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There is no one like him alive today. He was a vast treasure trove and storehouse of musical and cultural knowledge and the richness that he has brought into all of our lives is immeasurable. He was a generous spirit, overlooking faults in order to see the common humanity that we all share and this is the quality that I will miss the most. For a man who has seen some of the most repulsive and ugly aspects of human nature to transform that knowledge into the beauty and grace that he does is an uplift and hope for citizens of the world.

There is no one like him alive today, ... He was a vast treasure trove and storehouse of musical and cultural knowledge and the richness that he has brought into all of our lives is immeasurable. He was a generous spirit, overlooking faults in order to see the common humanity that we all share and this is the quality that I will miss the most. For a man who has seen some of the most repulsive and ugly aspects of human nature to transform that knowledge into the beauty and grace that he does is an uplift and hope for citizens of the world.

We'd like to combine our overall upbeat analysis of consumer spending and retail activity with our baby boom spending thesis. And this is basically grounded on the observation that baby boomers tend to spend more on quality of life and personal indulgences than their parents did when they were at the same age.

We believe that government in Britain should improve the quality of people's lives and improve the quality of our public services in every local community.

While many retailers went overseas to get cheaper good quality products, M&S stayed with British sources. Now, like everyone else, they source about 80% of their clothing from abroad.

While Ken's misstatement about his academic credentials is unfortunate, it has no bearing on the accuracy of our financial results or the quality of our financial procedures and controls,

Whether we'll be able to find exhibit quality fossils, that remains to be seen. It clearly has the potential.

We've beaten the teams we should have, and our losses are to quality teams.

We've always wanted to improve our bullpen, but until this year we weren't able to get the pieces we wanted. It's been frustrating. . . . It's not easy to spend the bulk of the game battling for a lead and then seeing it get away. . . . Now we have some depth. We have some quality arms.

We've always known that the air quality on board flights wasn't the best, but there isn't much a passenger can do.

Tom understands how important seed quality is. He works hard to make sure his seeds are disease-free and have good germination, as well as good genetics. He really makes an investment in these areas.

What we're seeing right now is, in my mind, identical to what we saw last year, when it took him a few starts to get untracked, and then you see one quality start after another. His teammates recognize that's he gonna leave everything that he has on the field, and it's very easy to step up for a guy like that.

When we call up players, we don't call them up just to sit on the bench. We expect them to contribute to our team's success right away. This season has been no exception. I'm extremely proud of the overall success the Gladiators have enjoyed and the quality players that Jeff and Steve have produced.

When we ask for quality public schools, we seek optimism and opportunity, not pessimism and imprisonment.

When we go home we can spend a bit of quality time together but from the point of view of the skeleton, we're professional about what we do. Sometimes we might not speak for a whole day, even though we're both at the track, because we are so into what we are doing.

When we flew in from a road trip, my son would be at the airport, and he would gravitate immediately to Earl. Earl just had that teddy bear quality about him.

WFSU is incredibly lucky to offer top quality programming on FM, with a news and classical station, and on television,

What he had as a driver is a quality he shares with many of his compatriots, ... He was canny.

What have we lost? Well, we've lost a scientist who is really concerned about the quality of life for people who live in earthquake country. We have terabytes of information Tony gathered in the '80's and '90's (about earthquakes and land movement). That will be just part of Tony's legacy.

We graduated a strong group of players this year. But I feel this incoming class has the quality to fill their shoes.

We got two quality players that are good students that we think can play for us right away.

We break it down in terms of value for money, product quality and service quality. For virtually all of these retailers, with the exception of Wal-Mart, it is really the service quality that seems to be driving the satisfaction.

We both hit a lot of really quality golf shots. It's always nice to look across the fairway and see Phil Mickelson is your partner.

We believe we have the tools in place to stay on top these metrics going forward. We are starting the next phase of our service and quality initiative, which is focused on delivering faster project completion rates while maintaining our high quality standards.

We are getting more submissions so, on the law of averages, we are going to end up with higher quality bands. Those who didn't submit in the past now know this isn't some rinky-dink festival.

What's nice about this is ... most of the major manufacturers participate in the Energy Star program. Which means that you don't have to sacrifice quality to save money or energy.

What's needed is more funding for basic research, a desire to compete globally and an awareness of the role technology plays in our security and quality of life.

We're going to keep answering calls, we're going to still provide care to the citizens of Adair County. Whether the tax passes or not, we're going to still offer the best quality care that we can afford.

We're going to have to see what the financial position is once we get through this bidding phase and make adjustments to provide a full service, high quality high school for our students.

Unless investors can see where compensation committees are setting those hurdles, it's hard for us to assess the quality of those plans.

Universal looked for the ideal format for the delivery of high-definition content and found VC-1 to offer the quality that we needed for our titles.

United for D.C. is excited to begin the third annual United Community Grants cycle. Last year alone, United for D.C. distributed almost $85,000 in grants to six local organizations, assisting established groups expand their urban soccer programming and helping new organizations create inner-city programs. We look forward to receiving another round of quality applications this cycle.

United Airlines will continue to provide customers with the same experience and level of service they have come to expect, ... We stand by our commitment to provide customers with convenient schedules, quality onboard services and the most extensive route network in the U.S. and abroad.

Union Square II will continue with the Class A and prestigious quality provided in Union Square I because we believe the market for this caliber structure is desired. Many of our current tenants are needing expansion space, and we are very pleased to be able to offer a top-quality building that will accommodate their needs.

Very few times do you get to get as many people quality at-bats in a game situation as we have gotten in the last two days. The negatives are you don't want your team to play a sloppy side of baseball and take things for granted, and we've done that as well.

Very few studies have examined the influence of neighborhood conditions on physical disabilities. We found the quality of the neighborhood had a very high impact on lower-body function in the people we surveyed.

Usually, it's the quality of the players which decides the match, not having the coach telling you whether it's the right moment to take on the defender or not.

Usually a lawyer looks at the narrative portion of the registration. An accountant looks at the financial statements. As they're reviewing the documents, they make notes about areas where they have questions or concerns about the adequacy or quality of disclosure, holding it up to the rules we have in place. On the basis of those notes, the staff composes something called a comment letter, which is sent to the filer.

We're doing gonzo, but we're doing it with the same quality of our features with great lighting, great camera angles and great looking girls.

Working in any type of convalescent setting is hard, but it's also very rewarding. I make sure the residents have fun things to do to increase their quality of life without patronization and loss of their dignity.

With the injuries that we have in the back three at the moment it was important that we brought in a player of quality and experience and Salesi Finau fits that bill exactly. He has performed consistently well for Llanelli over the past seven seasons and he is looking forward to getting out there on Saturday.

With the improved audio quality , we will really begin to see the demand increase.

With all the measures we are preparing, I am very confident the air quality will be high during the Olympics. It will not be a problem at all.

We faced a quality pitcher, the best pitcher we've faced all year, but our guy was pretty good, too.

We feel the district court was wrong. Our interpretation of the law is that a water quality violation is a water quality violation and can't occur. But we're still seeing water quality violations up at Pole Mountain.

We feel that we'll get to 80 per cent well before the Olympics, certainly by 2008/9. We're already doing a lot and we're on track to raise the quality and standard of our accommodation.

We feel that we have the quality to get the three points and we want to win the group.

We feel that this system will benefit officiating in college football. All of us want a correct ruling on the field and we believe that implementing this system will enhance the quality of officiating. The system that was used by the Big Ten this past season received very positive reviews by administrators and coaches alike.

We're expanding. One of the most difficult aspects of the aerospace field is quality people. It is difficult to identify, hire and find good engineers. The aerospace workforce is becoming a concern.

We're excited to work with MTV Networks to further extend our leadership in video search and provide consumers with one of the most comprehensive sources for discovering the breadth and quality of video content available across the Web.

We're feeling really good about ourselves, defensively, offensively and on the mound. We just need four quality starts from our pitchers. If we play defense behind them, our hitting will take care of itself. It'll be really scary how confident we will be if we win three or four games this weekend.

We're in this situation because we didn't have quality,

We're just looking to get back into the flow of things. We're hoping to sharpen our skills and execute our offense and defensive schemes. Getting to see other quality schools not in our conference is also going to help us out down the stretch.

We're just looking for quality pitchers, whether it's a left-hander or right-hander. Good left-handers play well in our park, but good right-handers do, too.

We're getting quality chances, we just gotta start finishing. We just need to keep composed and do what we're doing.

We're getting good quality pitching and we're probably playing the best defense we've played in four years. We have some good hitters, but we haven't put it together yet. We could. Once we get experience under our belts...

We're from two opposite backgrounds, but whatever's inside of him, from his core growing up, there's a quality I like in that he enjoys the game still as a kid. I think that's important at this level, because at this level the pressures are there. They will always be there, but as long as you see that core enjoyment of the game, I think that's important.

we're hopeful the governor will hear our plea and act in a way that shows the quality of mercy.

We're becoming consistent now, and that's what we strive for. We've put a couple of games together in a row and that's all we can ask for. That was a quality offensive football team even if they didn't have Corey Dillon.

Mozart began his works in childhood and a childlike quality lurked in his compositions until it dawned on him that the Requiem he was writing for s a stranger was his own.

Top awards like these really generate interest in our state's wine industry. Consumers know they will enjoy quality when they choose a Missouri wine.

We're really disappointed with this decision. We don't affect water quality much with our export pumps, but they're saying that it's totally the responsibility of these two projects.

We're real close to where we want to be. Especially after the way we played against Wesleyan Saturday night, against the quality of the team we were playing against, if we put it all together, I think we're as good as anybody.

With the quality we have in this new side we will be able to do great things which the fans will enjoy. I am sure we will finish among the top four,

With the quality of this league from top to bottom, you are never going to back your way into success. I felt as if we were just trying to hold on, thinking that that we were going to back our way into a road win in the Big East Conference. It's not going to happen.

With the quality and volume of data we have available, Express Scripts is one of the few organizations in the nation capable of undertaking a study of this magnitude and importance. We're publicly sharing these results because of the important long-term health and financial implications these findings have for children, their families and those that pay for health care in this country.

With the new tools included in the Vision 8 Development Module, NI has released one of the industry's most comprehensive software packages for acquiring and processing images. The collection of tools includes drivers for IEEE 1394 cameras, world-class algorithms and easy-to-use software, all at an affordable price point, making it well-suited for end users and machine builders wanting to improve their system efficiencies and quality control.

We knew when we recruited Megan that we were getting a quality ball player. But what she's been able to contribute to this team has gone far beyond what we expected from her stepping into the program as a freshman.

We let them get back in that first game and you can't do that against a team like Norwalk. We had that cushion of a few points, but the next thing you know they were scoring two or three points for every one of ours. We couldn't close them out, but give them credit there. In the second game our serve receive struggled. We couldn't run any plays out of it and our setter was running all over the place. It's hard to get any quality attacks when that happens.

We knew they were going to make a run. They shoot the ball so well and they have such quality players. I was just proud of my kids for responding.

We knew they have a quality pitcher. I knew they had the potential to be a good team as they played Sacred Heart tough before falling 4-1.

We know we have signed quality players - but they will need time.

We know we have got quality players up front, normally when they get a chance they put it away,

We know how big these kinds of games are. We have big win after big win after big win against quality teams like Long Beach, and then we play Davis and can't win a game.

We know families looking to relocate consider the quality of schools a critical factor in their decision-making.

Ultimately, the test is whether we've achieved better access to lower cost quality health care in that region and we think we actually have done that.

Ultimately I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us, but, is it good news quality information that defines who somebody is?

Ultimately, Halloween II was a little too violent for my tastes. It didn't have the intelligent quality and bloodless suspense of the original.

I use the echo effect a lot when I DJ because it allows for smooth transitions, especially at different BPMs. It also adds a studio quality to live DJ performances.

We must always go for the best. Do not compromise on quality. Reject if it is not the best - not only the best in India, but globally.

I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.

Each one of us is left to choose our own quality of life and take pleasure where we find it with the understanding that, like Mom used to say, sooner or later something's gonna get you.

To spend your days in the company of naked men - that was the life for me. 'Turn a bit to the left, Jean-Claude. I long to capture the playful quality of your buttocks.

The first of all qualities of a general is courage.

Courage is the highest quality for a soldier, but technology is a fine substitute.

If you think your work is ultimately about a paycheck, then that will affect the quality of your work as well as the quality of your own life.

With an estimated population of nine billion people by 2050, we cannot continue to consume resources at the same rate and maintain our quality of life.

I try not to bring in anything I don't love looking at. It's about restaint ... There is something about an unfinished quality that leaves within you that sense of possibility.

Food availability is not really the issue. The quality of the food is what we recognize is the problem.

You're always against the clock. But really just fighting for quality.

Intuition is a strong feminine quality.

With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax; for quality of life,

The post-war "publish or perish" tyranny must end. The profession has become obsessed with quantity rather than quality. [...] One brilliant article should outweigh one mediocre book.

She has that quality, does the Hudson, as I imagine all great rivers do: the deep, abiding sense that those activities what take place on shore among human beings are of the moment, passing, and aren't the stories by way of which the greater tale of this planet will, in the end, be told.

There is somebody in our lives that we could call the Energizer Bunny and we admire for those qualities.

The basic quality for the diplomat is not intelligence but loyalty.

The quality of food is in inverse proportion to a dining room's altitude, especially atop bank and hotel buildings (airplanes are an extreme example).

My top three priorities for my first term in Congress are growing our economy; providing for quality, affordable health care; and keeping our nation and communities safe.

At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

With today's enactment of the budget reconciliation bill and its digital television provisions, we have crossed an important threshold. NAB is pleased that Congress adopted many pro-consumer DTV measures in the legislation, and we're encouraged that the bill thwarted cable industry attempts to degrade the quality of HDTV pictures to consumers.