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That was difficult. Any time you're in a job, whether you're a doctor or lawyer, and they bring somebody else to do your job and demote you, that can be frustrating, ... It was frustrating as a linebacker that they wanted to go a different direction. But you've got to keep working and improving and now I have another opportunity to play.

That strength is driven by improving markets and better visibility, with particular strength in our wireless and optical portfolios.

I would interpret higher stock prices in two ways, ... It's an indication of improving confidence in the economy's recovery, and it increases the confidence and wealth of consumers, adding to consumer spending.

I would infer from the statement that the Fed is somewhat more sanguine on the economic recovery. Perhaps they believe that $55 oil prices are, at least for the time being, something of the past and that jobs are just improving at a moderate pace.

My commitment is still going to be to improving our schools at every opportunity,

Most large organizations have a big investment in Symantec tools and wouldn't normally consider switching. This year, however, Symantec's products have repeatedly shown up on the list of the software with critical new security vulnerabilities. Many corporate IT managers are angry and frustrated that their security vendor is as careless as the operating system vendors in writing bad code. And Microsoft has succeeded in persuading many of them that they are far ahead of other software vendors in improving the situation for new products.

Most analysts are calling for the market to rise between 5 percent and 10 percent next year, but I think it could be more like 15 percent. The economy is heating up, the employment picture has been improving and companies will begin spending more.

Merger/acquisition activity was the second leading cause of job cuts (in January), behind cost-cutting. It will continue to be among the top job-cut reasons this year as an improving economy and increased competition force industry consolidation.

Mercury has worked hard to focus on improving its product quality and customer service, and it shows. Mercury's success this year in these two engine segments shows that positive change happens when companies are serious about both listening and decisively responding to their customers.

Microsoft is partnering with these NGOs to drive further adoption of technology that can speed information when it is most critical. We at Microsoft believe it is important to help improve humanitarian efforts through financial donations, technical resources and the volunteer efforts of our employees worldwide. This grant is directed at improving collaboration among agencies, which is one of the most vital issues our NGO partners are trying to solve.

While the end markets Motorola serves continue to be weak, the company is making good progress in improving its strategic focus and in reducing its cost structure.

While the closure of the Texas stores results in an impairment charge, it does set the stage for fundamentally improving our Texas operations, ... The competitive environment has softened over the last couple of quarters, which has allowed us to improve our sales in that environment despite carrying these underperforming stores.

We haven't seen this kind of positive sales performance since we began tracking the group in November 2000. Fourth-quarter profits for department stores rose 5 percent compared to a 1 percent rise a year ago. We've now has a couple of quarters of improving trends.

Winning the conference is certainly one of our goals. The guys are working hard and their scores have come down in the past week since it got warm. Hopefully they will just keep improving and we can make a run at the end of the season.

While you have to factor in seasonality, the fact is that the lowest fares are on the rise, ... Low-fare carriers are responding to improving economic conditions and are taking advantage of increased demand.

We continue to place an emphasis on improving student performance on standardized test scores and build a community support network for our at-risk students. The ultimate goal is for each one to succeed and flourish.

We continue to expect Heinz to divest non-core assets, to generate strong cash flow, to deliver improving margins and eventually to sell or partner the business.

We continue to believe SAP is seeing an improving IT-spending environment and is taking market share from global peers, especially Oracle.

We are beginning to come together as a well-balanced track team. We keep improving and lowering our times. We must remember not to push too hard too fast.

We played hard. It was a good win, keeps us improving in the division.

We hope this (closing) and our commitment to improving procedures will resolve the liquor license renewal issue to everyone's satisfaction.

We hope that this would be one of the first steps towards improving relations and more doors would soon open so the two countries can come closer.

We hope our clients walk away from this event with a better understanding of how Harland Financial Solutions fits into their business strategy and fully realizing our commitment to improving financial institution performance. We are extremely pleased with the exceptional turnout and remarkable success of this year's conference.

Those guys got us some points I was not expecting with good performances today. Morris has been steadily improving every day, but he made a big step today to place in this meet.

While an industry-wide slowdown in semiconductor demand is something management has little control over, of greater concern to us is management's continued difficulty in executing its handset product transitions and cost reductions in an increasingly competitive market. We do not see this improving anytime soon.

We're cautious, considering how well real estate funds have performed since the beginning of 2000. As much as some of the fundamentals look to be improving in real estate sub-sectors - for example, we've had sustained job growth, and that leads to greater demand for office and apartment space - we think price appreciation has largely outstripped the rate of change.

You always want to be perfect out there. But it's about really improving all parts of the game and trying to be more efficient on offense.

We expect an earnings recovery in 2001 ... by strengthening our operations, improving our strong product offering and through significant cost reductions. We expect to achieve this, even if the economy and competing environment preclude any revenue growth in the year.

We ended up improving our team, it's just a little bit different way than when we anticipated,' ... From where we ended up last year, on paper we have a better team than we had last year.'

We really took advantage of the nice weather and had a good day. We are steadily improving and playing better in each match and that is all we can ask.

We finally got one and at least we won't be 0 and 82. We all needed it for our mental being. We are improving every game.

We can't worry about what just happened. We have to look forward to the future. We have to keep on improving and not getting complacent, not feeling comfortable.

We played them well for the most part in both games. There's always a stretch in each game that we let down. We've played with them, we just have to figure a way to get over the hump and that's going to be by improving our defensive effort because they are a very good offensive team and have very good shooters.

We believe this number to be unacceptable, ... I would like to meet with you to discuss the complaints, your interview processes, and ways that IAMG can assist your agency with improving your minority hiring at the Library/Museum facility.

We had lost 14 seniors in 10 varsity spots. It was pretty scary coming into the season. My expectations were not around winning, it was more about wrestling hard and improving throughout the year and getting the most I could out of my kids.

We have a good mix of returning swimmers and kids who are new to the sport and never really swam competitively. Right now they're out here every day giving it their all and improving every time they get in the pool.

We have a goal of improving on last year's finish and taking third (in the team scores).

We have a lot of improving to do. We haven't even scratched the surface of what this team can accomplish. It's a great win. Great to be 1-0, but we have 15 more rounds to go and Seattle is staring us in the face.

We've got the best divers in the league. We got a new coach this year (Katie Beth Bryant) who has done a great job of improving our team. All five divers have a chance at conference.

We've made time savings of about 30% across the board, which has freed up some of my and my partners' time to go and look for other business and concentrate on forthcoming tenders and contracts. Many local authorities are looking at best value propositions, and with this type of technology improving each week we can move forward and, hopefully, offer more for a lower price than our competitors.

We've made substantial progress in having solid finances, ... Now we need to focus on improving the team.

We've made significant progress on the relevancy of our results and have to invest on improving that area. The 250 number absolutely gives us the right level of depth.

We have commented that there is a thin line between a liquidity-driven market that anticipates improving fundamentals and a bubble. The equity market may have stepped over that line.

We have to overthrow the idea that it's a diversion from 'real' work when scientists conduct high-quality research in the open. Publicly funded science should be open science. Improving the way that science is done means speeding us along in curing cancer, solving the problem of climate change and launching humanity permanently into space.

We have to keep improving and peaking at the right time. We've been talking about that all year. If we can keep playing good soccer, if we're firing on all cylinders, we're a team that nobody wants to face in the playoffs.

We have to keep improving and get ready for the playoffs. We are getting our confidence levels up there and we could surprise some people come playoffs.

We're working on finishing strong and maintaining a high level of play throughout the entire game. Possession and improving our draw controls will be critical.

We're where we need to be at this time, improving every week. We have some very specific goals for this meet.

Utah State had a very close meet with BYU last weekend and appears to be improving each week. I know both Utah State and Southern Utah would love to catch us a little down after last week's home opener. We need to stay focused and on-task.

We've done a good job of improving consistently all the way from the freshmen to the seniors. The coaches do not let us get caught up in winning.

We need to keep going down the same road of improving our short game. To really stay competitive, we need to keep the attacking mentality.

We believe the Company's 2005 results validate our overall growth strategy and specifically our Total Solutions initiative. During 2006, we will remain focused on growing our top line and improving margins by managing productivity and costs within our businesses. I have never been more confident in our ability to achieve sustainable and profitable growth.

We came out hard and did a good job of taking the crowd out of it. Getting that first goal was huge. We're just getting better every game and improving as a team.

We hadn't played well in two games here, but we're not the same team we were then. We have been improving each game. We're more consistent on offense, and we played great defense.

Today's tracking technologies can generate significant cost savings derived from more accurate data collection. This includes the passive collection of data concurrent with the seamless flow of patient information throughout the hospital experience. The goal when implementing any of these systems should include automatic information collection to allow for improving quality of care, improving productivity, reducing redundancy in processes, decreasing errors, reducing overall operating costs, while increasing rapid availability of essential information, all without placing additional demands on the caregiver.

Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time wasted in disapproving of others.

Transportation firms reported continuing economic weakness. While 2006 is likely to be a positive year for the Oklahoma economy due to an improving telecommunications sector and expansions in business service firms, the closing of GM operations in Oklahoma City will produce some fairly negative economic consequences.

We need to work on our rebounding because that needs to get better, but I think we're improving every game and hopefully we'll be peaking when the playoffs start because I know there is room for improvement.

We need to tighten up our procedures because there are a number of people out there scamming the system. But the first priority is improving performance. We'd love to be in a situation where we don't have to pay any refunds.

We've been getting used to each other's style of play. Hockey is a game of communication. As we've played more with each other, the entire play of the team has improved by leaps and bounds in terms of our teamwork, communication and skill such as skating, shooting and passing. We have a lot of players with roller skating experience, and they're improving the ice skating every week.

We are well aware of our challenges and we have a well-thought-out strategy for improving our North American business.

We made excellent progress in 2005 by improving our management of the distribution channel, reducing inventories throughout the supply chain and reducing our capital spending and ultimately depreciation expense.

We have a week to get ready for Manning (and) we have a lot of improving to do before then. We will have to play well, but a win against Manning is not impossible.

We have a variety of attractions at the fair to appeal to people of all interests and ages. We try to keep improving the fair every year and adding new things to it.

We have nothing more to add. But as we have said all along we remain focused on executing our 'Plan to Win,' which is delivering solid results by improving our restaurant experience for our customers and insuring alignment with our franchisees and suppliers and adding value to shareholders.

We have nothing more to add. As we have said all along, we remain focused on our plan to win, which is delivering solid results by improving our restaurant experience for customers, ensuring alignment with our franchisees and suppliers and adding value to shareholders.

The pressure was really high, ... It showed we can work for better things in the future. We are improving as time passes. The first game was not easy for us. It was a great disappointment. Now we are improving and let's see what we can do in the quarterfinals.

We all need good, vital, improving schools; we're all in this together.

Water quality appears to be improving from south to north. In some areas, I've heard it's clear down to 10 feet.

We anticipate Japanese companies will try to compete in hiring good workers, driving up wages. Improving employment and rising wages will support demand, prop up economic growth and spur inflation.

We are committed to improving working conditions for the 500,000 people who make our products,

We are committed to improving the lives of women who have or who have had breast cancer. Whether it's enhancing their family's financial security by making life insurance more affordable -- or helping them physically and emotionally recover from fighting the disease -- The Hartford wants to make a difference.

We are committed to continued expense management and strategies to improve productivity in 2006. Execution in these two important areas should contribute to the achievement of our goal of improving operating margins by 50 to 150 basis points for the year.

We are improving security and accelerating investment in the oil sector between now and the end of the year. There is also a boost to investment in the 2006 budget,

We are improving every day. We took care of some of the little things today like closing out matches.

We are improving constantly in involving different players in the scoring.

We are disappointed with Moody's actions because we are beginning to see signs of progress in product excellence and in a revitalized marketing strategy. There is more work to be done in improving our cost position and health care burden and we are working as quickly as we can to address these issues.

Those life experiences that helped shaped my political beliefs are with me in every position I take and every vote that I cast - whether it be in favor of comprehensive immigration reform, strengthening Social Security and Medicare, or improving our nation's education system.

Unfortunately, some anglers see this program and the reporting of their steelhead fishing efforts as a hassle, but their information is critical to maintaining and improving healthy and fishable steelhead populations. Our goal is to improve California steelhead habitat and populations and to increase steelhead fishing opportunities and success. This requires accurate and complete data from anglers.

We didn't run well at home in our last meet, so improving on that is a first step. If we don't get our ducks in order Saturday, we'll get schooled.

We are 100 percent focused on improving our top line through great product. We are in the midst of a turnaround and we know that will take time.

We remain committed to that business. We're committed to taking whatever steps are necessary to improving that business.

We remain committed to our gross margin improvement goals that have us reaching 30 percent in 2006 and mid-30 percent in 2007. Our focus in 2006 is on improving our product mix, delivering more new leadership analog and integrated power products while reducing our exposure to lower margin standard products.

We are really happy to get a win and the week off really helped the kids prepare. The kids are improving with each game, and the coaches are very pleased with the performance.

We are playing some catch-up with the car because we lost track time yesterday. We just haven't found the balance we need to be fast here yet. We have another warm-up session in the morning, so hopefully we can keep improving tomorrow and be strong in the race.

We are playing better now and we just need to keep improving on it. You want to be peaking at the end of the season. We're definitely not happy going into conference 3-8, but there's nothing we can do about that now. It's a new season, we're 0-0, we just have to focus on conference now and learn from the preseason.

The policy makers are not serious over the issue of improving the overall strength of the capital market.

The overall plan has always been to get there. Luckily, we've been improving and he's doing well. Once we get through Saturday and everything goes well, we'll start planning on from there.

The overall industry outlook is not improving in the short term, and the economic conditions in Asia Pacific and Latin America continue to negatively impact our business, ... The domestic market is suffering from heavy promotions at retail, which is affecting our performance. And the well publicized conditions in Japan and Korea, our two largest markets in the Far East, has caused reported sales to decline approximately 50 percent when compared to last year.

The overall economy does not seem to be improving for business customers of any size. As a result, we expect sales in that division at lower end of the low to mid single-digit range for the third quarter,

We had a period of needed consolidation in gold ... with rallying base metals, strong silver prices and improving momentum, we can probably go higher.

We played against (Eastern last) Tuesday and didn't play very well. We came back and beat them in three games today, which was really good. We competed with (Silver Creek) and that was my big goal this year was to compete with them. I'm proud of (the Generals). We're improving every day.

We probably won't be able to actually build a new house for a while, because of the (sewer) moratorium. What our first project may well be instead is a rehab project, taking an existing home and improving it so that it is inhabitable.

We probably are at the bottom of the economic cycle and that would suggest that there is some modest light at the end of the tunnel particularly in terms of an improving export backdrop, ... The euro is at a much more competitive level than we were seeing at the tail end of last year.

We operate like a focused United Way. Our goal is charitable ... improving the legal system and access to it. We have a civic mission. The money is to be used for the greater benefit of the community.

We are having trouble stringing our hits together, we are not putting the ball in play enough, even though we are improving each time out.

We are having a delayed response to an improving market because construction and land costs are creating a situation where the new projects can't be underwritten. The rents aren't moving enough to support a lot of new development.

We're living on the edge. We're definitely pressing things a little bit. The fans might be frustrated we only put seven points on the board, but we know we're going to keep improving and we're going to be successful.

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We still have villages in very remote areas that have not been accessed. As weather is improving, we get more and more access. The situation is improving on an hourly basis.