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Firing someone is much worse than hiring someone,

Firing one team, only to hire the next one with the very same policy goals in mind, will not improve the lives of average Americans, ... In fact, things will only get worse.

Firing off 1,000 or 500 or 2,000 nuclear warheads on a few minutes' consideration has always struck me as an absurd way to go to war.

Firing its economic team is an overdue admission by the Bush administration that its economic policies have failed. However, the fundamental problem is that this administration has no comprehensive plan to get the economy back on track.

While the struggle was happening, the second security guard came in after firing on the subject. A third bystander also joined in trying to wrestle him to the ground. And while they were in that position on the ground, the subject stabbed the (second) security guard, who fired on him three times.

The recovery is firing on all pistons ... Spending is going to be one of the key surprises that will have us upgrading our assessments.

This we had to endure with a serious reduction in the price of goods - added to this early in the ensuing spring our glost oven fell while firing doing us considerable damage and rendering it necessary to build a new one.

What our tests have revealed are that in some crash circumstances the airbag sensors are not detecting the crash severity early enough, so we're getting airbags firing late, ... That means you will not get the most effective protection you should from the belts and the airbags.

To get right back at it and start firing proposals, I'm not sure that's the right way to do it. To reflect, to decide which way to go, I think is important. At the appropriate time, there'll be discussion and we'll get back to it.

We had terrific results, yet we're not firing on all cylinders. The one we're not firing on is our consumer business, which we saw good customer interaction and lower credit costs, but we also saw revenue growth was not where we hoped it would be.

We had terrific results, yet we're not firing on all cylinders.

We don't usually think of Laura Bush as firing anybody. She is just as loyal as everybody else in the Bush family. So I think it's very unusual.

We saw strength in our servers, notebooks and Internet sales, ... All the geographies were strong. I'd say we are firing on all cylinders.

We're very lucky more people were not injured. Two people firing into a crowded hallway that's a very alarming situation.

To be elected president, Al Gore needs the economy and the markets firing on all cylinders. Al Gore needs voters and consumers happy and satisfied.

(We) went on and took fire where we expected this meeting to occur, and we returned very lethal fire. And when the firing was over, all we had was women and children that were dead.

Every firing is an opportunity to get it right the next time, ... It's an opportunity to go after the thing you never had the guts to go after before.

As soon as the snow stopped on Sunday, we were firing up our guns.

Engage has done many good things to protect privacy, but my worry is they are firing the starting gun in the race for the bottom,

Everything is just firing on all cylinders right now-we're really clicking. We're getting runs across the plate and our pitching and defense are keeping the other's teams off. We're doing what we're supposed to do.

There's no question that the president's policies have failed miserably -- by firing his economic team, he was forced to admit this to the entire country, ... The president must change his misguided economic policy now and focus on the economic insecurity of American families.

I see a blue car racing out of the parking lot and I seen two people -- one kneeling, and one standing -- firing rounds at this car.

is firing a shot across Intel's bow, or maybe below the waterline.

The worst thing we can do is to start firing people because they failed to show up to work.

The same technology that gives a nation the ability to precisely launch rockets powerful enough to carry men into orbit and then bring them back down safely can be applied to the precision firing of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

I've seen them already, so I'm pretty familiar with their style. We need to come out being aggressive and firing balls. Just play every point hard and fight it out.

I've never seen that drill before. Maybe if that didn't happen, who knows if we would have had it or not. As long as it's not the hard baseballs they're firing at you.

It was up to them. We didn't say anything. I heard Nick get started on the bench, firing everybody up, which was good to see. You don't know how it's going to turn out, but they did that pretty much on their own.

The suspect continued to flee on foot while firing his firearm. We do not believe the individual fired on police officers or at a specific individual at this time.

Sometimes, I think, when you're fired, you have a tendency to maybe question things that you do. For me, the firing almost entrenched me more in believing that philosophically, from a coaching standpoint, that this was the right way of going about doing it.

Often, firing is a straightforward cost-cutting measure. When you're fired, it's easy to weave fantasies and imagine villains. If you are going to spend an hour feeling miserable, make sure that you are miserable for the right reason.

'Adbusters' is my favourite reading material, so as soon as you go there, the synapses start firing in a different way. You start taking on things that sometimes I feel are out of our control. That's what basically fuels my creative side.

Stuff was a lot more in sync this time, and guys were firing off the ball. We're striving for no mistakes.

So, when the sound moved, the pattern of firing shifted across the map of cells.

Now isn't the time to be firing anyone. It's the time to be focusing on helping people, ... We will have plenty of opportunity at a later date to review what happened and to take the appropriate steps at that time. We need to focus on rebuilding, getting clean drinking water restored, getting kids in school and those priorities.

As a team, our defense continued to shine and was even more exciting than it was last fall. Our new serve-receive system went very well and we are looking for it to continue to improve. We had a handful of moments that we looked extremely impressive and were firing on all cylinders. It was very exciting.

The business really does seem to be firing on all cylinders at the moment.

You're watching the insurgents develop more sophisticated methods of attack, and more sophisticated IEDs. They're using shaped charges and anti-tank mines stacked together. They're using 500-pound bombs that can destroy any armored vehicle. They're using these so-called swarming attacks, firing several RPG rounds at one lightly armored vehicle.

This is outright slaughter. If he was facing a firing squad, he would not have been shot 41 times.

The whole company is firing on all cylinders.

They were hungrier than we were. When they came out they kind of hit us in the mouth and we never hit back. When you play a team like Texas, you just have to keep receiving their blows and keep firing back at them.

They were firing the rifle and then fired the rocket launcher twice. One of the rockets certainly hit the ship. It went through the side of the liner into a passenger's suite.

A lot of it is shot selection. When the other team makes a couple shots, you have to buckle down and get something good on offense instead of firing up the first thing you see. We don't always do that.

A lot of plants hate disturbed ground, but these plants like a firing range.

They got it together from week before, standing still in their stance and firing off the line together,

They're like pacemakers. They're abnormal signals that they're trying to bring back to normal. Parkinson's disease leads to an abnormal firing pattern in a specific part of the brain and these brain pacemakers have been very effective in blocking these firing signals.

A ballistic test that was the most precise available test was performed: the firing pin test. It showed the bullet could not have come from the gun. The FBI the concealed that test and just before the trial did a much less good test, which they presented to say the bullet did come from his gun.

It seems like every game, we have chances to get on the board first but we're not capitalizing. We're firing blanks right now.

It was coming really. I have rarely gone a day without firing a bogey and to have two days without one would have been amazing. I played well although I really didn't feel comfortable out there,

It was cold at 6:40 in the morning of a March day in Paris, and seems even colder when a man is about to be executed by firing squad.

It's a creative business but people have to be held accountable. The problem with the company is that not all the units are always firing on all cylinders.

It provides the visual interpretation of how projectiles and powder from the storage magazines deep inside a gun battery were lifted to the firing level. It helps tell the story of Fort Flagler.

It's going to be great. It'd really be nice to get a few games in before the playoffs, with all the guys back in the lineup. We want to be firing on all cylinders, so we can hit the ground running in the first game of the playoffs.

It's good to have a rifle range like this, because a lot of people go out into the woods and shoot and not everybody's conscious of where they're firing at, where the roads are and things like that.

It's firing on all cylinders for this particular month.

It's sad to see Gary go out this way. I've been a vocal critic of his coaching, but you can't let someone go for such a petty issue. We're giving the appearance that we're firing a man for cause and I think that's reprehensible.

It sort of takes aim at the heart of his presidency. The idea of firing Rumsfeld for poor performance over the last three years is pretty close to saying the Bush presidency has failed.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell' places an unnecessary burden on American taxpayers by asking them to fund a discriminatory law that hurts military readiness. The choice is clear: spend $364 million on firing patriotic Americans or spend the same amount on three dozen Blackhawk helicopters, 4,000 sidewinder missiles, or enough body armor vests to outfit the entire American fighting force in Iraq. Our priority should always be defense and national security. Congress should repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' immediately and fund real priorities in the war on terror.

The offense came out firing and that's the way we have to play. That losing streak was bad. We had to end it.

The attitude of defense has improved so much as far as firing to the football. His package allows them to do that. I think that's his biggest gift, the attitude he instills in his kids.

It's important for both sides to take a little time to reassess. Obviously the process at this point hasn't worked and we'll step back and have a look back at how we can move this thing forward. To get right back at it and start firing proposals, I'm not sure is the right way to do it. To reflect, to decide which way to go, I think is important. At the appropriate time, you know, there'll be discussion and we'll get back to it.

It's doing a lot better than it was. I'm back to normal everyday stuff. I haven't gotten to where I think I'm comfortable enough to start picking up a ball and start chucking it yet, but I still have the whole offseason to get that ready and come firing in the spring. I'll know a lot more on Friday when Dr. Yocum looks at it.

I want to be out there on the firing line, helping, directing or doing something to try to make this a better world, a better place to live,

The U.S. economy is firing on all cylinders right now, and there is little to no slack left in the economy.

The U.S. economy is firing on all cylinders, and the moves can't be matched by the European Central Bank.

They are images of firing neurons, quite beautiful, with a forest-like quality to them. They are literally pictures of the mind at work.

They wanted the organization structured a little differently. You've got to give Kraft credit. He did an outstanding job (of that) after firing Pete.

The last couple games we were firing goose eggs, and that's something you don't want to do going into your elimination game.

The last three games, we haven't been firing on all cylinders. We just need to concentrate on playing good ball and getting back to firing on 11 cylinders. This week, we have a solid game plan, which should allow that to happen. My kids just have to be the best that they can be. I can't ask anything more of them than that.

I'm dying to do something sci-fi! I would love to be on a spaceship and firing a laser gun! Something like that would be really awesome. Or something with dinosaurs. Or preferably both at once.

I'm trying to unify us internally so that we can - instead of firing on each other - fire on the Democrats and communicate a message and start talking about issues.

I have two more days to fight my way back to somewhere in the tournament. Let's see if I can come out firing tomorrow, which is what I'm going to have to do.

I'm just going to go out and play my game. I'm going to be aggressive when the golf course allows me to be. I'm going to go out firing and try to shoot a good round.

I misread the putt at the end, ... But after not firing on Thursday and Friday my weekend has been phenomenal, a bit like four years ago.

I'm very proud of Celeste. There were 36 of the best shooters in the nation on the firing line today and her tenth-place finish demonstrates what a talented shooter she is. Her strong finish paves the way for the future success of the TCU rifle program.

If she's caught in a circular firing squad with her own army, you let that play out a little bit.

If you have a flat tire, you got to fix the flat tire. Firing the driver isn't going to help you. If I've got a problem, let's fix it. We're smart enough to fix it.

In the first quarter of 2000, eBay achieved unprecedented financial and operational success. The company is firing on all cylinders as it expands to become a truly global trading platform.

In the first half we were firing on all cylinders. They couldn't do anything against us. We let them back into the game. We let them get a couple of big plays and momentum and the bottom line is we just didn't take care of business.

I heard a noise that I believe to be some kind of clicking sound and I believe that to be in essence the firing of (a) gun that was not loaded,

Certainly, the public will play a significant part in that, and I'm sure if we play to our abilities and everyone is firing on all cylinders, which we need on the day to overcome Mexico, and I'm sure that that will happen,

By firing my assistant the board is undermining township government and the fiscal officer.

By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared with keeping my mind in check.

By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes

By not immediately firing certain officers and allowing them to continue to draw their pay when they have all the proof they need to prosecute, the lack of official response continues to send disturbing signals to the deputies and to the community. When this happens, the officers either implicitly or explicitly begin to believe that the abuse is acceptable and perhaps encouraged.

If I did something wrong, they should say it, but I didn't. I asked her if she was firing me because I wasn't quitting. I'm not a hush boy. She lost her mind.

I don't want to talk about whether firing these rockets is important or not, but I wanted to talk about the destructive consequences. No one of us could forget last week's tragedy when a father and his son were killed by a rocket.

He came up firing but them came up empty. He was just flat.

The troops on the ground are disciplined enough, the local commanders, the lieutenants, the sergeants are good enough to know to try to handle that one individual firing a weapon,

These groups have been in conflict for a good part of the afternoon, going at one another. But it wasn't until they were put out of the zoo and they were standing on Connecticut Avenue, one group on the west side of the street, one on the east side, that they started throwing bottles back and forth, and then someone pulled a gun and then began firing at the crowd,

All guns seemed to be firing at the same time for the economy in the third quarter.

A James Bond movie is a stuntman's dream. I was in a helicopter firing a machine gun at Piers Brosnan escaping on a motorbike.

The guys wanted it. In the second half, our intensity picked up, and our offensive line really started firing off.

Andre is unbelievable. He's really more of a scorer, but he's got point-guard instincts. We lost five or six games in a row with him as the shooting guard. Teams were doubling him because he was firing away. When we moved him back to point guard, it turned us on. Now he kind of hides from teams on offense, and we've won four out of five.

All weekend long we were firing on all cylinders. We seem to be peaking at the right time.

The economy is firing on all cylinders. Construction is very strong. Home price appreciation is very strong. The commercial real estate sector is very strong. Utah ? right now, its performance is about as good as at any time, ever.

The economy was pretty much firing on all cylinders, and the second quarter showed us still on a good growth track ... but oil prices pose a risk to growth and inflation.

The economy was firing on almost all cylinders. It is continuing to show the resilience we've seen time and time again.

The economy seems to be getting over the bursting of the tech bubble. It finally appears that the Triangle is firing on all cylinders.

The firing of my assistant was nothing but a political pay back because I stated the facts and the law regarding the senior center initiative petition. There has been an assistant to the clerk for the past 17 years, a lot longer than there has been an administrator or administrative assistant.