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You have a transition to a warming trend. Because it's switched to warmer weather, we've seen the weather markets sell off and of course, the natural-gas markets sell off as well.

You have a very steep learning curve, ... The rules changed in midstream, and agents have had to learn how to report these things out and where the lines are. This is probably something that will get better with experience and time, but right now, we're in a period of transition and people are learning.

We simply object to any attempt by the Socialists to sneak into the transition government some of the party's most heavily compromised people.

We slowed them down. They didn't get a lot of transition baskets. We made them take tough shots.

We sort of shut the company down for three or four weeks so that, as a writing group, we could take a deep breath and have a little time to think and plan and get some new material working so that when we came back into production, we could come back into a much more normalized kind of production schedule, which I think we did. And I think the scripts are really good. So given the givens, I think it was as good of a transition as you could have hoped for.

We were pretty excited when the game started. But Kewanee is a lot different than Princeville. Kewanee works hard and they like to transition just like us. I knew it was going to be a high possession game and scoring deficits can change very rapidly.

We were pretty good in transition defense in the first half. We did a much better job in the second. Just about every time we made a mistake in the first half, bam bam, they would be right there.

We were really aggressive and we got really good looks. We played pretty decent defense and when we rebounded, we ran. In transition we usually get pretty good looks. We were in attack mode all game long.

We will work to ensure this transition will be as seamless as possible for all customers, suppliers and valued partners. In addition, we will extend the opportunity for employment to all Ryerson employees in the acquired locations. We value their expertise and believe they will complement and strengthen our existing Energy Alloys team. Additionally, they share our mission for superior customer service and have an outstanding reputation for exceeding customer expectations.

We will work with the school community, with parents, to make the transition as smooth as possible. We believe in this process.

We wish Gary and Maureen all the best in their retirement endeavors and thank them for their many contributions to our organization and years of service to Evergreen and our fund shareholders. I have tremendous confidence in our new leadership teams and expect the transition of these portfolios to be seamless.

We will not seek to delay unnecessarily the transition to a permanent lifting of sanctions, ... We would like to see Libya genuinely comply and return to full participation in the family of nations. But the requirements set by the Security Council must first be addressed.

We had things go our way in the third quarter, obviously. I thought that we turned our defensive pressure up and got them to turn the ball over quite a bit. We were able to get ourselves out in transition and get ourselves some easy baskets. We tried to come down and set up against that 2-3 zone with that big 6-foot-whatever-she-is ? that was tough going in the first half.

We missed four times in five chances on bunnies in transition in the first quarter. Had we made two of those, maybe the final score would have been different.

We think it's going to be a very strong earnings call, with no heavy expenditures, and we expect earnings and growth to continue with the transition to Intel. We haven't seen any slowdown in sales since the close of the quarter.

We expect rapid transition to 65 nm. That allows delivery of dual core at appropriate price point.

We expect the new management team to rationalize the product portfolio and wring out supply chain improvements over time, but we think 2006 is largely a transition year.

We're very excited to have Bonnie step into this position. On top of her special educational experience, what she brings is a familiarity with the Burlington schools that will ease the transition for everybody.

We got some quick baskets. We scored on transition and we really pushed the pace.

We got some turnovers that were big. I'm sure we got the most transition hoops, but the tempo overall was set by Orem.

We got stops when we needed to and that's the main thing. Our stops turned into transition points.

It's a great feeling. There are a lot of good players in the area. To be the Player of the Year is an honor. I'm proud of myself and the transition I made.

It's about teaching life skills and easing the transition after graduation. Not all athletes are going pro-in fact, very few are, ... But even being a professional athlete doesn't define you as a person ... It doesn't define who you are as a male or female, athlete or non-athlete at the collegiate level or in the real world.

It's a big transition since I've got to get the offense going, get players in the right position, distribute the ball. Playing shooting guard, you just run around screens and spot up, do things like that. I miss it sometimes, but I like my role on the team. I'm getting good quality minutes, assists here and points there.

It was their spread and ability to shoot 3s and our power on the inside. I think we eventually got the power inside and the balance of transition and hitting open shots. But they would not quit.

It's a chance for the fringe players and a lot of the A-League boys to step up and show what they can do at this level. It's a big leap from club football to the international arena. Some players aren't able to make that transition - so this game may answer a lot of questions one way or another.

It will be another difficult league game for us. It will be a real important game for us. They play as hard as anybody. They try to play an upbeat game. They want to get the ball moving up and down the court. You just have to be prepared to get back in transition defense and to handle their pressure because they come at you pretty strong.

It was a total team effort and shows what we've been working on in practice has been taken seriously. We've had a greater focus on rebounding and running sets when we need to. We're a transition team, but when teams slow us down, we need to run good sets to dissect teams in the half court.

It's a double-edged sword. That's the way it's going to be when we eventually transition from a dry period in late spring to early summer.

This whole class of products and services are really crucial to helping the industry make this transition into the digital media age. These could become tools that help more consumers realize that (digital) can be a better way of getting and discovering music.

We will also work on our transition game; we've been a little slow,

We will be looking at players who can help us through this transition period while we are developing a core group of home grown players,

This visit underscores the United States' support for timely democratic elections in Haiti in January and solidarity with Haiti's continuing process of political transition and economic reform." ()

This was a defensive battle between two teams that pride themselves in defense. There weren't many open shots, and there weren't any transition baskets. And both teams, because of the defensive intensity, had trouble finding a rhythm.

This was an important quarter in the transition of Texas Instruments.

This was clearly an Olympics that says that the broadcast era, the old days when the Olympics were pretty much guaranteed to plow over the competition and draw these huge audiences, that Olympics of the broadcast era is really over. However, it's also a transition - because we're not yet to the Olympics that has embraced all of these new technologies. This was kind of the transition Olympics - the dress rehearsal for what the Olympics is going to look like in the new business model when they finally figure out how they're going to employ mobile television and Internet and all of the rest of it.

We cannot rest until all demographics are equitably represented in AP. It's clear that many minority students aren't receiving the high school education that's going to fortify them for a successful transition into college.

Though painful, Intel has completed a difficult 1999 transition year, and is now poised to demonstrate both its technology and manufacturing prowess - traits that enabled Intel's stock to double in prior cycles.

We just have to work a lot harder and take away their transition offense and neutralize Wiggins and Smith.

We knew going into the game that they loved the transition game. I was disappointed in our defense. For the most part we were unable to take away enough of the transition offense. We'd make a mistake and they scored in transition.

We knew he would be a good player. We just didn't know how quickly he would make the transition. He's very mature for his age. That's why he's been able to make the transition as quickly as he has.

We knew it was do or die, and I told everybody before the game that I don't want to go home. Tonight we came out ready to play. We got our transition on early and think that was the key today.

We find niches where we play pretty well and that was the case in the first half. We were able to do some of the things we talked about before the game like score in transition and rebound well.

This team has met and exceeded all of my expectations. Most of these kids were undefeated as a JV team. But I did not return a single varsity starter. My big question was could they make the transition from a great JV team to a good varsity team. I'd have to say they've turned into a great varsity team.

Those stores will be in transition over a four-week period. It takes a lot to get these things done.

We want to develop this facility, to bring some life back into it. Right now, we're new in the area. As we get to know more people, we'll get more of an idea what we're going to do. The Kings were good people and they were good business people. They've made this transition a lot easier.

We just got out and got after them. We converted in the transition game and really pushed the ball. We also took advantage of them playing last night.

We just took some bad shots and they got some transition points. Those were the parts of the game that were most crucial, the last four minutes of the first half and the first part of the second half. They made a run and that gave them some momentum.

We just made a little adjustment at halftime pertaining to their secondary break, and offensively we played better. We started moving the ball, we got some easy baskets in transition off our defense, and we were a little more poised and patient.

We just pretty much took them out of transition by getting back on defense and just hunkering down and putting a lot of guys in the paint.

We just put them on the foul line too many times in overtime. We might have run out of a little gas. Their transition hurt us.

We tried to keep our composure throughout the game and stick with our original game plan of pushing the ball and keeping the transition going to get it into a fast-paced game.

It may affect our transition game. He's got really good poise with the puck, he's got good deception where he can look people off and then make the appropriate little outlet pass. Those are real critical to our transition game and how much time we spend in our own end.

It's an important new contribution to (understanding) a very, very important transition in the history of life.

It's been an easy transition. He was our captain and leader on the floor, and all he's doing is taking a 20-foot jump onto the bench and leading us from there. Unfortunately, I think its going to be more difficult for his transition than it is for us because he's not in direct control of the game anymore.

It's a very delicate balance for retailers to decide when to transition into the next season, ... Some retailers hope launching back-to-school lines early will result in better margins. But if a clothing chain picks out a trend and puts it into stores too early and that trend flops with consumers, it leads to lost dollars. Retailers don't want to be stuck with extra inventory so they'll start putting out the sales signs fast.

It's a very difficult model to transition to, especially for a public company.

It's hard to picture a smoother transition really.

It's going to be tough for him because all he knows is basketball. He'd be up late at night watching film and call us to talk to us about basketball. I think it's going to be a tough transition for him.

It's going to be a very feisty, very aggressive game. Richmond is going to really pressure out on us, they're going to try to pressure our transition and try to really take it to us.

There's a lot of work that needs to happen. And as the Internet makes this transition, and as we try to transition our business with it, we know we need to have the same kind of long-term approach and patience that we had with Windows itself,

This is the start of a good class for us. The fact that they presently play together should only help their transition to college.

There will be a transition period but we anticipate a smooth transition, as the committee members and board members share the same duties and commitment. They will take it to the next level.

This leadership transition is consistent with the Board's plans developed last year when I returned as CEO and Anne was named president and COO. The plan called for a gradual transition of leadership with Anne becoming CEO when the Board was confident of the effective execution of Xerox's turnaround. Clearly, this requirement has been met.

They're a transition team-they key their offense off their defense. That's an experienced team. We could've been blown out by 30.

There's a transition going on while we were waiting for the five regulars. That's why it's happening, but I expect it to take care of itself in the next 2-3 days.

There's a transition that takes place somewhere between age 45 and 55 when you come to grips with the fact that you are getting old. Boomers are going to have to come to grips with it.

There's a very long transition for this species. Milk is easier to digest, especially compared to bamboo, and is more nutritious.

They have the best transition game in America. We didn't do a very good job taking it away, and that's how they got most of their easy buckets.

They're not the biggest team, but they're really quick and can really hurt you in transition by making plays with their speed and catching you off guard.

They're a good transition team. Our kids backed off because I don't think they wanted to foul and (Latimer) made a good play.

They're extremely athletic and they do a great job with their traps and presses. They are extremely aggressive and they get out in transition better than anybody in the country. And they are really well balanced. You can't just shut down one person.

They really jumped on us hard at the beginning. We didn't get the stops when we needed them. They had a couple of transition baskets that kind of killed the whole momentum (after our comeback).

They really turned up the intensity in the second half, which seemed to help their transition game, and that hurt us a lot.

I am working on every aspect of of my game, on moving forward, on my transition game. Also a very important part of my tennis is fitness. I want to be stronger, because in the past, this was my biggest weakness.

I feel healthy for a change now, ... I would have made this transition before, had my body allowed it. Now I want to see how far I can take it.

If developers don't make the transition to Apple and Intel, they'll probably be making the transition to Windows and Intel. Intel doesn't have a lot to lose.

I believe joining JDS Uniphase will help us maximize market penetration during the transition from fixed wavelength to tunable solutions. The acquisition gives us access to high-volume manufacturing capability and expanded sales channels. Adding Agility's tunable lasers to JDS Uniphase's family of wavelength management modules creates a one-stop shop for anyone wanting to assemble an agile optical network.

Come Tuesday morning, everybody's going to be here working. As soon as the insurance company gives us the OK, we're going to go ahead and rebuild. We should have a slight transition for our customers and our help.

He's one of our young guys who has the ability to score and put points on the board. There's always a transition coming over here, but we'll see how he adjusts as the level goes up through the exhibition games.

I definitely see myself continuing to transition into more acting roles. I'll always be a coach. I'm always going to have a training center, always going to work with guys that are looking for some input and want help. I love commentating, and that's something I can always go back to and enjoy doing.

I'd hoped we'd go to the summit having lifted the siege, having stopped the hostilities, having had the international inquiry so we can concentrate on what kind of transition we need between this period and back to the peace process,

I couldn't come from a better college system. Coach Weis brought a very pro style offense and approach to the game. The transition into that last year helped me and I think it's going to continue to help me in the transition to the next level.

I am very pleased with how smooth the transition has gone, knock on wood. Sure we had a few things we had to address at first, but it was almost seamless.

I'd say we put a good run in the first half and a good run in the second half. We didn't really play 40 minutes of basketball. The key (to playing a transition game) was the defensive intensity.

I don?t think that we?re certainly going to be able to match up with them size-wise. We have to try to keep the big kids off the boards on both ends of the floor and try to make it more of a transition game and a 94-foot game.

I do know that the transition is difficult for some students, but I think that it is good for growth and they need to get used to the fact that life is going to throw changes at them.

For some of the newer teachers, the transition is natural. But ... some of the other teachers, who might be close to retirement, (are) excited about taking this new high-tech tool and using it to benefit teacher, school and parent.

He can go and be a starting post player and get 20 points in the post, but that's not the best scenario for him as a player. Last year I put him on the wing and there is a transition period.

Before I get to the point, let me say that I'm encouraged that Apple has managed its transition to Intel processors so rapidly. So far, the number of glitches with the new hardware appears to be small, fundamental compatibility is good, and the number of Universal applications continues to increase rapidly. Apple's own product guide lists over 1,000.

I felt we really played 40 minutes defensively. When you do that you?re eventually going to be able to get some transition buckets.

If he had never played first base, it would be a tougher transition for him. He seems comfortable there, and I think he'll be fine.

If he did have to sit out a year and everything that's gone on he wants to be close to his home. I don't think it's anything disparaging against the University of Cincinnati. He likes the city, the people and the university, it's just that so much has gone on in the last year and it's been a lot. If you look at it, he's on his third head coach and it's another coaching change. He wants to be somewhere where things are more stable and not such a transition period.

I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing.

Everyone is panicked about the transition to mobile. I don't lose any sleep whatsoever.

I try to dress a little casual before my photo-shoots. I can be comfortable before I go into my... transition.

A community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for the community'.

With all reserve we advance the view that a supernova represents the transition of an ordinary star into a neutron star consisting mainly of neutrons. Such a star may possess a very small radius and an extremely high density. As neutrons can be packed much more closely than ordinary nuclei and electrons, the gravitational packing energy in a cold neutron star may become very large, and under certain conditions may far exceed the ordinary nuclear packing fractions...

When he ran from a cop, his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint . . . were as distinct and as soberly in order as an automatic gearshift.

The most effective leaders of companies in transition are the quiet, unassuming people whose inner wiring is such that the worst circumstances bring out their best. They're unflappable, they're ready to die if they have to. But you can trust that, when bad things are happening, they will become clearheaded and focused.