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It's always a tough thing. He was playing so well in the beginning of the year and then his back acted up. It would have been nice to fly over with him.

It's our position that the school district acted appropriately in disciplining the student, and we are confident that the court will ultimately agree with us.

The officers acted expertly acted with professionalism in a tense situation.

The NYPD searched for him and found him in a cathedral praying. It says quite a bit about him. I assumed the NYPD acted on a tip maybe from the landlord. It impressed me that the dad would be praying.

Everyone has secret ambitions; mine was to be a rock singer. I thought I could sing. But when you sing in the shower, or with headphones, what sounds good to you doesn't always sound so great to others. My parents demanded I close all our windows when I acted out my rock dreams.

The board believes that this urgent recommendation, if acted upon quickly, will go a long way to prevent a catastrophic failure of the rudder.

The board appreciates that Phil acted with characteristic dignity and selflessness in recognizing that his resignation was for the good of the company.

Sure, I acted in films in the Third Reich, entertainment films, which distracted countless people inside and outside Germany from daily life during war.

Sure, after Bush took office, the Administration could have acted upon the intelligence provided by Able Danger, but if the information was buried, then they probably weren't even aware of it.

It seems from what we know of the story that the Prince of Wales has acted with deep sensitivity and very quickly, which is exactly what is needed.

It was made into a situation when the governor acted like a horse's backside. The governor didn't reflect the attitude of the Georgia Tech football team at all.

None of them knew a thing about what they were talking about, but every one of them acted like they knew it all ... knew it all.

It was pretty good drama, and maybe a little cheesy. But Dad never worried about being cheesy or being cool. He simply articulated what he thought was right, and then acted on those beliefs.

It was one guy who acted like a 12-year-old, who slapped her upside the head. I'm not going to sit here and hold all the Chicago fans accountable for this for one guy who was acting like an idiot.

It was OK. We made some big plays. But they acted a little tired. Maybe they didn't use the three-day weekend. I think, right now, it's push-comes-to-shove-time. So let's get it going. The guys need to make this important, because we're running out of time.

It used to be that Democrats and Republicans would disagree, but they could be social to each other. There were times during the year that we acted together in the good of the country.

It will be passed on to the Executive Committee and it will be acted on at (the committee's) April meeting.

They came together as a team, and they've acted as a team, and we had a long talk about that, that that's what this is all about. It's all about the kids, it's all about their team. One person doesn't make the whole team. And we went ahead.

They'll probably guarantee the sheriff re-election for years. The federal government has and continues to commit so many missteps in the name of bureaucracy, like the trailers sitting in the mud in Arkansas. Things that just become totally unreasonable to citizens ... turn them against government. You had a local official who understood the plight his citizens were in and acted in contrast to rule-bound bureaucrats up in Washington.

They will show that our deputies were doing their jobs in enforcing the law. They acted appropriately.

These officers were doing their job, investigating a crime, and they acted appropriately at all times.

I want to personally thank our law enforcement for following the law and doing their job, even in the face of controversy. Sometimes it's not easy doing what is right, but they each acted professionally, and we owe them a great deal of respect for their actions.

The Kurds are looking for a way to say: 'We played the game, we acted in good faith, it's not working, we'll set up our separate country,'

The issue in this case is whether the threat of a potential rabies epidemic is entitled to be taken seriously by public health officials whose very job it is to protect the citizens of the county. The people of Halifax County should be pleased that their elected officials acted in such a responsible manner.

I'm not going to take anything away from them because I thought they beat us in every way you could be beaten today. From looking at my team out there, I thought they acted like it was going to be (like the first game) again.

I'm disappointed that we were not given the complete tape because it may have corroborated what we've said all along. The other guy had a gun and acted in self defense.

I hope that this trial will serve truth and justice, ... I hope this necessary trial will allow us to establish that from what we knew, we acted in good conscience.

India has become a soft target for Islamic fundamentalists. Moreover, the Uttar Pradesh government has a soft stance towards fundamentalists. It could have acted after the intelligence report but it did not.

In Kosovo Europe witnessed the greatest persecution of a whole people since the days of Hitler or Stalin. We acted because the age of mass deportation and ethnic cleansing belongs to Europe's past.

I'm so proud of my team. The players acted like a team. It's the way you want to dream about going out as a captain.

I never meant to imply U.S. forces acted with ill intent when U.S. forces accidentally killed journalists, and I apologize to anyone who thought I said or believed otherwise,

In doing this, William Jefferson Clinton has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the presidency, has betrayed his trust as president, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States,

I'm happy the governor acted in a timely fashion in naming the members. Now we can get to work.

I'm convinced the league was careful to take into account all the elements and acted with a clear sense of what was fair for all parties involved. Steve Moore's complete recovery continues to be our main concern.

I had always acted for fun, and I wanted to do that. I really didn't have the talent. I loved to play, but that's a whole different level.

Instead of the Air Force acting as an independent reviewer of this nearly $30 billion deal, they've acted as a silent business partner of Boeing.

In my opinion, it was just total self-destruction. We acted like we had never played a game of football before. How many times is Herrin going to run the mid-line? They're going to run it 20 to 25 times a game and we let the first one go for 70 yards and a touchdown.

In my opinion, DLJ acted in a completely irresponsible fashion in selling a retired couple's bonds and putting them in an aggressive stock portfolio.

I really thought my first two (takers) were sure goals and that is why I put them in there, but my last two guys are really good players, but (scoring goals) is not their job. We acted as a team and played as a team, and that is how we got a result.

I know I should not have acted the way I did, but I would have felt terrible if I didn't react.

In this context the imposition of sanctions on our firms, which in our view have not acted in violation of our laws or regulation, is not justified.

Investors, surprisingly, acted rationally this quarter and had low expectations.

In the 1950s and 1960s, many parents were generally standoffish with their male children and acted as if they were raising a generation of would-be soldiers. I remember some of my friends' parents who would shake their children's hands at bedtime.

I read several scenes and then I was called back and everyone just acted like I had the part. I went home and still wasn't sure if I had it or not. Finally Ted called and informed me that I had, indeed, been cast as Dobie Gillis.

Before I ever acted as an amateur - which I did a great deal at school and at university - I used to go to the theater with my parents in the north of England, where I was born and brought up... Theater of all sorts.

Canisius is a very special place . . . It's a bottom line business unfortunately. If the only thing we can be accused of is not winning enough games, I leave here with my head held high because we've had guys who've acted the right way.

Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, both chambers of Congress acted to make sure our troops will not be left in Iraq indefinitely.

By and large the industry has acted in good faith. And (the Clipped Tag) is an example of that. It is an elegant reaction to concerns that are vastly overblown.

I felt they acted frivolously because entry into the European Union implies a minimum of understanding for the others,

If evil is being acted upon in the world, everybody has an obligation, especially if only you had the power. Only we understood the technology. Only we could defeat this guy.

I can assure you that the demonstrators had a number of agent provocateurs who were anything but peaceful and that our security personnel acted with great restraint, acting forceful only when forced to do so by the mob,

I certainly would not want to see a situation evolve where some intervening event occurred which might have been prevented had Congress acted more promptly,

I'd say, really, late January or early February is when we got our rotation down. I think the most exciting thing about Marissa and Kristi is they haven't played or acted like freshmen.

I believe it will be some time before we have a true understanding of the actual damages and recovery needs in the region, ... We have already acted and will continue to act in the Senate, on both sides of the aisle, to make sure the victims have everything they need to be made whole, to be back on their feet, make no mistake about it.

He acted out of conviction and showed great courage when he stood up for the rights of all Americans.

He acted like he'd been there before. He was phenomenal.

He acted like a little kid and when someone acts like a kid, I treat them like one, ... I didn't put up with any guff, and because of it, we had a very warm relationship.

He acted like a gentle breeze, but his impact on us was definitely larger than life.

He acted like a champion. I guess I'm partial to him--he helped me out of that.

He acted in the same way as he has always done,

He acted honorably, as far as I'm concerned.

He acted as though he didn't know where he was, and he immediately got the attention of the producers and the director of the film. He was chosen for the part on that basis -- they didn't know what to think of him. They were astounded by him.

He really acted like he was coming in to talk with a group of people he had known all his life. It has been a pleasure and an honor to be elected as mayor of Picayune over the years, but I believe one of the highest honors I have received is that I got to be introduced to the president of the United States,

He pushed it, pushed it and pushed it until it was an election year and then acted like he'd never heard of it.

He oversaw the production from a distance. He had casting approval, and script approval. So he acted as the big man on the mountain.

For our purposes, we define (William James) theory of pragmatism to mean that instead of just talking about something, you should get out and do it. An idea doesn't have a worth until it is acted upon.

You could say the network was beating up on you, and he acted as a very benign and positive kind of chief justice.

You can ride your bike to anywhere in Portland if you want to. I think there was a charming underdog mentality when I first moved here in the late '80s that is definitely gone. People acted more like underdogs, dressed more like underdogs.

The market has acted well and longer-term, the trend remains positive. But right now there's some exhaustion,

The jury verdict is an endorsement that American Family always acted in good faith.

The jury found in our favor, we believe, because the evidence showed that Merck acted responsibly.

This is much more direct evidence of parental care, and it's 100 million years older than other findings suggesting dinosaurs acted this way.

(The cut is) the beginning of several shots in the arm. I think the Fed acted early in the new year so to give themselves the opportunity in the end of the month to cut again, if things don't kick in as they like.

The hotel acted in accordance with U.S. sanctions.

The human aspect could have prevailed, everything could have been set aside and acted as an anchor for the great leap they could have taken politically. But they have been the prisoners of the past.

the employer ought to be given the benefit of the doubt here if they have acted in a reasonable way.

The high loss of life suggests the police acted with extreme brutality A police force acting responsibly would not have allowed such a tragedy to occur.

The greatest nations have all acted like gangsters and the smallest like prostitutes.

All things considered, the market acted pretty well. You can chalk up 20 to 25 percent of this move today to the fact that it is the weekend, and people are reluctant to take positions home, or start new ones.

The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.

The court acted like a legislature when it attempted to rewrite the statute.

The coastal migration theory has yet to be proven with hard evidence, but we have been finding earlier and more widespread evidence for coastal settlement around the Pacific Rim. The fact that productive kelp forests are found adjacent to some of the earliest coastal archaeological sites in the Americas supports the idea that such forests may have facilitated human coastal migrations around the Pacific Rim near the end of the last glacial period. In essence, they may have acted as a sort of kelp highway.

Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as "moral indignation," which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as ""moral indignation,"" which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue

How many ages henceShall this our lofty scene be acted overIn states unborn and accents yet unknown!

all these days acted with responsibility and seriousness over the matter.