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Largely people are taking a look at historic information. They're looking at earnings and job cuts, and people are concerned. I think we're going to grind it out until earnings come back.

Over the past five years, we have witnessed the near extinction of the woodland caribou in North America. Indeed, we're only down to three animals in the U.S., largely due to the government's mismanagement of snowmobile traffic in areas vital to the animal's survival.

Our schedule was very tough this season and it's been a huge success largely because of the strength of our schedule.

Our success as a party will be determined largely by how well we do here,

Our first quarter results were affected by comparatively higher claims expense in both our employee benefits and individual disability businesses, which we have said can fluctuate widely from quarter to quarter. The slower rate of premium growth for the quarter was largely attributable to the effects of our ongoing commitment to pricing discipline in what was noted as a very price competitive renewal and sales environment for the quarter.

Overall, the U.S. labor market is off to a very solid start in 2006 as strong business fundamentals continue to boost employer demand for workers, creating more job opportunities and driving the unemployment rate down to well below 5 percent. Demand for workers in the U.S. remains elevated at the outset of the year, while the online migration of help-wanted advertising continues at a rapid pace. The Index's findings for February clearly indicate greater confidence among employers throughout much of the country, largely due to the underlying strength of the economy. This is encouraging news for job seekers and bodes well for this year's class of college graduates as they begin their search for employment.

Overall, the quarter was very close to investor expectations. Every key metric was largely as expected.

Our view is that Apple has had very good growth over the past couple of years, largely driven by upgrade cycle to its existing installed base.

Our upstream business -- exploration and production -- continues to be the major contributor to overall profits, ... However, the improvement in earnings from the year-ago quarter was largely driven by our U.S. downstream operations -- refining, marketing and transportation.

Our wisdom comes usually from our experience, and our experience comes largely from our experience.

Our big concern here is separating folks from their families. As long as that's not going to be required, my feeling is our concerns are going to be largely addressed.

Resting metabolic rate is largely genetically determined, but our calorie intake has an effect as well.

Recent trends in this index strongly suggest that the largely anticipated path towards economic recovery has in all likelihood already begun,

Price dynamics in gold next year will continue to be largely determined by speculative interest, backed by a myriad of justifications like inflationary risks, energy-price led economic slowdown, expectations of a US dollar correction, soaring physical demand, supply-side constraints, hopes of large scale central bank buying and so on.

Part of the problem that all of tech is having with respect to jobs is they significantly over-hired during the boom times and to some degree the past few years has been payback for overaggressive hiring. But I think that process is largely over and we should see slightly better job growth in tech by this time next year.

Paul will be remembered as one of the greatest commissioners in the history of professional sports. When Paul succeeded Pete Rozelle as commissioner, he had big shoes to fill, as everybody was quick to remind him. In his own style, he went about the task of filling those shoes, and the results speak for themselves. During his tenure, the National Football League has enjoyed unparalleled popularity, prosperity and labor peace, thanks largely to Paul Tagliabue.

Our market will be largely hostage to what's going on globally this week.

Our much improved earnings resulted largely from the strength of refining margins during the quarter,

People have jumped on the electronic voting bandwagon, thinking that will solve the problems, ... But these systems are largely untested.

People make moves largely on the basis of they've got jobs somewhere, housing costs. But lifestyle, people generally don't take that into account. If you have an opportunity, stay there for a couple of weeks. Sit down and talk to people who have just made that move. Find out what issues they have.

Some of the things that I personally observed, having been back in Louisiana ..., I would not envision as seeing at the same level ... here in California, largely because we have been tested in the past, by man-made and natural disasters.

Terrorist groupings of a secular character and with only a regional sphere of activity have largely been pushed into the background. Only a few of the secular groupings still pose a serious threat.

My mother worked full-time so I was largely ungoverned, free to roam the streets of Detroit from an early age and research the poems to come, a tiny Walt Whitman going among powerful, uneducated people.

My role will be largely a support to him in his capacity, ... He's going to be expecting me to provide some guidance for him in terms of our paper-making activities in all the mills.

Long Island is shaped the way it is largely because of Robert Moses. Long Island is a perfect example of how political power shapes people's lives every day.

I won the 2007 U.S. Open and 2009 Masters in my late 30s, largely because of my confident driving.

I think if we are realistic, the South - the old Confederate states - really only has one entirely unique feature that other parts of the country don't have, and that is this nearly 400-year history of tremendous intimacy, in every sense of the word, good and evil, between two very different kinds of peoples: people who were brought here against their wishes from Africa and a largely Anglo-white population.

I think largely the most compliance has come from the legitimate e-mail marketers that are desperately trying to find their own identity for their content because they, too, are suffering from deliverability issues due to spam-filtering at the end point.

I think the Stern momentum has largely played itself out and will probably kick in again Christmas, but the big ramp that was associated with Stern coming is probably over.

Judging from the current sugar price level, the January auction was largely a failure.

The adverse external factors -- unfavorable exchange rates, high raw-material prices and intense competition -- which we reported from the very beginning of the year have been largely offset by increased sales volume and internal efficiency improvement measures.

My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh.

...most of the gains in the level and the growth rate of productivity in the United States since 1995 appear to be structural, largely driven by advances in technology and its application -- irreversible in the sense that knowledge once gained is almost never lost,

Most investors will view the Link REIT as largely a yield play, with some potential upside through rental increases.

Wholesalers had been struggling with bulging inventories through the winter and spring, ... However, plunging sales had largely thwarted their efforts. July's improvement is a welcome respite in this struggle.

We need to read this with caution, this is largely a reflection of the Chinese New Year distortion, therefore we should not see it as a pick up in inflation.

Where wolves live largely depends on human tolerance. Wolf recovery in some ways is more about people than it is about wolves.

We continue to believe that the company has been making incremental improvements in its product offerings at all divisions. We believe that fall and holiday assortments are largely complete, and that most marketing and merchandising decisions have been made and implemented.

We'll continue our operations at largely the same levels as in the past.

We were making progress largely because parents and kids became more aware of the dangers.

We have taken another giant step in our march toward Europe, ... The journey will be fraught with difficulties, and should Europe abide by its promises ? our success will then largely depend on you, the Turkish people.

We don't cater just to kosher consumers. Our marketing is largely geared towards the greater community. We serve good food that's kosher--rather than kosher food that's good.

While encouraged by annuity growth, I am disappointed in our gross profit decline. This was largely due to increased costs and had a direct impact on our first-quarter earnings.

While any decline is encouraging, we remain concerned because too many people continue to act out their anti-Jewish hatred. We have always said that America is different, that the Jewish communities here are fortunate to be largely immune from the kind of anti-Semitic violence experienced by some European Jewish communities. The numbers remain sobering because we know from painful experience that it only takes one incident of anti-Semitism to affect an entire community.

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.

We're curious to see whether or not the rocks, in fact, are tilted to the south. So far, we have seen them largely tilted to the north. That is going to tell us about the structure and a little bit more about the evolution of the Columbia Hills. And also whether or not the variety of the rocks that we've seen so far continues to increase.

We're certainly not anywhere near to experiencing what the people to the east and to the west of us are. I think that's largely due to the fact that Big Bend is isolated geographically from most of Texas and Mexico as well. There's not a population base in Mexico to the south of the park and the roads are not good. It's an isolated, rugged, hard environment.

We categorically object to most of the unedited report's content and conclusions as largely without merit and not based clearly in the facts.

We are the only garden I know of that has such a diverse display as this. Other gardens have native areas, but they are largely variations on a theme.

Usually, when you have a stock market mania, it's driven largely by individual investors borrowing money to buy stocks at prices that are too high. And usually, when a bubble becomes unwound, it's because of margin calls.

With the distractions of the recent audit committee investigations largely behind us, we expect much improved management focus and quality of execution in this business during the second half of the year. Going forward, we can and expect to do better.

We have had a strong run, largely pushed by the miners and energy stocks. Perhaps these sectors are due to take a break.

We have the hottest, driest weather in perhaps 50 years; we have thousands of lightning strikes an hour; we have 300 new fires every day in the West, largely because of lightning strikes,

Today was an important day because largely because Sunday is going to be 36 holes. This golf course is tough enough to play when you've got 18 in front of you, but 36 is obviously a very long day.

threatened by China's aggressive tactics to lock up energy supplies around the world that are largely dedicated for their own use.

You know what's interesting? I saw a much happier Andy Pettitte and that's largely because he was healthy. Last year he was riddled with injuries. We only saw glimpses of him.

We aren't talking about theatres where Indians largely attend. Yes, 'Water' has gone mainstream with an 80-print release all over the US. But before that we have a large release at the end of March in Spain and Australia in April.

The president ... fails to understand the limited role the US military should play in Iraq's long-term political and economic reconstruction efforts. Our brave servicemen and women won a resounding victory in the military operation, and their task is largely over.

The press is largely right on the issue -- but it can be right and go too far.

We are disappointed, but hardly surprised, that the company has as much as admitted that it has no interest in further direct negotiations. Management has been largely unresponsive to our attempts to negotiate in earnest for a fair contract.

You have to anticipate more sprint out in the package. The system is probably going to be largely the same with a few more tricks.

Though this news is clearly a disappointment, we believe that the damage is largely done and the 10 percent decline in the stock price fully compensates for the approximately 8 percent reduction in the earnings outlook for next year.

When you sell to another carrier, you are largely a one-trick pony, offering a limited number of products. When you sell to an end user, you have an opportunity to sell a full bundle of services, be a one-stop shop. What differentiates the winners and losers going forward will be the quality of the customer.

whether it is sufficiently meeting systemic needs is largely left up to whether we trust the government.

Whether it hurts or helps, it's largely pegged to your cinematic persona.

We're not sure what the Fed's going to do. And if they do their worst and raise rates, I think it's largely built into the bond and stock prices right now. So, I think the worse of the near-term problems are just about accomplished.

What you've been seeing is a very favorable financing climate in which investors are on the lookout for paper, yet corporations seem largely unwilling to step in and issue new bonds.

We predicted we would only find a significant percentage of clay minerals in sediments toward the end of the Precambrian, when complex life arose, while earlier sediments would have less clay content. This test is easier than it sounds. Because clay minerals make up the bulk of sediment deposited today, we are saying that it should be largely absent in ancient rocks. And this is just what one finds.

We're living in a tremendously new landscape, and the possibility of what can be created is immense. These tools of the moving image have a relatively short history in art, and what we can do with them is still largely unknown. We are still innovating and finding ways to tell stories.

Tomorrow is largely a foregone conclusion in the mind of the market.

We are leaving our fiscal 2001 estimates and $87 12-month price objective for Microsoft materially unchanged, following fourth-quarter results that were largely devoid of the drama of the past two quarters. Nonetheless, 'caution' remains the operative word from Microsoft management, as continued choppy monthly unit demand from business PCs and a deliberate, gradual ramp from Windows 2000 platforms and related applications hinders near-term growth.

We are largely out of the woods with the June meeting.

We are largely deferring utilization (of the station) and we are paring logistics (flights) to the bone.

This would be a very good strategic fit -- largely because each is a little shaky alone.

Traditionally, whether presidents are portrayed as tough warriors or not, you'll see his soft side, but largely manifested through the largely different role of the president's wife. She'll have to have a husband, and chances are they can't present her as an emasculating wife.

Traditionally, the stock market does well in the first year of recovery because you have a sharp rise in productivity and moderating wage demands, so unit labor costs plunge and profits grow rapidly. All the data tell you that is happening. What's weighing on the market is the recognition that the last three years' earnings were largely created by clever accountants rather than strong fundamentals.

We definitely had some clutch performances. We had clutch two-out hits, and those largely contributed to this big win for us.

We don't know if attitudes were held prior to or largely shaped by it,

We want to lift all incomes and wealth. We are starting to see that the income gap is largely an education gap.

Writing novels is largely about endurance and patience. I take a lot of breaks, hit walls, and go do something else while I think things through. But I do it every day, and I try to treat it as a job, something that is not dictated by whimsy or muses.

The data was mildly dollar positive. However, I think the market largely ignored the data.

The decision does not come as a surprise and was largely incorporated in the stock already in our opinion.

The declines were largely due to lack of confidence. Worries over weak corporate governance, brokers' scandals and an equity oversupply weighed on the bourses.

The debt-free mentality is largely the product of emotion - how nice it would be to never make a mortgage payment again. Good debt gives you some leverage that helps you increase your net worth.

The critical goals of solid internal controls and transparent financial reporting are better achieved by a free and unfettered capital market rather than by burdensome regulation. Enforcement efforts should focus on aggressive prosecution of bad actors under existing anti-fraud laws rather than imposing costly and largely ineffective procedural requirements on all public companies.

The crews almost got a free pass in terms of road cleanup on Sunday because they were largely alone on the highways.

The real tragedy is that overweight and obesity, and their related chronic diseases, are largely preventable, ... Approximately 80% of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, and 40% of cancer could be avoided through healthy diet, regular physical activity and avoidance of tobacco use.

We offer it largely as a convenience for our customers. It hasn't been a big revenue generator, but we like having it available to the customers who have an interest in it.

We've been down all day largely on the Nokia earnings warning. There was some bottom fishing after two down days and maybe some short covering.

We view this shift in financial policy as more aggressive because we had expected free cash flow to be applied largely to debt reduction.

Though domestic demand waned and imports somehow slackened accordingly, due largely to macro economic control, in the first half of the year, it is totally wrong to consider the Chinese Government stepped in foreign trade with administrative instruments.

Though domestic demand waned and imports slackened in the first half, due largely to macro-economic controls, it is totally wrong to consider the Chinese Government influenced foreign trade with administrative instruments.

This report was largely in line with expectations. It was a grim report.

This report is largely an energy story, but the size of the increase can't be easily dismissed.

The recession was largely centered in the manufacturing sector, and that is where we continue to see the strongest signs of recovery.

There have been tremendous measures put in place, largely because these Olympics are going to be very vulnerable for a variety of reasons.

The reason we've shifted to deficit spending is largely due to a shift from very robust economic growth and a booming stock market into a recession. The bottom line is, I'm not particularly concerned.

We kind of agree with Mao that political power comes largely from the barrel of a gun. And we get it that if you want a friend you should get a dog.

Women in mystery fiction were largely confined to little old lady snoops - amateur sleuths - who are nurses, teachers, whatever.

We've delivered consistent results, largely with the management team in place today.