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That would lead to more bullish analyst reports on the companies, which would help the stock price. We wouldn't change our estimates on the company, but we'd say in the reports the official expectation was conservative." ()

That would be our expectation, ... I'm obviously open to quicker timetables, but we're prepared for that one.

That was obviously frustrating. We fouled him intentionally. There was an expectation that he was going to miss. We just got caught flat-footed.

While the continued strength of the yen does present a risk to stretched carry positions in high-yield currencies, our near-term expectation is that the yen is unlikely to extend its February gains.

We haven't won a championship at South Dakota State since 1963. We went to the playoffs once. I might sound like I'm making excuses, but there just hasn't been the expectation of playoffs around here.

We haven?t really hit our expectation in Connecticut.

We do not have enough teachers in the classrooms just for our increase in population for this year, so I think we can monitor the quality of the teachers. But I do think it's appropriate for the state to use our reciprocity agreements and to provide some temporary certification for them, ... We're seeing a dramatic increase by the way in the number of students. It doubled yesterday. I think it went from 1,000 to 2,400 in one day. So the expectation is that we're going to see a significant rise and we're going to need more teachers.

Well, we don't really want to get into exactly how many runs we expect to score, but I think it's safe to say that our expectation is that we'll allow fewer runs than we did last year. There might be a chance that we score fewer runs, too. The key is differential.

We must work toward the day when citizen service is the common expectation and common experience of every American.

We had extended periods (in the 1990s) where it almost didn't matter where you priced a home: There just weren't buyers to buy it. At this time -- when you bring a home on the market at a price that represents a good value -- which may well be a number below the seller's initial expectation -- buyers act.

Voters who are for McCain now in New Hampshire are not going to turn away from McCain because he did poorly in Iowa because there's no expectation for McCain in Iowa.

With the expectation that (fiscal year 2006) will be a year of 'spend' before the positive impacts are felt during (fiscal year 2007), we believe investors now have some time to wait.

We know that this country wants gold and nothing else is good enough. That's the expectation for Canada when it comes to hockey and we know that. We aren't kidding ourselves. We know we have to win the gold. We don't have anything else on our minds.

We have the expectation that we are going to run our best time this weekend. There's no reason not to be psyched up.

Toll has reviewed the ASX release made by Patrick Corporation today in relation to its expectation of Pacific National results for the six months to December 31, 2005, and considers this release to be premature and unconfirmed.

When I first came here I didn't have a single expectation for anyone. But I saw right away that Jill had great leadership potential in addition to her outstanding athletic ability.

We intend to ask the Department of Education a series of questions to clarify exactly what this program entails and what measures are in place to minimize the intrusions on student privacy. Schools teach by example. It would indeed be unfortunate for us to raise future generations to expect that they have no expectation of privacy.

When you spend $27,000 to send your child to Kingswood-Oxford, you are sending them for one reason only - to prepare them for the next level of education. That's it. So, our expectation is that our children have to compete for the same spots at the same schools.

The police force isn't big enough to enforce that sort of thing. This is where community expectation and standard will have to hold sway.

We promised our supporters that we would sign a top-class striker and we have exceeded every expectation by signing Michael from Real Madrid on a four-year contract.

We project double-digit earnings, and our expectation is we will be there for the year, wherever oil settles, because if it goes out of sight, our expectation is that we will be able to raise prices. Beyond that, we are less dependent on oil than many.

We probably played him a bit long last week, to be honest. What we probably needed to do was not put that expectation on that he's going to kick four goals in every game. It's truly not what we expect of him and it will be great if he plays, and hopefully he comes though,

We don't have an expectation of finding anything really bad. But it's better to be on the safe side.

We're not going for musical excellence. It's OK to be bad. But be fun bad. The level of expectation is zero. If they're bad, we like it.

We still have every expectation that we'll be invited (to host) in the future. We're making sure everything runs smoothly, ... The best way to ensure a return is to make sure the organizers have a great experience, whether or not people say 'Yes, that was fantastic!' or 'Miami again?'

The rate of growth of productivity cannot increase indefinitely, ... While there appears to be considerable expectation in the business community, and possibly Wall Street, that the productivity acceleration has not yet peaked, experience advises caution.

Traditionally, the restaurant market has had an expectation of being able to get seven to 10 years out of their IT infrastructure. We provided that with proprietary technology, but the open platform PC created a huge challenge in that area. The CE.NET terminal allows us to get back to a position of being able to offer that,

We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual to a country where there is a reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to torture - physical, mental or otherwise.

We won't know until Monday night, but it's a realistic expectation.

The data does not change the optimistic outlook for the U.S. dollar, which has been fueled by the expectation of rising interest rates.

The expectation question is a little bit overdone. I think I've got it figured out. If the expectations for your team are high, and you don't measure up, you get fired. If the expectations are low and you lose, you get fired.

The expectation of rising costs indicates that hedge fund managers as a whole recognize that, for better or worse, hedge funds are entering into a new era of regulation.

The expectation level should be higher, ... I expect to be better. We expect to be better.

The expectation levels have gone up again so we've got to be very guarded in our approach and appreciative of the things that we worked on in midweek.

The expectation level of the (financial) figures for Powell are off the chart.

The expectation level is very, very high. The thing that impresses me the most is the type of kids we have.

The expectation level is sky-high for all of us. Their goal was to win the division, thinking they could run away with it like we did last year. I don't know if that's a realistic goal.

The expectation is there will be a huge flood of trains, and that is not going to happen.

the expectation is there will be a fairly strong stream of earnings disappointments in the second quarter.

The expectation is there. I'm going to have to get better. Our other guys have to get better.

The expectation is that you need to make the playoffs, and we didn't live up to those expectations. I've seen it happen in other places. There's never a good time for something like this, but that's not my decision to make.

The expectation is that there will be more fish available. Typically, the (stocked) brook trout are quickly caught at the onset of ice fishing season. These ponds didn't receive the ice fishing pressure. That certainly bodes well for open-water fishermen.

The expectation is that the NAPM numbers should continue to improve and that the manufacturing recession is hopefully going away.

The expectation is that, over time, interest checking and money market rates will continue to increase, especially if the Federal Reserve makes more rate increases.

The expectation is that Koizumi will win by a reasonable majority, that reforms will go forward and the opposition to the Japan Post sale will be crushed.

The expectation is that it's going to be a very disappointing season. Business never materialized, and when it did, it was right around Christmas. It was too little, too late, and I think it became way too promotional.

The expectation is that Intel won't say anything good, so if they say something that's at least OK, I think you could see a little rally off of that,

The expectation is that (gasoline) prices will be higher (in May-June) than they were a year ago, but how much higher? Who knows.

The expectation is that earnings growth is slowing, so any kind of improved earnings would help,

The expectation is not very high for adult uses there.

The expectation is already there that China is going to be the most important power center in East Asia.

The expectation in this community is so high, they'd run me out of town if I didn't make it. The atmosphere around here is that we're supposed to be here.

The expectation in the Obama Administration, or at least the hope, is that a nuclear deal with the West could ultimately moderate Iranian behavior by helping to integrate the country more thoroughly into the international system. Will this happen? It's impossible to predict, of course. We will only know if we get there.

The expectation for an inventory build is built in across all the product areas with an outside risk of a surprise on heating oil.

The expectation are the same whether you're 4 years old or 80 years old.

The expectation was that the economy was going to get better and wages were going to rise and employment was going to increase. But you have the ingredients for a fundamentally different economic picture - one that's not so promising.

The expectation was that real estate agents would go away once consumers could see all the home listing information, but the number of real estate agents has increased, not decreased, in the last 10 years.

The expectation was that interest rates would stay the same for a while yet. The market came off a bit after that comment to the contrary.

The expectation was that first-quarter earnings and commentary would show us that conditions are bad, but with the exception of a few high-profile disappointments, the commentary has been mild to better.

The expectation was I would get married and become a mother and settle down. We didn't have any role models. We saw teachers and doctors and nurses, but I'm not a teacher, and there was no possibility of being a doctor or a nurse. I had to work and find my own way.

The expectations that are out there for a turnaround, everyone is ready for a winning season with the Reds and that's been a great support system. When you feel like at the beginning everyone is behind you.

We have continued to see good momentum in all core business areas. These trends underpin our expectation of an excellent trading performance.

When lawmakers seek to rewrite our Fourth Amendment rights, they should at least have the gumption to do so in public. Americans have a reasonable expectation that their federal government will not gather records about their health, their wealth and the transactions of their daily life without probable cause of a crime and without a court order.

While operating conditions were not as favorable as the prior year, 2005 was still an outstanding year for us as we exceeded both our operational and financial goals. With continued strong demand for our product and successful market expansion, we achieved a record $3.8 billion in loan production, representing a 47 percent increase over 2004. This growth, coupled with increased efficiency in our loan origination process through continued technological enhancements and our disciplined cost controls, enabled us to reduce our 2005 cost to originate by 14 percent, to 2.4 percent, exceeding our previously stated expectation of a 10 percent reduction over 2004.

We walked away with the expectation that charges would be forthcoming. I'm convinced that he (Ober) is completely committed to pursuing this case to the full extent of the law.

We don't want this to be a one-and-done. Heck, I want to put pressure on myself to make this a yearly event, and that will trickle down to the expectation of our players having gotten a taste of this.

There has been an expectation of a revaluation, and I'm not sure what the reaction will be to such a limited move,

When companies put pink ribbons on their products, they're no longer just selling a sweater or a watch -- they're selling the expectation that buying their product is going to make a difference in the fight against breast cancer. But the 'portion of the proceeds' that goes to breast cancer is all too often minuscule in comparison.

When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has.

We're told we're not supposed to gossip, that our reputation plummets, but in this context there may be an expectation that you should gossip: you're obligated to tell, like an informal version of the honor code at military academies,

We think these women had a reasonable expectation of privacy. It's against the law in California to secretly videotape employees while they're changing clothes, and there's no exception in the law for Hooters.

To say we're contending with the Yankees and the A's was not our expectation coming into the season. If you told us our record would be 14, 15 games over .500, I would have said we'd be leading our division.

Yields are the main factor driving flows. The key factor supporting the dollar is expectation of higher rates and acceleration of inflation expectations.

There are quite a number of boxes. I'm advised by staff that this isn't going to contain much sensational material. We're still reviewing over it. I don't think we should raise the level of expectation that there's a whole lot more to be seen in this material." ()

This was a huge win for us tonight. We came in with the expectation of getting three points and we accomplished that. They kind of took it to us in the first half, but we were resilient and we were able to hold them off. Then we took our opportunities when we got them and we just continued our good (form) recently.

There is probably some expectation of interest rises here in the new year but no one is expecting a regime of rises.

The paper has been reviewed consistently back to at least the 1980s. This is a journalism class, and our expectation is that the newspaper's content will be reviewed by the adults in charge.

When you get a 5-on-3 in the last minute of the game and a 4-on-3 for that duration in the overtime (3:11), your expectation is to win the hockey game. We didn't do that tonight and that's disappointing.

When you go to the line with a sense of urgency, there's more of an expectation to knock those free throws down.

The players association plans on filing a grievance on Chris Andersen's behalf. Our expectation is that a grievance hearing will take place in approximately two weeks.

The players' association plans on filing a grievance on Chris Andersen 's behalf. Our expectation is that a grievance hearing will take place in approximately two weeks.

With the commodity prices easing, especially oil and natural gas, the expectation is that the Canadian dollar would actually come down somewhat.

With the baby boomers exiting the workforce, there is an expectation for younger kids to come in and fill these positions. We want to make sure our kids see and understand how to prepare themselves.

We need to carefully manage Freddy's exposure and the expectation that he will take the sport to unrealistic levels, ... We have said all along that no one player will 'save soccer in America.' ... That is not on Freddy's shoulders.

When we made those decisions, we didn't know exactly what the economy was going to do, but it was our expectation that the economy would weaken. Our marketing and promotion budget is pretty comparable to recent years, so again we're not doing any significant additional spending behind the promotions.

We are encouraged by the new product launches, which are timed in front of the back to school season. While a low-end product would have margins below Palm's corporate average of 39 percent, we have already incorporated this expectation into our revenue and margin assumptions.

Financial stocks including banks are showing steady increases in their share price on the expectation they will continue to benefit from Japan's economic growth. There are still many people who want to buy bank stocks on dips.

But our expectation is that these heightened financing requirements will prove short-lived, as the economy eventually strengthens, and as the pressures for increased federal outlays stemming from the attacks of Sept. 11 subside.

But our coaches and players were not satisfied with the season by any means. That's the expectation we have.

We seemed rattled in the early going that things didn't go our way, but I thought we hit some shots in the second half and played better. We're still battling. Our expectations are much higher than just playing hard and competing. As long as I'm here we're going to go into these games with the expectation of winning.

We need to start Game 1 where we finished off Game 70 and not let anything go backward. More than anything, it's my expectation we would do everything we did last year that was possible. But we have to build on that. We have to get better.

We were focusing on our own boat and not worrying about the other boat. Guys had an expectation to find an internal rhythm, a boat identity.

While we deny many of the allegations made in the lawsuit, our attorneys will continue to try and resolve this matter, ... It is our expectation that this lawsuit will not unduly disrupt our family or professional duties and responsibilities.

While today's news is a hit for our Twin Cities community, I still have the expectation that the Pentagon will uphold its commitment to keep the impact to Minnesota to a minimum and establish a meaningful, follow-on mission for the Air Guard's 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth,

While there are concerns about the slowdown in the U.S. economy, what's keeping investors optimistic is the expectation that the Fed is going to ease on interest-rate hikes. That's going to provide support for share prices.

We've had this pattern of strong month, weak month lately. May numbers were weaker and the expectation is for June numbers to be stronger.

There is still an expectation that men have to know what their wives are doing and have to control them,

Two capsules here, three capsules there. It sounds like nothing, but when they're HIV meds, they're expensive. So I'm praying to God it's going to even out. Everyone had an expectation that this was going to be a smooth transition, but it hasn't been. Not even close.

We have accepted this invitation to go to Baghdad with the clear expectation of action that needs to be taken by Iraq prior to the visit.

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