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Thanks to our drivers, the districts liability insurance claims have dropped over the last three years in a row while the number of vehicles, drivers and miles driven continue to rise. Operations are about as lean as they can be and still remain safe and efficient.

Teresa's leadership skills, merchandising knowledge and store operations experience are vital assets for driving the future success of The Great Indoors,

Ten years of planning and seven years of flight operations were realized early this morning when we successfully picked up our return capsule off of the desert floor in Utah.

Ron Lancaster and Craig Smith have done a great job discovering talented players like Kevin. The entire football operations staff is committed to improving our football team and will continue to search for players who can help our team.

prepare for operations should military action against Iraq become necessary.

President Hosni Mubarak called for the immediate ending of military operations against Iraq due to the extreme damage it is causing to Iraq and its people and the region,

Perhaps the most damaging aspect of the Obamacare tech nightmare is how wholly predictable it all was. Anyone who has been involved in building the most rudimentary of web operations knows nothing ever works as it's supposed to. Even awesome Apple, mighty Microsoft, and gargantuan Google miss deadlines.

San Diego has become more of a headquarters for business and management operations of all sorts.

Publicly, Northwest has to maintain the impression that operations are normal and that AMFA members are no longer needed, ... underway and proceeding smoothly.

Professional football operations will be preserved in the 23 cities and 25 stadiums where such operations are presently being conducted.

Profit Technologies is committed to providing financial institutions across the country with responsive, experienced client managers. Leigh has a passion for consulting and problem-solving with banking clients. Her background with First Data, one of the largest payment and financial services vendors in the country, will provide our clients with advice and knowledge they can leverage in managing their bank operations to maximize earnings.

Private sector users have the same security and critical operations issues as government workers. Shutting down the RIM network for anyone seems like an extreme measure.

Our third-quarter financial results demonstrate the ongoing strength of our business, ... Starbucks operations are functioning at a more sophisticated level than ever before. Our consistently strong performance positions us well to achieve our aggressive fiscal 2005 goals -- including an acceleration of store growth as we pursue the Company's expanding global opportunity.

Our entire team is focused on managing this company for value -- fixing or eliminating those operations that lessen value and expanding or adding those that enhance value,

Our decision to implement changes in supply chain operations is a difficult one, but it is the right one for the business. The high costs of an inefficient supply chain are simply not acceptable. By moving quickly we will capture substantial savings this year, and be positioned to reap even greater cost savings in fiscal 2000 and beyond,

Our execution excellence strategy has delivered an outstanding first quarter. We have managed our cost structure effectively, responding quickly to changes in traffic. Our operations team has done an excellent job delivering improved fluidity, with average train speed increasing 17 per cent, yard processing time decreasing a full 32 per cent, and car velocity up 15 per cent over the same period last year.

O'Sullivan emerges from Chapter 11 with new ownership, a very manageable debt load, leaner more efficient operations and a renewed focus on our customers and consumers. O'Sullivan has had its challenges in the past, but we are now poised to drive sales and profitability for O'Sullivan and our key customers through innovations in design, assembly, merchandising, advertising and promotions.

Our aim in all these operations is to capture where possible, in order to use the intelligence value that these detainees may have for us, ... In every instance when our forces go into operations like this, we provide them with the authority to use whatever force is necessary to accomplish their missions. We have to expect that in those circumstances, casualties do occur. We have not suffered any casualties at this point, but casualties have occurred on the other side.

Operations Research is gaining more visibility as a competitive business advantage and the Franz Edelman Award does a great job of highlighting outstanding O.R. applications. O.R. transforms business decision-making and this is being increasingly recognized by companies around the world.

Operations continue as normal, there were some delays in patient tests, but elevators were back up and running pretty quickly.

Operations continue and we're open for business. We hope that the Teamsters-represented workers will come back to work, but if the strike continues, our contingency plan will bring Sikorsky to full capacity.

Northwest's operations steadily improved after the start of the AMFA strike. In the weeks leading up to the strike during the month of August, Northwest's on-time performance, completion factor and aircraft out of service were negatively impacted by an AMFA slowdown, as well as weather events including Hurricane Katrina that negatively affected the operations of all airlines.

Northwest's operations steadily improved after the start of the AMFA strike, ... In the weeks leading up to the strike during the month of August, Northwest's on-time performance, completion factor and aircraft out of service were negatively impacted by an AMFA slowdown, as well as weather events including Hurricane Katrina that negatively affected the operations of all airlines.

North American pets get more investment per month than we have money for all our humanitarian operations in the world.

Normally when such (foreign investment) agreements are spelt out, there are some fundamental control factors or check mechanisms that are implemented. So, while directly a foreign investor may not get management control, the conditions within the agreement and check mechanism ensure that a foreign investor has sufficient control on operations and finance.

No single measure or investment can help an organization support the growth and direction of its business, but organizations that develop ongoing strategic performance management programs that allow them to manage their performance and track their competitive environment will be first in managing business growth, strategy and operations effectively.

The movement declares an end to its operations from the Gaza Strip against the Israeli occupation, which came . . . in response to the assaults by the enemy,

AES will likely not replace more than 30 percent of DES operations before 2004,

After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine what was going on in the operations because the photographs just showed a mess.

The most pronounced difference was when Miller came to visit. He came right after Rumsfeld's visit ... And he said that he was going to use a template from Guantßnamo Bay to 'Gitm-oize' the operations out at Abu Ghraib.

Acquiring a controlling interest in MSNBC will allow us to fully integrate the channel into our news operations and our overall cable platform.

Strangely enough, the linking of computers has taken place democratically, even anarchically. Its rules and habits are emerging in the open light, rather shall behind the closed doors of security agencies or corporate operations centers.

Speed and accuracy are essential factors we use in evaluating distribution process improvements. Our mission is to optimize our operations to ensure quality, accurate, next day deliveries for customer orders.

So we're kind of waiting, too, to see what is expected and what's needed of us. Our primary concern now, operating as an Emergency Operations Center, is to help the evacuees we have.

Now eight days are gone. There are still rescue operations going on. But they say technically after eight days, the chance of miracle saving is slim,

Notwithstanding, the several unusual items that influenced our results the last three months demonstrate that the underlying performance of The Hartford's property and casualty and life operations was strong. This performance is a reflection of our efforts to sustain profitable growth in a competitive environment. Our return on equity of over 15 percent over the last twelve months has exceeded our stated long-term goals. Actions we have taken to broaden distribution and improve our products are driving our sales momentum.

Once the government approves the deal, the two airlines will be merged and continue their operations as Jet Airways.

DP World will transfer fully the U.S. operations ... to a United States entity.

DP World has a long and rich history of supporting the global operations of the U.S. military.

During the fourth quarter we successfully increased production in our existing factories as well as our newer operations to support strong demand in several end markets, including wireless communications and consumer electronics. Our leadership in wafer bumping, wafer level processing, flip chip, 3D packaging and other advanced package and test solutions has created what we believe is a strong pipeline of business. We are focused on optimizing our business opportunities, leveraging our strategic alliance with IBM, and laying the groundwork for expansion in Singapore and China.

Companies, both local companies and multinational companies, have voted, because of market realities, economic realities, to move operations to China, ... And they require the normalized travel and trade.

Companies are looking at their operations and deciding where they can outsource. It is a trend that we are seeing and Boston Communications is benefiting from that,

Cognitive neuroscience is entering an exciting era in which new technologies and ideas are making it possible to study the neural basis of cognition, perception, memory and emotion at the level of networks of interacting neurons, the level at which we believe many of the important operations of the brain take place.

Despite the cautionary language in our financial statements, I continue to be optimistic that our efforts to consolidate operations and improve efficiencies, together with our tremendous technological developments and contracts with blue-chip companies, will result in a stronger company with good long-term prospects.

Despite near record mild winter weather, our electric and gas operations delivered solid performances this quarter.

Despite mild weather, our utility operations increased earnings in the quarter thanks to growth in both the number of retail customers and the electricity usage by those customers. These are indicators of a continued steady economy in areas we serve.

Despite the tremendous efforts of those within our fabrics operations to reduce costs and improve productivity, this segment of our business has simply been unable to compete.

Despite the success of our efforts to increase productivity and rationalize costs, the impact of September 11th and the continued recession in the travel sector has left Budget Group with a level of non-vehicle debt greater than our operations can reasonably support.

Anybody who knows the cash flow dynamics of our business gets that. We ended the first quarter with more than a $1 billion in the bank, and we expect to generate positive cash flow from operations over the rest of the year.

A number of large international drilling service companies have already expressed serious interest in tendering, some of which currently have ongoing drilling operations nearby.

And that's what we need to do in the space world to get to that point. It's the cost of operations that makes the space shuttle cost three-quarters of a billion dollars per launch. Fuel is one percent of the cost. It's the operations that we have to work on.

Announce an additional 45-day review of the transaction? Appoint an American board of governors that will stand between the UAE company and port operations so that sensitive information doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

A review of our operations in the United States continues and we look forward to a timely resolution of any issues. We will continue to hold our U.S. operations separate while this process continues.

are the result of offensive intelligence and military operations overseas, as well as strong partnerships with our allies around the world, such as Pakistan.

Area producers will be able to learn valuable information to assist them with their operations from two outstanding speakers. We're fortunate to have these gentlemen as guest speakers.

An evaluation was done after Hurricane Ivan. We have divided up the territory we cover and established several mini operations centers.

Any gaming company with significant operations is watching this closely. Ensuring that customers are able to get here is an absolute priority.

As Delta takes steps to secure its future as a competitive airline, we will continue to take a hard look at all of our operations and assets to identify opportunities to strengthen our financial position in the face of continuing market pressures and factors outside of our control, including fuel prices.

As an innovator in the security and compliance management market, Archer is pleased that SC Magazine views our security products as the preferred choice to align information security and compliance processes with our client's objectives. Our solutions allow large government agencies to better manage their day-to-day security operations and compliance requirements. We thank our government customers for continuing to work with us to develop more intuitive products that are specifically designed to meet their changing needs.

As a company with operations on three continents and a commitment to serving customers worldwide, we are better equipped to provide unparalleled support to our global customer base and better serve their expanding needs. These initiatives underscore our dedication to unparalleled performance, reliability and quality. We are looking forward to a fantastic 2006.

Anyone who has spent time in our Sudbury operations knows it takes a lot of electricity to run our mines, our mills, our smelters and our refineries.

The bottom line is we did not deliver the goods with that league, ... This sport (arena football) is well organized at the grass roots level, operations and players, rules and regulations ... all those things that were part of us tripping ourselves up a year ago with the XFL.

The bottom line is whether we will be able to obtain a permanent injunction on eBay's 'Buy-It-Now' operations or whether the court will force a compulsory license.

The Bush administration did not seek a broad debate on whether commander-in-chief powers can trump international conventions and domestic statutes in our struggle against terrorism. They could have separated the big question from classified details to operations and had an open debate. Instead, an inner circle of lawyers and advisers worked around the dissenters in the administration and one-upped each other with extreme arguments.

a unique animal. I see daily operations as a democracy, however at a fire situation, it becomes autocratic.

Bank One's interest in improving conditions for the residents on the east side of Detroit has lead them to donate their former bank building, ... Without their dedication to the community, this opportunity could not have presented itself. This building will not only enhance the current operations of U-SNAP-BAC, but it will be a place where residents use community resources in the heart of their neighborhood. There is no greater place to do this than this beautifully renovated facility.

As of today, we now have full nationwide connectivity to the Homeland Security Operations Center, a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week nerve center for homeland security information and incident management,

As life forms, viruses are just inherently interesting. It's the microworld - this universe of life too small for us to see - but it's profoundly complicated, and immensely powerful. Ebola is like a beautiful and frightening predator. There is a wonder in the operations of nature that can't be denied, even when we're the losers.

As in any time when our operations are very proactive and going out after the terrorists groups, the insurgent groups, there is always the possibility that our casualties will go up,

That particular Iraqi special operations force came under fire as they were conducting this operation, and in the process the Iraqi special operations forces killed 16 insurgents. They also, in securing the objective there, detained a number of other individuals, approximately 15, is what I've heard.

That's not expected. It doesn't really affect the operations but it's something nasty in the results anyway.

Your lack of effectiveness, and poor decision making has only led me to conclude that it is now time to move the investment operations at BWC in a new direction with new leadership.

This is a program that incorporates all of the 'Big Brother' operations that the American public has feared from its government all these years and that the Constitution has protected us from -- spying, invasion of privacy, you name it. And Admiral Poindexter, of all people, is now in charge of that program.

This is a possibility for kids who are interested in getting into resort operations or for someone who wants to finance spring break. College students are the perfect demographic because they are intelligent and can be trained in a week.

This is an unfortunate sequence of events but also part of the business. Rig failures do occur at times and are out of our control, we don't know at this point how long the delay will be until we resume drilling operations but we are not expecting it to be too long. The positive news here is that the logs show us encouraging evidence that we are in a good reservoir that needs to be exploited and we plan on doing so once this issue is resolved.

This is another predictable report by an organization trying to advance an agenda through the use of distortions and errors in fact, ... It's a shame they refuse to convey how seriously the military has investigated all known credible allegations of detainee abuse and how we've looked at all aspects of detention operations under a microscope. . . . Humane treatment has always been the standard no matter how much certain organizations want people to believe otherwise.

This is not the Prussian general staff. They don't think about operations the way we think about operations.

This is one of the most complex relief operations ever. I am appealing to people and governments around the world to support us in this humanitarian work.

This is one of the most complex, challenging and most successful military operations we have ever run,

The way that emergency operations act under the law is the responsibility and the power, the authority, to order an evacuation rests with state and local officials. The federal government comes in and supports those officials.

This game will serve as a 'dress rehearsal' for everyone -- the stadium operations staff, concessionaires, vendors, ushers, grounds crew, broadcasters, umpires, news media and our fans. We want our fans to have the best experience possible when we formally open on April 10 vs. Milwaukee.

This convenient new tool gives customers up-to-the-minute access to their accounts, helping producers better manage the daily operations of their farm or ranch.

This case is the latest of several joint operations demonstrating our commitment to protecting New York neighborhoods from violent street gangs. For years, this Latin Kings crew controlled the drug trade in the area of Jefferson Street and Central and Irving Avenues in Brooklyn through fear and intimidation. With this prosecution we have ended their reign and taken another step toward returning one of our communities to its law-abiding residents.

This acquisition allows us to move the final stages of image sensor silicon processing and other critical manufacturing steps from our Boise manufacturing operations to this new facility, which at the same time will free up space in our existing facilities and allow us to continue to meet expanding demand for our products.

This is a case where we were arguing about the wrong part of the problem. Americans were shocked to learn that the vast majority of port operations in this country are handled by foreign firms. But transportation is a global network, and we're not going to own all of it.

This is a multipurpose, offshore installation vessel. It has a large loading capacity and is suitable for operations in remote areas, deep waters and high seas,

This guy was my No. 1 target, ... Bin Laden is, of course, more important symbolically, but in terms of practical day-to-day operations ... this is the guy you want.

They've done this with consummate skill and professionalism and success. I don't think there's a citizen who isn't proud of the way our military has performed in these operations and is performing every day

A lot of our Red Cross people are down there that were sent immediately and so we're just short. All agencies that do relief operations are short and we're just trying to work together.

Although there are redundancies and certain assets may be more valuable to third parties, ... we believe that a substantial portion of PFE is complementary to Universal's filmed entertainment operations and globalization strategy.

Although the merger of BP and Amoco involves companies of enormous size, and there is a significant trend toward concentration in the petroleum industry, the operations of these two companies rarely overlap in a way that threatens competition.

Although the government has vast amounts of information at its disposal, ministers do not at present have timely access to the mission-critical information that would enable them to spot major systemic failures in the operations for which they are directly responsible.

Although the CAN-SPAM Act has helped catch some spammers, and driven some to base their operations overseas, it has an obvious flaw: it relies on people to 'opt-out' of receiving spam rather than 'opt-in' in the first place.

Although it may seem that we are on the course to attain the operating profit margin target in the new fiscal year, we should manage operations more carefully because contingency risks could emerge at any time. In addition, Sony is also recovering.

Although I never knew Ray Kroc, his vision and legacy lives within all of us. By focusing our full-time best efforts on operations excellence, we can keep Ray's vision alive for the next 50 years.

Although Hurricane Katrina moved through a core area of offshore operations and damaged many production and exploration facilities, early reports indicate that the vast majority of facilities could be ready to come back on line in days and weeks, rather than months,

Ambassadors International clearly has established itself in the cruise industry through its outstanding operations of American West Cruises. Even though we are privately-held, we continually look for opportunities to improve corporate value. Our decision was driven by the need to focus on growth opportunities in our core business and because of other investment considerations. Delaware North Companies decided it was in its best interest to find a company that could continue the tradition of excellence that has always been part of the Delta Queen. We have found that in Ambassadors International.

American's operations are virtually normal today as the pilots' sick list continues to shrink.

They need to focus on getting their clinical CRO operations to a higher level as they have increasingly relied on lab-based business. The key going forward is managing their growth and their infrastructure.

They have been talking about streamlining operations and making their manufacturing more efficient. It's part of that story.