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When consumers are burdened with heavy debt loads, rising interest rates, higher energy costs, no personal savings and household income growth that falls below inflation, something had to give.

We think that relative softness in the euro zone recovery next year combined with inflation falling below two percent, will leave the ECB stuck on 2.5 percent rates for a considerable period.

Warmer-than-expected fall weather and high prices have reduced energy demand in the western hemisphere, allowing inventories to rebuild, even as production is significantly below capacity.

We had reached the Canon on the second level or edge of the great gulf. Above and around us rose a wall of 2000 feet and below us a vast chasm 2500 feet in perpendicular depth and 1/2 a mile wide.

Brookings has had a real good streak in the last few years. They have a good program. Sioux Falls has been coming on lately. They worked their way into fourth in the league standings in the last month and a half. They were seeded below us for most of the season.

Even other adulterers considered him several levels below despicable. How could a man sink that low?

Even though it snowed quite a bit, it was a relatively warm winter down low, so the snow line goes from a lot of snow to no snow very quickly. So, some of our low-elevation sites are below average.

Below the headline data there are some positive features that should not be overlooked.

Below the 7,000-point mark, the market is at an extremely undervalued level. That's what many investors recognized (this morning).

Below me, it's looking grim, ... For four guys in front of you to have a problem is pretty unlikely. For one or two guys, it can happen. Three, yeah, but to have four (or more) guys in front of you have a problem . . . that's a long shot.

Everybody's worried about him. You can see the center, the quarterback always pointing at him -- 'Watch number 43! Watch number 43!' -- and looking where he's at. I think he draws most of the attention, so everyone else flies below the radar.

As the rules say, you can't improve your position below the white line. If I could've, yeah, I think I would've had him.

At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the official poverty line.

At night, temperatures here fall below the freezing point.

At the league office, Bill Daly recently saw his compensation double from just below $1 million to just under $2 million (as he was promoted to deputy commissioner after our new CBA was finalized) and it is anticipated that Gary Bettman's compensation will increase from its current level of $3.5 million per year.

Coming into 2005, the thought was it's an 18 to 20 percent growth company. Now the question is whether they are going to dip below 10 percent.

Corn does not like to grow in straight manure. You've got to get the manure below the seed zone.

Corporations in the United States continue to generate good profits. Stock prices are below where they might be based upon the fundamentals for 2005.

Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the lights that shine there illumine all that lies below

Don't talk to me unless you speak American. It's all the things you don't say that's below the surface and how it can bubble up.

Crude oil prices that continued to stay below $65 a barrel this week, fueled by the warmer than normal winter weather across the U.S., have helped drive retail gasoline prices slightly lower. It remains to be seen however, if these relatively modest declines in retail gasoline prices will continue with the geo-political concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Crude below $60 is helping a little bit. There's some speculation that there's a potential build-up in crude inventories, so that might be a factor leading into the rally in the Nasdaq and S&P.

Conversation"God and I in space alone . . .and nobody else in view . . ."And where are all the people,Oh Lord" I said, "the earth below and the sky overheadand the dead that I once knew?""That was a dream," God smiledand said: "The dream that seemed tobe true; there were no peopleliving or dead; there was no earth, and no sky overhead,there was only myself in you.""Why do I feel no fear?" I asked,"meeting you here in this way?For I have sinned, I know full welland is there heaven and is there hell,and is this Judgement Day?""Nay, those were but dreams" the Great God said, "dreams that have ceased to be.There are no such things as fear and sin;there is no you . . . you never have been.There is nothing at all but me.

Armstrong has a problem. He has locked up so many lines that he really violates the anti-trust laws in terms of concentration of market power. He's trying to get below the radar screen of the anti-trust authorities.

Employment slipped for the third time since November, and is now back below October levels, ... Since weakness in services employment has dominated the soft employment trends in this cycle, this data will tend to deflate rising expectations of a decent payrolls number.

Employment cost is below expectations, which should encourage the Federal Reserve at next week's meeting to maintain a balanced approach.

Electricity generation still around 25 percent below war levels, and transmission undermined by looting and sabotage,

Due to continued unexpected demand weakness, we now expect sequential unit growth in the mid-single digits, which is well below consensus expectations.

Early in 2004, I predicted that energy's share of the S&P 500's market capitalization would rise from just below 6% at that time to 15% before the end of the decade. In January, its market-cap share was up to 12.1%, while its share of earnings had risen to 9.1% from 6.0% in early 2004.

Even a decade after divorce, the median wealth stays below $10,000.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Ethanol makes up only 10 percent of a gallon of gasoline. If gasoline prices are up 36 cents, then ethanol would only make up 3.6 cents of that. And 85 percent of users have long-term contracts that are significantly below the spot-market prices.

Even if raises and bonuses are below what they were four or five years ago...rewarding employees who have brought the company through tough times is accepted by more and more companies,

Even if it's below .500, and we get to the postseason, if we go out there and do something special, then I think people will forget about it, ... We've got nothing to lose. Whatever our record is, nobody expects much of us. As long as 25 guys in the clubhouse do, that's all that matters.

Following an extended boom in housing, the demand for homes began to weaken in mid-2005. By the middle of 2006, sales of both new and existing homes had fallen about 15 percent below their peak levels. Homebuilders responded to the fall in demand by sharply curtailing construction.

Federated (Department Stores) was below plan. Target was well below plan, ... We have enough data to know the month was not good.

February's data support the view that the U.S. labor market remains strong, particularly on the services side, with unemployment solidly below the 5% level. The Fed is likely to continue raising rates for the foreseeable future.

Fear drags me into the slums of the emotions. But when I move into love, the penthouse of emotions, I choose a completely different neighborhood. The valley below transforms into a spectacular, unobstructed view reminding me of how far I have come.

The results for the quarter as a whole were below our expectations; however, our results began to improve in March and have continued to improve into April.

There was a lot of debate whether these jetties should have been built. It might have been better if they'd gone further north. There's a rock reef here about 12 feet below the surface, so there's no way to ever get a real deep channel here. When you have swells of 6 or 8 feet, you don't have enough water for safe passage. A little farther north, there are no rock reefs and they'd probably have had a safer channel.

There was a huge sign of relief when the number came in above 100, and that's why the market rallied, ... There was a thought that the combination of rising interest rates and higher gas prices would knock it below 100.

There was a big disappointment that fourth quarter growth (for 2005) was below expectations.

There's not a hard line that (an SAT score) has to be above this line or can't be below this line..

There's no doubt that what has emerged in the years after 9/11, unlike the situation in Britain, there were practices sanctioned in the U.S. that fall far below the standard of conduct that should have taken place. It is for the American system of government, in all of its branches, to address that. It is not for a British politician.

(Is it) disappointing being below .500? No. Would I like to be over? Yes. But again, our record is where it stands, and we're right in the middle of a lot of teams bunched up. It's our job, our focus, to get above that. To get out of that bunch.

is firing a shot across Intel's bow, or maybe below the waterline.

It would have been better to have left the growth forecast unchanged, but that would have lowered the inflation forecast to below its target. They are having to work hard not to have to cut interest rates.

They are a level below us. It should be a good game and we are going to hang with them, but they dominated their league so we get to see how the two leagues match up.

The wild card here is if they can rebuild their consumer franchise. In order to do that, they need to have some aggressively priced products below $1,000 in the marketplace for Christmas of next year. I think they can do that.

The way it's looking right now, our engine might be one percent below our specifications, but still be the best engine ever done. We prefer not to...but it looks like we may be one percent low.

These are textbook Santa Ana winds. The South Bay is not located below passes and canyons. You don't have to be right below to get it, but aligned.

The risk-reward ratio for longer maturity fixed income is just not attractive with the current yield curve. Cash yields are now up to more than 4% and longer-term treasury bonds yields remain below 5%.

I've still got family members living below the poverty line in New York.

I've said it before: You're not going to win in this league with average or below-average goaltending. Tonight it was below average. But Crawford was awesome for a kid that was thrown in there.

I've probably been out there when it's been 15 below to 20 below. I don't think anyone will beat Mac on that one.

It was a largely in-line quarter. The outlook was in-line to modestly better from a revenue perspective but a bit below on earnings per share.

It was a judgment call by NASCAR, and there's nothing we can do about it now. I tried getting down in front of him, but I ran him below the yellow line, I guess.

These commodity stocks, including the base metals, are still below their all-time highs, so I think they will play some catch-up here.

The shirt inspires so much of what we see, ... It becomes very sexy because it's close to the body, long, lean and yet, there's softness from below the hip. ... They kind of float along.

The sharp pullback in economic growth during the final three months of 2005 shows the law of gravity has not been repealed. When consumers are burdened with heavy debt loads, rising interest rates, higher energy costs, no personal savings and household income growth that falls below inflation, something had to give. This retrenchment in spending was generally foreseen, though economists weren't sure on the timing and magnitude.

These were moments when people were crying, or two cast members were screaming at each other, or two allies were sneaking off to strategize, and there were several times when it was: 'Let me stop and make sure everyone has a can of Diet Dr Pepper, ... I'd literally be below the frame line, handing a can of Diet Dr Pepper to someone who didn't have one. First and foremost, I want to tell a good story. I'm not necessarily there to help make a commercial.

The stock market is looking at a pretty benign economy, low interest rates and a 10-year note yield that is below 4 percent, all positives. But then there's the big negative -- oil.

The state average is about 11 inches below normal rainfall. There are very few places in the state that have gotten enough rain this year, putting us in a perilous predicament,

The single biggest thing customers can do is turn down that thermostat. Wherever you had it set normally or in past winters, try to turn it down 5 degrees below that. That will easily get you the 10 percent savings.

These new findings are significant because they show that our technique is effective in finding ice when it is on the surface and that we can therefore firmly conclude that most of the water vapor that escapes from comets is contained in ice particles found below the surface.

The (second-quarter) guidance was not very strong, below first-quarter numbers, even though the second quarter is historically the strongest for steel companies, especially mini-mills.

The slowdown in futures orders clearly signals that revenue growth in the second half of fiscal 1998 will be below our previous expectations. This is largely a result of the slowdown in the Asia Pacific market, where we now anticipate more moderate revenue growth in fiscal 1998 after increasing 84 percent on a constant dollar basis in fiscal 1997,

The teams below us are playing well right now. We can't control what they do. You have to control what you do and right now we're not doing what we need to do.

The survey for the final reading would have taken place over the past 10 days or so, when market volatility was particularly high, ... Because of that, the final reading very well could have come in below the preliminary reading. The fact it came in higher shows a certain amount of resilience in the consumer sector.

I've managed to save so much because I live below my means.

Technical signs are also not very positive after the index fell below the previous technical support of 735 Wednesday, which triggered continued selling.

Tennessee typically parallels the national average or stays just a few cents below it.

Temperatures throughout Northwest Europe have dipped below normal. Temperatures in England, northern France and Germany will be 4 to 10 degrees below normal on Friday and through the weekend. The cold looks set to continue further out as well.

Temperatures in the Northeast will be below normal for the next seven to eight days. The coldest days will be Thursday and Friday.

Some people refer to it as the Purdue rule, which is a block by a guy, to an adjacent lineman, below the knees. I've seen teams continue to do that this year and so far I've yet to see a call made reflecting that particular block.

San Diego is ranked below average in every category.

Sales results were good in many low-margin non-wireless categories; however, we experienced lower sales in high-margin categories. In addition, wireless sales and profits were below our expectations. The poor fourth quarter performance caused us to take a much deeper look at the state of our business and resulted in the launch of a turnaround plan including the significant fourth quarter inventory write-down.

Sales in our recent men's and women's half-yearly clearance events were not as strong as we had anticipated, and sales for the first week of our Anniversary Sale, while modestly better than last year on an event-to-date basis, are below planned levels,

Sales in November were on plan at Target, slightly below expectations at Mervyn's, and below plan at the department stores. Sales for the Thanksgiving weekend tracked our November divisional results.

Sales in August were essentially on plan at Target and the Department Stores, and below expectations at Mervyn's,

Sales for the corporation continued to be somewhat below plan in March. In light of our actual sales performance in February and March, and our outlook for April, we are unlikely to fully achieve our profit plan in the first quarter.

Sales decelerated in Europe and Asia, futures excluding currency were below expectations, and currency took a big bite out of futures.

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in, instead

Prices will have to close below this level in order to produce new additional downside price momentum.

Our size was definitely a difference tonight. I see a lot of teams try to attack the 1-3-1 defense from the top, but we tried to get it below the free-throw line and into the post.

Our customers know it's out there and they are concerned. Now we have a way of addressing it and offering information to help them make informed decisions. They will have confidence that the fish they purchase has been certified by Safe Harbor and it contains mercury levels below what the government has determined to be acceptable.

Other moons in the solar system have liquid water oceans covered by kilometers of icy crust. What's different here is that pockets of liquid water may be more than tens of meters below the surface.

(Our approach is) just one game at a time. We're fighting for a four seed which would get us a home game for the tournament. We don't want to fall below .500, because that would ruin our shot. Just one game at a time. Just work hard in practice, because that's where it's going to start.

People talk about it all the time, debating who is going to be first team all-MAAC. If we were below .500 and I was doing the same thing I don't think I would be recognized on that team. I think winning has a lot to do with getting recognized.

Of Lloyd George: he couldn't see a belt without hitting below it.

North America volumes were below our estimate, but pricing was strong.

Normally, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air is very low, well below one percent. The levels seen in the ground and snow within tree kill areas are much higher, up to 99 percent, and very dangerous.

The Nasdaq slipped below 1,300 yesterday and that means the market has returned to the level when Federal Reserve Chairman (Alan) Greenspan warned of inflated U.S. stock prices as 'irrational exuberance' in 1996.

The mother of all droughts in southwest Missouri occurred from 1952 to 1956 when precipitation in Joplin fell more than 81 inches below normal in a five-year period. Fortunately, we're no where near that right now.

A flag should be a symbol that unites all of those standing below it, ... One that every South Carolinian can look up to with respect, and admiration.

A few games were well below freezing and those guys came in the cold with shirts off and painted chests. You rarely see that in soccer in the U.S. These guys really pushed - it's amazing to see that happen, usually it's just Europe.

Administration policies seem to tacitly encourage those who live below sea level in New Orleans to relocate permanently, to leave the dangerous water's edge for more prosperous inland cities such as Shreveport or Baton Rouge.

The one-day team is a little bit below the Test team at the minute, but we are building for 2007 and the World Cup. As a team and players, we had a lot of self-belief that we could turn things around (after first Test defeat at Lord's), and we also have a lot of self-belief we can do very well in the World Cup come 2007.

The most interesting thing going is that it will be 10 degrees below normal by Friday and going into next week.