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Clearly Quotes
Wal-Mart's much slower rate of sales growth in November clearly shows this is a matured global business. As supermarket goods continue to increase as a percentage of sales -- and this includes consumables and perishables sold in big volume at Sam's Club -- we will expect to see a persistently slower rate of top line growth.
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Alone Quotes
You look at Rob, he's fast. He's very athletic. Probably more athletic than 95 percent of the quarterbacks in the league. But does that win you games all by itself? No. I think you have to have the whole package. Mobility alone is not the key thing in this offense. What's important is knowing where everybody is, getting rid of the ball quickly, making good decisions and completing a high percentage of your passes.
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Advantage Quotes
Though a large percentage of shopping has been completed, many sales have not been recorded due to heavy purchasing of gift cards, which are not recorded until merchandise is redeemed. Most consumers will have their shopping completed by Christmas Day, but will head out after Christmas to take advantage of discounted merchandise and spend gift cards.
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Adhere Quotes
We're reviewing all the estate planning work, because some things will have to change now. If they had a partnership agreement, it's contract law, but when you marry you have to adhere to marriage laws, ... With a marriage, a spouse is entitled to a percentage of your assets, so we're counseling clients about prenuptial agreements before they get married; wills have to be redone; and we're putting money into budgets for weddings and honeymoons.
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Ball Quotes
We didn't handle that very well. They pressured us and made us rush, especially early. That's why our shooting percentage was so low. We were rushing shots. We turned the ball over we didn't play with a lot of composure and we dug ourselves a hole. Defensively they did a nice job on us and took us out of our game.
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Advantage Quotes
What's alleged in that case ought to be of concern in everyone in the country. It relates to the quality of the diplomas students receive. Athletes continue to be a small percentage of this problem; other students are taking advantage of diploma mills. It's a bigger problem than something for the sports page.
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Absolute Quotes
What we are going to do is continue to grow our content spend on original programming, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of our total spending, because it's been working. It's been helping grow the brand; and more importantly, it's been driving viewing hours relative to how else we would spend the money.
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Bad Quotes
We tend to look at this and the Philadelphia index as an indication of what is going on in the overall economy. Most disturbing is that order backlogs are running over 50 percent, which is the glorified neutral. It's at 6 percentage points below, that's bad -- it shows companies are cannibalizing orders to move ahead.
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Ball Quotes
We had the game totally salted away. Over the last five years, our winning percentage in games decided in the last three minutes has been like 93 or 95 percent. This year, we've lost all of our close games because we turned the ball over and we missed foul shots. That's what happened out there tonight.
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Access Quotes
Washington D.C. ranked No. 1 in very large metro areas because the percentage of office-type workers is very high, given government agencies and big business centers. New York City ranked #6 because on a per-capita basis, broadband Internet access isn't as prevalent as in other cities.
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Andy Quotes
Besides the huge first serve, he's actually improved his service games. Last year, he finished sixth in first-serve percentage, which is unheard-of for a guy with that big a serve. Andy did a much better job of mixing his first serve, not always trying to hit the 140 or 150 mph serve. He can do so much with it, in terms of the kick serve, moving it around a little bit more. ... It's going to help him get a higher percentage of first serves in, and it's going to be tougher for guys to break him.
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Commanding Quotes
Even though the interest rate rise had been discounted, a half percentage point rise in local interest rates will mean that earnings and gross domestic product growth will have to be revised down so there is no commanding reason for people to commit themselves to the market in a large way.
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Accounts Quotes
At the time of my second marriage, my husband was in his early 50s, I was in my mid-40s, and we each had two kids. We maintained our individual accounts and opened one for the house. We each kick the same percentage of our incomes into the house account and have a joint credit card. But we pay for our children separately.