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My uncle out in Texas Can't even write his name He signs his checks with Xs But they cash 'em just the same

one of the more controversial and colorful figures in Texas. His company has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years for violating state environmental laws. And a decade ago, Pilgrim appeared on the floor of the state Senate dispensing $10,000 checks to lawmakers as they debated a workers compensation bill.

If we line up in the same spot all the time, they always know where we're going to be. Any time we can move around, try to be disruptive, that makes the offensive line have to make checks and calls. We go in and out of things to keep them off balance and not knowing what we're going to do.

I have called for additional checks to be carried out in order to guarantee safety and not to wait for the regular safety inspections,

I am amazed about the caring and the giving from the community. We're not getting $5 and $10 checks but $50, $100, $250. They are just opening up their wallets and that keeps the shelters open and provides food....It's wonderful to see the caring from individuals to help others they don't even know.

Because so many of these cases come up, the person usually gets off with a misdemeanor. This is especially true if the checks are under certain dollar amounts. Criminals sometimes know more about how the judicial system works than their victims.

I have a real problem making checks on a place not legally licensed. I recommend it be shut down immediately.

Free money you never have to pay back. It may sound unbelievable but every day people and businesses are receiving government grant checks in the mail for doing nothing more than asking.

If 96 percent of the checks I get (to fill a prescription) goes to the drug companies, that tells you something is wrong.

I'd venture to say there aren't too many other programs in the country where the head coach of a Division I football program checks class. And it's an eye-opener for those student-athletes, I guarantee you, when they're five minutes late for class and there's the head football coach standing at the door tapping his foot looking highly displeased.

From the start of her career, Miss Stella had been allowed to race with the wrong name and pedigree, and even her lip tattoo was incorrectly consistent with the foal papers. It was a close call as to whether or not this horse should have run at all. But it was dedicated follow-up work and this department's system of checks and balances that has corrected this ongoing mistake and prevented its perpetuation.

I got better money playing live and some publishing money - I still get checks from publishing. But the label was always recouping advances.

If the trend with pre-retires continues, the sheer size of the 77 million baby boomer population, coupled with impending postage increases, will drive up the government's costs to issue paper checks exponentially.

If the trend with pre-retirees continues, the sheer size of the 77 million baby boomer population, coupled with impending postage increases, will drive up the government's costs to issue paper checks exponentially.

If the checks aren't done, then that's a mistake. You can't afford to take the risk with officer-level positions in public companies.

If some guys couldn't stand the heat, then they didn't belong in the major leagues. I don't know anybody who refused the World Series checks I helped them get.

He has thrown the ball well. He is starting to pick up our checks at the line of scrimmage.

He felt uncomfortable. Just as a precaution he wanted to have tests to make sure that he checks out okay.

We are fully allowed to give gifts to our members. We paid for it, and we have all the checks to reimburse the party for it.

What we will do is make a copy of that check and keep a separate tally of those checks and then turn those over to the Poshard Foundation and they have opened up a separate account and will make another copy of the check so we have a check and balance of who's giving. Every penny will be accounted for.

He's a big key to their club and he represents a lot of their speed. We try to make sure we all finish our checks on him . . . even the smaller hits, hopefully we wear him down a little. The more hits we can get on him the better.

He's aggressive. He finishes his checks and it's going to be important for us to be physical against (the Rangers).

Here's what I tell them: Each day you're making a deposit. The more deposits you make, the bigger checks you can write.

He's done an incredible job about finding the right chemistry, finding the right knowledge and finding the right fit. He did a great job of background checks and just trying to cover all his bases.

Hopefully, they're in a paper bag or a shoe box somewhere. But if you don't have the actual receipts, payments will be noted on your bank statements. Most banks print out copies of the checks you've written during the year.

This is definitely a reality check for us, we've just got to learn from this and move on.

We measure very carefully what the positives are and I think it is less than one tenth of one percent, so we are very pleased with the accuracy of our biometric checks and we continue to monitor that.

We made some different checks here and there, ... In the third quarter we were saying 'It's on us, if we don't let them score we win.'

He was questioned by Port Authority Police at 8 a.m. and several times since then. His story checks out,

He was great. He goes for it and the way he finishes his checks really energizes us. It's so important to have that.

He didn't want her to be around her friends. I used to call her everyday until she said 'don't, because he checks the caller ID at lunch.' I just stayed away because I didn't want to hurt her feelings.

Journalists would build in more checks and balances and welcome more independent ombudsmen,

It appears our nation's pattern of payments is finally evolving - some might say it is experiencing a radical change - from one based on paper checks to one based on electronics.

I think that he did a very professional job in a very, very precarious time. I don't know if we have another board member that can rise to the occasion. It takes a little bit of skill to do that job. But we all have to work together and hopefully we'll have more checks and balances than we did before.

I think that there's a strain in journalism that believes that anyone who surrenders him- or herself to faith and to belief necessarily checks reason and rationality at the door.

I think we're all saying the same thing, ... We want effective checks and balances in the use of data.

I think we prefer to go to instant check on an immediate basis and try to accelerate implementing instant checks so that you could literally check by thumb print whether there was a convicted felon with dangerous behavior or dangerous mental behavior. Instant check is a much better system than the Brady process.

I think we'll see a clear acceleration of refund payments as we get closer to the April deadline, when the checks really start to flow. People tend to procrastinate.

It gives a nod toward checks and balances without fixing the most fundamental flaws in the Patriot Act.

It is not my definition of compassion to simply write checks from the federal government and expect our children and grandchildren

It is monitored and audited to the dime. There are all kinds of checks and balances and procedures to make sure there is no abuse of the system.

Lawmakers must not forget their oaths and disregard the administration's infringement of average Americans' constitutional rights. The White House has repeatedly admitted to the use of warrant-less wiretaps and has yet to be held accountable. Checks and balances on presidential power are essential to protect the rights of Americans.

Just as a precaution, we wanted to have tests to make sure he checks out well. All the test results we have back so far have been good and there is nothing to be concerned about. Every indication is that it is a muscle injury.

Just because you have checks in the checkbook doesn't mean that you have money in the bank, and Washington has failed to understand that.

Last summer we cut a check to Waterville for $4,000, ... We'll cut checks from the drug forfeiture account to the agencies for whatever their share is in the forfeiture.

People are going to continue to repay their credit card (balances). That means checks increasingly will become a means of repayment for everything people buy on their credit cards.

Our government is based upon a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances. The actions taken by the president undermine the very foundations of our country. We urge the relevant Congressional committees to investigate how the president abused his power as our chief executive. We applaud Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter for committing to hold oversight hearings. The American people deserve to know the truth.

Our checks indicate that AMD continues to gain share in desktops and notebooks in addition to continued strength in servers.

Our channel checks indicate that Sun's new line of x86 'Galaxy' servers are not yet shipping. This is disappointing given the high profile launch Galaxy received seven weeks ago.

Our continuous checks with (chief information officers) indicate they are now very worried about economic recession and are reassessing near-term IT spending plans and priorities.

Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of sprawling departments and agencies that govern with increasing autonomy and decreasing transparency.

Plans are under way to perform background checks. The background checks will not only protect the citizens of Pennsylvania but also other evacuees.

Patient care volunteers work with the team, of doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains and other disciplines. There are 24 hours of training required and medical and background checks because they go into the homes to provide practical and emotional support for the patients and families.

Steven's A-list credibility has made the community take us more seriously, has accelerated the process and brought it into the open. Steven will help. Writing checks for 'Enron' will help.

That doesn't resonate with people who write 10 checks a month.

I think checks have declined because of electronic payment alternatives, primarily online bill pay.

Just be careful. I mean, I can't believe that someone would just go out, get these checks out of your statement, and just write checks and people cash them. It's unbelievable.

Most of the roofs in the district were replaced with metal, so you stop much of the water infiltration. We also do biannual base line air-quality checks in our campuses. Our policy also is that we will not go back with carpets.

We needed checks and balances in the system. Andy has held his hand up to some mistakes. The director will do no coaching. He will be a sounding board.

the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero

Microsoft is building a more robust environment, with network checks and system screening conducted before access to an internal system is granted.

You have to deposit the check in (your) bank. A friend of yours can't come to New York to trade checks for you. We have to send your money in the mail.

We'll be the checks and balances on this out-of-control, criminal government.

We have to remove the red tape so they can get these checks and start to rebuild their lives,

We're cool. We're getting back to basics, I guess. You always have reality checks after the kind of game we played last week, but that's in the past and we know what's up with it.

We have a lot of people waiting to give Steve 'substantial' checks if Jim Edgar doesn't run, and that kind of underscores the need for Gov. Edgar to make a decision in a reasonably short period of time.

We've made a number of checks on the data and still believe the altitude data they provided the board is correct.

We're well aware of all the questions surrounding the plan. But we felt there was a system of checks and balances in place to maintain the quality and integrity of the numbers.

We have had no checks in a long time.

Traveler's checks are nice to have if you have a habit of losing things or are traveling to a destination with a high crime threat, or to a very remote area. Otherwise, ATMs are virtually everywhere these days, with most accepting a variety of cards.

Year after year, as drug prices rise much faster than inflation, more and more seniors are forced to go without much-needed medications. The millions of low-income seniors, who subsist on Social Security checks that rise no faster than inflation, can no longer afford skyrocketing drug prices. Congress must act now to provide real relief to them.

W e found carbons of checks that show at least 12 times in the last week or two.

The problem, I think, for all these guys is, if they kid themselves and think the money isn't going to be the first primary, they are crazy. And I don't care how good they are, you don't get checks because they've got good staff. The candidate has to close the deal.

Those checks will increase every year, and we're not limited to 25 years, ... Those payments will last forever, and ever, and ever.

Unfortunately, those safeguards can actually help crooks in manufacturing realistic-looking checks on their computers. Some of these checks look better than the real McCoy.

We were just about to finish getting money from last year prior to Wilma. After the storm, we still got some checks from Frances or Jeanne.

We did not see that as we checked on April performance, and our recent checks suggest that the first two weeks in May appear to have been no better than April.

We are quite confident the system has sufficient checks and balances.

The polls are pretty clear that voters want limits on the government's power. This is really an argument not about fighting terrorism but about checks and balances and unbridled government authority.

We directed them to go back and run another set of background checks after the issue at Attucks involving the custodian because his initial background check had not produced any record of a criminal conviction.

We are not going to be writing checks anymore on money we don't have.

We had no energy tonight. We didn't finish checks and we had too many turnovers.

We played where we wanted to play and took a lot of their skill away by making the right decisions and finishing checks and being gritty in certain areas.

We did the same thing when people received tax rebate checks back in 2001, and we saw them using the money to shop at Wal-Mart.

We'd love to get to a mode where we're looking at the number of employees served, the number of checks processed--you name it, some business metric--and take it out of the technology realm and tie our success to their success in terms of business.

We do get more requests from elementary schools. The background checks are very valuable, and we think it's worth the investment.

The fact that the plane crashed and was not shot down is proven by data from flight recorders and the ammunition checks made on the F-16s ... An explosion in the air would have spread the wreckage over a much wider area,

If I see a chapstick that I've never tried, I have to buy it. And then once that door's been opened, I have to check the whole store to see if there are more chapsticks that I don't have.

You gotta keep that in check - you got to.

I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop But if baby I'm the bottom, you're the top.

We undertook very rigorous background checks before the job offer, as much with the Privy Council as with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the RCMP,

While our checks suggest that there was a general pickup in hardware business at the end of the March quarter, this was probably not sufficient for IBM to make our original revenue forecasts.

There has been an outpouring of support from the community. We have received checks from people we don't even know.

You have to believe in your bosses, especially in this day and age where there is so much out there that can be posted without checks and balances.

Too often, vouchers caused checks to be written without board members looking closely at the vouchers. We need more time to look at them before approving them. Comparisons need to be made.

Without those checks and balances, there will be abuses.

The program was probably ill-conceived from the outset. The necessary checks and balances weren't implemented, ... There was political interference. Some of the bureaucrats were either dishonest or incompetent, and the ad agency took advantage of it. But again, to his credit, Prime Minister Martin called the Public Inquiry, and I think he did the right thing.

We have seen repeated sightings of people wandering around the airport(s) unauthorized, people that have not gone through the proper security check and the fact that at regional airports there are no security checks at all, ... The government should have acted much earlier.

There is no recourse against hiring an unlicensed contractor. We're not saying anything about the good companies that come in to make a decent living, but unfortunately, there are the bad ones that try to come in and suck people's insurance checks and move on.

The person who signs the checks should always be somebody different than the person who writes the checks,