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We really want to enjoy what we do every day, but there is no doubt in my mind that the messages are crystal clear in terms of how we want to play and how we go about our business on a daily basis,

We don't see rates declining much further or a significant firming in the near future, partly because ample capital is flowing into the market after the 2005 hurricane season. At the same time, we are encouraged by the ongoing development of our internal sales culture and by our ability to complete and integrate acquisitions. We anticipate further improvement in both areas in 2006. We also anticipate that contingent commissions could decline this year due to loss experience for insurers in 2005.

That was just an amazing game. I think it's the best one I've ever been a part of.

That was my goal -- to stay on top of him, ... make it tough for him and really not let him get off. I did my job the best I could.

That was a good hockey game tonight. And I think going into the third you almost had to play flawless hockey. It was almost like one of those games where it might just take one shot and that's what it took.

That was the turning point in the competition. They go eagle-birdie and we take par and bogey.

That would be my preference as a trader, because then we won't have this overhang. What would be the catalyst that offsets that overhang and causes stocks to rally?

The people of New Orleans are a people of faith, and we can begin to explore the possibilities, ... a simple way of life, ... less consumer driven.

The CPI took some of the sting out of the market, but it didn't knock out the implications of the PPI,

The problem with rising short-term bond yields is that they boost the cost of acquiring and servicing credit, and thus they stifle domestic demand.

The processes cannot be just SAP-specific, but they have to be industry-specific.

We've been in a relatively negative technology environment ever since the August rally ended, ... Today's drop is a follow-through on more bad news. Also, the developments on Iraq and deflationary concerns in the economy remain in the background.

We tried to claw our way back, and it seems like every time we did something good we shot ourselves in the foot.

What we're concerned about is providing a Web site for students that's a reflection of everyday student life. If that means at times they're engaging in behavior that some people don't like, well that's an issue that can be talked about.

Yes, it is a priority of the White House, ... We are moving expeditiously to implement the law. We think all these items will increase the supply this winter. However, everyone is saying it won't be enough to wipe out the impact of the hurricanes and all that.

There are well-intentioned advertisers out there that do not understand where their ads are appearing. It is easy to shame those advertisers, but that does not solve the problem.

This program was not the one I really wanted to do,

Walter had a great game. Seventy-four pitches is outstanding. He gave up a home run, but other than that, he was in control (of the game).

Where do we go next? We need to get together as a region. This is not a one area problem. It stretches across boundaries.

We're encouraged that many of these patients with SARS are improving, ... In spite of that, we know that this is a very severe illness.

We're known as a physical team, and we went out and try to establish rhythm in the game and let them know that we were there.

This neighborhood has a lot to do with it. It's almost a political thing, resistance to Home Depot, the big-box, giant corporation.

We are connecting them to the people who say they have an interest in that product. It means there is a way to find a population you want to advertise to and serve them with relevant information on a consistent basis.

We're attempting to help people move through the pilgrimage from being victims to being victors for the Lord,

We are just struggling scoring runs. We are just not getting whole lot of hits. That happens sometimes. You just hope it doesn't happen to long.

We played a good third period and had some scoring chances. But against a team like that, it was much too little, much too late.

When a book is written, it's a final product. But, when a script is finished, it's really just a blueprint. And it's an extraordinary experience for me to watch someone take what I wrote and imagined and make it three-dimensional. And it's great if someone adds something I hadn't thought of.

We are not giving up tax revenue. We are redirecting it to get 700 new jobs.

We are a club that is on the up and we have no intention of selling our best players.

We are responding to feedback that we have received from large-enterprise customers. We are continuing to assess the demand from our small-business customers. But we haven't seen that demand so far.

We've been working strenuously on the issue for years, particularly since 1998, when the SKIP program was created,

We are meeting with our contractor, and we want to fast track the construction so it will be finished by Nov. 1. We are mobilizing all our efforts on this project.

We like to get the ball down and pass it around

We are working really hard this week to get ready for this game. They have our number from last year and we want to take the bragging rights away.

We raised about $1,100 with the closest-to-pin last year. This year we should double that.

We've been saying from Day 1 that we didn't want to wait until next year. This is a tremendous homecoming victory.

We like certain sectors that have kind of been out of favor for awhile, and one of those would be the financial stocks.

We were screaming in the change room, just like kids.

We will get incredible new insight into how galaxies were first formed.

We will get incredible new insight into how galaxies were first formed. Once we start operating, we should be making breakthrough discoveries on an almost daily basis.

We will grow our Indian operations substantially before we start branching out.

When our offensive line plays well, we have a chance to move the football. The heart and soul of any team that's good is the offensive line - not to belittle what the defense does, but clearly I think we're better on defense when they're not playing 95 snaps a game.

There is a connection between education and the economy, but it's seen more clearly with short-term programs.

There has long been speculation that working folks whose co-payments or share-of-cost keep rising, may decide to take the risk and opt out of medical coverage, ... I haven't seen actual numbers of people dis-enrolling from insurance, but the scenario is logical.

We just haven't been able to move as swiftly into marketing, promotion and launch because we've been working so hard on the other pieces of this.

We thought that was basically defiant of what we requested. We felt it was reasonable to have him there to (answer) questions regarding that transfer.

We're part of a bigger entity and change happens. All of the employees have been informed that the change has developed. It's now just a matter of adjustment.

We think this is wonderful to have this tremendous project here in Hartford and to have it at the site of the tournament.

You have to break down communication barriers among people in the health care system. There is some really good technology already out there, but the methodology and record keeping are hundreds of years old.

We've built up an entire industry, ... and all of a sudden, we're not welcomed. It's not the practice of forestry when you are mapping oak woodlands.

We were bailing out water until 1 a.m. and pumping out the basement. I can't figure out why everyone else pays city taxes but mine are four or five times higher because I have to spend $4,000 every four years to fix my house. I thought taxes fixed problems like these.

We've got an opportunity, if we can develop, to be a pretty well-rounded team.

Women owned businesses are contributing over $18 billion to the Canadian economy. There are now over 800,000 women-owned businesses in Canada.

Therefore, customers do not have to deploy a solution from each family in order to receive a very rich set of capabilities. For example, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series provides the richest suite of security services including Firewall, a full implementation of IPS services as well as VPN services.

Word of mouth is the most powerful form of communication and marketing out there.

Words of Muslims are important. It's important for people to know that Muslims think that terrorism is the epitome of injustice because it targets innocent people. People need to hear those words, and they're more credible from Muslims themselves.

We're seeing ... milder cases overall than people in Asia are encountering,

We want the kids to learn about working on yachts, crewing them, marine electronics, boat building and design, interior design and engine repair. Since we have many brokers in the area, we will even have people teach them how to sell yachts. There are so many areas they can pursue.

Way to go Donyell, you did the right thing!

We act somewhat as mentors, as counselors. The kids are important to us.

Watching her in Salt Lake was so great I watched her work so hard, and to see a dream come true was just great. Now that Im actually on the ice, and shes up in the stands, I know how she feels, and I guess she knows how I feel.

What we're gonna see now and probably for the next few days is what we saw yesterday, a little technical bounce from oversold conditions,

We're going to offer them contracts. They are really important players for us, and we've very hopeful in all three cases of getting them signed up and resolved.

We're getting to the year-end period and stocks are starting to drift. But the pullback so far has been orderly,

We're so young and we're still growing up,

We find evidence that natural selection is, in fact, maintaining those 16 genes. In fact, the human Y hasn't lost any genes over the past 6 million years.

United pushed us back after the break, but they didn't have any clear chances. The tie's still open, so we're happy.

We are pleased with the results for the fourth quarter. We achieved record revenue and finished the year by signing an important patent licensing agreement with AMD for which payments will begin in 2006.

Where there is muck to be raked, it must be raked,and the public must know of it, that it may mete out justice....

Three strong advertising associations, a leading email association and two consumer advocacy/online privacy organizations coming together is a rare and powerful coalition. The fact that we have come together so strongly is testament to the gravity of our concerns about this Act.

Big Craig Brewster is getting on in years,

Bigger kids, once they're on the mat, it's hard to get off. That gave us momentum.

BLPhasanexcellent reputation with financial institutions and a superb litigation team, and I've been brought in to add to the expertise in assisting banks to resolve disputes and also for regulatory issues. I feel the firm will support me in what I want to do.

Edna is going to be sorely missed. Her team leadership is invaluable and it's going to be hard not to have her in the locker room before and after games. Her guidance off the court is also going to be something that will be hard to replace.

At the end of the day, we're looking to find 22 or 23 guys who want a jersey, who want a spot on the team, ... So, whatever their skill sets are, whatever their physical attributes are, whatever they do to be effective hockey players, we recommend them to do that.

At this point, he's fighting for his life. It's about as bad as it can get.

Billy and Ted lost in a 12-10 tiebreaker and Ted really held up his end in the match.

Billy and Ted played solid doubles and kept their concentration throughout their match.

Distanced from the work by crowds and railings, they may listen on their Acoustiguides to the plummy vowels of the Met's director, Philippe de Montebello, discoursing like an undertaker on the merits of the deceased.

Don't hog the limelight. If your boss praises you for a project you've been involved with, give credit to the rest of the team.

Council received approximately sixty calls during the night and each team had to work in very trying conditions.

Counsel's advice to me was that they (SDI) do not have a valid claim for voting purposes.

Craig is not far away and we are hopeful. Paul Dickov is also coming on as well. He joined in training the other day so he is probably a little bit ahead of Craig at the moment, but we hope to push them on this week and, touch wood, they will be an option for us.

Craig is still scratching his head. He just asked why the referee had given the foul. I wasn't happy with the booking either.

Don't get caught up in a competition to be the last one out after work. It's what you do that counts - not what time you leave.

Don't take it as a telling off. Use it as a chance to improve your skills.

was a master of a number of theatrical dialects, but his work was always characterized by a profoundly humane spirit. Derek believed that the theater could really matter. In a brief but extraordinary career, he demonstrated just that.

What we are is an organization that collects and saves something that hasn't been collected before, and that's food history,

You have welcomed me home, even though I'm here as a refugee,

We felt based on their success, it was time to add this as a free public information service of the legislature.

Based on everything in the literature, this kind of program is the least-expensive and most cost-effective for taxpayers and has the greatest chance of working.

Everyone wants to know, what's your secret? Nothing! No secrets. I'll tell you what's in my chili.

Every other doctor with MVMA agreed to this new reimbursement methodology. The only doctors who haven't are these 45 oncologists.

Concern about the possibility that blood transfusion or organ donation may have transmitted West Nile infection to recipients of organs from a single donor has prompted the ongoing investigation that is now under way,

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now -- completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment.

I've been delighted with Shefki and the level of his performance on Wednesday night was shown in the way the fans reacted to him at the end,

I used to love going up there as a player,

The tree was two feet in diameter and part of the roots were uprooted, it was such a significant impact,

The tool we're talking about takes more than grades into account.

The wind is at the back to this industry, no question.