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When I came here, we were 85 percent or more hardware. There were very few IBM fellows in software. Software was just stuff to make the hardware work.

When I am writing, I focus 100 percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already thinking about the ending.

When the kids tell me they can play, I expect 100 percent from them, but at this time of the year, everybody's banged up a little here and there. The kids are going to go because they know this is a one-shot deal.

When the idea and the real plan behind it is, 'We're going to screw the media,' that's a problem, because their goal is to shut people up. They want to be able to give themselves 16 percent pay raises and not have a complaint from the media about it. They don't want to have anybody in the public speak up.

We needed a game like this and not another 30-point blowout. We missed a lot of easy shots and shot only 38 percent from the field, but I was happy to see our girls keep their composure.

We won't grow at 40 percent. We'll grow at 39 percent and when you talk about that, it changes the whole perspective,

We won't go hostile. We want to own the whole of the business. Therefore we want to own over 90 percent in order to squeeze out the minorities.

Twelve for 23... It doesn't take a genius to see that's under 50 percent.

The prime rate moves in concert with the Fed's interest rate moves. The average rate for a home equity line of credit has increased from 4.7 percent in June 2004 to 5.9 percent as of last week.

The prime rate moves in concert with the Fed's interest rate moves, ... The average rate for a home equity line of credit has increased from 4.7 percent in June 2004 to 5.9 percent as of last week.

The price was expensive and the decision to raise it 23 percent came as a surprise. The sale took place when most investors had already added sufficient banking stocks to their portfolios so they don't have strong reasons for buying.

What I am most concerned about is that there are some people seeking employment who don't always present themselves with the qualities they have. Forty-five percent of employees are hired based on their appearance. The ability to communicate effectively is 35 percent, with the rest being hired solely on their abilities.

We needed 20 percent economic growth in the third quarter to get rid of all of the excess capacity in the economy. The Fed is still going to be concerned about disinflation.

We need clear evidence that the economy is growing very strongly for the Fed to raise rates above 4.5 percent if you want to get much further gains in the dollar.

We need a sampling of 25 percent of parents (for the surveys). That is the amount of parents we usually have.

We need to narrow that gap between our fourth and fifth runner, and having said that, I think the kids gave 100 percent on an unbelievably tough course. This is almost a ridiculously hard course, one of the toughest courses we'll see all year. We really ran pretty well, and the runners gave in everything they had and left it all out there.

When you consider the number of passengers on board these ships that run into the millions, cruising has never been safer than it is right now. Sixty percent of our business is cruise business.

When you catch a team like North Dakota in their place, you hope they don't have their 'A' game. They shot 50 percent from the field, which is excellent. And they shot 32 percent from 3-point range, which is adequate. Of course, they shot 31 3s, so that's great. And they did a good job on the boards.

When we shoot over 70 percent we've absolutely won every game for the past two years. We shot well below that tonight, but we won the game on sheer grit and determination. I was proud to be on the bench tonight.

When VCR's reached about 15 percent penetration in the United States, that's when Blockbuster was created. You had this whole new business explode.

When Tim came and spoke to us (last March), he laid out the things he was going to do in the next few months. Probably 94.8 percent of those were done when he said they?d be, and I can?t honestly tell you what the other 5 percent are.

When things are clicking, we are a very good team. Right now we're clicking about 50 percent of the time. I want it up to 100 percent.

We want to make sure the revenue we receive from that route matches the 50 percent we receive from the federal government.

The planned square footage growth for the coming year represents approximately 46 million square feet of new retail space, which will be the largest square footage increase in the company's history and a 9 percent increase over the fiscal 2002 total,

There are only so many people who will watch, or take up the game. Even if he won 10 Masters, you're not going to see a 30 percent increase.

There are only 100-million Web pages right now in Arabic, and that's nothing. It's only 0.2 percent of the total worldwide.

There are times when I've been so depressed I can't see straight. At my age I should have been 80 percent in bonds. I could have had a comfortable income sitting on my duff. Instead, I had to go back to work.

There are many commitments I have made for reducing poverty. One is to reform social security. Social security reaches only 44 percent of Mexicans. One of my goals is to give social security to all the people.

We made an investment in a player, and I believe you play your investments out. Is that 100 percent sure he's gonna be on our team's opening day roster? I can't guarantee that, either.

We're sick and tired of seeing all these little white crosses around. Most drivers, regardless of their age, if they're ever faced with a panic situation, they just don't know how to properly act. And most don't know their own capabilities or their vehicle's capabilities. Ninety percent of driving is done at 50 percent of a vehicle's capabilities.

We're showing Bush with 53.7 percent of the vote but over the past couple of months our forecast has come down. We seem to be moving towards a tighter election.

We're shooting 70-some percent on the year as a team (at the line), that's why we did that. We did a good job of getting them out of their zone. We did a good job of making them foul.

We're looking at the other 85 percent who don't have access to this information.

We're looking at maybe 4, 5 percent growth, fueled by some of our new products. Next year should be another good year for everybody.

We're concerned that McDonald's may not be able to sustain these levels of comparable sales gains over the next 8 to 9 months. We expect sales growth going forward to be in the mid single-digits of between 4 to 6 percent as the company enters a period of tougher comparisons from a year ago.

Like a detective, Melinda traced this fibril-forming property down to a little peptide. Nobody expected that 1 percent of the protein could have the essence of the whole protein and could form fibrils on its own; I certainly didn't expect that. There were only seven amino acids in that fragment. Rebecca later found the peptide could be cut to only four amino acids and form fibrils.

Like everyone else, we expect a quarter-point hike in fed funds today to 4.75 percent -- we also expect the statement to be softened.

Lycos would provide 60 percent of the revenue and is only getting 40 percent of the combined company, ... We are advising our clients to take profits.

Lumber is up by about 25 percent over two weeks ago and carpeting and all the things that go into a home are up and spiked.

Major bottlenecks ... have grown by 40 percent -- up from 167 bottlenecks to 233 bottlenecks over the past five years.

Maine's won three in a row and they're shooting the heck out of the basketball. They're shooting 53 percent from three in the last three games so those guys are on fire right now. We just happened to catch those guys on two nights when they didn't shoot it very well.

Maharishi said that when 1 percent of the population meditates, the earth yields up its treasures,

Make up some sugar water. Ten percent sugar is about what Kool-Aid is. Taste it. See how much you like it. Then add some lemon juice and do the same thing.

Mac support for Lotus is a check-box item. We have a lot of health-care customers and maybe 1 percent of a company's research department is on Macs but they have 99 percent of the influence.

Making even 20 percent of new housing affordable doesn't seem to be enough for everyone who needs it. They'll just end up building more and more until there is nothing left to build on.

Making children cry for a photographer can be considered mean. But I would say that making children laugh and show off their jeans for an apparel ad is just as exploitative and less natural. Toddlers' natural state, like, 30 percent of the time, is crying, and it doesn't indicate pain or suffering.

Lethal injection is the most humane way to do it. 99.999 percent of the people that go through this are out before the second drug enters their vein. They don't feel anything.

Low-skilled Americans suffer something like an 8 percent reduction in their wages because of low-skilled immigration.

Lower NAND prices would boost demand in a few months' time. We still see a 40 percent annual fall in NAND prices.

Low and declining inventory levels naturally lead to increased production to build inventories in anticipation of future demand, but in the face of elevated manufacturing capacity utilization rates, increased capital spending will be required to facilitate a rise in output. Since our last capital spending forecast in December 2005, significant increases in spending for 2006 have been announced, suggesting growth in capital expenditures of about 10 percent this year.

Lorenzo will still be a valued member of our basketball family, and we will support him 100 percent in his desire to obtain his college degree.

Look, the Bush administration is not going to come up with a number. I can tell you what my view is, and I'd like to have another 10 percent of capacity today, ... But that could come either abroad or could come here, but I would like to have something that, in a better world, would relieve some of the pressure on these facilities.

Last year, we had stuff that we work on practice, and 25 percent was never used in the game. Now everything is condensed, and we just line up and play football.

Last year we did 6.3 percent (market share), and that wasn't including subcompacts and heavy-duty trucks. As we move into these segments, you'd expect market share to grow.

Last year was the first year that the community 100 percent funded it on its own. So we put some of that away, and would like to eventually start an endowment ... but we're just so happy that we finally crested the hill and that we are well on our way.

Last year, the velocity was down and I'm not convinced he was 100 percent healthy. He looks a lot better this year. He's thrown the ball well and it's nice to see him at the point he's at right now.

Last year, the Ninth Circuit had a caseload nearly 60 percent larger than the next largest circuit, ... This causes delays in a circuit where the average disposition time is now five months longer than the national average.

Last year when we were struggling in the Big East, it was because we didn't know how to win if our shots weren't falling. But we're not going to shoot 60 percent or some ridiculous number from 3-point range every night, so we needed to find other ways to win. Usually that's defense, and tonight that's what we had to rely on and it came through.

Last year, we only had a 1 percent increase in our health insurance premium.

Led by robust analog and wireless sales, we had an outstanding quarter. Focus on execution drove our gross margins to 51 percent, up from 48 percent in the previous quarter.

Less than one-half of one percent of our students are involved in assaults.

Less than 5 percent of the population is using banking services. The growth opportunities for mortgages, car loans, consumer loans, are huge.

Less than 50 percent of people even have access to the Internet so there's an ignorance factor that fuels this. What they have heard is about these billionaires from places like monster.com and they see all this stuff and say the Internet is a goldmine.

Less than 3 percent of workers make straight minimum wage.

Less than 1 percent of the prairie grass region remains unplowed, and this is one piece of that. So, not only is it important for the university to save it for education and research, but also so it can be a good, productive member of society.

Less than 1 percent of his tax cut takes effect this year. All economists are saying it does not stimulate the economy and I would argue it would have the opposite effect,

Less than 10 percent of the people actually file a claim,

Leaders of both rich and poor countries committed themselves to detailed policies which, if fully implemented, could reduce hunger and poverty by 50 percent in the next 10 years,

Many mistakenly think that equates to a 6 percent salary increase.

Many investors did not expect that yields would decline from the start of the year. They rather not to have a 1.4 percent coupon the new debt.

Many people don't even contribute to a 401(k) plan when given the option. And of those that do contribute, 75 percent contribute a fraction of what they could contribute.

Many people focus on the 4 percent rule, which essentially says that as long as you withdraw no more than 4 percent from your retirement accounts each year, the money should last you 30 years.

Many say this much-needed digestion of gains is long overdue, as bull markets typically require a correction of more than 10 percent in order to allow the bull to maintain its upward tendencies.

Many consumers do not realize that E-10, a commonly available blend of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline, can run in all automobiles currently sold in the United States. In fact, all major auto manufacturers that sell cars in the United States have approved ethanol- enriched fuels. Many even explicitly recommend using ethanol for its clean- burning benefits.

Shares of Network Appliance are off to a good start in 2006, up nearly 25 percent since December 30.

Seven weeks ago at our Dec. 7 earnings announcement, we projected a falloff in the current quarter of 10 percent based on slowness in the wireless market, PCs and peripherals, and a broad-based distribution inventory correction.

Seventy-two percent said they'd use their ex-supervisor as a reference in finding a new job,

Seventy-two percent of the U.S. watches sexually orientated shows. I'd be broke if there wasn't a need. Instead, I have a good following.

Seventy percent of what's in there is not true.

Seventy percent of the traffic to the hotel casino comes through that area.

Seventy percent of the town has suffered catastrophic damage, but all the structures were impacted one way or another. Our goal is to get building materials to the town so they can begin to rebuild.

Seventy percent of the people with arthritis don?t take their medications. Fifty percent of the people with diabetes don?t take their medications.

Seventy percent of the people who take ballroom today are couples, not people who have one foot in the grave and one foot in the geriatric ward, ... Dancing With the Stars.

Seventy percent of our Mazda customers spend an enormous amount of time on the Internet prior to coming to the dealership,

Seventy percent of our customers are weekend warriors who do their own work. The other 30 percent are contractors.

Seventy percent of high school students already take the college entrance exam, so the component of that plus students doing better on motivation would be a positive thing.

Seventy percent of donors surveyed said the No. 1 reason why they gave again was the children's thank-you notes.

Seventy percent of birth defects could be prevented, treated or ameliorated if the recommendations in this report are adopted.

Seventy-one percent of small businesses say they'd rather have phone leads than clicks.

Seventy-one percent of home buyers start their search on the Internet.

Seventy-five percent of the revenue will go to the earthquake affected people in Pakistan, while 25 percent will go to affected Indians.

Seventy-five percent of the airports will meet the deadline, ... Most airports can make it. For those who can't, what is the solution for them? This is the solution.

Seventy-five percent of our networks are storage related.

Seventy-five percent of our kids live in the country,

Seventy-eight percent of administrators say they archive data. But 29 percent say they archive manually and that tells us there's no automated, reliable and documented process. Another 35 percent said they archive but they use their backup software. That's a major tell-tale sign that the market has to do some education. People don't understand the issue.

Seven percent is not an unreasonable estimate for GDP growth. Retail sales were strong, especially with the revisions. Consumer spending possibly grew 12 percent at an annual rate. That's really charging right along.

Seven percent is not an unreasonable estimate for GDP growth, ... Retail sales were strong, especially with the revisions. Consumer spending possibly grew 12 percent at an annual rate. That's really charging right along.

Search is brewing at a much faster rate than display advertising. The display piece of Internet advertising is about six percent of the total share. If you add search it will exceed 10 percent, which is a fairly major milestone.

Security remains one of the foremost inhibitors to expanding wireless application use in the enterprise. We expect that within the next 1-2 years, 50-65 percent of companies deploying wireless applications, many of which have been deployed with minimal security built-in, will acquire tools that secure and manage those applications. Moreover, with an increasing array of different device types and platforms in use, companies will concentrate on suites that provide maximum platform support while integrating into the existing non-mobile security capabilities enabled in most organizations. Products like Good Mobile Defense enable badly needed enhanced security in enterprise wireless deployments.

Sentiment is building that the Fed may pause for a while after raising rates to 5 percent next month. That helps shorter-maturity debt, especially two-year notes.