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The South African truck market, coming off the back of an outstanding 2005 annual result, has continued to achieve impressive monthly returns in both December and January, notwithstanding the fact that these two months normally deliver the lowest total new vehicle sales volumes of the entire calendar year. The main driver of January's excellent result was a strong surge in HCV segment sales, with this grouping of predominantly distribution trade vehicles now returning to market share levels above 20% for the first time in nearly half a decade.

The theory is that her owner was either a truck driver or owns a diesel car.

I've always been a driver and that's always been my thing to get to the free-throw line.

Some witnesses said the driver was going about 90 mph when he lost control of his vehicle, hit the median and flipped the vehicle several times before crashing into a car in the northbound lanes.

Technology is the driver here. The strength will continue, and this rally will take us to new highs.

Sometimes things aren't as good as they look. Every driver wants to race in Nextel Cup, but I learned that if you can't run up front it's not much fun.

Sometimes our driver is the only person that our meals on wheels participants see everyday.

Seeing that message at the right time may deliver a driver to us.

Rubens is not only an excellent driver but he has the experience of building a race and championship winning team and these skills are very important as we work to take BAR Honda to the next level.

Right now, the primary driver of demand in the software sector as a whole is clearly that everybody's trying to build out an e-business infrastructure and to leverage the Internet as a basis for doing business. Today, we see a lot of momentum and strength in the companies providing the core building blocks from a technology perspective in supporting this e-business infrastructure.

Perhaps the government needs to be more actively involved in driver qualification and training.

Sam's Club and Wal-Mart stepped up quickly and said we a driver and a truck. We've got three tractor trailers now and we think we'll need more.

Pro' represents the professional driver for whom this product has been developed, while 'Star' refers to International's parent company, Navistar.

Putting the words racing and driver together and then adding insurance might seem a recipe for trouble but the facts and the statistics tell a different story,

Our concern goes out to Ms. Munoz, but this accident was caused by driver error.

Our efforts have always been, and will continue to be, to make sure the driver ... and the passenger are not consuming the alcohol.

Then a dog began to howl somewhere in a farming house far down the road - a long, agonized wailing,as if from fear... Then, far off in the distance, from the mountains on each side of us began a louderand a sharper howling - that of wolves - which affected both horses and myself in the same way -for I was minded to jump from the caleche and run, whilst they reared again and plunged madly, so that the driver had to use all his great strength to keep them from bolting.

A driver that you have to sell on safety shouldn't be driving. I don't want to drive with somebody that's crazy enough to throw caution to the wind. These guys that drive out here are professionals and they understand the consequences of every action they make on the racetrack.

A driver needs complete trust in his crew chief, and I certainly have that with Dan,

The old driver just didn't get it done again today.

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.

After giving Jan an evaluation run in December, we were impressed and wanted to give him another day in the car. I'm quite pleased that he was quickest in just his second day in the car and it shows we have strong technical program and that Jan clearly has a lot of potential in the car. This test is part of our preparations toward the season, and it's of course encouraging to be quick with a driver that is so new to the car.

After our pre-Christmas test, I did three days testing on gravel last week and that's helped me get used to the car on loose surfaces. But then, it's always a shock to come here, with the high speeds. This morning was very good and the car feels excellent. The traction is very good, so now we need more power! But then, every driver will always want more power!

After Indy it was like 'engrave the trophy and give it to him,' ... We just wanted to keep working real hard. It's very seldom that a driver gets good luck all year long and we still had the capability to come back.

The most significant driver may well be the growth in the number of business locations or endpoints that connect to each other across a WAN. When you compare the growth of establishments to the growth of managed network connections, the increasing need for managed services is unmistakable.

Some other children assured the bus driver that they could take the child home.

Spam is a bigger growth driver than many investors realize. It is getting to a point where corporations are willing to pay up to do something about it.

Spa is probably one of my top three favourite tracks. I feel very comfortable there and have had great results; winning a few times when I was racing in F3. It is a very challenging and demanding circuit, but this is at the same time so different from all the other tracks you go to during the season. It is a great pleasure for a driver to be at Spa . We think our new car will be better in Belgium than in Italy. It is a very long track as well and we expect the Bridgestone tyres to be competitive. Therefore I am looking forward very much to racing at Spa .

SOX is becoming a catalyst or driver to make overdue improvements in ERP and IT infrastructure.

No. Well, one driver was in two pieces ... but that's about it.

Oil has been a key driver because it's a big part of the commodity baskets like Goldman Sachs index. Oil is making these baskets perform, which is making people buy the baskets.

During the attack, the local driver and a Revolutionary Guardsman was killed. The police immediately intervened. One smuggler was killed and one arrested.

Dell is the main driver in the price wars, so the price wars will keep going. Dell has already said they will continue it.

Deals were a key driver in Asia-Pacific, where companies formed partnerships to position themselves in an environment characterized by brisk growth, increasing competition, and sweeping regulatory changes. There was unprecedented consolidation among Japan's largest pharmaceutical companies, as well as noteworthy deals across the region.

approached at a high rate of speed and then conducted activity that in itself was suspicious. There were individuals hanging outside with what looked to be a weapon. It stopped and immediately put itself in reverse. Again suspicious activity. Our soldiers on the scene used established rules of engagement and all the training received ... (and they) decided that it was appropriate to engage that particular car. And as a result of that the driver was indeed killed and the passenger was hurt by shards of glass.

Any time a great driver like that or a great group of drivers speak highly of you like that, that's probably the greatest honor in auto racing you can have. To hear those comments, that's better than any trophy I've ever received in my life.

Anything that can keep a driver from being distracted has the potential to avoid accidents and then save lives.

Anything that can keep a driver from being distracted can prevent accidents and save lives, and the safety of our Sailors is important.

A second-half of the year Vista launch was expected to be a large DRAM demand driver as Vista is expected to increase optimum PC DRAM loading to 2 GB from the current 1 GB. With Vista now delayed until 2007, DRAM demand drivers in the second half of the year could be absent.

A scanner attached to the computer is used to scan driver licenses and registration information.

As a driver you're always second-guessing yourself, thinking maybe you're the problem. It does lift the pressure off.

As a driver it's our responsibility to get out of the vehicle and check around the vehicle.

The bottom line is that France seems to have run through a metamorphosis from a euro-zone driver to a growth laggard. Those who revised up their euro zone GDP growth outlook for this year on the back of strong German survey data might now be forced to take the much less upbeat French growth picture also into account.

The bus driver is one of those unsung heroes. I think we take that group of people for granted because they get our kids there safely time in and time out.

The cab driver must have been a big fan.

The cab driver gave the officer an earring he found inside his cab right after he dropped the fare off,

The bus was moving at freeway speeds when one passenger -- possibly two -- attacked the driver with a knife. He was attacked in the head and throat area.

The bus driver told me we had better watch Grant. I'm not kidding. Grant and (Quentin) Lewis can shoot it. I think we were just a little more battle-tested.

Aviation is a key driver of the global economy... yet it remains shackled by an outdated regulatory framework.

That tells us the story that people are underemployed. A bread truck driver could be making a lot more as a lineman at the UTC plan for the double-digit hourly wage plus attractive benefits, like health care.

That's my lucky number. My favorite NASCAR driver is number 6 (Mark Martin). When I saw we had six in the finals I thought we could get six champs.

Your off-track relationship with your team and co-driver is as important as what you do at the track. Dyson Racing is the perfect blend. Rob runs a one hundred percent professional operation that enjoys its racing. I worked well with Chris last year, and along with Butch, Andy and James, it's a great team with great people. A driver can't ask for more.

Your liability is such that you're going to be very careful. A driver that has passed our test will be aware of all the possible dangers, because that's their job.

This is a significant promotional offering for both companies, and makes Sun one of the most price competitive places to acquire an Oracle database. Sun is hoping that demand for Oracle products will be a driver for hardware revenue growth, meanwhile Oracle hopes that customers will extend their support contracts and drive revenue growth for Oracle support.

This is a painful and expensive property crime, ... Every insured driver in the United States ... bears the cost of this crime in insurance premiums.

This is the first time I've taken live BP in 10 years. I'm used to holding a driver or a 3 wood in my hands. ... Baseball is my love, kicking was just something I was good at.

This is the first time a school bus driver has been ticketed on duty that I can recall in the year and a half I've been here. Another driver has taken over the route. All I can say is that we're investigating this thoroughly.

This is shocking information and there is no good explanation. It's uncharacteristic of a driver with a commercial driver's license, presuming it was Evan Parker, though that is still inconclusive.

This is the best driver line-up in our team's history. It is also the best team of drivers on the grid.

This course sets up well for us. We have to use our heads on this course. It is not set up to use a driver on every hole and I think that suits us well. I feel like the harder the course plays, the better chance we have at competing strongly.

This could have a significant effect on open-wheel racing in this country. It is a big moment, and having a successful driver from here could vastly improve the popularity of F-1 in America.

This is a funny kind of market, because earnings aren't really a positive driver for the market and haven't been for quite some time. The good ones don't really help, but the bad reports slaughter (the offending companies).

This is a far richer offering than what was offered previously, and that was a driver for the deal.

This individual was fortunate he was not ejected from his vehicle due to the fact he was wearing a seat belt, ... We see so many accidents, especially where the vehicle rolls over, where the driver or occupants, who aren't properly restrained, get thrown from the vehicle.

This guy is operating out of any type of normalcy. The last thing you expect to see at 5:45 is a wrong-way drunk driver three times the legal limit. If that could happen at 5:45 on a Thursday, imagine what could happen on New Year's Eve.

A lot of guys hit driver off that hole, but it's a narrow fairway with out of bounds on the left and right. So I hit iron (2-iron) off the tee like I did last year because I knew I could still get home in two.

They do driver training. If you're driving a $165,000 piece of equipment you need to know how to handle it.

They exchanged words and the driver then took one shot from what appeared to be a shotgun.

The yen is still soft across the board and I think interest rate differentials are still the driver there.

This more detailed analysis shows that direct personal interventions and a high visibility of the actual candidates themselves in their wards are likely to be more powerful as a driver to persuade people to vote than less personal communications such as those from party communication vehicles.

There was one guy who kept telling him (the driver of the flatbed) to crawl out but the driver yelled back that he was pinned in, ... It was so hot, you couldn't get closer than about 15-feet...The hair on my forehead is singed just from the heat.

There was no way to plug the leak. The driver tried, but he got soaked in gas and had to be treated in the ambulance,

There were no skid marks on the roadway, ... That leads us to believe the driver fell asleep.

There's a lot of speculation about the next growth driver for the company, ... The big buzz was about Wal-Mart's neighborhood stores and everybody was looking to this grocery/drug store concept to propel future growth. Now Wal-Mart said it's slowed down the rollout of these stores.

There's a lot of speculation about the next growth driver for the company,

At least the public will know who is the fastest driver as the times will appear on a board.

A taxi driver asked me about that the other day. It's too early to judge the players. I've played four or five games, probably three of them in the middle of the park which is my position, so I think it's too early for me to be to making judgments and statements about other teams and players.

A big spending driver over the past two years -- about $400 billion this year -- has been homeowners taking cash out of their homes, with the great bulk of it spent.

The more the driver and their parent or guardian puts into preparation, the more they get out of the experience.

A careful driver is one who honks his horn when he goes through a red light.

It's just been two-and-a-half years, and in the racing business you have to move on, ... You obviously can't sit back and say you're going to wait for someone for three years. Joe's the driver and I am giving them space because it's his job now. It's not my car because I can't do it. It's not really something that I'm proud of.

It seems to make an auto driver mad if he misses you.

It's a 100 percent shot, an explosive shot as opposed to a smooth, rhythmical timing of the leg. It's like hitting all out on a driver as opposed to putting a ball.

It wasn't just speed limits. They saw a lot of driver behaviors that were extraordinary. People making aggressive moves. People, because of the congestion and delays, taking some risks.

It was so cool to see those young girls after I won, ... Hopefully, people like me can open doors for young girls like them. I didn't actually think I could be a racing driver when I was growing up because I'm a girl.

It was so windy, street signs were being blown over and the driver had to pull off a couple of times.

It will be an important driver for economic growth over the next four years.

I totally understand what they are trying to do. You never want to see the seventh hole become a 3-wood and (a lob) wedge. You don't ever want to see No. 11 become a driver and a 9-iron. That's not what the hole was intended to be.

I told the guys, 'Let's not get crazy right now. We've got a year and a half to make that decision.' We'll look at some guys out there and see what we can do. There's been absolutely no decision made on any driver at all.

It's this course, ... I had a lot of confidence because I hit my driver low. I had a lot of confidence in practice and I didn't tell anybody.

It's not the best thing, having a driver who is already committed to another team. I know Fernando, he's a very professional and very nice guy, but its not the same as having a driver whose committed to you for the next two or three years.

It started out as a bonus to the retail business. Now, it is really the driver of the entire business.

It's the only autograph I've ever gotten from a driver that I've raced against.

It is very tough to replace a driver and it is very difficult to just jump in a car and drive. I was glad to be able to get in the car a little bit already this week. Plus, road racing is what I know, so I hope to get the car up to speed quickly this weekend and get good results.

It makes the second half more difficult now (for PC makers). There's less of a driver for sales.

It's going to take a lot to beat him. I think Jimmie is the best race car driver at this race track. He's got a beautiful line. He knows what his car needs. ... Before it's all said and done, we're going to have to outrun them.

It's frustrating right now because everybody says that stocks look relatively cheap yet everyday the market bounces around. Everybody is looking for the next hurdle. People are waiting to see what the earnings look like, and that seems to be the key driver in the current market.

It's fun to be able to hit driver and you can score well if you hit it straight.

It speaks loudly about the value of the Hughes assets. It had been unduly depressed due to arbitrage. A primary driver will be continued expansion of DirecTV subscriber base, which shows no signs of weakening.

It's our consistency that has gotten us this far, and there's really no need to be looking for some other game plan, ... This is my final season as a driver and I want to go out being remembered as a winner.