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So that, even taking these factors into account, quite independent of these traditional risk factors, these signs are actually found to confer about a three times increased risk.

Sometimes investors look at things like higher oil prices and just sell off the airline stocks, ... But if you look at fundamentals of their business, the load factors are still, by historical standards, very high. As long as the economy continues to grow, those load factors should stay high and their pricing power seems to be pretty good here. So Delta's a company that has struggled over the last couple of years with their strategy, but they have new management and we think the outlook is pretty bright.

Teachers have no way of knowing what to do to get this bonus. Two teachers could do the exact same thing in the classroom and any number of factors could result in one being in the top 10 percent and the other in the bottom 10 percent.

Sadly, as is the case with many stranded whales and dolphins, a combination of factors was likely to be the cause of death. Those factors include severe dehydration, some muscle damage, and reduction in kidney function. The animal, once entering the North Sea, would not have been able to feed, and this is the likely cause of the dehydration.

'Reversible Errors' is about the limits of the law to define who committed ultimate evil, to define what ultimate evil is, to allow the million arbitrary factors to make this a meaningful punishment, and finally to say, 'Are we really accomplishing what we wanted to accomplish? Are those anxieties relieved?' I don't think so.

Right now, we're trying to deal with the close-in factors of ensuring we don't have a formula problem or a contamination problem in our manufacturing facilities. And nothing indicates that we do.

Powerful fundamental factors continue to support the case for an early modest interest rate cut.

Perhaps only 7 to 10 percent at most of the cost of producing a wafer is labor. So there is a whole host of other factors that make a wafer fab competitive and the cost of labor is not really one of them.

Public officials have a responsibility to count and recognize the votes of all Floridians who voted in this presidential election, ... Factors such as administrative inconvenience, expediency or the limitations of vote-reading machines pale in comparison to protecting the voting rights of our citizens.

Public input throughout the process is critical. It is one of the big factors considered in making that decision.

Proscription is an important power, and not one to be used lightly, ... The list of proscribed organizations is kept under constant review and after careful consideration of all the relevant factors I am satisfied that these groups should now be added to it.

Prices went a lot higher than most of us expected a year ago. The factors that caused prices to surge aren't likely to go away next year. The volatility of the market may even increase.

Our differentiating factors are our employees and the outstanding services we provide to our customers. While high-tech systems have been implemented to complement our business, we have remained very high-touch with our customers.

Our experience places us in a unique position to understand the validation criteria and success factors in this area. We will define the criteria and validate the capability, integrity, and standardized performance of AST products, and we will work with as many suppliers as our resources allow.

Our analysts have long considered these less-tangible factors in an effort to help investors determine which fund companies do the best job of safeguarding their interests.

People talk about consumer confidence, but that is a misleading phrase. There are a number of factors that mean people just have less money. Mortgage rates are at a historic high for many people. The fuel price is another major contributory factor. We don't see any particular reason why any of that will change for at least another six months or so. We reckon we can grow market share, but that will be through increasing selling space.

Normally when such (foreign investment) agreements are spelt out, there are some fundamental control factors or check mechanisms that are implemented. So, while directly a foreign investor may not get management control, the conditions within the agreement and check mechanism ensure that a foreign investor has sufficient control on operations and finance.

The national economy usually weathers these storms with relatively minor damage. Second, the hurricane is a 'supply shock' -- a disruption to productive potential -- not a 'demand shock.' The same factors that threaten growth -- higher commodity prices, shipping bottlenecks, reduced local productive capacity -- also threaten inflation.

The move to penny increments, ... greatly reduced spreads in those securities trading in pennies and narrower spreads have been cited as one of the factors that led to a decrease in the use of payment for order flow in securities traded as pennies. Payment for order flow could similarly be reduced in options if spreads are narrowed.

Adding these factors together, it is regrettably my conclusion that we are unlikely to return to balance in the federal accounts before possibly fiscal '05. That is, in the next two years things will have to break right for us to do that,

The one thing about Clarkie is he's always going to give us an opportunity. For me, that was one of the biggest deciding factors when I re-signed (with a four-year deal). As a player, there's no better feeling than being a part of an organization or franchise that is willing to go that distance and give you a chance to win. He's done it again.

The old system was based on subjective factors and was fundamentally flawed. The question of whether the benefit levels now are adequate or not that's something that the governor and the Legislature need to answer.

The old system was based on subjective factors and was fundamentally flawed.

After clearly establishing the role of the louse, I demonstrated the detailed mechanism of transmission. Two factors are involved: man and the louse.

The most satisfaction I get is from doing a good gig, which really makes you feel in control. If you've worked a room really well, it makes you feel great. TV is a bit more difficult; there are more factors that can screw it up along the way.

The most important factors for a long life, I think, are partly in the genes; number two is lifestyle, which includes healthy diet and regular exercise. I walk, run and swim every day. However, I think too much exercise is also unhealthy because of over-stress; sometimes people who exercise too many hours per day die early.

Acquisitions are very important. And in fact one of the distinguishing factors between Cisco, Lucent, and Nortel is the ability to successfully acquire. Most of the new exciting technologies are coming from start-ups. And the ability for these companies to identify those start-ups and properly integrate them is going to be an ongoing differentiating factor.

Speed and accuracy are essential factors we use in evaluating distribution process improvements. Our mission is to optimize our operations to ensure quality, accurate, next day deliveries for customer orders.

Specifically in the human lineage the transcription factors are changing or evolving in their expression at a faster pace than in the other lineages, particularly as compared with chimps.

So there are a lot of factors that go into having a successful season. I'm proud to be coaching in the state of West Virginia. There's a tremendous amount of outstanding coaches in our state at a lot of schools.

South American soybean production prospects will be one of the more important market factors for the next three months.

So while some special factors may be boosting spending, the overall trend of spending is well out of line with income growth. This tells us that this spending trend is unsustainable unless consumer income growth picks up sharply.

One has to be aware that you have structural factors in Japan such as the LDP trying to exploit nationalist feelings, the Japanese yearning to be treated as a normal state and Japan in general would like to secure a higher status in the international community.

Once you start changing factors of the use, you start altering that vestment. They're seeking to be classified as a multi-family facility, while retaining the right to rent daily.

The money was one of the factors he looked at but in the end the most important thing was the opportunity to win a championship and to have a significant role in that. When it came down to those factors, the Spurs were the best fit.

Demand for portable MP3 players is booming, as more and more consumers get acquainted with their stylish form factors and digital audio functionality.

Declines in currency and crude oil prices spurred the rebound today. They are risk factors for exporters all the time.

A number of unrelated factors contributed to (the decline in value) and have continued to keep that price low.

A number of factors have combined to make outsourcing one of the fastest growing federal market segments over the past several years.

A number of factors contribute to the sustained demand for rented accommodation in Yorkshire. The burgeoning student population of Englands largest county, with major universities at Sheffield, Hull, Leeds and York, among others, underpin demand for rented properties. Many students, after graduation, remain in the county and as first jobbers look for shared accommodation with their friends in the major towns. An important demographic trend that has sustained the growth of the private rented sector over the past decade or so has been the tendency for young people to leave the family home at a fairly young age to go on to further education and not return. In addition, there has been a net influx of jobs in some parts of Yorkshire which has helped create a requirement for more rented homes.

are central bases for terrorist factors responsible for the murder of scores of Israeli civilians.

Apparently investors are finding it quite difficult to take positions either way now, with some important factors like earnings and U.S. rates up in the air.

A new record is a bit unexpected, but so is the performance of mortgage interest rates which have been lower than forecast. When we look at recent job gains, we see all the positive factors coming together to coincide with a powerful demographic demand for housing.

Any semi-final is very important. There is a lot of personal and team pride at stake and it is a route into Europe. We are going into Wales to play a Welsh team, so there are lots of factors surrounding the game that make it a pretty exciting occasion. Everyone involved from this club is really looking forward to 5.15pm tomorrow.

As best as I can determine, the process is going to be fair, ... explained in some detail the various steps that they were taking to ensure that the bids were appropriately considered and the factors that needed to be given the greatest importance were in fact going to be given the greatest importance.

As Delta takes steps to secure its future as a competitive airline, we will continue to take a hard look at all of our operations and assets to identify opportunities to strengthen our financial position in the face of continuing market pressures and factors outside of our control, including fuel prices.

Anyone who runs for President is certainly adequately endowed with both ambition and ego. Sometimes, there are factors that occur in our lives, unanticipated factors, that tend to reduce the level of ego.

The bottom line is that this author, a practicing neurologist dealing with Alzheimer's disease on a daily basis, believes we need to expand the public awareness that modifiable lifestyle factors have a profound role to play in determining who will or won't get this disease.

The bottom line is, any one of these little factors could not have upset the boat, ... If four or five of these came together, it's possible.

A weaker dollar, continued geopolitical concerns, weak government data, and higher oil prices have all been factors that have pushed gold higher in the last several days.

Auto buyers like to know what automotive professionals consider the best cars and trucks on the market. With so many factors to evaluate when purchasing a new vehicle, the Most Significant New Introduction Awards help consumers identify one worth considering.

August through October, you historically have weakness. Even with a number of supportive factors in place right now, it's likely that these seasonal factors will kick in.

Back in December I decided to become a donor. Two factors swayed me. My brother-in-law received one from his dad; he lasted four and a half years until he died of pneumonia, ... I was very close to him for a brother in law. That was 30 years ago, and it's still in my mind after all these years.

As long as there is no inflation this is extremely good for the financial markets and also for the bond market. What we saw a couple of weeks ago was a backup due to technical factors rather than any fundamental changes.

As long as the employment picture remains good and interest rates remain in a lower fashion, as they have right now. As long as those two factors remain in play, I think you're going to see a lot of demand in terms of buying homes or refinancing.

As long as the argument that they make to the judge comports with the minimum and the maximum allowed by the statute and the aggravating factors they bring forward are allowed by the sentencing statute ... that's their discretion and their job, ... And if they didn't do it, then we'd probably live in a less safe community.

As other factors are implemented it will start to have an impact in overall employment.

That's not an issue with Ricardo. There are so many other factors not in play here.

All around worst games of the season. Mental mistakes, inability to pass and no transition were all factors in the Royals' loss.

All around worst games of the season, ... Mental mistakes, inability to pass and no transition were all factors in the Royals' loss.

You should be concerned if you're eating two eggs or more a day ... because you could increase your risk factors for disease.

This is the first generation of a long string of innovations we intend to bring to small form factors that run full Windows. We are not trying to position this Ultra Mobile PC at this time to be all things to all people, so every man, woman and child should own one of these in the next three months.

This is not a change in the formula, but a change in one of the factors in the formula.

This is not just because you're building muscle, which weighs more than fat there are a host of other factors to consider.

The weight of the evidence of the economic and news factors is not compelling and it's increasing the caution and concern in the market. There is very little reason to be buying the market right now.

The weather and the high crude inventory levels are the main factors weighing down prices. This trend should carry on until the end of the year, with prices to hold between $55-$58.

This crisis will last. All the factors have come together for oil to remain expensive for years and, alas, decades to come,

This drop may be more due to temporary factors like wet weather than the beginning of a major reversal in housing.

This has been a real concern to us and the sportsmen in the region. But with what we learn from this study, we will be able to target key areas that mule deer use with habitat improvement programs, and hopefully, be able to determine what other factors might be depressing mule deer numbers in this area.

A lot of factors that existed in 2005 will continue in 2006. We expect to see demand stay relatively strong.

a lot of factors argue in the campaign's favor.

A lot of factors are positive for the sector, there's Christmas turnover, a stronger rand which means interest rates will remain as they are or even another cut as some people are suggesting.

Although we know there is no shortage in (oil) supplies and reasons of high prices are attributed to factors related to refining, geopolitical or climate reasons, the organization will play a role in stabilizing prices and markets,

Although they might not be able to reduce community rates of violent crime, it's possible they can affect household level risk factors for gun suicide, accidents and homicide,

American Airlines has experienced record-setting load factors each month since January of last year. So we're very busy.

They got after it on defense. My hat's off to them. They did a good job. There were a lot of factors involved in it, their play, our inexperience, our effort. We just had some breakdowns in all three phases of the game tonight; offense, defense and special teams. It's hard to play catch up against a team like Ben Davis. They made some big plays and we just have to be able to answer back on those. We just couldn't quite answer them tonight.

They had good gains on sales, which indicates good investment decisions ... their credit quality remains strong and their dividends are steady; all factors seem to indicate their life is OK.

This means that the intrinsic power of the economy mainly market forces instead of factors outside the economy was having a greater influence, which was a good thing.

There were a number of factors that dampened consumer spending,

There were a number of factors that combined to make that less an optimum situation. Those are all reversed now. Everything's different this time. ... We're pleased it's not the same sort of situation.

There were a lot of factors that I don't think I need to get into, ... Basically, she was just better on the days that we did play.

There were quite a few factors that influenced me, but mostly it was the opportunity to do something unique and different.

There's a combination of factors -- the amount of people, the amount of roadway that is there. It's sort of a supply demand relationship -- you can think of it that way. And there's a lot more demand than there is supply.

There's a lot of factors we don't know definite answers to yet, to know whether this is OK or not OK.

There's a lot of factors that you can attribute to the underperformance, ... it becomes harder and harder to show top-line revenue growth as your customer base gets bigger and bigger.

There may be differences in how they metabolize nicotine, which would influence smoking behaviors such as the depth and frequency of inhalation of tobacco smoke. There could be genetic factors on how they metabolize tobacco smoke.

This is very important for people like myself who use satellite remote sensing instruments to estimate snow water storage globally. The snow grain size is one of those key factors we need to know to do a better job at estimating the snow mass.

This just is a reflection of the current environment with oil prices rising, security concerns. All of these factors are pushing players to buy bonds over stocks.

They're all now important factors on this team.

There's been this tug of war all day between factors like falling oil prices, more negative than positive economic news and everything going on at GM,

There's been theories all the way from, 'Has the tsunami ... hurricanes and the effect of environmental factors created mold levels that are unprecedented? Right now, we're trying to deal with the close-in factors of ensuring we don't have a formula problem or a contamination problem in our manufacturing facilities. And nothing indicates that we do.

There's been a definite negative turn in sentiment toward the kiwi. This reflects all those macroeconomic factors that we thought would inevitably start to be a noose around its neck. The growth profile is weakening.

There's business to be had. The driving factors are the catalog and Internet guys.

There's a number of different factors affecting the markets. We're getting near the end of the year and with the S&P 500 up around 20 percent, there's a lot of portfolio pruning going on, with people taking profits, or choosing to sell for tax purposes.

There's an increasing awareness of the need for screening patients of all ages who are at high risk for osteoporosis. We shouldn't just be screening women over age 65. We need to screen everyone with identified risk factors for bone loss.

At an amazing speed, modern science and technology have been making continuous progress that is marked by the advancement of information technology and bio-technology. And international industrial transfer as well as the flow of production factors have accelerated. All this offers countries in the world rare opportunities for development,

A substantial part of the individual differences between the twins were due to new genetic effects between this period of age 14 and 18. There are new genes being switched on that are involved in blood pressure and factors underlying blood pressure. I think that is the most interesting finding: the large amount of new genes that come into play.

A strategic shift to value-added products and the past sweeping restructuring efforts have helped improve the profit-generating capacity at Japanese firms, allowing them to easily absorb such negative factors as rises in crude oil prices and increases in personnel cost.

As Robert pointed out, there were a number of factors that helped the company in the second half of 2003 and they're not counting on those factors to be repeated,

All of us get the blues now and then. It's just more frequent when these factors ? bad weather, lack of exercise ? combine.