, spyware will let the source know that. Your computer probably will be targeted with a lot of pop-up ads about hunting.

Succinate is a high-priority chemical that the U.S. Department of Energy has targeted for biosynthesis.

Such an outcome could cause a misstatement of the net worth of the acquiring credit union and we very much support a targeted fix of this problem.

PINK magazine came to us with a common challenge; the need to manage sales persons across the country but also with a specific need for a more targeted solution. We were pleased to find that the staff at PINK magazine understood the importance of the sales process and the advantages that a pre-configured solution would give them; through our experience with customers in this field, we understand the needs of Media Ad sales teams and are flattered that PINK recognizes and trusts our expertise in this industry.

Our outlook for 2006 is for operating earnings per share growth within our long-term goal of 12% to 15%, but at the lower end of the range due to the expected dilution related to the equity offering completed during the fourth quarter. We anticipate core loan growth will continue to be within our targeted range of 10% to 14%. Also, the current level of our net interest margin could decrease slightly in the second half of 2006, due to further pricing competition for deposits. Our outlook assumes a stable economic environment and continued strong credit quality.

President Bashar Assad's regime is in the unique position of being targeted both by Israel and supporters of al Qaeda.

Passengers not legitimately under suspicion should not have to fear that their private effects and private lives will be held up to public scrutiny, ... Safety and privacy will not be assured if people are targeted for searches based on incorrect criteria instead of evidence.

(Nationally), species such as the bald eagle have made a comeback because of targeted efforts. But unlike the federal program, Georgia does not have an individual recovery plan for each protected species.

Nanotechnology will eventually apply to all cancers. However, this grant is focusing on breast and prostate cancers because they represent a number of compelling challenges and opportunities in cancer research, ... These cancers are among the most common cancers and have high mortality rates, yet there is evidence that with targeted therapies for these types of cancer we can improve survival in Georgia and in the nation.

I still think the best way to deal with poverty is higher growth as against having targeted schemes where there is a lot of wastage, pilferage and corruption that compromises effective gains.

Journalists, by the way, are not just being targeted verbally or politically. They are also being targeted for real in places like Iraq.

It is clear that his testimony is targeted at Serbian public opinion.

It is a reality. People are being victimized or are being targeted to be victims each and every day.

Over the past couple of years, our consulting group was really targeted to increase revenue, but we really couldn't differentiate our service from a partner service. It was just very competitive. We've made the decision as a company to have the business model of our services business be a cost-recovery business and to have our primary targets not about increasing revenue or margin.

Our plan provides more tax relief targeted to low and moderate income Americans and makes sure that more American families can take advantage of the EITC.

Our plan revolves around creating a master brand that's highly targeted -- to eliminate brand fragmentation and establish affinity with the Intel brand. We use the end user campaign to create affinity with the brand, which convinces OEMs to go to market with our brand.

Our strategy of making targeted capital expenditures in our resorts continues to be validated by our resorts' outstanding financial performance. We will continue to strategically invest in high-return projects that generate increased operating income at our resorts. We will also be making continued investments in key domestic and international growth projects which will enhance our overall growth rate for years to come. Our strong cash flow and superior access to low-cost debt financing will allow us to maintain our financial strength even while growing the company significantly.

Our clients demand the latest in communications technology to stay ahead of their competitors and drive order flow. Our creative technology and development team are consistently striving to provide more intelligent, targeted communications and ROI tools to our clients.

Our focus is on building awareness for the new platform and offering targeted training and education to Apple partners to enable them to offer winning managed services for the Mac and mixed environments. The N-central 5.1 platform will open the playing field and make managed services a profitable reality for Apple Specialists, as well as solution providers servicing a multiple operating system environment.

It is a componentized version of our CRM system that's targeted for custom-build front office applications.

I think it was a targeted attack, and we are investigating.

We now can visualize non-invasively and with sensitivity individual cells and their movement to targeted sites. Our new approach offers almost unlimited potential for monitoring cell therapies, such as those using stem cells, and for tracking cellular and developmental processes.

We've targeted 20 locations we feel we need to grow in. We're looking at the Brighton-Fort Lupton area. The whole I-25 corridor is a definite must. We'll be expanding in Louisville and Lafayette. I'm also excited about expanding elsewhere in Weld County.

We've targeted several types of industries such as automobile suppliers and distribution centers because of our location.

We've targeted these kids and these players because we want it to keep going. We want the Virgin Islands to return to its prime when it was as good as any place in producing players.

Truancy is an equal opportunity offense. It's equal exactly with males and females. The demographics are pretty much the demographics of the district, so it hasn't targeted one ethnic group or one gender group,

We don't have the big bucks, so we have to focus on grassroots and targeted advertising.

The argument that these narrowly targeted sanctions have hurt the larger economy could only be true if the economy as a whole were entirely in the hands of the 86 government and party officials on the list and they controlled all of it,

We have already experienced plenty of interest in this with hundreds of players signing up for the tournament well before the first qualifier. It is not necessary that a participant must be single although the idea is targeted at singles. Whoever wins they will receive a vacation for two to take whoever they want.

The ambition is not simply to do some tokenism. This is to create real, sustainable jobs and businesses targeted principally at the communities around De Beers operations.

The 3000 product set uniquely targeted at that customer set and is entirely complementary. It should allow them (the mass channel) to penetrate parts of market that in the past thought IBM was too expensive. That's where the growth is. This has the potential to improve their market share at Tech Data substantially.

While Cisco can't comment specifically about competitor claims, what we can say is Cisco does offer an SSL VPN solution targeted at large-scale enterprises and service providers,

You add the cost of digital switchover and targeted help - these are very big commitments.

We continue to be disappointed by the limited cash savings targeted by current restructuring efforts. Our concerns go beyond the ongoing market share erosion, uncertainty over the GMAC sale, and uncertainty over (parts supplier) Delphi.

We continue to strongly oppose the Israeli policy of targeted attacks, which in this case has led to the deaths of innocent civilians. We deeply regret and strongly deplore the killing of civilians.