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We're going to miss their spirit. In swimming, sometimes you're happy to get the season over with because it's so grueling. But, when it's finally over, you get sad and miss it.

When we finally got going, we had them back on their heels.

When we finally get to the game, I'll be looking forward to it. But right now, there are so many details that we need to take care of just to get on the plane and be able to have a good Friday study session that it's kind of overwhelming right now. I really haven't had the time to think that this is my first game at Stanford.

When we finally get all the numbers posted and even in the next day or two when any mistakes are corrected and adjustments are made, I think it'll wind up being double that.

When we finally decide on who our president is, and on the day when we realize the economy is so weak that that new president must cut taxes, and he can't do it because of a divided congress and all the animosity that comes out of this agonizingly long presidential election, the dollar's going to be in trouble.

When we got there, our luggage got lost and our hotel was bad. Everything was awful. When we finally got to our final hotel, it was like 2 in the morning. I said then, 'Even if I win this tournament, it's going to be the worst tournament ever.' It ended up being not so bad, though.

What a great opportunity for Washington's potato growers. The industry has been fighting for 25 years for access to the Japanese market, and through this broad partnership of government leaders and private industry, we are finally successful.

We grew up a lot today. But the way we're going to measure our growth is how we play next week (at Tennessee). We've had strong practices every week and finally we're able to carry it over to the game.

We felt like last year we made a statement and obviously the governor has heard our voice and is willing to listen. People finally understand that health insurance is a priority to teachers and state employees.

We both really wanted to go to London but I also wanted to go to Italy. My husband not being keen on Italy, we finally chose Paris because it's supposed to be such a romantic city and because we both already spoke a bit of French.

We are getting better. We are just happy to have a chance to finally do this and now we'll go from here.

We're going to line up some professionals -- counselors. The reality is just setting in for all of us. We didn't have the benefit of looking from the outside in. They're still absorbing everything that did happen. There will finally be some realization of what happened -- as it's been described to us, the worst disaster in our country's history.

Usually, I have big quarters. Tonight, my points were spread out. ... We're finally starting to come together and play team D. We're starting to execute on offense a little more.

U.S. stocks finally appear to be bottoming out, and the yen is coming back to reasonable levels for Japanese exporters. I'd say that's a pretty good signal to buy.

We're moving into the 20th century. I know it's the 21st century already, but at least we'll finally be in the 20th century.

Years ago it was a really good way of making a living, and we're finally trying to correct that as an industry to get the cost back up (for wages).

(We're) finally trying to nail down some specifics and pick between a couple of the really big options. Let's get on with something; let's make something happen.

We're finally starting to tighten up and realize that defense wins games this time of year. It's good to take the load off Tomas because he's worked his butt off all year.

We're finally starting to play as a team. It's amazing how things change when you start scoring goals.

We're finally starting to get our offense in sync. We haven't been pitching well, and now we lose a handful of key guys when we really can't afford to. So now we're forced to throw some of the guys who really struggled back into the ring of fire.

We're finally starting to come together as a team. I'm so proud of these girls.

We're finally starting to catch up with the Europeans on the equipment and the technical side of things.

We're finally seeing something more efficient than a traditional combustion engine.

We're finally seeing hard data that confirm the recent positive sentiment indicators. We expect a strong export performance well into 2007.

We're finally seeing dividend payers starting to outperform. That's a healthy long-awaited sign that people are seeking out quality.

We're finally seeing a raft of new initiatives from really big players. This stuff is happening all day, every day now.

We're finally really playing for something. We control our own destiny.

We're finally putting San Antonio on the map. Nobody gets recruited down here because I guess we're too far south. But there's a lot of talent down here that people are finding out about now.

We're finally putting it together. It's been really hard getting everything together. We didn't have time to mesh. We are finally showing some good signs.

We're finally playing the way we can. You're always 0-0 when you start the tournament. For this team, that's a good thing.

We're finally letting them in through the front gates.

We're finally learning how to make some plays on defense, instead of letting (the other team) make plays on us.

We're finally just starting to execute on offense. The guys now know when to shoot and when not to.

We're finally jelling. It took us a while, but better to have a fall in the beginning than in the end.

We're finally jelling and it's working out for us now.

We're finally grasping the big picture. That's why this opportunity is so important for us now. If we can continue to keep playing with that focus, then we'll become more consistent and we'll be building on something that can sustain us regardless of who we're playing and hopefully into the future.

We're finally getting to the point that we want to play at. We're pitching, playing solid defense and getting some timely hits.

We're finally getting those crossing passes out to her. Of course Carolyn's scored all of our goals ... but we'll take that.

We're finally getting healthy. It's a lot of little things. We held some kids out so they could get healthy.

We're finally getting consistently good news on the labor markets and even an occasional positive surprise like today's report.

We're finally getting a bigger piece of the pie.

We're finally doing what we thought we could do. Things could have snowballed downward, but it didn't.

We're finally at a point where some of the alternate energy sources that are more environmentally friendly are worth taking a look at. We're interested in cleaning up the environment at the same time as we make money for investors.

We're just a different team. People want to play and want to win. It's taken a long time, but we're finally there.

We're just pleased we can finally get this project going.

We're hoping he's healthy. That's No.1, first and foremost. All the reports that we've had is that he's been on a regular routine throwing ? not throwing off the mound, but everything seems to be good. He's a big horse for us. When he was a free agent last year he was at the top of my list. We were fortunate enough to be able to sign him. He just never was right. Mel can tell you, from spring training on he just didn't feel right. It was just something that nagged him all year. Finally we shut him down. Hopefully that stuff is behind him.

We're a young team and the light finally came on. It all came together.

Through 14 practices, he's probably the MVP of the offense right now. He's a guy we've been waiting on, and he's finally there.

Three weeks ago, I finally became comfortable with a rotation of eight guys, who could play on both offense and defense. Right now we don't have that on offense and we don't have it on defense.

We're ready to finally win in the tournament this year. That's what the schedule and all the hard work has been about.

We knew we were facing a good pitcher there. We kept going at them and finally the well broke on them.

We know we've got work to do, but we're finally getting to the point where Worcester has really bought into the Blackstone. It's sort of an enlightened self-interest, and it's incredible.

We know we're not a title-contending team right now, but in the history of teams winning titles they tend to take their lumps for a little while before they finally get there.

With those two lining up against Ms. Burwell, I think we were able to develop a pretty strong case. That allowed us to force her to come in and take responsibility. We'll take their cooperation in bringing Ms. Burwell to justice when they are finally sentenced.

With those companies growing revenues faster than Oracle, it is no surprise to us that Oracle's stock finally came under pressure.

With this visit, I wanted to show that sometimes politicians have no fear when they are sure in their actions, ... I initiated this trip not only to show that there is no problem, that everything is absolutely normal but also to finally solve the issue and to put an end to it.

We've got good shooters. That's finally starting to pay off for us at the line. Our percentages have steadily gone up as the year has gone on.

We've got a year under our belts with the Charger. We're finally starting to get somewhat comfortable with it. We're not totally comfortable.

We've got a lot to look forward to. I think we'll finally walk away from this crazy season feeling good about ourselves.

We've wanted to be in Napa for a very long time. We finally got a great location.

We've waited years and years for this announcement to come. It's finally here. It's been years in the making, really starting in 1993 when we got here.

We have said right from the start, without negotiations, the document is not going anywhere. So we're happy finally that there's a recognition there has to be face-to-face negotiations. These will be difficult, these are a bit late. But it's not an impossible task,

When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.'

When he first came here last year he was even smaller then, and a new guy, so you really have to make a name for yourself and get the trust from your teammates. And he came up just hitting people last year on special teams, and then finally when he started playing on defense he was really coming downhill and just hitting big guys like Jamal Lewis last year. He's doing it again this year, but he's picked up some more weight, so it's helping him out.

When he finally learns to exhale, and let the game come to him.

We were asleep. Our bats were cold but (Fischer) did a good job against us. We finally started waking up in the sixth and seventh innings but it was way too late in a seven-inning game.

We were alone in that room for hours every morning, and we finally started to talk. Diane eventually confessed, and we became great friends.

We were definitely nervous because of how much weight Jimmy took on last year. We knew we weren't totally incompetent back in net, but Ben, when he stepped in, he and (Matt Lundin) have been challenging each other, putting pressure on the other to perform. One finally emerged, and it was Ben.

We were in a slump and out of sync because of the injuries. The win was important because were finally starting to get healthy. We've barely had enough players to conduct a practice. Now it's just a matter of getting our timing back and working on a little conditioning.

We were hoping to finally have everyone together but now it's just going to take a bit longer.

Well, she hit it so high that I didn't know if it was going to go over the fence. Then, when it finally hit I didn't know which side of the fence it was on. But they quit chasing it, so that gave me a pretty good idea.

We are hopeful that we can now finally place our complete focus upon going to trial.

We are hopeful that the president's testimony will finally bring closure to the independent counsel's more than four year, over $40 million investigation, which has culminated in an investigation of the president's private life,

We defended better and we attacked the basket. Our guys inside put up a relentless, tremendous effort. There was one possession where we got three or four offensive rebounds before we finally got fouled.

We decided finally that it's time to change things. I like the direction of the company right now, and he's responsible for part of it.

We've been in this trading range between 5.375 and 5.75 (30-year bond yields) for a very long period of time, ... Then we finally broke out of that and the next target people are setting their sights for is 6 percent. We have a refunding this week, we have an awful lot of corporate supply and we also have next week's FOMC meeting approaching.

We've been in discussions with Total Hire for about three months and the deal was finally settled in the weeks after Christmas.

We've been indicated for several months now that these features would develop, and they have finally arrived.

We thought we could do it in a couple of years, but it finally happened and it's real exciting for the kids, for the community, for the school, for our program. Our whole motto this year is 'Nothing but greatness.' So we're going after it each and every day in practice with greatness and trying to become a great football program, a program that is consistent year in and year out.

We really haven't hit the ball like that all year. It was nice to see us finally break out a little.

We really hadn't done much for five innings, then we finally got some things going after falling behind.

We really had a slow start tonight. But we kept our composure and we finally started playing Gorman basketball in the fourth.

We really had a commitment to the firefighters to finally get this movie right. Especially after September 11. We really wanted to put our best foot forward and kind of leave our egos at the door and really be what these guys are, which are a lot of selfless wonderful men and women that want to help,

We're 14-7, and we could be 17-4 very easily. We were one strike away Friday and one out away another time. We needed a break. We finally got the break we were looking for.

We ran our offense to get open shots and it finally paid off. I wanted the girls to recover from those two losses as a team, and I think we showed we can play team basketball.

We hope to finally re-open around Labor Day this year. We are anxious to finally open our doors after being closed for so long. Once we do, we will be a regional tourist destination and another bright spot for the town of Windsor, offering visitors a chance to learn about the history and technology behind all of our modern communications systems like radio, television, and telephone. Our collection is truly one-of-a-kind and it's high time that we finally get to dust it off and show it to the world.

Yes, I've been keeping these 'children' of mine in bondage in my wine cellar and finally had the strength to let them go. Everyone was amazed at how much of our lives' history was wrapped up in these wines.

We have reached an agreement in principle with Roma and with the player and we can finally announce we've signed a central defender, a priority for us for next season.

We've spent two years together and we've really struggled. We honestly haven't earned very much in that time. Next month we are finally picking up something for all the hard work. I can tell you, we've all been waiting for that money for so long.

We've seen six straight months of industrial production expansion, a very solid turnaround in exports, stronger global growth than a lot of people expected and the domestic economy finally coming back on track in a very solid way.

The fact is, we've worked so hard to get to the point where we finally see revenues, we would sure like to be able to keep it and put it to common use for our residents.

The problem with the Hollywood model is that it's generally the day you wrap production that you realize you've finally figured out how to work together. We've made the leap from an idea-centered business to a people-centered business.

There are a lot of difficulties, but finally we will succeed.

When I finally won a golf tournament, it was relief, it wasn't excitement, ... If I were to win (today), it would be a much more exciting win than the one at Disney World.

When I finally went to Ireland, I had to go. It was 1993. My father was finally too old to travel alone, and he asked me to take him home. When an old man asks you to take him home, you have to do it.

When I finally saw the surface of the water, the course turned out to be right on,

When I finally saw the film, I was floored because it was more than I even expected it would be, and I already had very high expectations.

When I finally realized how it has affected my life, I felt like smashing it, throwing it out the window. Now my compulsion is to try and understand what I've done to myself and my family.

When I finally found that notion of Jo, I found the structure of the opera,

When I did finally live in the Dandenongs, the mountain ash forests became an important part of my life.