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With the right sources of funding and some smart, strategic thinking about how to force non-banks to follow the same rules as other lenders, the entire landscape of consumer lending would change.

We are proud to have had the opportunity to bring television viewers one of the most acclaimed series in television history. From the venerable, moving performances by the first-rate cast to the sterling creative team behind the camera, this series has left an indelible imprint on the landscape of television drama.

We are looking in many parts of the world and China is one of our focuses at the moment. We are currently surveying the landscape in China to identify any opportunities.

We believe that there's going to be a complete landscape of devices in the future that will enable people to access the Internet, send e-mail and do computing. I think it is absolute folly to say that any one of these devices will serve the needs of the entire industry and all markets.

We're interested in trying to protect certain key natural values in the landscape and make sure that the land will be there for our children and our children's children.

When I was nine, my great grandfather, a landscape painter, taught me to mix colors. With his strong hand surrounding my small one, he guided the brush until a calla lily appeared as if by magic on a page of textured watercolor paper.

Working with Placido Domingo, we have coined the term 'American Ring,' and the designers and I are using American history, mythology, iconography and landscape to set the operas.

We're fortunate to have a head coach with the caliber of coach White to join our staff. She has built a championship program before and knows the competitive landscape of Division I women's basketball.

We're honing the cast of 'American Morning' in order to focus on what the audience wants most and what CNN does best: the latest news delivered with the greatest intelligence, ... In a morning television landscape littered with mindless entertainment, there will be one name you can rely on for no-nonsense news: O'Brien.

With what we have here right now, ... you'll see the landscape change and be better than what the perception is.

Vendor consolidation is a major trend that forces customers to consolidate their IT (information technology) landscape, ... They're redrawing their landscape without those smaller vendors who they see as being most at risk.

The landscape is best described as 'pedestrian hostile.' It's pointless to try to take a walk, so I generally just stay in the room and think about shooting myself in the head.

If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.

The landscape of cinema is not original. Not to say there aren't great movies being made, but it's much easier for studios to make movies that have built-in audiences. So it's all remakes, adaptations, a lot of remakes of adaptations.

Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.

There are times when the thing we are seeing changes before our very eyes, and if it is a landscape we praise nature, and if it is celestial we invoke God, but if it is a loved one who defects, we excuse ourselves and say we have to be somewhere and are already late for our next appointment. We do not stay to put pennies over the half-dead eyes.

Those of us with water in our personalities don't pick where we'll flow to. All we can do is flow where the landscape of our lives carries us

The genocide will not necessarily take the form of war, or death camps. Most likely it will take the form of ecocide, in which landscapes are devastated and the populations that live there slowly starve or turn upon each other savagely because there isn't enough food or water to go around.

We offer you the landscape of your birth -- Exquisite and despoiled. We all share blame. We cannot ask forgiveness of the earth For killing what we cannot even name.

Sex, without society as its landscape, has never been of much interest to fiction.

I stress the uniqueness of the Australian landscape and its metaphysical and mythic content.

You know what's truly weird about any financial crisis? We made it up. Currency, money, finance, they're all social inventions. When the sun comes up in the morning it's shining on the same physical landscape, all the atoms are in place.

Elvis Presleys' first album had more energy and more enthusiam than any other album at the time - when it was released it just blew everything else out. It changed the whole landscape of music

There is a red sandy beach in the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia that is unlike any other shore landscape I have ever seen. The world's highest tides wash its shores, and the soft cliffs of Blomidon Provincial Park are constantly crumbling away; whole trees will occasionally slide down to the sea to decay slowly in the wind and brine.

We had no inkling this was going to happen and to say we're disappointed is an understatement. The landscape changed when the system was reviewed last year but this is still a kick in the teeth for the North-West.

We've seen virtualization go mainstream over the last couple of years. But there are still a ton of companies out there that haven't tried it. We're focused on changing that landscape we want to bring virtualization to every user.

The concept of architecture as analogous to landscape is something that has interested me for a long time.

We're helping Ten Chimneys maintain what they had already established with a landscape architect. With the knowledge we can bring to the table as Master Gardeners, we can discuss plant choices.

There are selections so acute that they come to define a place, with the result that we can no longer travel through that landscape without being reminded of what a great artist noticed there.

It is no coincidence that the Western attraction to sublime landscapes developed at precisely the moment when traditional beliefs in God began to wane.

You don't go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that's benign conquest. It's a glorious way of exploring other landscapes and other cultures in a very life-affirming way.

Down to the Puritan marrow of my bones There's something in this richness that I hate. I love the look, austere, immaculate, Of landscapes drawn in pearly monotones.

The plant is set back 100 feet from Kentucky Street and is buffered on two sides by landscape buffers.

We're constantly assessing competitive landscape to make sure our product is priced competitively.

Major social movements. . . eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.

Leslie's extensive work with the U.S. Department of Education and her founding of the Institute for Educational Equity and Opportunity and the Capitol Education Fund, evidence her commitment to improving education access and opportunity in our country. Her broad legal and professional experience and deep knowledge of the education sector will be a tremendous asset as Career Education continues its leadership role in the changing landscape of our post-secondary educational system.

Screen rotation is a combination of software and hardware that allows you to change a monitor between portrait and landscape modes.

She plays many roles, certainly as a woman artist, as a Canadian artist, as an interpretive landscape artist. She really has multiple layers.

MOTOR TREND holds a distinctive place in the landscape of automotive journalism. It is a strong and influential publication that is poised for tremendous growth. It is the right time for Ira to take MOTOR TREND to the next level.

No doubt about it, the landscape and your opportunities are so much greater here in the U.S. than in any other country, and if you come up with a great idea, and then put a great business plan with it, and you can get the capital, then the sky's the limit,

One of our big goals was to make this an experience like you were there. The impression we wanted to create was, you step out of your little capsule ... and you're seeing this alien landscape for the first time.

Now our aging landscape has a new look and the school is humming with excitement.

Nothing is going to change until this investigation comes to a close. It has frozen the political landscape since it heated up in August.

One of the objectives of a studio is having the students get involved and understand the workings of a community, and integrate that with landscape architectural design ideas. It was a perfect fit to expose the students to the community process for position making, to have them develop ideas based on thorough analysis of the city and its contexts, and then come with a series of proposals that was then presented to the city of Sweetwater.

If we don't do it, it will be lost to history. Plays like this were a big part of the theatrical landscape for a long time.

If we go forward, we want to be certain that the city has an opportunity to be competitive. Given how the bid landscape has changed, we need to be certain before we ask any U.S. city to do all that is required in the bid process.

Budget pressures, the changing needs of the community and Wiscasset's development landscape have rapidly changed in the past couple of years, ... To meet the needs and provide the right fit for the community, I plan to restructure our current planning and economic development offices into a single office. As such, I met with Don Alexander and we reached the mutual agreement that I will eliminate the position...

I can't really make another Blur record that's a big landscape sort of thing, due to my very basic guitar ability, ... I want to sing and play so it has to be three chords. I can only do three chords and not look at the guitar.

Given that the global landscape will continue to change with the rise of China, India, and other countries, the United States needs all the friends it can get. One simply can't overestimate what our country stands to lose in terms of economic power if American companies find it difficult to trade overseas. There are clear signs that American hegemony is faltering.

For some reason, today we're painting the whole picture with a broad brush and a few profit warnings are really damaging that landscape for the companies that are good (performers).

From a sector point of view, there would be very few 'safe' havens on the Canadian equity landscape if this scenario materialized.

From our point of view, the important thing is that the emerging Internet TV landscape still has the potential to be free, non-commercial, and built on open standards, ... We're working to ensure that Internet TV is open and accessible, just like blogging and podcasting are. The days of proprietary video players are waning, as long as there are genuine alternatives for consumers that are free and open source.

He's a very experienced bullpen arm. The landscape of relief pitchers is fairly inconsistent year to year, but Dan has remained consistent.

He's getting a sense of the landscape now. There is no one out there who could defeat him for minority leader. The question is what he will choose to do.

Human transience, always an essential if unstated aspect of his landscape paintings, became an overt theme when Woody turned to the human figure as a subject.

I always do landscape design with the functional needs of the homeowners foremost in my mind.

He was ahead of his time, ... He showed African-Americans how they could be part of the landscape of this country.

There are surveys that say a nicely planted and maintained landscape adds 10 (percent) to 20 percent to the value of a home.

It also comes on the heals of AOL-Time Warner and the Terra Networks merger with Lycos, and shows that the Internet and media landscape is getting increasingly competitive, requiring more consolidation.

I think it's kind of win-win deal for Ames and Wal-Mart. It's a nice corridor there, and I think we're going to be a nice addition to the landscape there.

It changed the landscape of women's publishing. It was a precursor of the women's movement. It said you can be a sexy, sensual human being, that you can be independent, that you can go for it.

It connects with the soul. People connect with the environment and their surroundings and this painter really strove to do that with the landscape by finding the peace in it.

I think the concept is a wonderful concept. It'll be carried on television. Because of the nationalism involved, it could take on greater meaning in countries like Japan or the Dominican Republic or Venezuela than perhaps it would in the United States. But because of the nationalistic feeling, it could be a nice little launching pad because it is played in March. I think it's an interesting concept that should grow over the years. If you give it time, five or six or seven years from now, this could be a nice addition to the sports landscape and a big event.

I think that every time you bring a subject into the mainstream landscape of television, it can have a huge impact. Television is such an influential medium.

I think this is the first tremor that will ultimately be a political earthquake and that earthquake I think will change the political landscape in Wisconsin.

It is important that a good sales staff know which product works on what pest. It is also important for retailers to know when to recommend good cultural practices. Not every problem in the home landscape can be cured from a pesticide bottle.

It is a style of broadcasting that has been missing from the New Zealand television landscape for a number of years. The longer length interview format will give me the opportunity to find out what makes the guests tick.

It is a rapidly changing beverage landscape and it is important for Coke to move quickly to deliver on what the consumer wants. The competition for shelf space is intense.

I think there is something very magical about Telluride and Mountainfilm. Both offer a fine balance among the physical, intellectual and spiritual worlds. The first time we visited, we were struck by the power of the landscape and this amazing gathering. We need to take a moment now and then to trade stories about what it really means to be a human being. Mountainfilm provides the platform for such exchanges.

Jeff Blake is not only one of Sony's greatest assets, but I think he is recognized industry wide as one of the best in the business. As the marketing landscape changes and becomes more and more fragmented and the exhibition community faces the challenge of converting to digital cinema, there is no one better to guide us than Jeff Blake. He is truly second to no one and he inspires those around him to do their best work. We couldn't be more proud to recognize his extraordinary contributions with this promotion.

Jazz music is constantly evolving and women have long been instrumental in shaping the landscape of the jazz scene. The Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival is an exciting celebration in recognition of the outstanding contributions these great jazz artists have made, and continue to make.

Landscape projects are expensiveespecially if you'd like to do a nice landscape like they are attempting to do all over campus.

Landscape is more than flat land covered by floodwater, the seeping of peat bogs, a river of liquid pewter viewed from a sentry tower. It's an influence on what a person values, what she is willing to sacrifice or argue for.

Our in-country experts are seeing new development and construction projects underway. But they also see the sometimes complicated landscape in terms of tax implications, regulatory compliance and other opportunity costs. Understanding the full risk profile of new projects -- especially in emerging countries -- will be essential for hospitality companies looking to deliver shareholder value.

Our clients are looking at the gamut of planning issues, engineering issues, surveying, environmental planning and landscape architecture. We bill ourselves as a full-service consulting company.

Painting the landscape was, in a sense, another means of exerting control, of imposing order on the disorderly.

Paul will provide landscape architecture and we'll do civil architecture. We'll help with layout and all of the things he needs for construction.

Paul is a skilled and talented public relations executive whose respect from the press is matched only by the admiration of his peers. He is a brilliant strategist and manager whose intuitive understanding of the media landscape will be of enormous benefit in communicating The CW message to the press and all of our key constituents. In addition, Paul comes to The CW having worked at both UPN and The WB, providing a unique background and vantage point of what it takes to compete as the fifth broadcast network.

Look in your landscape and see what you need, then buy accordingly. Don't be an impulse buyer or you'll end up with the wrong plant in the wrong place.

Look at it from the point of view of the animals that live in your garden. They did not evolve in a tidy landscape, they evolved in a landscape where leaves and branches and whatever fell off the tree and just lay there.

I think of setting as almost a character of its own, influencing the other characters in ways they're not even aware of. So much of the success of a good ghost story rides on creating a creepy atmosphere; details of the landscape itself can help create a sense of dread.

I suppose Swedenborg might have been pleased to have a room named after him, a wall-papered room with two chairs and two doors and a simple painting of a landscape containing a tiger and a serpent and a few birds.

I think this is a volatile league. A lot of things happen over time. You don't always have a true picture of the landscape early on. Doing your due diligence makes sense.

We need a grassroots movement and government policies and programs to change the food landscape and the built environment to give our children a chance to have happy, healthy successful lives.

Well, as long as they're able to keep the pricing environment, ... If they can keep a moderate pricing environment in this competitive landscape that they're in, they can get that stock probably back up to 55, maybe even up to 60.

I think hypochondria always plays a part in the healthcare landscape.

The 3D world allows you to engage even more with a film because you're somehow drawn into the landscape or the universe of that scene. Even when it's two people talking at a table, you feel like you're a third party.

The architects wanted the building to have certain qualities of the natural landscape that are constantly changing. In different lights, for example, the skin has different qualities. It changes with the sunlight. It changes with the fog.

The Asian markets will have a pivotal global influence in the coming decades and will offer significant investment opportunities for both KKR and our existing portfolio companies, ... As the role of private equity in Asia grows and is further defined, KKR will carefully assess the landscape and determine the most appropriate ways to be a leading participant in that process.

That's the thing to know about Louise Bourgeois, more than anything else, is her own immediate reality and her own emotional landscape that is always the subject of her work.

You just want to translate what you see. I keep saying I am no different from a 19th-century landscape artist.

We realized what the landscape was and how this thing was setting up.

We have some of the most extraordinary landscape on the planet and we want to get two of the most extraordinary actors in the world and put them ... in that landscape.

We are trying to build the geology of the Rocky Mountains as of 65 million years ago, ... We are trying to understand how the landscape changed and reconstruct the Rocky Mountains.

We are thrilled to see the number of schools offering legitimate services more than triple in the last year, and (we) remain hopeful that these partnerships will continue to flourish. At the same time, complacency looms as a constant threat to the tremendous progress we have made. As the landscape changes, so must the anti-piracy programs within the university community. There is much promise in the coming years, but our work is far from done.

Usually there's some kind of clue, whether it's a rhythmic foundation or sometimes its very abstract - just an emotional kind of landscape - and then you just kind of start someplace.

Trees were so rare in that country, and they had to make such a hard fight to grow, that we used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they were persons. It must have been the scarcity of detail in that tawny landscape that made detail so precious.

We are really seeing a change in the landscape of tech for the first time in five years.

We are not interested in hiding. We are interested in being open and transparent. We want to serve the community and the lake together. The compact is clear on our mission of maintaining the equilibrium between natural landscape and man-made environment. It is very challenging, because you do have differing opinions about Lake Tahoe and how it should be managed.

When I was a kid, 'Land of the Lost' was my favorite show, just because it was - in the landscape of Saturday morning cartoons - it was so unique. It was a live-action show and kids were in it, these creatures, these Sleestaks and dinosaurs. Every week was a different adventure. I couldn't wait. I loved it so much.