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I don't think it matters that we were Super Bowl champions; we always have to come to a game and line up and play. Every team is good. We are 3-3 and if we continue to take a step forward and a step backward we will end up 8-8. . . . The bottom line is we are not doing the things we need to do. People aren't making their tackles, staying in their gaps.

I don't think it's overrated. They've done a nice job on defense all season long. They're ranked No. 10 in the country (defending the run) because they've got good players and they play hard. But by the same token, it's a great opportunity for us and great challenge for our guys to line up against a quality defense like Georgia Tech and see what we can do.

I don't think it's out of line for me to say demand is very strong, and we're hopeful to fill the building very early next year.

I don't think it's fair to bemoan our fate, ... I think a movie lives or dies based on its own merit. If it doesn't find an audience in this theatrical release, hopefully down the line it'll be appreciated and Terry will be appreciated for what he's done.

I don't think people realize what's at stake. Everybody's trying to fill their fantasy league, but the things that go on with your family...it's tough. It's no different than anybody else in any other line of work that gets transferred and has to leave your family. But this is the business we chose and we can't control it.

I don't think I've ever prayed so much in my life. But, hey, it worked. . . . It was fun and not fun. I trust my teammates, but being on the bench with the game on the line is one of the worst feelings in the world. I'm just so proud of my teammates.

I don't think I've been to the free throw line 22 times this season.

I don't think it would be a surprise if they turned down a 3.7 billion-pound bid because it appears to value it in line with rival William Hill and doesn't seem to offer much of a control premium.

From the line to the backs to our play-calling, everything just went well. It's nice to have games like these when everything is clicking and you get a chance to put a lot of kids in the ball game.

From the line I was concentrating. I was a machine. I like scoring, especially from the free throw line, especially in the fourth quarter, especially with the game on the line.

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.

From the historical perspective of Mexico, the line between Mexico and the U.S. is not just a border; it is a scar that has never quite healed over.

For me, ... there are no real taboos, as long as it's done with respect and sensitivity and the care and creativity of an artist. But is there a clear line between pornography of a sexual and violent nature, and art? It is a fine distinction and we'll probably argue about that to the end of our days.

For us to put 16 points on the board was big. The offensive line did a great job, the running backs picked up blitzes and the receivers ran great routes.

For us, the I-A games are strictly monetary situations all the way. Whatever we schedule, we go. The bottom line is for finances.

For us, the bottom line is his experience and his understanding of business issues.

For us it was turnovers. Every time we turned the ball over, they converted it into points it seemed like and that was hard to overcome. We knew going into the game, one of the keys was taking care of the ball and we didn't do that. The bottom line is they are bigger, quicker, more talented and a lot better.

For us, it was a game we had to grind it out. It wasn't always our style of play. ... Tonight was about consecutive stops and defending the 3-point line. They shot 19 percent from the 3-point line and 39 percent from the field. That was the difference.

For the protection of the country, nurses are being asked to risk their health in the line of duty, ... There should be some form of compensation, just like anyone else killed or injured in the line of duty.

For three years now, the administration has been sending the message that cruel and inhuman treatment is OK. Now the McCain amendment is going to wipe all of that away. It reminds everybody who's on the front line that the rules are the rules, and if somebody tells you they don't apply, don't listen to them.

For whatever reason, we feel like we can just kind of coast to the finish line and not do what we've done all season, to be looked at as the best team. We're getting away a little bit from what we do. Guys are, unfortunately, looking too far ahead to the playoffs.

Given the range of the product line that Boeing has, we don't think we're precluding ourselves from any capabilities of modern airplanes. At the same time, we're getting some unique advantages by establishing that partnership kind of relationship.

Give our guys credit for playing shorthanded. Corey Weber really played great on defense. He's filled in well all year where ever he's played. They (Saints) were not deep but their first line can really skate and they can play with anyone.

God gave him a lot of talent. The next guy in line got nothing. That guy can't even tie his shoes.

Global warming is a key environmental issue and a bottom line issue for the $3bn ski industry and its employees.

Glidden really showed us that. They made a point to cut him or double team him to keep him from making a play. We decided to move him back and we have some capable linemen to move in there to fill those spots. We weren't worried about the defensive line so much. We just got a bigger linebacker in there and he had a couple of nice, full tackles. We're talking the wrap, pick 'em up and drive them into the ground.

If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work.

If it shows anything, it shows that for whatever reason, and perhaps part of it was the timing, was that officials were not just very successful in mobilizing voters. If you can't even mobilize your governor, then don't complain about the person barely making minimum wage who decides he's not going to leave work early and wait in line somewhere in order to go vote,

I give them credit for responding and being sensitive to the community's needs, ... It's after the fact, but nevertheless the bottom line is they are removing the billboard.

I give Seton Hall a lot of credit. They're physical. They defend. The bottom line is they came out and came after us and we came out every lackadaisical.

If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country.

If we see a star at a large distance from the center of the galaxy, that star is going to be mostly moving either away from the center or back toward the center. Almost certainly, most of its motion is perpendicular to our line of sight.

If those (reports) are accurate, somebody at the other end of the line in Washington should have been more tuned in to what was going on,

If this was NASCAR and we had bumpers I'd have won. I thought the finish line was a little bit ahead of me. Then they said, 'It's over.' Really? It would have been exciting, one more lap.

If that's all it does, is get you slightly interested, it's a step in the right direction. I think the band has always walked that line between earnest and incredibly pretentious. I've definitely been guilty of both. On this record we tried to fall on the earnest side.

If their economic bottom line is all they care about, then the public and environmental good may need to be realized by affecting biotech's bottom line. Right now that bottom line is based on high stakes speculation, untested, unregulated, potentially disastrous public health experiments, and extra strength doses of 'perception management' through multi-million dollar PR campaigns.

If someone had been holding the line on keeping houses intact, Pleasant Hill would be viewed as a gem. You'd have a whole different set of people living here.

If some of those easy ones go in early, it could have been a different game. But the bottom line is they out-hustled us and outplayed us tonight. They were better than us.

If something happened to one of those front-line guys, I'm not afraid to put them in because they know what we expect. A few years ago we had to go out and get the front line guys; London, Takeo and Jeff. Now we've drafted our next wave of guys. Those guys are learning from three of the best players in those positions right now.

He was a terrific spokesman. He really put himself out on the line talking about these problems.

He was a rare one: only 5 feet 7 inches tall, a lawyer and a combat veteran of the Korean War as a Marine officer. Eddie came from Washington in a trade in 1960 and ran the team in the first years while Don Meredith was learning. He was such a fantastic ball handler that even with sorry protection and the defensive line crashing in on him he threw a lot of beautiful long passes. The ball would fly out of the crowd like a mortar shell and sail 50 yards downfield. Eddie did everything by the numbers. If the receiver wasn't there, we knew whose fault it was.

He was coaching us through it, ... It's pretty simple. You've got a diamond that represents your line of site. That's the perfect track you want to be on. There's a box, and you want to put your box over the diamond and keep it there. As you're maneuvering the space shuttle you want to stay on that diamond.

He tripped over the bag. It's tough luck, but they made the plays when they had to, and we didn't. The bottom line is we didn't get the hits.

He will not be operating a Green Line trolley for an indefinite period of time.

He's coming off a knee injury, but the bottom line is he's going to be here and he's going to play, so you've got a player already there that's proven.

He's come out and put his heart on the line every single game he plays. It's going to be sad to see him leave.

He's cat-like quick and he can throw. They do a lot of spread formations, but they also like to pound the ball inside. Their line is pretty good.

he says before boarding a Red Line train, ''what I want, what I can do.

He's a young guy. We've got to go out there and make things difficult for him, ... If our defensive line can get in his face, I think that's going to make things hard for him." ()

He had a run on me and I took a defensive line, but I think he expected me to move, because he just swerved back into line and punted me in the right rear. It's really pretty frustrating of course because we had such good track position, and we ended up having to fight from a lap down.

He had a pretty good game, considering he was banged up coming into it. The (offensive) line got him some holes.

He had a night where if he got it in his hands, he was either going to get to the foul line or hit a 3. Or maybe both.

He hasn't changed from the time he was an offensive line coach to the time he's a head coach. His demeanor is still the same way ... And when he talks to the media, he's still the same way. He doesn't change it up. He doesn't necessarily have a game-day face that he puts on here for the cameras and then goes in and does something different.

He hasn't been tested with any kind of competition on the line in two weeks. He's going to have to go through a two inning stint one time, pitch back-to-back days. So there's some distance in front of him.

He has been hitting well. Home runs are funny. They kind of come in bunches. He is more of a line drive kind of guy.

He had hold of the climber's climbing line in two hands and he was pulling down with all of his weight. There was no trying to hug a tree; there was nothing to do with trying to hug a tree, ... He was pulling on that thing as hard as he could.

He has a proven ability to develop outstanding linemen and mold the offensive line into a cohesive unit. Our prior experience and success together make me very excited about the future direction of our offense.

He has an NBA skill and that's that he can post up and score. He can also shoot from midrange and I think he'll be able to stretch it maybe to the NBA 3-point line down the line.

He has all the tools. He has speed, he hits, he has a great shot, everything. It's fun to see a guy put it all together like that. He has made our line dangerous.

He did a good job of holding his line and protecting his position.

Had we been downstairs when it happened, my wife would have been severely injured. It came through the window and hit the table and landed on the floor. She would have been in the direct line of the brick, and we all would have been hurt by the shattered glass. There was glass all over my baby's crib.

Had this phone call come in from a land line, we would have been able to trace the call to the exact address where assistance was needed. Cell phones certainly have their advantages. However, it is still important to have access to a land line from your residence in case of an emergency.

He is a very cerebral player. He studies offense and has a good feel for the game. We give him a lot of freedom to kind of line up in a lot of different places.

He hit the line very hard and every time I look at his last 80m (on tape) I get excited.

He is not nicknamed 'The Wall' for nothing but, having taken on opening, he may have exposed himself slightly. The new ball can get him out and he tends to play with his bat outside his body to a ball on line with off stump, which can result in an edge. He offers chances early on and they need to be held. For a player of his ability he tends to lose patience against spin.

He is not a track guy. He is not a straight line guy. He has some wiggle to him. He isn't a track guy were you say just go deep. He can run reverses, make guys miss, accelerate and change direction.

He has spent the last month exploring and evaluating what's best for his future and it's come down to these options. Alex simply wants to get better as a young man and a student and as a quarterback. That's the bottom line and he's just trying to come to the right conclusion.

He has thrown the ball well. He is starting to pick up our checks at the line of scrimmage.

He has the ability to score, the question is if he can do enough of the other things to get playing time. You score when your coach is confident enough to put you out there enough to let you score. The bottom line is all he has to do is be a little responsible. I'm not asking him to check the No. 1 center in the league. If he sits in his end even a little bit, he'll be OK.

He got out of a big jam when he got Hilliard. The bottom line is he hit his spots and let the defense do the work for him.

He got off work early one day and I said to him, 'They're going to need to mow that field or else there will be a lot of weeds growing up there.' After work, he brings his push mower over and started to push-mow the football field. He had already had the end zone mowed up to the 20 yard line done by himself. He worked his butt off, and he never took praise about anything.

He got off to a good run, but his command has become a little more inconsistent of late. He's got a history of issues with command. If his command doesn't get to be above average, he will fall in the line of a lot of pitchers who will show you a good game once in a while, and then you wonder why they don't have more success.

He got his life together and is putting it on the line for his country.

He felt he could help us, but then we had some offensive line issues,

He found the ideas that he wanted to use in his novel before either he or his wife had looked at 'The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. The story line was very well developed. He had the ideas in place, and decided to use them.

He drew a very bright line for all employees, let everyone know that even minor violations would not be tolerated and when one does that you have to live by that standard.

He gives himself a chance to be as good as he's capable of being. He has a lot of energy and a lot of passion. I think someone said a lot of the scouts were talking about him being a surprise or something, just because you don't get him at 3.8 seconds down the line and he hasn't hit 45 home runs and appeared on all the Baseball America lists. ... He's a baseball player. He brings a lot of intangibles.

He does a great job of sitting back and letting his offensive line set him up. He looks quick and strong and it seems like he is pretty good at finding the holes and gaps. He looks pretty shifty on tape. He's a real good back, and he's got our attention.

He made the right protection calls. We had communication problems and execution problems. If you line up and get beat physically, I can take that. But we had guys missing assignments. That bothered me more than the physical mistakes.

He looked good at the line to me.

He may have one more of these backup-type things of coming into a game after a starter. Then he should be in line to start a game.

He may ask for a harder line with suppliers, and more cost reductions, and eliminations of brands, ... Those are all disruptive demands.

He makes everybody better. On his line and on the team.

He never stops. He jams the other team's offensive line on every play, and he clears the way for the rest of us to make plays. Casey is a great player.

He never played the position before, but he's leaps and bounds better than he was in June, from calling plays at the line to completing passes.

He'll mold our offensive line into a great unit.

He loves college football; his heart is in it. He wants the Buffs to win - you can feel it - but he's a pro. He knows where to draw that line in his broadcasts. He calls the games as they should be called.

He might try to draw a bright line in the hearing - say that he won't be drawn into commenting on issues not directly related to the Fed's responsibilities, ... We'll have to see how that plays. It is important that the Fed chairman be seen as independent.

He meant an awful lot to us, both on the ice and off. He had a great career, obviously, everywhere he was. But here, he solidified our team in the sense that he gave us a top two line person that made it a 1a and 1b situation, which no other team had at that time. He was very, very important to us winning our Stanley Cups.

We can line him up over the center-guard gap in short yardage and let him attack without hindering his development as a center.

We can have the best defensive line in the Big 12.

We can file this aggressive motion because we have proof that the spying program is illegal. The bottom line is the defendants have incriminated themselves -- President Bush admitted that he authorized and oversaw an illegal and unconstitutional program.

Whatever the PC case or power supply, the XG line extends the life of a PC to give the extreme gamer the ultimate gaming experience, ... Our XG products offer X-treme styling, X-treme cooling and X-treme reliability for the X-treme lifestyle.

What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pictures but that in an indefinable way they will come away feeling better human beings. And that is exactly what Van Gogh hoped for.

There is a fine line between when are you injured and when are you in pain. The team just wants you to play. As an athlete you have to look out for your own best interests, which is tough because if you're not playing, they'll say we can't rely on you. But if you play and hurt yourself to the point where you ruin your career, then you're done as well.

There is a fine line between the amount required to create the desired effect and that which leads to a coma.

There is a fine line between being able to control your body and having all that energy. He's learning how to do it. He wants to get a hit so bad that he will do anything it takes. If you told him to stand on his head, he would try it. Sometimes you try to make up for two weeks in one day. It doesn't work that way. You're anxious to get a hit. You're in a hurry to get a hit.

There is a fine line between a political contribution and a bribe, but that fine line is the difference between returning to Congress and going to jail.

There is a direct correlation between the companies that are known for good service and service training. There's a line that pulls it right from the top to the bottom.

There is fairly little overlap between Chrysler and Mercedes. In the U.S, Chrysler's product line pretty much tops out at $30,000. That's where Mercedes begins. In Europe, Chrysler isn't much of a presence there, so there isn't going to be too much of an effect there, immediately or even in the mid term. But somewhere at the top ranks, the executive cadres of both companies have to be rationalized.