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The only way you can raise the debt ceiling is to change the trajectory of spending - that's my personal preference. But I want the Ways and Means Committee to offer up a solution.

The only question was whether the juror had been influenced, biased or prejudiced by a reference to her father. You want to make sure anytime there's a personal reference to a juror that they're not influenced in any way.

The only question I have is whether I'd like more of a contrast ... That's nothing personal against Bernard. Bernard is a great athlete who plays defense. But we need a contrast, too.

We decided to leave as late as possible on Sunday to give everyone enough time to take care of their personal situations and to ensure that everyone's family was out of harm's way.

We really had something personal with Stanford. No doubt about that.

We rather think it was some personal interplay between the people, who perhaps knew each other. Certainly they were fighting and uncontrollable, and clearly the calming techniques which we teach our cabin crews didn't work. Diversion was the only option.

We held our own, did our job and had a lot of best times, which is something we're shooting for. We know the competition is tough with North Penn in our division, so we're trying to win but trying to do our personal best times here at the end.

We heard testimony (last month) from shocked optometrists that had no idea that this money had gone to the personal account of Michael Decker.

We hope what people are feeling comes from the gesture this little girl makes for her family. It comes from some enlightened position. We hope the ending feels like redemption for the family, coming through Eliza. And we hope people ascribe meaning to it, and bring their own personal experiences to it.

We hold all of our cadets to the highest standards of professional and personal behavior. As future leaders, they must set the example and conduct themselves in a manner befitting those standards.

We had no idea we were in violation of any law. We decided to try this and hopefully save our business in the process. It's nothing personal against anyone. We were hoping for community support.

We had a few chats. Personal issues. If you ever have to go through it, you'd know.

We had a few chats. A personal nature, but we had a few chats.

We did real well. We had a lot of personal bests tonight.

We didn't tell the story of a cancer patient. This movie is about the run and the great thing that he did. It's a really personal story, too, just four main characters, Terry, his friend Doug Alward, his brother Darrell and a guy named Bill Vigars.

We've seen a tremendous response to Desperate Housewives products made available to date, so extending the franchise into the world of fragrance makes perfect sense. Given Coty's outstanding track record in the fragrance market, the Desperate Housewives scent is guaranteed to be a hit with women everywhere, connecting them in a very personal way to this popular series.

We have repeatedly called on the government to raise the basic personal exemption. We believe that is not only good fiscal policy but good public policy. It's a tax break for everybody.

The fact that households are saving so little, even with strong growth in personal income, is a potentially troubling development.

The court views it as unfortunate for Secretary Rubin that he has been tarnished with this contempt citation, ... What personal involvement he has had in this fiasco is unknown to this court, but what is clear is that he has totally delegated his responsibility to others and they have miserably failed to comply with this court's orders.

There is a line to be drawn here. We should all draw it together in terms of personal intrusion of our loved ones.

when i meet someone new they tell me that im crazy or that i need personal and that im the weirdest person that they met i tell them thank you and to get the f*** yourself

The population has grown weary of a transitional government that is more concerned with personal enrichment than lifting them out of misery, and they are counting on the ballot box to improve their lot. If the elections go awry, they will turn once again to violence.

We have a personal services contract with him. If he wanted to do that, that's something we'd have to run by the commissioner's office. Other clubs could have an issue with it.

We have heard that some people are concerned with getting in and out of the building. We want to try and meet their personal needs.

We're having some personal problems amongst the team. When you have a 25-30-man squad, 10 percent of those kids are going to have problems. It just seems that this year we have a little more than usual. These are issues that college student athletes have and we're going to have to address them.

This proposal is a very balanced and constructive one which takes account of the fundamental rights to security, to a private life and protection of personal data, as well as different interests, in particular those of law enforcement authorities and communication providers,

This program is much more about players than most. Jim came in, immediately got to know so much about each individual player and his family and about their experiences. It's a much more personal approach than most were accustomed to. Within the family, it became a small-college feel.

There are very few personal treasures that you put in your knapsack to carry with you for the rest of your life, and he's one of those.

There are things you can't explain this year -- things that are hard to swallow. My personal stats -- numbers -- they're easy to put aside if you're winning. But as a team to this point we've fallen short of our expectations, and that's what makes it tougher.

The protection of personal information stored on our nation's computer systems is critical to public trust in those networks and to the health of our economy,

We've talked about hiring a personal trainer, and she wants to play about three weeks to a month after she has the baby.

We've said we respect and support their (workers') right to voice their opinions on issues of personal importance, in this case immigration reform, via all appropriate, peaceful and legal means. We encourage them to express their opinions during non-working hours.

When you're 15, you're not really talking about the vicissitudes of fate and failed love and poetry and swordfighting - not a lot is necessarily touching on your own personal experience.

When I had a person who had symptoms and they were willing to work with it, they were willing to heal it, I would use my personal connection with infinite intelligence, which I'd been developing... Then I would look for the cause and give them some thoughts and channel some energy directly that would help them heal the cause and move them to a new space, and their symptoms would change.

We might buy a little of the fund in personal accounts before we have those interviews. That way we track the performance and see how it's behaved in different market phases.

We won't as a band, and we probably won't on the stage. But we will feel free to give our opinion in our personal lives. And we've always answered questions when people ask us, so we will not be afraid of that.

When you cut through some of the issues associated with Asia, the underlying demand for personal computer technology is still quite healthy.

We're glad that Josh has come forward and taken responsibility for Monday's incident. This is now a personal tragedy, and he will have to accept the full consequences of his actions.

We're sitting here with 107 consecutive sellouts because we win. My personal belief is that winning supersedes everything.

We're looking at undaunted consumers, with personal expenditures running at a heady clip.

We're not disciplined enough to do things correctly, ... We take downs off and it gets us into trouble. It's personal fouls. It's holding. It's facemask. It's the whole gauntlet of stuff.

Life is really about a spiritual unfolding that is personal and enchanting -- an unfolding that no science or philosophy or religion has yet fully clarified.

Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before we tried to talk.

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Luxury consumers' attitudes about the economy and their personal financial status have sea-sawed over the last six months, but ended 2005 with a strong upward trend. Significantly more luxury consumers feel their personal financial situation is better now than three months ago and that the country overall is better off. But while they feel better, the residual effects of the ups-and-downs they experienced in the recent past makes them a little tighter when it comes to luxury spending. In other words, they are more likely to take any windfalls to the bank, rather than to the store.

Major Clark is one of the most outstanding officers of his grade in the U.S. Army... an officer of impeccable character with a rare blend of personal qualities and professional attributes which uniquely qualify him as a soldier-scholar.

Lyrically and thematically, the title 'Doctor Faith', that song is about therapy, psychotherapy, and that song is about emotions and personal insight. I think all the songs on the record sort of go along with that.

Life has enough challenges, and getting insurance shouldn't be one of them. Whether a family buys a bigger house, lets their 16-year-old drive a car or needs some personal liability coverage, our goal is to provide the right products at the best possible prices. Dimensions auto and homeowners insurance is all about meeting life's changes.

Lew shepherded Boeing with strength, grace, dignity and integrity through a period when the company most needed his steady hand. He was a compassionate man who put his own retirement and personal plans on the back burner to ensure that Boeing never missed a beat through its recent recovery.

Lew cared deeply for HP and its people, and his loss is being felt widely across our company, ... He was a natural leader who was enormously well liked and made an enduring impression on those he encountered. The way he treated people and how he ran the company set an exceptionally high standard of personal decency.

Lent is a time of prayer, but not for gloomy faces. Some people choose to give things up, but that's a matter of personal piety. Many parishioners choose to add something, like prayer or extra worship services, or take on a cause.

Leadership is an interactive conversation that pulls people toward becoming comfortable with the language of personal responsibility and commitment.

Many of the princess's personal friends who rallied behind him and were prepared to give evidence for him and break their silence are also people that he will permanently and enduringly be grateful to,

Many members of the House and Senate are unable to provide much-needed aid to their affected constituents because of the loss of personal and office resources, ... The catastrophic events resulting from Hurricane Katrina require that we do all we can to assist our colleagues and their constituents.

Many students see the importance of the minor, and even a major in Spanish for personal pleasure, for interest in new careers and for enhancement of their own careers.

Many women find it hard to juggle work and family. Passion Parties helps women have successful careers and balance their personal lives, all while helping other women and having fun.

Many believe that foods make you put on weight because of what it is, rather than how much there is. They often over-emphasize the role of portion content and don't put enough emphasis on portion size. This can lead to people thinking that more radical changes are needed to prevent weight gain than may be the case, and making choices that lead to less personal satisfaction and that they will be less likely to stick to over time.

Several of our officers have been around for quite a few years, and the citizens know them on a personal basis.

search personal files and search extraneous items that wouldn't be part of final work papers and get rid of them.

Search engines generally treat personal names as search terms like any others: Data is data.

Second-quarter sales results were significantly impacted by the greater- than-expected slowdown in the global personal computer market.

Seattle will not want for a personal argument, I'll tell you that much. The weather might not be optimal, but we know (CEO) Howard (Lincoln) and Chuck are big supporters of international baseball.

Seattle will not want for a personal argument, I'll tell you that much, ... The weather might not be optimal, but we know (CEO) Howard (Lincoln) and Chuck are big supporters of international baseball.

September 11, on a global scale, and my mother dying, on a personal level, were the two major things that got me thinking about all of this.

Sept. 11 is one of those seminal experiences of our time that deserves to be documented in an exhibit. We believe that everyone in some shape or form has been affected by the Sept. 11 attacks. Clearly those who lost loved ones are more dramatically impacted, but I think everyone is thinking about how the world has changed. Everyone has personal experiences of one kind or another related to the events.

Sol is absolutely fine. I have been in continuous contact with him. He needed time and space to gather his thoughts. He has no personal problems whatsoever. He will be back in training next week.

So many patrons the last thing they're thinking about is their personal safety. They're there to have a good time with their friends and so many times they don't think about the space that they're in.

So many patrons, the last thing they're thinking about is their personal safety.

She wants personal service -- somebody who knows her name and somebody who knows her size.

She took it in, and I could tell it really registered with her. But she held her personal emotions to get the broadcast on the air.

She was a marvelous playwright who wrote vital, important female characters and vital, important male characters. Like many writers, she drew on personal experiences. But she was also a gifted observer of the human condition.

She's having her best season ever. She's setting personal records in the mile and 2-mile. She's running with the best in the county and scoring tons of points every meet.

She's been in the top 20 all season and the top 24 in the state (qualify for the state meet), and her personal goal is to get to the state level. If everything goes according to plan (at district), she'll get there.

She's declining the invitation for a number of reasons. There's a lot of confusion about the event. It wasn't about where, it was about the organization (Hispanic Unity). It was portrayed that she moved it for her personal gain, for the coveted convention slot. That was not the case.

On a personal sense, I've got to use words. There aren't words in these works - there is vocabulary pursued here and there. But, in a personal sense, I'm referring to that very unsteady conversation the artist has with an audience.

On a personal note, my dad died the same year that Dr. King was killed. I was only eight years old at the time and I took both losses personally. What I took from Dr. King's life and message was dedication. He wanted us all to dedicate our lives to something. And I believe that you have to be dedicated to something in order to have a fulfilling life.

On a personal level, that's not the kind of situation I want to be in, having to relearn someone or have someone learn me at this point in my career. But this is one of those nothing-you-can-do-about-it situations. ... The priority is and the important part is Dave is OK.

On a personal level, I wish to express my respect, regard, esteem and affection to my colleague, Sen. Scott McCoy, and regret the personal implications that came out of yesterday's discussion. Above all, the importance of a person has to be kept paramount. And not just a person, but people. I hope in some measure that will express the feeling of those in this body.

On a personal level, I've seen a lot in my time as attorney general, but few things have affected me as greatly as my visit to Ferguson. I had the chance to meet with the family of Michael Brown. I spoke to them not just as attorney general but as a father of a teenage son myself.

On a personal level, I've known Jon since his days back in the '80s as a staff member of the ACC. He's a guy who listens, processes information and then, I think, makes very good judgments in terms of the things we may be discussing at a particular point in time.

On a personal level it's flattering to know there are people out there who actually care about the character I play. But, come on, it's a TV show. ... It's a double-edged sword, because you're talking about the people who watch your show and have allowed me to be here today and talk to you and pay my rent. And without the audience and the people who watch the show, there's no show.

On a personal level, it's a tough situation. On a professional level, hopefully, the system will work and everyone is satisfied. On a political level, it's never been a part of my campaign, and it won't be now.

On a personal level, I'm very supportive of James Meeks. He's a fantastic guy.

On a personal level, I don't immediately open up to anybody, even about what colours I like, much less something like this. I am my mother, OK?

On (a more) personal basis, what is wrong with Mr. Ho? He is, in fact, a papal awardee and one of the most respected businessmen in Macau.

Old people don't need companionship. They need to be isolated and studied so that it can be determined what nutrients they have that might be extracted for our personal use.

Some MLAs may have personal differences. But all differences should be dealt with amicably within the party framework.

Some might consider my career schizophrenic, but now it looks like it was all planned. It feels like a natural career progression for me, having worked for start-ups, invested in start-ups, worked in government and having a personal interest in national security.

Should a person who's the most powerful person in the world conduct his personal life in such a way that would be a poor example to our children?

Signs of financial stress still are present. The persistent interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve and record high gas prices in the third quarter provided a one-two punch that continued to inflict pain on personal budgets.

Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me to feel, think and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own personal statement of what I feel and want to convey - from the subject before me?

She had a personal attachment to it like you wouldn't believe.

She had a good day. Her discus mark was a personal best for her.

She has great hands, mixes her sets and sees her teammates. And that is exactly what you want in your setter. I know her personal goal is to get over 300 assists.

She did make an extraordinary difference for women as I can tell you from my own personal experience. I well remember the sense of awe when I came to Washington, D.C. ... as a senior in college, sitting across the desk from her. Little did I realize that because of the doors that she opened she would make it possible for me to sit one day at her very desk on the floor of the United States Senate.

She had the brashness of her comedy, but in her personal life there was such a sweetness. Sweetness, that's what I remember about her,

She and I are personal friends, but as it relates to the game itself, she can see like I can see. She can tell what our strengths and weaknesses are just like I can with them, but I'm not necessarily worried about that. We just have to go out and play.

She always struck me as someone who came prepared, that had done her homework, that had passion for young people and was not afraid of hard work. She attended committee meetings. She did her best to try to work with other board members. She and her family sacrificed a tremendous amount of her personal time. In the end, what else can you ask of a board member?

She's a great model. If she's ruining her personal life, that belongs to her. What she does in her private life is very private. I find it unbearable that maybe someone shot her (picture), stole the photos then sold them.

She's a great model. If she's ruining her personal life, that belongs to her,