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This is a crossroads for the Bush presidency, ... This is a very exciting period about what is effective government in the 21st century. Either he will be FDR and lead a dramatic change of government, or he will be defender of a failed system. The biggest political challenge for the next two years is to re-centre the government.

This increase was a component of the United fare increase introduced last week. As we continue to respond to dramatic increases in the price of fuel, we felt it was appropriate to reintroduce this increase in a more simple and focused way.

This has been a time of dramatic transformation, and you have risen to every new challenge.

They tend to make a dramatic backdrop in a dining room or wall. It's one of the most popular locations.

All of my favorite actresses are comedians at heart: Shirley MacLaine and Madeline Kahn, Diane Keaton and Debra Winger. And they are all amazing dramatic actresses, but everything they do is funny.

A major breach in these levees could imperil hundreds of thousands of people and endanger most of the state's water supply, ... As we have seen in New Orleans, it would be a dramatic mistake to further delay the repairs that are necessary to protect communities from the ravages of floodwaters.

A lot of stuff we have done during training camp was done competitively. When you game plan, there are certain elements that you prepare for, certain things that you want to do. Certain plays will complement other plays. It's a pretty dramatic difference from that point. (But) we'll see. I'm not going to say that was the result of anything. You still have to go out and perform and do it.

Almost all of this slowing trend is due to the dramatic swings in Information employment in L.A. County.

A lot of us suspected that was going on, have heard anecdotal stories about it, had the impression that it was harder and harder for poor kids to get Medicaid enrollment, but this is the most dramatic documentation we've had so far.

They missed a field goal at the end that could have tied it up. That was probably the most dramatic of all the games. We won the national championship that year, so we had to have it.

They had a team meeting which was at the right time by the right people. And what was said in that room stays in that room amongst the players. But at the end of the day what came out is: 'We're playing for each other.' I think that had a dramatic impact in that the players took over the team as they should. And they have not let each other down.

They do have a dramatic effect. The forecasts, whether they are true or not, will affect the companies that deal in those products. Even if they aren't right, people make bets on these forecasts.

The year's a mess. None of us thought six months ago the holidays would be so weak, and no one expected there'd be such a dramatic decline in sales for the current-generation of games.

You can't listen to the news or watch the dramatic images of the effects of Katrina and not want to lend a hand,

There will be a rather dramatic shift from the typically dry months of March and April, to the rainy season that is underway by June.

There were certain young actors I had trained with at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art who had always got the big parts and I was always the spear-carrier. Suddenly the roles were reversed and I couldn't understand why, and nor could they.

There really isn't any dramatic news to come out post-Fed ? we're going to get into that earnings void, the next meeting for the Fed isn't until late June, so I think the story is how well the pullback in this market will be contained.

There isn't any infighting. There are a couple of races that are more dramatic than others but there is no infighting.

The release of the first Harry Potter film on November 16 will, we believe, trigger a dramatic increase in sales as a new audience is introduced to the books,

There's a shrinking number of dramatic stars who can guarantee an opening-weekend audience. They must be in the right vehicle at the right time.

There's a sense that Universal may have let down the side initially, with the way they marketed the film and the release date. If you just look at the gross, it's a perfectly respectable gross for that kind of dramatic movie. But given how expensive the film was, it was considered a box office disappointment.

There's been this dramatic rise in interest rates recently, and it's sent a shiver through the market.

There's been a fairly dramatic expansion of the investor universe. This has happened since the end of 1999.

There's been a dramatic change in climate since before Christmas. It's shifted people. Some majority-party members are thinking twice about this bill.

There is such a dramatic correlation between practicing well and playing well. . . . Talent has never been a question, either. We knew that last year when we recruited him. He has a ton of ability.

There's a pretty dramatic innovation rate enabled by these fully functioning chipsets. That kind of integration -- the better use of battery power, the lower cost, and tighter integration -- will let manufacturers roll out product that is technology-agnostic.

At least our initial samples say it will increase some but really nothing dramatic enough to cause concern from a human health standpoint.

At a young age, when I was fascinated with China, I read 'The Travels of Marco Polo' and learned about this exciting, dramatic world he captured and reported on. He's so little known, but yet this mythology has survived that's so misrepresentative of his story.

At a minimum, we do not see any dramatic reversals for North American automakers.

A television event's ability to rise above the current prime-time average is a true measure of its success, based on the dramatic changes in the media landscape.

A subtle comedy part, I think, requires more finesse than a heavy dramatic role.

As two massive objects pass near each other, gravitational forces induce dramatic physical changes -- decompressing, melting, stripping material away and even annihilating the smaller object.

As obesity rates continue to grow at epidemic proportions in this country, the net effect will be dramatic increases in related chronic health conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

As much as the old site has served us well and as we continue to develop, we need to shut down the old and continue the new. I think people will notice a dramatic difference as soon as they log on.

As might be expected by its tremendous diversity and dramatic growth, China presents a remarkable mix of challenges and opportunities for the medical device industry.

All of us at NHT are very excited about our new partners, ... The combined influences of dramatic market change and the increasing pallet of new technologies to improve audio products make it necessary for companies like ours to evolve beyond passive loudspeaker design. With the substantial resources Vinci brings to NHT, we are in a great position for growth.

About 95 percent of the time, weather is an unrealistic excuse, ... Less than 5 percent of the time, there's either a very low or no relationship at all between weather and a dramatic decline in sales and profits.

The most dramatic realization was that in surrender I would find more freedom and power than I'd ever known.

The most dramatic entrance for an autograph was probably when I was in Edmonton Alberta Canada or... whatever, and she jumped on my back and asked for the autograph. She was so cool and she said she wanted to be in a band... Well, whoever that was, I totally support you!

The most dramatic changes have come in the last 20 years. It's been amazing.

The most dramatic change in store is with the products themselves. There is no doubt in my mind that what we know of as a PC will change.

A coma is not an absolute all-or-nothing state. There are various stages. His coma may be lightening a bit. It's not a dramatic breakthrough.

It's just often more interesting to write about one or more people who are being awful to other people because it makes for exciting, dramatic fare.

It seems like its getting tighter and tighter. Change is dramatic on a lot of nights. Our objective is not just to make the playoffs; we want to win our division.

It's a story of terrific heroism (with) many, many dramatic stories of individuals,

It's a bigger deal in name than in substance, ... Microsoft added some bells and whistles, but it's not a dramatic release. Unless you have a pressing need for one of the specific features that were added, it's not a product that most users will want to upgrade to.

It was dramatic because of all the mud. We knew it was past the goalie, we knew it was going in, but it was just so slow. It looked like it just inched over the line.

It was the most dramatic and probably the most important period in his life, and it changed him radically in all sorts of ways,

It was a surprise although we thought it was a 50-50 chance the Fed would cut before the January meeting. The Fed made a dramatic move today and it was needed. The Fed is now our friend.

It's a bit of a dramatic jump to go from East Bay and Sonoma State to Cal. But we'll see how we respond to that.

It is shocking and ironic that this one-sided boycott effort comes at a time when Israel is making a series of dramatic steps toward peace, including the recent withdrawal from Gaza.

It's a dramatic turnabout. Events have overtaken him.

It's a dramatic shift for my character. He has put away the hatred for his brother - the sibling rivalry, the envy. At the core of him is respect for what he knows Sonny to be, and the subtext that he can save his brother.

It's a dramatic message that will have a dramatic impact.

It's a dramatic kind of change, and you see those numbers in other cities and other states.

It's a dramatic increase in accidents. Certainly something has changed and people have a right to ask, what the heck's going on?

It's a dramatic change from where we were, and it will take some getting used to, ... A year ago, Amy was home and we saw each other all the time. Now it's weekends and cell phones.

It's a fine line we walk on 'Warehouse 13.' We really earn our dramatic moments, but our tongues are always firmly in our cheeks. If we take ourselves too seriously, we get into trouble.

It?s mind-boggling. It?s outside my experience and I look at it as part of the evolution of mankind. When dramatic change is happening, like there is now, in the drive toward world peace, there will always be resistance to it.

It's not that dramatic to go from the 4-3 to the 3-4. You're just taking out a lineman and putting in another linebacker. I played three of my four years at Texas A&M on the outside, so I'm fine. We've got a lot of versatility on this defense. You can't really call our defense a 3-4 or a 4-3. It's both.

For me, it was a way to bury it. For some, it's hard to relate to other people who weren't there. The war was such a hard, dramatic experience, and it leaves you with a mixed bag of emotions. You're never the same afterward.

It's not the full-fledged, three-act opera with the overly dramatic theatrics. It's light and fun.

It's obviously a surprise for people, but I don't think it makes a dramatic difference.

It's the logging that's at the core of the problem. We would not have this dramatic increase in bush meat death and destruction if it weren't for the commercial logging.

It's almost universal that all glaciers are retreating. The signs of retreat are dramatic and accelerating.

It looks like this is going to be just reiterating the policy. If something really new or dramatic comes out of it, we could see some impact on stocks Monday. But at this point it looks like war is going to happen and the market has already pretty much discounted it.

It looks like this is going to be just reiterating the policy, ... If something really new or dramatic comes out of it, we could see some impact on stocks Monday. But at this point it looks like war is going to happen and the market has already pretty much discounted it.

It looks like a combination of raising HDL and lowering LDL cholesterol could have dramatic impact, maybe eliminating cardiovascular risk,

It may be that that we can sing what we often cannot say, whether it be from shyness, fear, lack of the right words or the passion or dramatic gift to express them. More souls have rallied to more causes by the strains of music than by straining rhetoric.

It's an important market to us; it's a great racetrack. When you make a change as dramatic as we made to condense the time frame in which we're going to run our events, it becomes a difficult thing from a flexibility standpoint.

It's going to be very dramatic and very beautiful.

It's going to be the task of the cross-examiner of cumulatively undermining credibility with lots of small points, not coming up with some big bombshell that's going to leave one of these guys exposed on the witness stand in some dramatic way. It's just not going to happen that way.

It's good to have some exposure to large growth in your portfolio independent of intraday dramatic moves.

It's a very dramatic similarity. You could almost superimpose the charts on top of one another.

It's because we've had such an explosive rise in heating oil prices -- I don't think we've ever seen such a dramatic increase in the spread between heating oil and crude.

It's becoming more prevalent because of these shows. They're based on reality, but they're distorted by Hollywood for dramatic effect. And it affects jurors. Jurors now have unrealistic expectations when they enter a case. I think they really believe we can get fingerprints off the head of a pin.

It's been on our agenda for several years. The only way that you can have a dramatic effect on game time is to do something that is going to reduce the number of plays. My understanding is that coaches don't want to do anything that is going to take plays away from them.

It's really has made quite a difference. The main thing is that being able to participate in the community a lot more. Over Christmas I was able to get into at least three houses, that I haven't been into for 10 years so it's been quite a dramatic change.

Despite expected revenue declines, our results in July and August exceeded expectations, evidence of our much improved operations, ... However, the dramatic economic downturn since the events of Sept. 11 resulted in an unprecedented loss in September, driven by disproportionate revenue decreases during the last two weeks of the month.

David Gunn bucked that idea, so that was the straw that broke the camel's back, ... He's a very capable operational manager, but he wasn't willing to go along with the dramatic changes that need to be made.

The new warming trend is still well below ideas of dramatic or catastrophic warming.

You tend to find the most dramatic prices in auction when you have people not from mainland China having a good old battle with people who are from China,

The numbers speak for themselves. We have managed a dramatic re-engineering of the company in fiscal 2005, and shown four profitable quarters. Our challenge is now to grow the company, and realize some of the exciting opportunities that we see before us in both the commercial and business aviation markets.

That's a dramatic improvement that reflects the innovation of our loan management and collections processes. While almost all lenders saw improvement after the extraordinary events of 2005, our improvements are among the industry's best.

It's still a premier national research university with dramatic recognition on the international scene.

It's strong across the board. We're seeing double-digit growth -- that's pretty dramatic -- and strong growth on the consumer side.

It's not a dramatic fallout, and I don't see any evidence of panic. It's much more of a gradual adjustment; people have to diversify a little more. It just slows things down a little bit.

It's not a dramatic change to Fed expectations -- we've seen yields up a couple of basis points since the (data) -- but it's back toward the upside and that's dollar-supportive.

The backstage play, in which the private lives of theater people are put onstage for the world to see, is one of the diciest of dramatic genres.

The backdrop is a dramatic one in Zimbabwe, one of the most dramatic in the world. Life expectancy has plummeted from around 63 years in the late 1980s and early 1990s to 33.9 years in 2004. This is a meltdown. This is a nearly halving of life expectancy.

Symantec has fantastic brand awareness. Norton users won't be easily dislodged. We won't see a dramatic shift when Microsoft enters the business.

Symantec has fantastic brand awareness. Norton users won't be easily dislodged, ... We won't see a dramatic shift when Microsoft enters the business.

targeted and measured response to the dramatic increase in attacks on coalition aircraft in January.

Superwoman is more of a performer, which Lilly isn't. Having said that, I guess both of them are completely over the top, dramatic and full of energy.

Superintendents in our state have seen very dramatic pay increases, while our average teacher salary is near the bottom in the nation. The governor doesn't believe that's right.

It's important that this character is played real, or straight, the whole way through and not winking at the audience. It was approached from a dramatic side as much as a comedic side.

It's an extremely dramatic reduction, but it's of something that in the first place wasn't very common. So, these stockings reduce a fairly small risk, to something tiny.

It just seems like Ortiz has so many dramatic hits.

It's hard enough as a kid these days to feel normal and just try to fit in. To be a diabetic is just a dramatic thing to go through.

It's disappointing, because there have been dramatic changes.