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The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

The primary form of harassment that we're seeing is actually non-contact: it tends to be remarks, gestures and jokes. But the fact that one-third of college students are experiencing some form of physical harassment is certainly a concern.

The primary focus of the markets right now is when and if the Fed will stop raising interest rates, to the point that equities are rallying right now with crude oil almost at $65 a barrel.

The primary focus of McKenzie is empowering the patient. We're tying to take ourselves out of the equation.

The primary focus of Amgen research in Seattle is inflammation and oncology.

The primary focus is the maximum rate of manure-spreading, depending on the slope of the land. The steeper the land, the less manure you can apply.

The primary focus is that the children continue learning. If you don't help them or their families deal with it, it prolongs the ability to get back to normal.

The primary focus has been with the employees, and that's where it should be at this time, ... The gaming companies affected by Katrina have gone above and beyond in taking care of their employees.

The primary environmental concern is that it does give off toxic gas in a combustion situation.

the primary emphasis is on care and not security.

The primary driver of this slowing is consumer spending. Spending will be hurt by continued elevated energy prices and a slowing in housing.

The primary driver in raising rates is the claims experience in your state. This will cause upward pressure on rates in states where the storm has occurred.

The primary driver behind the miss looks to be net interest margin compression, which we have seen from other banks that have reported this quarter. But it seems more pronounced with Sovereign.

The primary consideration was to protect the student himself, and protect the students around him, as well as the staff members that were there.

The primary concern was certainly are we going to keep Norrie open. We don't want to spend money to improve a building just to turn around and close it before the ink dries on the check.

The primary concern is the impact on the employees and their families.

The primary components are having some type of water, a minimum of one gallon of water per person per day.

The primary complaint people who use the facilities give us is we don't have a place set aside to serve food at community events.

The primary cause of the pole failure was not deterioration of the poles, it was the wind loading on the poles and the wires. It wasn't a deterioration issue.

The primary catalyst in the market remains energy, it continues to rule the day. But then we saw that energy prices started to go up, and that took some of the luster off the gains.

The primary call to action is to provide the immediate physical needs of the homeless population in terms of food, shelter and counseling. They also run long-term recovery programs designed to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.

The primary business of small business owners is business not technology.

The primary barrier to doing this would be the money.

The primary assumption is that economic and profit growth will resume by midyear.

The primary advantage of controlling the speed of the dough divider according to the dough type or size is that the pressure on the dough is reduced. The more gentle dough handling minimizes the amount of damage done to the dough cell structure and ultimately results in improved product quality.

To preserve and improve (these properties) is the desired outcome. We want Elkhart's neighborhoods to be attractive and welcoming. The primary focus is to improve the quality of life.

When the Temple was destroyed, the Jewish people faced a crisis unlike any other in its history. For centuries, the sacrificial system had served as the primary medium of atonement before the Almighty.

We're looking at trains as a primary way to move large means of people.

Mandatory seat belt laws save lives. Mark is very well respected and well known for his skills as a driver and with his help we'll work with the legislator to get a primary seat belt law passed next year.

Making things feel real is one of our primary concerns in the way we write it. And it's one of the gifts that the actors who do the show really have to make ridiculous situations feel real.

Make time to go off together and be alone without the kids. The marital relationship is the primary relationship in the home. Children will feel most secure when they know Mom and Dad are secure.

Let me be clear. The primary objective for the next several years is to develop a new vehicle for lower orbit and beyond, following the orderly retirement of the space shuttle.

Louisville is notable for its accomplishments, but on the primary health-care side, we struggle to meet the needs.

Many people think the Health Center just offers first aid. We want to let students know that we're a full primary health clinic with doctors and RNs

Security was certainly a factor in the decision by Hong Kong to turn to RFID. But the primary reason was operational efficiency and to be able to address growth. They wanted a good customer experience.

On a broader scale, it underscores the importance of asset management being the primary business of a firm rather than just one sector.

Since business is the primary culprit, they need to be the primary target of any so-called reform. Just putting more people on the border is not going to do it.

She gives us another primary ball-handler and makes us a little tougher to press. She's a very good ball-handler, but a great playmaker. If you're open, you're going to get the ball. Her court vision is phenomenal.

She has played very well this season, despite being the primary focus of each team we play. She plays so hard each and every game and is an inspiration for her teammates.

Since quarter end, market conditions for our primary products have continued to weaken resulting in significant declines in average selling prices and higher inventory levels,

Since our founding, we have built our infrastructure to support the substantial demand that exists for Take Care's high-quality, cost-effective and convenient primary care services. The experience in our initial two markets confirms our operating assumptions and provides the foundation for accelerated growth.

Since my new focus is acting, ... my primary focus was bringing David Burke's character to life. My focus was artistic.

She remains a controversial figure when she moves out from the Democratic primary sweepstakes.

Mocha Slots was the primary contributor to our group results with turnover of HK$63 million; with 700 machines we have 25% of the Macau market,

Mobile computing is moving from the fringe to the mainstream. Portable computers are becoming the primary PC.

Mr. Romney is quick to uphold rules great and small. During primary debates, when his rivals spoke out of turn or exceeded their allotted time, he would sometimes lecture them. When supporters ask Mr. Romney to sign dollar bills or American flags, he refuses and often gives them a little lesson about why doing so is against the law.

Moving our primary to an earlier primary date, I see it as a good thing. It puts Arkansas into a much more relevant position in helping to elect both the Republican and Democratic nominees.

One of the things the board has to do is be nimble. They have to be able to turn on a dime. Being able to be nimble and responsive is going to be one of the primary characteristics of the board.

One primary objective is for us to be able to have a quick basis to say whether a rebel who is at the receiving end of allegations belongs to us.

One of our roles at the Forestry Commission is to provide Georgia landowners with high-quality, accurate and timely timber price information. Georgia has 24.3 million acres of forestland available for commercial use and timber is the highest valued vegetative crop in the state. Since timber prices vary across the state, Forest2Market had divided Georgia into three primary timber pricing regions. Forest2Market's report will serve as a valuable tool to help Georgia's Forest Products Industry compete in the global market. We are pleased to provide a timber market report specific to Georgia.

One of our primary objectives is to bring HOMELAND SECURITY CORPORATION to a fully reporting status. Further, it is our intent to move forward with our sales and marketing plan for 2006 and develop strategic alliances in the government security sector. These actions underline the commitment to build shareholder equity and confidence.

One of our primary goals this spring was to allow this team to form their own chemistry. Hard work and fun are important parts of the equation. We worked hard on and off the field with an emphasis on enjoying each other.

One of our primary goals is to equip students to be organizational leaders who are willing to lead at the local and global levels. Graduates will take leadership roles in the workplace, as well as in their communities and society as a whole.

One of The Better World Project's primary goals is to show communities worldwide that technology transfer is important not only to our health and well-being, but also to the growing knowledge-based economy.

Oneness of the Divine. It may be given a thousand names such as The Primary Cause / God / Energy / I. All that is created has its Self this Oneness.

Obviously, we're interested in getting the highest ratings we can - that's a primary goal along with making sure our advertisers are successful. But we didn't make these changes because of the shows on the air. We made the changes because of the shows we want to put on the air.

Occasionally, someone has run against DeLay. But I don't recall any attention being paid, and I don't think the congressman took the challenge seriously. This is the first primary where he has had to extend himself.

Odyssey is now closer to Mars than Earth. The spacecraft is healthy and all systems are looking good. Planning for Mars approach and orbit insertion is our primary focus right now.

Ocean acidification is caused by the ocean absorbing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the same carbon dioxide that is the primary cause of global warming, hence the nickname 'the other carbon problem.' As they do so, the oceans become more acidic with terrible consequences.

Occidental is a real community clinic and a lot of people who come here come from not only the town but from surrounding cities. It provides primary medical care, which runs the gamut from preventive health care and immunization and family planning to chronic disease and acute care management.

More and more men are doing more child rearing during the marriage. As a result, more men are seeking significant parenting roles after divorce, sometimes asking to be primary residential parents.

Moreover, I don't see diminished housing-price appreciation as a major problem for consumer spending, since again, the primary determinant of spending is income, and we see solid and improving prospects for real incomes for the nation as a whole.

Memory speed is the primary bottleneck to Regular Expression content processing performance. As a result, HPM enables content inspection software to out-perform hardware.

Now that McDonnell has removed the primary excuse given for the failure to act that it was not necessary to do so we will be looking to the legislature to make it clear what the state's policy is. If the members of the General Assembly refuse to make an affirmative statement, one must only assume that they think it's appropriate to discriminate.

Neither of these are particularly sensitive to the economics. They have other reasons why they're buying this. There's a question as to how large those groups are, but once you get to more mainstream buying groups, then economics really begins to take over as a primary factor in that decision.

Obviously the primary focus will be on what happens to all the people employed by the casino industry, hotels and other support services in the area and how to take care of them,

Obviously, that's a primary concern. We had far too many (turnovers). But we played a lot of guys today, which may have impacted that.

Obesity is a national problem, and poor diet and insufficient exercise are recognized as the primary causes. But observers increasingly have pointed to our culture and our built environment as possible contributing factors -- specifically, the relationship of residential setting and urban sprawl to obesity.

Political activists in Hong Kong and Taiwan use Facebook as their primary tool to mobilize support for their causes and activities.

Polls this early essentially test name recognition ... a poll called the primary will test record recognition.

Ninety percent of a retail bank's primary business is lending money on residential real estate, and that cycle is over.

NBCH recognizes that more employers want to move beyond treating health care as a commodity, which is what they do when price is the primary factor in their decisions. Informed employers are looking for resources to help them make use of quality and other performance metrics that are now available. The good news is that improving the quality of health care contributes to cost reduction as well. The eValue8 data is one more tool available to our members in determining the best health plan for their business and employees.

On many days my primary artistic struggle is, in fact, photography because it is harder to do good work with that. I see myself as an observer of the world who has a strong drive to testify, which I can do because I have the privilege of living in New York with enough food to eat and shelter.

One of the primary strategies to close the achievement gap is to provide high-quality teachers to students who need them most, and that's precisely what our recommendations are about. Right now those students aren't getting the highest-quality teachers, and until the district addresses that, it will continue to have an achievement gap.

One of the primary reasons for improving wireless support is to give companies the tools to put FreeBSD into their wireless devices. The guy at FreeBSD who is adding wireless support is under contract from wireless companies to do the work.

One of the primary reasons Ford supports AMA Flat Track is because of its American history and roots. At the same time, we want to see this championship grow by attracting new riders, fans and manufacturer support. We support AMA Pro Racing and want to continue what's become a great relationship.

One of the primary purposes of this rapid branch expansion has been to take advantage of opportunities as they become available in attractive markets. Although these new locations have increased overhead expenses, we are confident they will contribute to profitability within the next few years.

One of the primary purposes of the collective bargaining agreement was to provide for the medical needs of an employee after retirement.

One of the primary functions of the Best Truck is to take down these signs.

One of the primary difficulties in deploying WLAN technology in branch offices and retail stores is the lack of onsite IT expertise to manage the network. In order to be successful, branch and retail WLAN solutions must deliver several capabilities; strong centralized management, wide-ranging integrated functionality for security and voice, a highly reliable implementation, and competitive pricing for cost-effective deployment to a large number of sites. Aruba's new additions to the Mobile Edge portfolio meet all of these needs.

One of the committees' primary objectives over the last few years has been to increase the transparency and understanding regarding the process of selecting teams for the tournament. We think that announcing the results of the RPI ranking on a weekly basis has its benefits.

I wouldn't call it a failed test, because the intercept was not the primary objective, ... It's still considered a success in that we gained great engineering data. We just don't know why it didn't hit.

I worked in L.A. for 25 years, ... I played oboe, English horn, piccolo, flute, clarinet. But what happens when you do that is you spend your practice time on instruments you are weaker on to make them stronger. The instruments you are strong on become weaker. At some point, you end up in a mush of mediocrity. I was working for quantity, and I wanted to get back to my primary interest, which was to play jazz on the saxophone.

I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.

I grew up in the Bay Area until 1976, then I pretty much went all the way through primary and high school on Bainbridge, though like anybody who grows up on an island, I ran the first chance I got.

I grew up in a terror-filled household. My mother was the primary victim, but it trickles down. She was so busy trying to keep my dad happy that she wasn't able to love her kids, so we had no nurturing.

I don't have a big part in our offense. I didn't allow a sack and that's all I care about. I'm not a primary weapon catching the ball and I don't worry about receiving yards or touchdowns. I worry about wins and losses.

I didn't like (the helmets), ... My primary reason being the school colors are green and gold.

I do not view him as selling out or changing his basic philosophy. I think he is doing what he has to do. The primary election is fundamentally different from the general election, but you have to get through the primary to have a shot at the general.

I am disappointed that the situation has deteriorated to the point that it has become necessary to seek the assistance of the court. However, my primary concern is and always has been the welfare of the children and this action today was taken to ensure their safety as well as mine.

I am looking for a 25-basis-point increase in the federal funds rate. The primary reason is because the unemployment rate has moved to a low level, and that low unemployment rate is starting to push the growth of wages higher. That is an early warning sign.

I believe working with clay will be my primary expression. But life is unpredictable. I find that fact exciting.

I believe the director's primary role is to create an atmosphere where his company can be created.

I believe that if your primary motivation in life is to be moral, you don't become an artist.

Carly is a natural defender who has the potential to advance to the midfield. Her tackling and distribution skills out of the back field are her primary threats to our opponents and we are excited to have her on our squad.

Certainly it has the potential to confuse voters through media coverage. The challenge for the primary candidates will be to articulate a compelling message that can cut through the clutter and establish him or her as a strong and viable candidate.

Catholics, in their ecumenical work, must assuredly be concerned for their separated brethren, praying for them, keeping them informed about the Church, making the first approaches toward them. But their primary duty is to make a careful and honest appraisal of whatever needs to be done or renewed in the Catholic household itself, in order that its life may bear witness more clearly and faithfully to the teachings and institutions which have come to it from Christ through the Apostles.

Capital sources are circling the primary hotel markets in the U.S. now, looking for opportunities to own new hotels as soon as they are completed.

But that was a bad deal, nobody liked that, so then we started this primary system, where we have a presidential primary in every state.

Building reliable, dependable and secure e-commerce sites requires massive investments, ... Successful attacks can destroy the most critical aspect of e-commerce-trust. Ensuring the maintenance of trust is one of the primary functions of intrusion detection and vulnerability assessment products.