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Bolivia recently did what every country should do - banned the use of animals in circuses.

Brownback has been great upfront when he appropriated $2 million for the St. Peter's Waterway Redevelopment project. He recently appropriated funds to begin work on the Bethany Development project.

Before I really became interested in fashion, all I would look at in a fashion magazine was the ads. It only dawned on me recently that just looking at the ads really doesn't teach you everything you need to know about the fashion world.

Birds are hard to draw. I read recently that Katsuhiro Otomo also says he has trouble drawing animals, and while it made me feel better, it didn't make it easier for me.

Biologists have determined brookies to be indicators of ecosystem health and have been recently campaigning to get the word out. If brookies inhabit a stream, the odds are good that the waterway is in excellent condition.

Based on our recently released Customer Contact Center study, the most important drivers for these centers are cost and customer satisfaction -- factors that are not necessarily compatible, and may even be in conflict at times. The impact of this paradox ripples throughout the enterprise. Companies must consider the implications and how they will balance the conflict.

As stressful as the holidays are, they can be even more so for those who have recently experienced the death of a loved one. Many people fail to realize they don't have to do things exactly as they have in the past. They can make changes to make the holiday season easier. Failing to consider changes often adds to the stress level and makes dealing with the situation even harder.

At that point, North America will represent less than 20 percent of world capacity, down from 25 percent of output in 2005, and more than 30 percent as recently as the turn of the century.

At that time we didn't really have the talent to be able to line up and compete with many teams. Stanford had recently had some success throwing the ball with Jim Plunkett (1970 Heisman Trophy winner) at quarterback. I figured with most defenses built to focus on stopping the run, we would try and pass the ball. Once we became successful and began to recruit better players, I just decided to stick with the offense.

Asia's political backdrop has recently become less favorable for growth." ()

At the league office, Bill Daly recently saw his compensation double from just below $1 million to just under $2 million (as he was promoted to deputy commissioner after our new CBA was finalized) and it is anticipated that Gary Bettman's compensation will increase from its current level of $3.5 million per year.

At the time, I turned them down. However, they approached me again recently and told me how the business was going and asked me again to join them.

At the time I began writing the book about Northampton, I had recently been in Haiti to do a story for the New Yorker. I don't think I would previously have been able to imagine a place as dreadful as Haiti, and when I came back I couldn't help but think about the advantages we have in this place.

Corporate governance mandates, new business practices and recently created regulatory agencies have made this a dynamic time for accounting and finance professionals at all levels, and have led to new opportunities and challenges. To succeed in this environment, accountants must go beyond their traditional roles of simply delivering financial data. Rather, they will need to discuss the implications of this data in the broad context of compliance and how it impacts other areas of the business.

Consistent with higher revenues, our third-quarter net loss, excluding the impact of recently concluded financing arrangements, is expected to be approximately at the mid to low end of the range guided previously.

Doug brings valuable management experience. He's an enthusiastic leader who has a successful track record of working extremely well with employees, physicians and community members, which is most recently demonstrated by the many successes he has helped to achieve at Estes Park Medical Center.

Don't exchange a lot of money ahead of time. In Europe, credit cards are accepted almost everywhere. I was in Iceland recently and they even take credit cards in taxi cabs.

Courts recognized Mr. Baird as suffering from mental illness at the time he committed the murders, and Indiana Supreme Court Justice Ted Boehm recently wrote that Mr. Baird is 'insane in the ordinary sense of the word.' It is difficult to find reasons not to agree, ... However, I reached today's decision without substituting my judgment for others on the ambiguous issue of Mr. Baird's degree of insanity. To me, it suffices to note that, had the sentence of life without parole been available in 1987, the jury and the State would have imposed it with the support of the victims' families.

Crude stocks were broadly in-line, but distillate and gasoline were better than expected, but that was not a surprise given the incredibly mild weather recently in the States.

And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast,And been bow'd to the earth by its fury;To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently pass'dWere as harsh as a prejudiced jury -Still, fill to the Future! and join in our chime,The regrets of remembrance to cozen,And having obtained a New Trial of Time,Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen.

And what we've seen recently that has raised our level of concern to the current state of unrest ... is that he now is trying, through his illicit procurement network, to acquire the equipment he needs to be able to enrich uranium -- specifically, aluminum tubes,

A note went home last week letting parents know of a possible sighting of a guy who recently exposed himself to students two weeks ago. He was recently seen in the Paradise Skies neighborhood near a bus stop.

Edge Dynamics is taking the right approach to delivering its hosted offerings. Similar to leading vendors like Siebel, and most recently SAP, Edge Dynamics is taking a delivery-agnostic approach that is focused on providing the full range of options to enable customer success. Edge's vision is also unique in that not only do they provide the needed functionality to manage the channel, but also they have integrated the ability to access multiple data sources directly into their hosted offerings.

Drop dead gorgeous. We recently ran up above Dillingham Airfield (near Ka'ena Point), and the trail had just been groomed.

Europe is no longer a Christian continent; few Europeans attend religious services on Sunday, and the European Union recently refused to refer to Europe's religious heritage in its fledgling constitution.

Even as recently as two years ago, when I was there, Cuba seemed wide open. There was no surveillance, no restrictions on my movements. The Cubans were open in their conversations even to the point of criticizing their government. My understanding is that it's changed dramatically since then.

During the second quarter, all areas of our business, from our retail operations both domestically and internationally, to our specialty businesses delivered strong financial performance, ... Additionally, innovation was prevalent throughout the company and we believe recently announced initiatives combined with our core retail business provide a powerful platform for future growth.

Florida citrus growers were devastated by the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 due to tree damage and fruit loss, but more recently by the increased movement of citrus canker to new locations.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan recently stated that increases in unit labor costs would be one of his major concerns if productivity falls as he anticipates.

Fernando's a proven goal-scorer and we're happy to have him. Maybe things haven't gone well for him recently but I think he showed tonight he's back into it.

Except for recordings made by famous tenors, the emphasis in classical recording has for the most part recently been on the work, and even more on the composer-the performer being spotlighted as the composer's most accomplished representative.

There was additional security in place for this game, and a meeting was held as recently as game-day morning to review alternatives one final time.

There's no such thing as the contemporary novel. Before I seem the complete reactionary, let me add that I've happily joined in many discussions about 'the contemporary novel' where what that usually, unproblematically means is novels that have appeared recently or may appear soon.

The United States has proven that environmental progress and economic success can go hand in hand using market-based solutions, innovative policies, and partnerships and was recently commended by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for this pioneering approach to environmental protection.

I started when I was about 10. I just recently got back into it the last two or three years. Ever since then, I go every Tuesday.

I've been staying with my nana recently because my house needs such a good clean, and I can't be bothered to go in there. It's been nice - my nana's been doing all my washing.

I've been thinking recently about all the qualities you need in order to be an actor. First and foremost, you've got to have a thick skin and give out an 'I don't give a monkey's what you think' kind of vibe, while at the same time really caring what everyone thinks. You've got to be tough and sensitive at the same time.

They are all here, or have been here recently and are doing their analysis on the market here. They are also working with one another to look at co-location opportunities. I think that you are going to see one or more of them make a move very shortly, as opposed to long-term. I think you're going to see something happen quite quickly.

The wins by Alex and John were really the story of the match. If they don't win, it's 3-3 going into doubles and they (East) are always known for having strong doubles players. Both Alex and John have been playing steady tennis recently and at No. 5 that's what you want.

The Russians recently extended the seat. I just fit in,

These animals are highly skilled predators, ... I've recently seen a 6-foot gator in a tributary in West Orange near Adams Bayou.

The role of a female outlaw was not exactly custom-made for someone recently out of a finishing-school!

I've worked with John as a player and recently as a coach and we complement each other well.

I've struggled with anorexia since I was 11. I've also taken on bulimic tendencies more recently over the last few months.

I've recently rediscovered Anthony Trollope. I used to read him back in college, and a friend turned me on to a whole new series of his work, 'The Palliser Series.' It's a series of seven or eight books.

I've recently discovered Cardiobar. It's in L.A. and it has Cardio Aerobics. It's all women with no shoes on, dancing to upbeat music. I'm just dripping sweat at the end of the class. It's very fun for me, and it makes me want to work out.

It was very nice obviously, ... I am playing a lot better recently so it was kind of justified I think.

The store recently held an exclusive preview of Kors's fall collection. Zac Posen also has been popular this season, as has Jacobs, whose fall collection Monahan called a ''statement.

The stock market is a discounting mechanism. Many people recently have seen their mortgages raised -- and many people have adjustable rate mortgages -- unfortunately they have been raised. Oil prices are at near highs. It impacts people's discretionary income. And I think we're seeing it in those stocks that would have a relationship to that discretionary income.

The Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, first adopted its code of ethics in 1926 and revised it most recently in 1996.

The sport was recently legalized in California, so I'm talking to some people about possibly fighting closer to home soon. We'll have to see what happens though. People in Hawaii are very excited about martial arts, and I think the sports is just starting to take off.

The tax refund was recently decided, though it had been discussed for the whole of last year.

The surprising thing is that so many teenage cancer novels are very good. John Green's 'The Fault in Our Stars,' recently published by Penguin, was voted 'Time Magazine''s book of the year in 2012 ahead of Hilary Mantel and Zadie Smith.

The Soviet Union, which has complained recently about alleged anti-Soviet themes in American advertising, lodged an official protest this week against the Ford Motor Company's new campaign: 'Hey you stinking fat Russian, get off my Ford Escort.'

The term 'crusader' is a positive thing. Forget about what happened 1,000 years ago. Let's look at just recently in history. When people talk about Rosa Parks they talk about someone who's a crusader for racial justice. When we think about crusaders here we think about the image of people who are crusaders for social justice.

I've always wanted to own a home here, but I just recently found myself in a financial situation where I can afford one. It's definitely nice to see that - while the world's fortunate are buying extravagant homes all around you - I am finally getting my own piece of the pie.

I usually like whatever I've recently finished best.

So recently I went back and walked it, and it was only 24 blocks. Walking up Wayside Drive from Avenue P up to past Navigation?You know it's still a Pentecostal church, only it's a Spanish one now.

Ted has worked closely with Bob every step of the way and has done an excellent job for the players in our recently concluded CBA negotiations, ... We have every confidence that he will be able to lead our association well in the years to come.

Teresa and I have been approached recently by friends and supporters asking what they can do. With great humility and appreciation, we have responded that our legal bills are overwhelming for us. Combined with the expense of my appeal, our legal debt is hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Revenues were light relative to expectations. They have struggled to gain traction in consulting and recently lost the head of the business.

Right now we have 24 services. We recently added painting to the list.

Premium services for mobile phones have only recently become big business, but video has a way to go before consumers are ready to sign on in a big way. At this point, it's especially important for wireless operators, service providers and video content companies to understand the mindsets of mobile phone users if they want to position themselves well for future success in marketing video for mobile phones.

President Chirac said recently almost with the tone of 'I told you so' that what he considers blind loyalty to the U.S. doesn't get you much in return,

Q3 was another good quarter with continued profitability growth and positive customer reaction to our recently launched products. We are seeing increased design win activity across a range of applications in our key markets. Our product leadership combined with the expansion of our product portfolio is creating a solid base to achieve our growth targets.

Ray may have recently suffered a little loss of confidence, and confidence comes by succeeding,

Primarily due to extraordinary inflation in the construction industry, the recently completed preliminary plans estimate the project to now cost approximately $265 million,

People who have doubled or tripled their money have begun to look at the multi-nationals, ... You're seeing money go into the telecoms lately, some of the drugs are stabilizing, Coke was recently at a new 52-week high.

A few weeks ago, the market was looking for a hike in March and May, but there have been some data points recently that have thrown May into question.

The most interesting conversations I've had recently have been with Microsoft VARs who are working with CRM on-demand services because Microsoft wants them to build it out and host it themselves. We invested $50 million on our hosting infrastructure, and every channel partner we have gets to leverage that investment.

Across the board, we competed in every match. We had an opportunity to win five, which hasn't happened recently for us against Trinity.

The more important development more recently was the tax cut that was enacted over the weekend, which will provide some pretty good support for consumer spending over the next few quarters.

Defensive and interest-rate sensitive sectors did well because Canadian rates were very low - up until recently we saw the 10-year Canada yield get down to 3.73 per cent - very constructive to utilities and the dividend payers and the defensives.

Demand for our desktop and server products from enterprise customers was particularly strong this quarter with significant sales and customer momentum from our recently launched server products.

Dell recently established a separate storage business... Dell has only been selling external storage for about two years, and it is already the number six player in the market, with roughly a $1 billion run rate.

Developments are continuing to enforce a very downbeat view on prospects for the Iraqi oil sector. In all, the recently increased number of analyses implying imminent and unavoidable price collapses do seem a little premature.

Details of how to get a subscription drug benefit available to senior citizens was recently put online but only 27% of over-65's have net access, meaning people were lacking information about a key benefit,

An Olympic gymnast may have started instruction as a preschooler, but there are other sports, such as shooting, where a 17-year-old young woman recently became a champion after just two years of competition. It turned out she was a natural.

Apparently, fairly recently he did win $500 on a game called Lucky For Life. They are all scratch-off games.

As CBS recently proved with the live streaming of the NCAA tournament, content is the once and forever king. So it's entirely strategic and smart for ABC and other networks to show their best programs on multiple platforms.

The call actually came in as a mental subject call as officers were responding. The mother had called, concerned for her son's welfare. We're familiar with the house as we've responded as recently as last week under similar conditions.

The big risk with the stocks that have done well recently is that the economy is so strong that it can't continue, and when it slows down, that will hurt earnings. Secondly, when the Fed finally acts to slow the economy and bring down inflation, it will be a double-whammy to earnings - and it will be an extra big whammy to those stocks that have been in the situation where they really need strong earnings growth going forward.

Auctionshark.com has recently begun a trial of meta-auctions, ... Should these types of services gain momentum, they could increase the competition to eBay (or at least potentially increase marketing costs.)

A worse drought than we have seen recently may loom in our future.

Alan Greenspan (Chairman of the Fed) recently said inflation is very good and so the Fed can afford to continue the powerful relaxation. The guarantee that the economy will avoid recession the second half of the year.

This is half the savings that Pfizer achieved with its recently announced program.

This is another study among several recently released, which shows that the common wisdom that 'more is better' is clearly not the case. Vitamins are nutrients required by the body in minute quantities for normal physiology, and we assume that if a little is good, more must be better, ... Hopefully, this will encourage patients and their physicians to take a good look at all the substances and medications that are being taken, and assess the potential for adverse reactions - even for naturally occurring substances which are assumed to be safe.

This deal makes moral sense. We should treat people who put down roots in a community differently than we treat the recently arrived.

This confirms that late in 2005 there was still no evidence that pay was starting to be pushed up by recently higher consumer price inflation and increasing energy bills.

This comet formed at very edge of the solar system ... out by pluto ... and spent all its lifetime out there until recently it came into the inner part of the solar system, where we could sample it.

This is a matter of too much of a good thing is not good after all. Whilst South Africa has recently been hit by disastrous droughts and is also known to be a water scarce country; the current constant rainfalls are now posing a challenge.

They say you win some and you lose some with the referees. Recently they have been against us but for once they were on our side. It was hard work out there and it probably wasn't our best performance but we were patient and it is the result that counts.

They saw a lack of planning in other major events recently in the U.S., so they wanted to get a step ahead of the game.

Although this business has recently been in decline, we believe the brand equities remain strong, and the business can be revitalized through additional focus and support,

A male friend of mine recently told me that if he should so much as look at any women other than me, I was to club him in the head. Hard. He said it would save him some pain he was sure of it. Giving a woman the promise of permitted violence...difficult to pass that offer up.

Although she gets a particular pleasure from portrait and reverse-glass painting, Jackie has recently added miniature art to her list of accomplishments.

Although many of our members are charter members, our primary commitment remains the determination to provide a friendly and wholesome environment for the recently single person to meet and fellowship with other singles.

American poets have been criticized for anything you can think of. For being too English, recently for not being English enough.

A lot of the vocal music I've been doing recently has been quite clubby. But that's mainly because I've had more time to go to clubs, and that normally breeds that kind of influence.

Also, our most recently reported results show a positive margin on shipping.