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Tell them we are winning, ... You don't define success as the absence of hard losses. You define it - are you defeating the enemy?

PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of doing as he pleases. As there are precedents for everything, he has only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate those in the line of his desire. Invention of the precedent elevates the trial-at-law from the low estate of a fortuitous ordeal to the noble attitude of a dirigible arbitrament.

Quite simply we've got an absence of bad news, and investors want to buy technology.

Quite often, when a horse is reported missing, it has either managed to get free and has run away or it turns out to be a civil matter involving some sort of boarding disagreement. This doesn't mean that we're saying Mickey wasn't stolen. But, in the absence of any solid information, we simply don't know what happened to him.

Questions remain about the sustainability of the turnaround at Fiat Auto and profitability of underlying business, in the absence of further exception items (like assets sales and the GM one off gain).

Our defensive core really stepped up tonight in his absence.

Our concerns are similar to those of businesses everywhere -- that there is stability, transparency, absence of corruption, and predictability in policies.

A declaration of emergency is not authorized in the absence of conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons or property beyond the means of local government to address, ... Despite the dangers which exist to those who seek to cross the border illegally ... the current situation in California doesn't rise to that level.

The oil system, both upstream and downstream, is being run close to sustainable limits and the tensions created by the absence of slack are now the key driver of prices.

Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a stand rather like that of 70 percent of Americans, who called for the U.N. to take the leading role in Iraq.

Now I can write in some laughs, notable by their absence in the movie.

A second very important message is that subjects enjoyed fitness benefits in the absence of weight loss. Many people exercise with the purpose of losing weight. When they do not lose weight, they do not think the exercise is benefiting them and they stop exercising.

As a result it has been agreed between the WRU and Ruddock that he will stand down with immediate effect. In his absence Scott Johnson will take over as head coach for the remainder of the championship.

Your progress is reflected back as Grace, your decline is reflected back as its absence. The mirror just reflects. It has no partiality or prejudice.

You might be inclined to explain away last week's weakness by noting the low volume and people on vacation, but the historical record of year-end rallies was built on similar conditions. More likely, the absence of sideline cash will become a common problem throughout the year.

This is even more worrying in the absence of any clear indications as to what might be the nature of the envisaged offshore processing arrangement. If it is not one that meets the same high standards Australia sets for its own processes, this could be tantamount to penalizing for illegal entry.

This is the first human cancer vaccine study to see T-cell responses in the absence of B-cells. This paves the way to use vaccines in a number of hematological cancers that are treated by eliminating diseased B-cells.

This is not unlike the five percent to 10 percent correction a lot of people were calling for in the beginning of the year. You have an absence of corporate and economic news and clearly people are trying to rationalize valuations.

This case failed due to the absence of material facts needed to convince this judge.

This absence of basic oversight has allowed individual corruption to flourish system-wide.

This is an absolute vote of confidence by the market in James? ability to run the ship in the absence of his father. The company is much bigger than just Kerry, and the market has certainly demonstrated that in the way it?s reacted.

This is a big deal, ... My wife and I sat in our home and we watched those young men get slaughtered on the streets of Mogadishu in the absence of a plan. It broke our heart.

There was one area of the state he did not buy TV and that was Metro East. Where we went head-to-head in the absence of TV ads, we won 2-1.

They have not wanted Peace at all; they have wanted to be spared war -- as though the absence of war was the same as peace.

There's a truth, a truism in the intelligence world that is appropriate to the question of where is bin Laden, ... And it is the following -- that the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

There's been a decisive shift to the upside in market sentiment. The Dow has done its job and it has made a statement of recovery based upon defensive-style spending, cyclicality and the absence of accounting-related issues for the Dow.

There's been a decisive shift to the upside in market sentiment, ... The Dow has done its job and it has made a statement of recovery based upon defensive-style spending, cyclicality and the absence of accounting-related issues for the Dow.

There's an old saying that the absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence.

There's an absence of consumer rights and a large number of small actors who are mostly criminals. Dealing with them is like swatting flies one by one, rather than putting up a fence to keep out all the dogs.

At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions.

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, / Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!

Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little, it kindles the great

Absence in love is like water on fire, a little quickens, but much extinguishes

Absence from the person you love is only healthy in theory.

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.

It seems to me that when the specific plan was approved, there was a certain absence of information as to impacts to Hecker Pass. (That) does not inspire faith in the process.

It's a sad Christmas this year because of the absence of peace in the city or peace and joy,

It's an interesting phenomenon now, that some of these shows that stay off the air, kind of absence makes the heart grow a little fonder when they come back on. So we're committed to it by leaving the hour on there to really continue to see it build on itself.

It puts me in touch with some deeply felt, old-fashioned, powerful ideas about what America stands for, what the family stands for, what friends stand for. There's a complete absence of cynicism. I think it makes you feel good to be human.

For decades the industry has been marketing and slaughtering downed animals for food with a reckless disregard for animal welfare and human health, ... In the absence of legislation, we're concerned that this problem will continue.

For consumers in states like Michigan, you'll have fewer companies offering fewer services and you'll see rates for phone, video and the Internet continue to creep up. In the absence of strong regulation and safeguards this is a bad deal for competition and consumers.

Food is the most basic forum for discussing things like love and the absence of love; how we hurt ourselves and how we heal ourselves.

It still comes as something of a shock to say that word 'we' in the absence brought by Peter's passing.

It's not the absence of money, ... It is a failure of bureaucratic structures.

It's not the presence of Christian doctrine I object to so much as the absence of Christian virtue,

It's the absence of a bill, that makes it difficult to comment. It's hard to react and say if we are on board to a press release.

It makes it all the more poignant because of the absence of our colleague Peter Jennings. We had hoped that he would be here tonight so we could have a reunion, a celebration.

It's basically the same formula that we saw last year because once again there's an absence of a must-have item,

It's great to have Aaron back in school. During his absence he's gained strength and weight (now weighs 298 pounds). He will bring intense competition to the left tackle position during spring practice.

Despite being ousted from the tournament in his last match, he showed me that he is not going to be outdone by his senior counterparts. After a brief absence from competition in the early part of the season, he is rapidly catching pace with the team and wrestling impressively. Tyler is our silent leader and has always been someone we can count on to get valuable team points.

That quick goal made our match difficult, but I must compliment my players for their good reaction and performance. Of course, in front, we suffered from the absence of real strikers.

The board's mandate is to protect the interests of shippers, not of competitors. We urge everyone to wait to see the facts before pouncing in absence of information.

The biggest surprise to me has been this absence of urgency on the part of consumers. I've been doing this for a long time. Other than in 2001, I haven't seen such a lackluster tone during the holidays.

The best way of ensuring that you don't get infected with something like this, in the absence of an effective vaccine, would be isolation,

Stocks are now swinging to every bit of news in the absence of big leads.

The Banquet Committee chose to honor Trent Schulze for this award because of his knowledge, understanding and dedication to this department. No one's absence is felt more than when Trent has to be away from his job. He works with the budget, training, and many other projects that are too numerous to list, while always willing to help anyone with their own job. He is very much appreciated by everyone within out department.

It was not merely a matter of manners. This absence suffered from a final lack of grace at the moment of ultimate confrontation.

No-tech tourism is a form of temporal eco-tourism in which one reads books or watches film and TV precisely because of the absence of 21st-century technologies.

It was a good report right through. As you look through the report there is a noticeable absence of inflation on a broad basis. The numbers, if anything, are steady to lower on inflation and show that it just isn't at all a problem for the economy or the Fed.

They certainly can under certain labor agreements. With 'no-strike' agreements and even in the absence of a labor agreement, they can fire people for walking off the job.

They were struggling before Lee's absence. They were struggling when Lee was here.

They were struggling before Lee's absence. It'd be different if it just started. They've been struggling while Lee was here.

They have seen substantial savings from what would have been (owed in the absence of the 8 percent cap).

There's time, but the clock is ticking. We are fearful of what might happen in the absence of legislation. It could leave us open to lawsuits and judicial rulings which might severely damage the Illinois wine industry.

There was ample opportunity for him to signal that to the editor. It was a total absence of communication by the reporter.

Service margins declined due to lower sales of upgrades for older legacy systems, higher training and field service activity and a special compensation-related charge. While we are disappointed with the absence of a noticeable improvement in profit margins in 2005, the factors that adversely affected them resulted primarily from deliberate strategic decisions we have made for long-term gain, and we expect to see additional margin improvements going forward.

Their absence meant I had to scrub out all the work we had done - on the day of the game. So Monday wasn't the easiest day of my life. Our lack of strength in depth hurt us.

The continued decline in the Present Situation Index suggests that consumers would tend to curb their spending in the absence of offsetting incentives, ... a significant deterioration in consumer attitudes.

I'm going to meet them before this Friday. Maybe they have a good reason for their absence. I'm reserving my comment until after I meet with them,

I'm tickled with the field as it came up with the absence of the Fair Grounds this year.

Increased sympathy for an Islamist cause, lack of integration, and the absence of acceptance of Muslims into British society makes it harder for Muslims to challenge Islamism and tough for non-Muslims to understand it.

In light of this experience, that is, the absence of full cooperation by Iraq, it must regrettably be recorded again that the commission is not able to conduct the substantive disarmament work mandated to it by the Security Council and, thus, to give the council the assurances it requires with respect to Iraq's prohibited weapons programs.

In my experience with talking to players who have opted out of the tournament, it's not pressure from the club, it's the pressure they themselves feel. Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but it may not get you a spot on the roster.

I know that I speak for both of us when I say how deeply touched we are by that reception, and it makes it all that much more poignant in the absence of our colleague, Peter Jennings.

I'm busy, man, too busy. There's a lamentable absence of free time.

In this Western point of view, evil and sin were negative qualities; they arose from the absence of good, not from the presence of evil.

In the final analysis, when it all comes down to the bottom line, we will respect parents' decision around the safety of their sons and daughters. They have the ultimate final call, and we will respect that call and grant that student an excused absence.

In my opinion, in the absence of studies, in the absence of data, there is no right or wrong answer,

In the long haul, the absence of any public scrutiny means the practice in the future could evolve into one that is an extremely uncompetitive, behind-the-scenes give away of work with the taxpayer not knowing whether a fair price is being paid. The current system may have flaws, but at least the public is assured of a competitive price.

In terms of creative, (the opening on Monday) gives us greater platform to go out there and develop. In terms of profitability, our strength there would be excessively increased given the absence of football.

Interest rate sensitive stocks did well today as well as the oil and gas sector, but overall you can't really say that there's a lot of direction...given the absence of any market-moving news today. Also the liquidity wasn't there with the U.S. markets closed.

In the absence of will-power the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.

In the absence of timely and accurate data, that makes effective oversight more difficult.

In the absence of those certainties, in the absence of those commitments, we have decided it's premature to form a shadow administration,

In the absence of specifics that would throw his nomination into doubt, Democrats will be loath to want to be as combative and confrontational as they might otherwise be.

In the absence of serious Syrian cooperation on substantive matters, the mission can't get to the ultimate truth. That is what is seems to me the focus the U.N. Security Council should be.

In the absence of real action at the federal level, states, cities and other nations are stepping forward to address the serious issues presented by climate change.

In the absence of presidential leadership, Congress must act now to strengthen communications between U.S. and Taiwan military forces, rebuild deterrence and head off a new crisis in the Taiwan Strait,

In the absence of immigrant labor, wages might be a bit higher, particularly in sectors that hire lots of low-skilled labor, which could potentially show up as slightly higher prices.

In the absence of having a formal discussion about expectations, most employees do what they think appropriate, which may not be what the company values most.

In the absence of full-fledged Congressional investigations, American policymakers rarely look back. They are bound by continuity and fealty across administrations and generations.

In the absence of facts, the IAAF cannot and will not do anything,

In the absence of facts, people believe what they want to believe.

In the absence of evidence of fraud, we're not going to put our veterans through the anxiety of a widespread review of their disability claims,

In the absence of even mentioning tax reform in his State of the Union address, it may be presumptuous to assume a revenue-neutral AMT fix after 2007.

In the absence of doing broader system reform and more universal coverage, this policy at least addresses the most tenuous time in terms of health care?entrance into the labor market, Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help.

In the absence of direct, face-to-face discussions between the two sides it isn't going to be possible to resolve this problem.

In the absence of assurances that such orders are valid and enforceable, the flow of pretrial discovery from the government to criminal defendants in sensitive cases would simply come to a stop,

In the absence of a shift in market perceptions of the relative attractiveness of U.S. and foreign assets, government policies would likely have only limited effects on the trade balance.