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It could fairly be said that the U.S. is increasingly out of step with the rest of the world. As our neighbors to the south elect left-wing or even socialist governments, we are lurching further to the right. As Europe becomes less engaged to the Church, we are becoming more fundamentalist.

It could be three or five stations on one stretch running out - that's a fairly real situation that is happening.

ITC going public is fairly significant and I think it could be a harbinger of things to come in the industry.

I thought Woody, overall, pitched fairly well. He's gotten the ball up a couple times, but tonight he was better. He had some tough luck that first inning.

It indicates to me that it is fairly conscious ? it's a big issue.

It is a good organization, and I felt it was something we could accomplish in a fairly short time frame with the involvement of a few corporations.

It is a fairly unloved stock at the moment. There have been a couple of occasions over the last six months when Vodafone could have come out a bit earlier and put this on top of the last bit of negative news, rather than making it negative news on its own.

It is a fairly slow process. One ought not to expect too much in the way of overnight changes.

It is a fairly rigorous process. This kind of verifies the type of education they are getting in Shawnee Mission.

It is a fairly radical departure, but the events of the last little while suggest the need for a radical departure. We have not come to the idea of state funding gladly.

It is a fairly open secret that almost all systems can be hacked, somehow. It is a less spoken of secret that such hacking has actually gone quite mainstream.

It is a fairly modest amount of money spread over so many customers it will be hard to recognize any impact from this settlement.

It is a fairly close vote, and I would say that it is an uncommonly high turnout, showing the pilots' interest in this issue. And the close vote reflects the skepticism a lot of pilots have in management's business plan.

It is a fairly centralized downtown location, central to the proposed condos. It won't necessarily be convenient for everybody, though. At the end of the day, somebody may have to get into his car to go grocery shopping.

It is a fairly big acceleration in the Asia region.

I think the mayor is showing leadership ... And I also think he is sending a signal to his commission about the fast tempo he'd like to see things done. This can be done fairly quickly and he's suggesting that he'd like this done quicker rather than slower.

I think the job will have fairly minimal involvement, ... I have flexibility. I'm in a situation where I can call clubs. It also gives me the option if I don't find anything else now to wait a year.

I think the pickings are going to be leaner than consumers expect because business has been fairly robust. I think we've had a relatively mild winter, which means the early spring merchandise that's on display has been hitting a better weather consumer mood. I think, given that inventories are probably moving quite well, there isn't going to be much clearance selling for spring.

I think that has always stuck with me. I put the ball in the hands of the best player in the world, in a fairly safe pass and I almost lost the game for our team. That stuck with me a long time in that situation.

I think that's a fairly reasonable place to be.

I think you can fairly say I spawned or laid an egg that has turned into a lifestyle industry.

I think the Dow will hold up fairly well. The stocks are much cheaper (than Nasdaq issues), and the supply-demand conditions in the businesses are much more positive.

I think that there is a fairly positive outlook. It is really tied to improvement in pork demand domestically, ongoing strength in export markets, and the fact that they have locked in feed costs near term." ()

It is good to see the regulator treating firms fairly across the board.

I was confident we were going to come in and play fairly solid. I have confidence in the kids that they can make plays. They were a little nervous. Justin is on a 42-game winning streak. They wanted to be the ones to knock them off and they were a little nervous. I think no matter how the game turned out I think we're going to come out of this OK.

I was dying. Here is a guy, third overall, had a fairly productive college career. Now you're the third pick and you're in New Orleans and your career is just about shot. All of a sudden I'm traded to San Diego. You figure out the rest.

It is pretty clear to us that from a long-term trend perspective the phenomenon of Dubai is real. We might have debates around absolute valuations at any given point of time, which is what people do when they are picking stocks, but in terms of the long-term I think we are fairly comfortable with Dubai as an economy that will be a significant factor in the region as well as globally. This is why we are putting significant resources here.

I thought we did fairly well on defense and played a strong transition game. They have some tough girls and we did a good job shutting them down.

I thought we played fairly well in the first half. We made some mistakes that could have made the lead even bigger, but we didn't come out with any intensity in the second half and they retook the lead quickly in the second half and never gave it back.

I thought we played fairly well at times. We just shot ourselves in the foot in crucial situations.

I thought we played a good game. It was fairly even most of the way. I think their speed got us in the end, though. We have such a young team, we're bound to make a mistake here and there. We made basically two mistakes all night and they took advantage of both of them.

I thought we moved the ball for the most part through the air fairly effectively when we weren't throwing it to the other guy. It's difficult to win games when you have a lot of turnovers.

I thought we came out and played fairly well in the first quarter and kind of neutralized their strengths. But Clovis West proved why they are the odds-on favorite to win the state title as they are very quick, extremely strong and physical as well as being deep.

I thought we came out and did the little fundamental things that help you win. We jumped the ball on defense, rebounded, guarded the ball pretty well most of the night and ran the court fairly well.

I thought we, all things considered, maintained our focus fairly well. Especially in that first game as we didn't get into any ruts.

I think we got a group with really good size and athleticism. These are big guys who can move. They've all got quick feet and are fairly agile.

I think we're at a fairly exaggerated level. The market is considering worst case scenarios.

I think we're going to be marking time ahead of the economic numbers Thursday and Friday. I think it will be a fairly mediocre open and I wouldn't expect the markets to do very much today.

I think we match up fairly well against them. They play a style that like we play. They don't race up and down the floor and run-and-gun. They work the possession and take good shots. They have an excellent coach who is Hall of Fame material. They're fundamentally sound and don't turn the ball over. They turned it over only eight times against Grantsburg. We have to play every bit as good as we played Saturday, and we may have to pick that up a notch.

I think we'll be fairly well booked for people who couldn't get out with the weather, but I think they're going to be able to accommodate everybody.

I think we have beaten some pretty darn good football teams and have been fairly consistent throughout the year. We've got a talented defense. We have a good running game and we are looking forward to seeing what we can do. Every year there are dark horses that jump onto the scene.

I think we did a fairly good job. Obviously, we just gave him a little bit of space. When you give a great player like that a little bit of space, he can knock the shot down.

I think we're seeing already the start of a relief rally. Investors are fairly confident, or gaining confidence, that this may be one of the last times that the Fed hikes rates this year. Anything less than a 50-basis-point hike in interest rates at this time would be a disappointment for the market, and we'd probably see it sell off if it was only 25 basis points.

I think we've stayed fairly consistent in our approach. We play the same system in Manchester. Bruce Boudreau coached there for seven years there and coached the way we like to coach up here. And now that Jim Hughes is (there), he's doing the same thing.

I think we've seen a little bit of a Canadian dollar rally on some of the crosses, so that's been a benefit, and there's been some corporate interest to sell the U.S. dollar (versus Canada) in a fairly thin market.

I think we've gone through the dog days now. What we are doing now is preparing ourselves mentally for the next 29 days leading up to the playoffs. We are 53-13 overall and 29-2 at home. I'd say we have taken care of ourselves fairly well.

I think we've done things fairly intelligently. We've rebuilt without drastically slipping back at any one point.

I think we saw a little short-covering late in the day. Tomorrow should be a fairly slow morning and you might have a little flattening out of positions ahead of the Fed. I think overall, all eyes will be on the Fed.

I think Bruno has understood fairly early on what is required for Scottish football. He has adapted well to the pace of the game, which is hectic not just in Scotland but in Britain as a whole. He is decent on the ball, but he knows when to put his foot in and I think we saw that on Saturday. He played well against Motherwell and he can look after himself because he is a tough little cookie. I think people would agree he's done well so far.

I think because the banking system in Iraq is still in its fairly early stages of development it will be a question of putting in place fundamental services,

I think a week of profit taking is fairly healthy after the kind of run we've seen.

I think a much tighter system of control is required, though I do think that fairly lengthy detention is justified in a very small number of cases by evidence.

I think it was fairly obvious that Christian Klien made a pretty fundamental mistake. I am very disappointed because I had a great car set-up and very good race strategy.

I think it's out of hand. Just the sheer volume of initiatives and the confusing campaigns have subverted the original intent. We should be able to vote on fairly significant things and be able to figure out what we're voting on without three hours of study.

It has always been fairly safe to talk about God; it is when we start to talk about men that the trouble starts. And yet the fact remains that there is no conceivable way of proving that we love God other than by loving men. And there is no conceivable way of proving that we love men than by doing something for those who most need help.

It has always been fairly easy to do comparison shopping on the Web,

It has been an all right year in which I definitely improved and had to face a lot of adversity, which is part of being a pro and how you react. I feel I've dealt with them fairly well when I had the chance to go out there and felt good. I think I made a difference and gave the team a chance to win, and hopefully that story is not ending too soon. Now it's all about getting momentum early, especially in our own building.

I think this morning's share price fall is all to do with Wall Street because the profit result was fairly well telegraphed and in line with expectations.

I think they will recover fairly quickly. Still, I think it will be shown on the bottom line of any transportation company in the third quarter.

I think we are in a fairly normal market here. The market we are comparing to a year ago was an abnormal market.

I think we are going to get a couple more quiet numbers. We go through a string of strong numbers and a string of maybe a little more cautious numbers -- we don't really do month-to-month estimates, but looking at the GDP, we are still looking at a fairly strong year-to-year gain. I think the market will breathe a little sigh of relief.

I think Tiger would be more enthusiastic about the Ryder Cup (if he skipped the Presidents Cup), and not just Tiger, but all the top players. Biennially, it's fairly easy to get excited about playing.

I think Wall Street's fairly optimistic. I think they're standing on the sidelines waiting for that last shoe to drop right now.

I think Wall Street's fairly optimistic, ... I think they're standing on the sidelines waiting for that last shoe to drop right now.

I think tomorrow should be a fairly positive open, with the techs a little higher on Microsoft and in response to the action over the last few days. We've had a couple of ugly sessions and you're likely to see a little bounce off of that.

It is not like the sky is falling. The presence of mercury in Colorado lakes is kind of spotty and it is fairly complicated because there is no pattern.

I think that what I do, in terms of how I craft my words rhetorically, is fairly simple stuff. I don't mean that to denigrate myself. I mean that in the sense of, when I write, the person that I keep in mind is my mother-in-law.

I think that a lot of physicians really see drug testing as a fairly simple lab test when, in fact, it is not at all.

I think that looking forward we'll start to see strong economic growth, ... I'm fairly optimistic that the economy will start to pull through in the next 12 to 18 months.

It is important that these plans be available for implementation when the security conditions and the capabilities of the Iraqi Security Forces might enable us to do so, ... Please develop a plan that would enable us on fairly short notice to curtail tour lengths for our deployed and deploying soldiers.

I was able to hold my serve fairly early and when you can do that you can take advantage of that by being more aggressive against your opponent's serve.

I think they've always been fairly responsive. Everybody has their own way of playing and everybody has their strengths. In order to get 12 guys happy in that situation, it's kind of difficult at times to do. But I think for the most part they've done a pretty good job.

I think the way the stock was priced people expected a surprise on the upside. I don't see anything that's out of line. The numbers were fairly good.

It is a very complex situation and it's really to do with industry structure, and he's within his right to test that. He's taking on a fairly big target in terms of the ACCC.

It is another day of resources leading the way although the overall market was fairly positive - that was helped by the charts suggesting a major break-out in the US.

I think the risk is the downside, not the upside, ... I think the markets are fairly nervous about the prospects for growth. They're going to be dissecting the number. If we have slower than expected consumer spending and stronger than expected inventory growth, that's not going to bode well for the next quarter or so.

I think there is going to be a fairly precarious supply-demand balance. If we have a couple of refinery snags, there will be some product dislocations.

I think there's two issues. Obviously emotionally he's not right and physically he's off the pace. We'll definitely start doing some one-on-one stuff with him shortly so he's on top of that. He's definitely off the pace at the moment and he knows that and I can see that so there's no point in trying to get him to play at anything less than 100 per cent. So I think it's a fairly objective decision.

I thought we were fairly sharp. We haven't been practicing too much this week because we've been resting...This bodes well for Indian Wells.

I thought we were a little slow getting it going. Once we got it going with Reno Gilbert, we played fairly well.

I thought we were a fairly easy team to play against early on. We took a back seat to their passion.

Just because you read a report in the 'New York Times,' the 'Economist,' or, yes, 'The New Yorker' doesn't make it true. But we do know that a few people have evaluated that story with what strikes me as fairly objective standards of reason.

Just from the overall day-to-day, it will be fine. In terms of things we do, in terms of how the game goes, it's still a hockey game. We didn't win the last time but we played fairly well two years ago. So hopefully that experience and the kids that have gone through it will help.

Jason is an important character in the book. He'll be treated fairly and accurately in the book.

Korean yards can concentrate on high-end products like LNG carriers. China's yards are coming from a fairly low productivity base.

Last year, everything went smooth for him, and this season, he's had to deal with some obstacles and adversity. He does possess great character, and he didn't panic. He stayed the course, and I think a lot of people who've gotten to the level he's at in track would have panicked. Once he was fairly healthy, he got back out and did the work. He's always kept his poise.

Last summer when we were preparing for the movie, I actually kind of wanted to stay fairly uninformed about it. As we went through the process that we do in the movie, I wanted to be a little wide-eyed.

Language is one component of the human cognitive capacity which happens to be fairly amenable to enquiry. So we know a good deal about that.

I saw it as a splendid opportunity to trace his intellectual development, starting with the voyage aboard the Beagle. He hit upon natural selection at a fairly early stage and his life was really one long argument about the questions it raised.

I saw in Greenspan somebody who thinks differently about the world than I did. Over time, I watched this process and (realized) that's what gave Greenspan such an edge. The real edge he had is that he's fairly humble and realizes that no human being knows the answer, and he listens to market signals for guidance.

is based on what we now know to be a fairly conservative revenue estimate.

Penny manufacturing costs have gone up or down at times, but have been fairly steady the past few years.

Our kids threw fairly well. They were just hitting the ball.

Our guys are fairly sophisticated soccer-wise, but do we match up physically? That's going to be the big question.

Our goals have been fairly consistent - just striving to make it the best festival as we could.

Our job is to not think about (weather) too much and just play. But the Texas wind can make a fairly easy course more difficult.

Our job is to make sure that the public understands the consequences of these cuts so that the people who represent them can determine whether those cuts are acceptable. ... It's going to be fairly comprehensive, fairly aggressive statewide because the stakes are so high.

Our inventories are fairly even because we have been executing . . . it has not affect any customers.

Overall, we had a fairly good tournament, despite everything.

Over the last 10 years, we've seen a fairly significant core of the population spending more than half the value of their home on improvements. Some of that is because buyers increasingly are moving into older suburbs convenient to their jobs in the city, and they're renovating smaller Cape Cod and ranch-style homes.