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We're going to have to take care of the ball and finish on our shot opportunities. We're not going to get 30 or 40 shot opportunities. We have to shoot well over 50 or 60 percent to hang in there with them.

We're going to have plenty of weak economic reports over the coming months. If they respond to every one, they'll get down to zero percent interest rates pretty damn quick.

were keen that he should be hundred percent fit and totally committed to the team.

United shutting down doesn't necessarily fix the problem for other airlines, but it helps a lot. It does divert a fair amount of revenue to other airlines -- United carries about 17 percent of the nation's traffic.

United is a better company today for competing with Frontier in Denver, and it'll be the same with Southwest, ... If they fly you from Denver to every single place they fly, it would be 60 percent of the coverage United offers today, with no connecting flights.

Unfortunately, less than five percent of people diagnosed with cancer will be treated through enrollment in a clinical trial. Our organization is very supportive of the Coalition and its efforts to accelerate research. We believe that in recent years patients have received better treatment options in trials, and if we can educate people about clinical trials I am confident that we can increase enrollment in these high-priority colon cancer trials.

Unfortunately, it's one of those situations where, whatever is recommended, at least 50 percent of people are guaranteed to be upset.

U.S. semiconductor companies have over 70 percent of their manufacturing capacity in the United States, while less than a third of our markets are here.

We're more productive than we were in the 90s and frankly we didn't start hitting wage pressures in the 90s until about a 4-3/4 percent unemployment rate.

Year-over-year revenue growth of 34 percent and earnings growth of 41 percent were the second highest in any given quarter in Apple's history.

work well with the offense. We can run and throw effectively with both of them. It does not matter who starts, because we have 100 percent confidence in both of them.

Work is behind, but 65 percent is not that far behind. Whether or not we'll be able to open the highway on time remains to be seen. The situation will be clearer in a week or two.

With the increasing number of millionaire households, comes an increasing confidence as over three-quarters of high-net worth households feel they will be financially prepared for retirement. These millionaire households understand that calculated risks are still a necessity within their portfolio design, however, over 50 percent have become much more conservative in their investment approach over the past year.

With the improvement in oil prices, second quarter net income increased 18 percent from the first quarter of 1999, in contrast to the seasonal earnings decline that we usually see from the first to the second quarter of each year,

With November comparable down 8 percent and the company lowering guidance once again, Hot Topic continues to be on the wrong side of the fashion trend with no near term catalysts in sight. Hot Topic will obviously need to take deep markdowns in order to clear unwanted holiday product.

With my adult books, for the first six weeks or so, it's about 60 percent ebooks in terms of sales. The kids' books, it's like 5 percent. Which means that the parents, the ones that aren't going into stores now, they're no longer buying books for their kids, which is not great.

We're going to cover about 80 percent of the 20th Century.

We feel that numbers are not as bad as people think as a few high profile names have reported below expectations. Numbers so far have come down from where they were but have still come in about 5% ahead of analysts' forecasts ... We believe that growth rates are still pretty robust at about six percent growth for the year.

We're expecting a pretty tough first half of the year -- tech profits will be up about 10 percent this year compared to 30 percent last year, ... But by the second half of the year, the economy may brighten, earnings comparisons are easier and we could start to see an easier tech tape.

We're expecting a 10 percent increase in the number of customers this year over last year.

We're just not good enough to play at 75 percent and beat people.

We're getting some very good results today despite the very difficult 6.7 percent February same-store sales comparisons from last year.

We're getting reports from cooperatives in those areas who are telling us that as much as 100 percent of their customers are without power,

We're getting healthy. Chad is about at 85 percent and we're hoping he's 90 by Friday and hopefully 100 by district. But we're still kind of banged up, but a lot of teams are banged up going into the postseason.

We're forecasting that 2006 will be a trend growth year for the economy with an increase of about 3.5 percent in the GDP,

We're focusing more on the drillers and some producers. The services sector I think will follow along a little bit later Anadarko Petroleum is one of our favorites, ... This is a bit of a natural gas play. It's the one company in this sector that can increase their production should prices turn higher. Many others are limited by their ability to continue to pump out further amounts of product. I think Anadarko is vastly undervalued. To get another 30-to-50 percent out of the name over the course of the next 12-to-18 months would not surprise me at all.

We're hoping I'll be back in one of the next two games, ... To be honest I haven't really done anything 100 percent yet except for diving around a little bit today. But I've been given the green light to try everything including kicking the ball, which in the past has been a bit of a problem in recovery.

We're behind by seven. Duffy shoots 90 percent at the line. We're not going to score nine points in the last 15 seconds.

We're beginning to see some signs that the economy is starting to weaken in the second half of 1998, ... We're going to see 1 to 2 percent growth. If we see those numbers, then we can move down even lower below 5 1/2 percent on the long bond.

We're back to 5 percent expectations and the dollar is recovering from its sharp slide of last week. The dollar has a little further to go.

Through 2001, pure Java applications will be limited in the amount of transaction support they offer for high-end computing, but they will provide mission-critical support in more than 60 percent of deployed applications.

Three years ago, almost 80 percent of child care facilities (in Pitt and Martin counties) were one star. Now, it's less than 50 percent.

Three to four percent (of employees) will actively monitor what's happening with their accounts.

Yahoo's really happy with Lloyd and Lloyd is 100 percent committed to Yahoo.

Yahoo! represented less than 2 percent of our total revenues, and if you look at the potential of the enterprise space and enterprise information portals, that market is very large.

With the overall CE industry expanding 11 percent on a revenue basis in 2005, it is understandable that the household penetration of a handful of categories responsible for driving this double-digit revenue growth have gained momentum over the past year.

With the new products, Sun is targeting about 20 percent of the market that has high-end servers. But they have a core constituency firmly in their camp.

With well over 50 percent of the housing starts happening in the West Valley, we have been very bullish along the 303.

With unemployment set to breach 6 percent over the next few months, people's view of the current economy is bound to deteriorate, ... But expectations are what matter for spending, and at this level the numbers suggest consumers spending will rise, albeit not rapidly.

We know women influence up to 85 percent of all (auto) purchases. We decided to create an event that's a more relevant experience for women.

We know we've got to have that 20 percent (to be used as the city's match for a federal 80 percent grant).

We know every game that Scottie Miller will give us 100 percent of whatever he has that night. Brandon may be the person everyone looks to, but Scottie is our heart and soul.

We know campaigns that combine extensive advertising with stepped up law enforcement get positive results. Thanks to 'Click It or Ticket,' our safety belt compliance rate has gone from 76 percent in 2001 to almost 90 percent today. We expect the net effect will be 185 fewer traffic fatalities and 3,000 fewer injuries every year.

Waiting. Waiting. What would you do if your family was starving and you saw people dying in the streets? 'Love thy neighbor.' Didn't I read that somewhere? The real war is not in Iraq, but right here in America. It's the War on Poverty, and it's a war that's been ignored and lost. An estimated 37 million Americans are living in poverty. New Orleans is one of the poorest cities in the country, with 40 percent of its children living in poverty. Mississippi has the highest poverty rate of any state. We've repeatedly given tax cuts to the wealthiest and left our most vulnerable American citizens to basically fend for themselves.

Vendors experienced significant growth in the color page printer market due to aggressive pricing, as the average selling price of these devices declined 21 percent in 2005. Monochrome page printer shipments remain strong due to the growth in small and midsize business (SMB) and remote workers that need inexpensive printers.

Ultimately the Internet economy will become THE economy. So right now, everybody needs 10 percent, 15 percent, 20 percent of their portfolio in some kind of Internet companies.

With those overalls and that aw shucks demeanor, people are always asking me if he is for real. I tell them he's 90 percent real. He can do almost anything with his hands. He's a master carpenter. He can weld, and he's artistic with everything.

With this kind of incident like we had, it was hard to be 100 percent focused. But we found a way. That's what we've been doing.

With the yen having weakened by 10 percent since September, gold offers them both a currency hedge and a diversification away from equities and bonds.

would lead to a 40 percent cut in current benefits for middle-class beneficiaries, add 5 trillion dollars to our national debt and make the system weaker in the future.

Worldwide Internet retail sales were almost $23 billion in 1999 and we expect that to double in 2000. Street estimates for worldwide sales in 2002 are approximately $105 billion, with $65 billion of that in the U.S. This implies an annual growth rate of 80 percent worldwide.

We're still in the upswing of one of these long M&A cycles, which tend to last several years. M&A growth will probably be up 15 to 20 percent next year.

We're still comfortable with our current guidance of at least 20 percent revenue growth and a net margin of around 8 percent.

We're seeing our Internet sales roughly double or triple every year, ... We were at $18 million a day in the first quarter. It continues to grow. It was 30 percent (of total sales). We think it goes to 50 percent, then to 70 and 80 percent.

We're seeing interest in cash for the first time since 2001, practically, and we expect the interest to only grow as rates continue to rise. Yields are still digesting the Aug. 9 Fed hike and be- ginning to anticipate an almost certain Sept. 20 rise, so we should see yields break through 3 percent and keep going.

We're seeing a greater range of opportunities opening up for new college graduates. Employers said they plan to hire 9.8 percent more college students than they did last year.

We're running at 60 percent service in the Durban container terminal. In Richards Bay it's around 50 percent, according to the preliminary report.

We're right where they want us to be -- between 2 and 2.5 percent increases in the core CPI. But last year there was more inflation than they were anticipating at the beginning of the year, and the concern you hear being expressed is that they don't want that to happen again.

We're looking for rates to end the year at 2.0 percent and we expect the Fed to speed up its tightening next year.

We're looking for increases in employment, but because the labor force is growing 1 percent a year, we need 125,000 new jobs per month to stabilize the unemployment rate. We see the unemployment rate drifting slightly higher and lingering higher for the next year.

We're looking for 41 cents. We're pretty much in line with consensus. Looking for the company's revenues to grow in the mid-to-high 20 percent range. The longer-term issue here is going to be the guidance and what they talk about in the call.

We're not happy with the 10 percent decline, but we are making progress.

Eighty to 90 percent of success in a company has nothing to do with business at all - it's all personal.

We want to reach 70 percent of our goal before the public campaign.

We have seen an increase in travelers during the spring holiday over the last two years, and we know consumers are increasingly looking to book vacation rentals as their accommodations. We are very confident that this trend will continue, so the city of Panama Beach is investing in its infrastructure as investors unfold their plans for vacation lodging. In fact, the number of condo properties is projected to increase from 83 to 130 between 2006 and 2007 and the number of condominium units is forecast to increase from 8,712 to 27,929 -- a 320 percent increase.

We have seen an average increase of about 6 percent this year over last year. The growth we have seen is driving up the value of property throughout the county. Of course, you have some areas that have seen more increases than others, but just about everyone will see an increase in their taxes paid.

We have to get some shots to go in. We haven't shot 40 percent yet in five league games. That's pretty difficult to weather.

We have not 100 percent denied anyone yet. We have a number of people who are missing something.... They might owe as little as $17 to the Department of Revenue. We're working with them on that.

We have never, ever been 100 percent full. There are always rooms.

What the students didn't anticipate at the time is that interest rates in the last few years have gone way down. Now 6.8 percent as a fixed rate doesn't look so good.

What these guys are doing out there is something that maybe 1 or 2 percent of the extreme sports fanatics can actually achieve to get out there in 18-foot waves? It's crazy.

What these buildings have in common is that they are all 100 percent leased and occupied by financial institutions. The buyer wants high credit quality and a steady income stream from the leases.

When everyone else is advertising 6 percent and then someone is advertising 12 percent it is kind of like walking around with a rock in your shoe. You're getting there but it just doesn't feel right.

When you say 47 percent out of the first 10 picks made the Hall of Fame, that's a high percentage.

When you're used to being at a point where you're deadlifting close to 600 pounds, getting to be 5.5 percent body fat and seeing veins in places you shouldn't see them, it kind of skews your understanding of what is normal and OK.

We want our customers to have fun. I tell everyone that any (customer) who beats me in a game of horseshoes gets 15 percent off.

We were aware of what he did last year. We knew he shot 70 percent from the 3-point line against us. But we're not defending anybody from the 3-point line right now, so he's no different than anyone else.

We were always skeptical about how fast consumer recovery (would) be. It had been pretty slow. This year, we've revised our growth forecast for the Korean economy to 5 percent based on strong fourth-quarter numbers that we saw, particularly in consumption. The export sector still looks positive." ()

We want to stay in Cottage Grove. Ninety-nine percent of our customers come from the western side (of U.S. 61). It's not an option to move it to (the eastern) side.

Out of all the airports that are out there only about 5 percent have commercial service.

The regular season is a marathon. It's a long season, and there's no way you can play that hard for that many games a year. The playoffs are more of a sprint when you have to give that extra 20, 25 percent that you might not give when you are playing the fourth game in five nights during the season.

The region attracts over 3.3 million holiday arrivals each year that are income-eligible to purchase shared ownership and is expected to be the fastest growing tourism region in the world with an anticipated average annual growth of 7.1 percent until 2020.

The Red Sox will have the same problem once they win: everyone wants more money. Derek Lowe probably saw his value go up 40 percent in the couple of weeks.

Women make up only 25 percent of the science, engineering and technology workforce... We are delighted to be working with NASA Ames to give Silicon Valley area girls a chance to explore and develop their potential in science at an age when many begin to drift away from their natural interest.

Another benefit of going to Cornell is that 90 percent of your friends are doctors.

I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth.

This was a solid quarter, with earnings per share up 20 percent and an acceleration of revenue growth relative to the first half of the year,

We are heavily focused on the federal marketplace; it's 98 percent of our revenue.

We are hearing that medium-term players are looking for 2 or 3 percent gains and trying to trigger $1.2150/55 to see if the euro can get up to $1.2175.

We did not dwell on it. We're 80 percent in practice. I think last Saturday was just one of those games.

We did have a long hydrocarbon debate before we built, so we used propane. We also tried to do something fairly aggressive with solar heating. We generally produce about 30 percent of our energy.

We did between 3,000 and 4,000 room nights in the Phoenix area last year, and our travel department anticipates to increase that by about 30 percent in the coming year.

We'd get snow and rain, and then a lot of rain. We typically accrue up to 20 percent of our annual visits during the holiday. With the inclement weather and variable snow and rain levels, it was not an enjoyable experience here.

What we're anticipating is a soft landing nationally. The markets will be coming back to their long-term average, which is a 4 percent to 6 percent (annual) appreciation rate.

There is a solid demand for long-term bonds with a 20- to 30-year maturity. Twenty-year yields around 2.2 percent are attractive.

There is a risk that only 95 percent would be removed, ... You would bring a sense of complacency to the community and increase rather than reduce the chance of injury.

There is a possibility the Fed may raise rates three more times to 4.5 percent before pausing, to keep inflation under control.

There are plenty of other push-e-mail solutions out there, but I would say 75 percent of BlackBerry users look at other devices and don't find any of them particularly attractive.

There are plenty of funds that have between 25 and 33 percent of their assets in techs. Most people would be better off with that kind of aggressive growth fund,

There are multiple challenges, ranging from raising the number of marine protected areas from 0.5 percent of the world's oceans to helping developing countries adapt to the growing impacts of climate change.