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This night is for Ronnie, raising his number into the rafters. We wanted to give a special effort, wanted to win this one for him.

We think that's just going to be a short-term story. Evidence will come out that the Bank of Canada has more than enough reason to continue raising interest rates.

We think it's very cheap. The regional banks are selling at half of the S&P multiple; this is a very attractive time to be committing money to financial service companies, and as investors come to the view that the Fed is nearly through raising interest rates, you'll see a resurgence in the prices of bank stocks.

There have been indications for some months now that taxpayer interests aren't protected. I'm glad the Defense Department is finally coming to ask some tough questions. They should have been raising these issues many months ago.

Violence is learned behavior, ... That's part of the message of the Week Without Violence. It has to do with people not properly raising their kids; not properly supervising them.

Today's ruling defies logic and common sense by saying that children can have two moms. That policy establishes that moms and dads as a unit are irrelevant when it comes to raising children.

We are very happy to have two fine baseball programs like Kennesaw State and Georgia play here in Rome. This game will not only showcase beautiful State Mutual Stadium but Rome and Floyd County's passion for baseball, all while raising money for the United Way.

We listened more closely to our male and female drinkers. We're continually raising the bar on humor, and you find you can deliver humor and tell our stories in many different ways.

Breast cancer, whether I like it or not, is part of my family's story. That's why I am so passionate about raising awareness, because I have seen firsthand how it can impact others.

Breast cancer prevention is a cause that is near and dear to my heart and I am thrilled that our company has been at the forefront of the pink movement, ... In addition to raising money, I am hopeful that this line of products will continue to bring comfort to those who are currently battling breast cancer or those who have fought the battle and won. The longer these products are available in the market, the greater is our ability to make a difference in the lives of breast cancer patients and their families.

Even if the Fed skips raising rates at the next meeting, it has to be seen as a symbolic act and not as a change in monetary policy. Stocks would only get a temporary boost.

Even though the president's job-approval numbers are down a bit, the RNC is still raising money at a record clip. It's likely a case where it's the party activists that give, and they give no matter what. And perhaps they give more when the party faces challenges.

Even though the figures were revised slightly lower, investors were relieved because the data won't provide the Fed with an excuse to continue raising rates past January.

Even though the Fed is raising rates and stocks are volatile, we haven't seen much impact on either income growth or consumer confidence, which will provide support for spending in the second half of the year,

Even though the college man raises no more wheat than his neighbor, he will have more satisfaction raising it. He will know why he turns the clod; he will challenge the worm that burrows in the furrow; his eyes will follow the field mouse that scuds under the grass; he will see the wild fowl winging its way across the heaven. All these things will add to the meaning of life and they are his.

Even now, where you have single fathers raising their children too, not just single mothers.

Binge drinking is defined as ... five or more drinks in a sitting (which is approximately two hours) for a man and four or more drinks in a sitting for a woman. EE-CARD has two main focuses, one being educating youth and (the other), raising the awareness of our community.

Everybody was waiting for the Bank of Japan's decision, and since they decided to postpone raising interest rates, that is taking the pressure off U.S. Treasuries and giving a lift to stocks.

Every single Democrat running for president today is for raising taxes on working Americans. They're split on a lot of things, but when it comes to raising taxes, they're unanimous,

Based on new OEM business, we are raising our earnings guidance for fiscal years 2007 and 2008, with expectations that results will almost double our previousÊ...Êearnings guidance for these periods. We are also pursuing a number of other OEM opportunities.

As the market starts to think about the possibility of raising rates, it should support the yen. We could see further buying of the yen.

As the campaign gets under way and voters take a closer look at the candidates, property taxes will be at the forefront, ... have to convince the voters that they are serious about lowering the property tax burden and that they can do it without significantly raising other taxes.

As they are changing from old contracts to new ones they are raising rates, which is a good sign that they are doing very well. They have established themselves as a viable investment prospect.

At stake is whether Club for Growth will be able to continue raising and spending millions of dollars in soft money for activities influencing federal elections,

At the end of a long economic expansion, consumers tend to be overconfident relative to their spending; raising false hopes about the ability of consumers to continue spending. At the beginning of a recovery, consumers remain in a funk even as they accelerate their pace of spending.

At this point I am guessing that the Fed is pretty committed to raising rates in January but after that all bets are off.

At the long end, inflation remains remarkably tame because the Fed has been raising rates for an extended period of time.

At the end of the day, if Greenspan wants to solve the conundrum of low long-term yields, then raising the fed funds rate is not the answer,

At this moment the Fed would like to stop raising rates. But if the employment cost index shows too much wage inflation, then the inflation hawks will make it hard for them to stop.

Disciples of Keynes, who focus on aggregate demand, view any increase in household wealth as raising employment because they say it adds to consumer demand.

Confidence is slipping, manufacturing is slowing, and even with today's jobs report, the employment trend is still negative. The bet here is that the Federal Reserve will have to stop raising rates in order to keep the economy from sliding further.

Currently we're paying for this war essentially on our credit card. We're not raising taxes, we're not cutting other programs to pay for it and that adds to the federal debt.

Enterprises and consumers alike have an insatiable appetite for network access availability, speed and quality. This is an important move by a company who is very serious about raising the industry bar and meeting the important and dynamic requirements of its business and consumer constituencies.

Energy prices really have fallen to a distant second as far as concerns for the market. The big concern is whether the Federal Reserve is going to keep raising interest rates and, if they do, whether that's going to slow the economy too much.

Energy and raw material demand in China has been one of the key drivers behind the strength in commodities. If China is raising rates and trying to slow growth, then we may see some tempering in those pressures.

Driving a pink race car attracts a certain amount of attention and I'm very proud to be part of the team's initiative to bring this worthy cause to the forefront. Raising awareness is just so important in the fight against breast cancer and I'm proud to do this for the women in my life, like my mom and my wife, and for our race fans both men and women that are touched by this terrible disease. We're hoping we can make a difference in the fight for prevention and a cure just by getting the message out there.

Each year we just hope to do better than the previous year. It's not about a money goal; it's about giving guests a great value and raising as much money as possible. It just gets bigger and better each year.

Equally, we as a society have to work out how to do a better job of raising our kids.

Even a hint that the Bank of Japan may be getting near to ending its quantitative easing, and raising rates, is going to lead to large moves in the yen. People have been so positioned for it to go down.

Even after 9/11, when their life-saving role became clear, employers have dragged their feet on raising wages to a mostly African-American workforce. Four years after 9/11, the real estate industry has short-changed security officers, undermined the safety of their own buildings and jeopardized the well-being of the entire city.

Fly fishing is like raising children. You never know what's going to happen next.

Fly fishing for trout is like raising children. You never know what's going to happen next.

February's data support the view that the U.S. labor market remains strong, particularly on the services side, with unemployment solidly below the 5% level. The Fed is likely to continue raising rates for the foreseeable future.

There's only so much a Fed rate hike can do to thwart an inflation threat that's predominantly driven by oil prices. Raising the fed funds rate won't stop people from speculating about higher oil prices,

There's a gradual feeling that the ECB is closer to raising rates than first thought,

There's no doubt that Republican efforts to soften up Hillary Clinton in 2006 for 2008 haven't gone well. Anti-Clinton sentiment isn't raising the money that some had hoped for.

There's nothing wrong with raising venture capital. Many lean startups are ambitious and are able to deploy large amounts of capital. What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated.

The Toxics Release Inventory has been extremely successful in raising public awareness about chemical hazards in communities from coast to coast. Public disclosure has proven to be a strong incentive for polluters to reduce their use of toxic chemicals.

The transplant center told us how important it was, just raising awareness that people need kidneys. There were 173 people on the waiting list, and now there's one less, ... That's 173 people who are waiting for a cadaveric donor because they don't have a family member who is a match.

ISPs' rhetoric is increasingly strident about content from outside providers raising the costs of their networks. But I haven't seen hard data that suggests the volume of legitimate video is coming close to swamping ISP networks yet.

ISM prices paid came a bit higher than expected and that stoked some inflationary concerns, ... I am bearish on the market right now for two reasons -- the Fed has indicated it's going to keep raising rates and there's been recent evidence that gas prices are beginning to weigh on consumer spending.

I've been a university president now for about 20 years and I have never found any relationship between alumni giving to academic programs and the success of the athletic program. Most senior fundraisers understand that raising money for the academic program is not going to be affected by that. They may be able to build a bigger stadium or put new seats in the gym, but it is not going to put more endowed chairs in their faculty.

I understand some women don't have a choice. I'm just lucky that I do. To me, there is no job more important than raising children and being present. . . . I admire every mom, though, as long as we are all doing the best job we can.

The whole thing was a great cause and the NFL did a great job of raising money for the Gulf Coast,

The wording of the Fed statement is going to be important to see if the Fed is going to (step back for a while) or if they are going to continue raising interest rates.

The rise in power of an extreme right-wing party in Austria is a highly disturbing signal coming from Austria, but it also shows signs of raising its head in other countries,

There will emerge some promising practices and recommendations that will be a model for all schools. ... It's going to be raising the bar for all students.

I've never liked the moment of seeing something beautiful - a sunset, a moose, an elephant - and then raising a camera and trying to capture it for some future moment. That's always struck me as strange.

I've raised money for pregnancy crisis centers, while my friend Steve Forbes was raising money for Christie Todd Whitman,

I've put together a proposal, based on negotiations with Metro-North, that I'll present at our next Town Board meeting for raising our fees and bringing them in line.

It was a little bit weak, but a little weak means the Fed won't be so aggressive in raising interest rates, which should help the market.

These results were contributed by the return of investors' interests on the equity market towards the end of 2005, and fund raising by large state-owned enterprises.

The shock of September 11, by markedly raising the degree of uncertainty about the future, has the potential to result, for a time, in pronounced disengagement from future commitments,

These days, just about every major tech firm is raising its profit forecasts, generating rather strong demand.

These data reinforce the notion that, while consumption is going to be slower in the fourth quarter than in the third quarter, it doesn't look like the consumer is raising the white flag and giving up.

The stock has reached our target of $44 and we have difficulty raising it much from here.

The stronger consumer confidence numbers are probably the biggest potential reason for the Fed to continue raising interest rates.

The slowdown in euro zone growth will not deter the ECB from raising interest rates in March and a further hike remains very likely in June.

The students who I know who've taken his classes always say that he's really engaging and very provocative and thoughtful and consciousness raising and those are things that are really important.

The Spurs players and staff are eager to do what we can to help in the relief efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. This game will give everyone associated with our organization the chance to contribute their time and talents in the name of raising money for those affected by this tragedy. We are honored to participate in this event and look forward to the opportunity to give back to NBA fans throughout the Gulf Coast region.

The silver lining on this is that it confirms that the Federal Reserve will not be raising interest rates anytime soon, which is good news for the market.

The significant result of these future scenarios is the progressive raising of mean global temperatures and the movement of climate zones in connection with that. Almost everywhere on earth, the forestry industry will have to husband different types of trees than it has until now.

The talk is that the Fed is going to be getting more aggressive soon, and may start raising rates by 50 basis points at a time. It's not going to happen this time, because (Fed Chairman) Alan Greenspan knows he needs to prepare the market for this in advance.

I've lived in South Carolina my entire life, I grew a family-owned business here, and I'm proud to assume a role where I can make a difference in raising income levels and creating opportunities for our state.

I've always been for raising the bar for entry into the industry.

Thanks to a number of corporate houses, they've been doing in-house fund- raising activities to assist the YMCA,

Sony's results led the market today. The surprisingly upbeat numbers gave the market its strong upward impetus, raising hopes for better-than-expected results from other companies.

Sooner or later it will be appropriate for the Fed to pause, regardless of whether or not we get a signal in that direction. There is no reason for them to invert the yield curve. Inflation is contained and the economy is okay. I don't see a reason for them to take the risk of keeping raising rates.

Technically, the market still looks pretty good despite the light volume we've seen this week. But we're probably not ready to break out above this level until we get a better read on when the Fed is going to be finished up raising rates.

Teaching is a truly noble profession. It's sad the amount of responsibility that teachers have today. They're not only teaching kids: they're raising kids, policing kids - and they don't make a lot of money.

Ruth did an excellent job bringing up our kids. I say that because she did the lion's share of raising them. They were all great kids, never sassed us, and they've turned out real good. I sometimes joke that it's a good thing we didn't have a fourth child or that one might have been a maverick,

Ron Brown's actions continue to raise serious questions about whose interests he is really representing in the State Senate. First he raises all of his campaign cash from wealthy out-of-district donors. Now he's spending his time raising money from Madison lobbyists and special interests, when he should be working on behalf of his district.

Ron Brown is raising a lot of money from people with no ties to his district, and he owes his constituents an explanation. When a politician continues to raise large out-of-district contributions after already taking in $10,000 from outside his district, it is clear whose interests he's really representing.

PS 152's parents, teachers and students have spent many years raising tens of thousands of dollars for a school computer room - only now to see that dream callously erased by the defendant, who allegedly used the association's funds as her own private piggy bank, ... Her alleged conduct is a betrayal of the trust of the parents who elected her to serve as their leader.

Raising trout in the numbers that we do to the size we do is an extremely expensive proposition. We have an obligation to get the best return on that investment that we can.

Raising three girls, I think it's important to teach them to support other women.

Raising three boys is a huge responsibility for me, especially in this day and time when I look around and there's a lack of good, strong, upstanding Christian men who are not afraid to be men and just own up to their responsibility.

Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 will benefit about 28 million workers across the country. And it will help businesses, too - raising the wage will put more money in people's pockets, which they will pump back into the economy by spending it on goods and services in their communities.

Raising the minimum wage seems to all economists to, at the very least, fail to 'raise' employment, and we'd all like to see better inclusion of low-skilled workers into good-paying jobs.

Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system.

Raising the lending rate is the first tightening of the controls.

Raising the gas tax will take some explaining. In a state where people have seen their property taxes rise sharply, they have become sensitive to other taxes as well.

Raising taxes as the economy begins to take off makes no sense.

Raising rates by more than 25 basis points would shock the market so much that the Fed's credibility would vanish.

Raising profit thresholds are in line with the regulator's pledge to help good-quality companies raise capital and upgrade market fundamentals. Investors will be glad to see the market shutting its doors to poor performers.

Raising personal savings is an imperative for American families and an imperative for the national economy,

Raising our son was a joy ... Little League, scouts, everything.

Raising one's own children has certainly lost popularity in the 21st century, but in no way has it lost importance.

Raising money sends the message that you have support and that you are a credible candidate. It results in more people giving you money and builds momentum.

Raising money is a reality of modern-day politics.