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We want to spend as much of the endowment as possible, subject to two constraints ? preserving purchasing power into perpetuity and assuring that the spending stream is relatively stable. Your great-grandchildren need to get the same economic benefit that you're getting now.

We did not have the strength of herd control last year that we felt was necessary, and this winter up north has been relatively mild.

We did have a tree snap that hit our house and knocked a few shingles and tore our gutter down, but I wouldn't consider that damage, relatively speaking,

We did everything we could to keep the boat relatively upright. We kept trying to drive forward.

There are some isolated instances of insurgent contact, but relatively light,

We decided to go out with a commercial model relatively quickly, where we could start bringing on large customers and have them run large compute jobs so we could test the scale and flexibility of the Sun Grid.

We've been in a relatively negative technology environment ever since the August rally ended, ... Today's drop is a follow-through on more bad news. Also, the developments on Iraq and deflationary concerns in the economy remain in the background.

We've been improving OLN consistently and relatively under the radar for the past couple of years.

We're actively looking at what's on the market and given internal resources, the speed at which we can act and financial flexibility, we'd be able to execute a transaction relatively quickly.

We're a relatively poor county when you take away the Illinois people and the summer people. The regular, normal people around here don't have that much money.

We've seen the trade deficit widen each of the last four years at relatively the same pace. What's going to happen because of Asian flu is it will widen twice as fast this year as it did each of the last four years.

We've seen quite good sales figures from all the UK life insurance stocks. It looks like people are buying savings products once more and the sector seems to be performing relatively well again now after a tough few years.

There is a window of opportunity (for small caps). Small caps are relatively inexpensive compared to big caps, and have been trading at 1.1 times cash flow, when on average they should trade between 1.3 to 1.4 times.

The production intentions of hog producers will be of particular interest. The report will reveal whether producers' modest expansion plans have changed as a result of an extended period of relatively low feed prices.

The outlook for rates is to the downside on the basis of the slowing growth environment. Any view that the relatively high nominal interest rate structure will be enough to insulate the New Zealand dollar is dead wrong.

The outlook for most of the major gold mining companies is for static to lower production for 2006. With the new project pipeline in gold relatively empty and few major discoveries of gold made in the past decade, we do not expect this picture to change.

We have a relatively young team with Keith Overton (160-pounder) the only senior starter.

We have had such cheap credit for a relatively long period that there may be some sort of market fatigue.

This program is growing. Although it is relatively new in Queen Creek, it has become popular very quickly.

We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories.

The prime minister can die tonight. The prime minister can go back to normal, relatively normal, life in six months. We can't forecast what will be tomorrow.

The plan is simply to go up and survey the wreckage, see what condition it's in and whether it's relatively intact or not relatively intact.

There are only about 4,000 marine-plant species compared with an estimated 250,000 species of terrestrial green plants. Similarly, of the 1.7 million-or-so known animal species, only about one-tenth are from oceans, with most of these living on or close to the bottom in relatively shallow water.

We're looking at ways to improve the quality of life, ... Beyond pay and retirement, one is medical care, and that's a box that is yet to be checked, but it's something that the secretary and the chairman are working on, and I would hope that we'd have something to say about medical care relatively soon. But that's a work in progress.

Madrid was a big wake-up call to us, yet we did relatively little. It really seems to me a matter of time before it happens in our country -- in part because it's so easy to do.

Let's have a determination to really make this the year of the bus. This is a relatively low amount of money for the system. Surely it can be found.

Low-income Canadians benefit relatively little from these tax cuts, yet they may be hurt a great deal when child care and other programs are cut to pay for tax cuts that largely benefit high-income families.

Looks like you can pretty much sew this one up. Now Time Warner and Comcast will get relatively bigger scale. While operating well, this leaves Cablevision as the odd man out. Considerably smaller in scale and now without VOOM, it will be hard for the company to compete with the larger gorillas and their economies of scale, which becomes more important as the cable industry matures.

Looks like you can pretty much sew this one up, ... Now Time Warner and Comcast will get relatively bigger scale. While operating well, this leaves Cablevision as the odd man out. Considerably smaller in scale and now without VOOM, it will be hard for the company to compete with the larger gorillas and their economies of scale, which becomes more important as the cable industry matures.

Left to my own imagination, I could never have composed a scenario that was anywhere as interesting as my life has been: starting out as an eager altar boy, a good Boy Scout, a relatively docile Dominican brother and priest, receiving an advanced degree in spirituality, teaching bishops and many others around the world about our Western spiritual tradition, and then ending up being expelled from the Dominican order.

Many of (the bites) are relatively minor; usually bites in the legs and arms from people trying to break up a dog fight. The worst ones seem to be when a dog decides to attack somebody, but we don't see those too often.

So far, the effects appear to be relatively modest on growth.

So far, the actual actions taken have been relatively modest, but there is some hope, I think, that, going forward, these actions will advance further and we will see more progress in the current account.

So it's relatively significant that they said flat-to-down.

So I think relatively early on I probably was on a path to be more of an entrepreneur, and I think everybody in my family kind of sensed that.

So I'm known-and actually so I'm unknown, you know, or relatively unknown, such as the stuff in Africa and the whole experience I had there.

On an ongoing basis, manufacturers are raising prices because they can. It enhances profitability, largely because there are few incremental costs, and consumers' response to a higher price is relatively modest.

Some never tame down, some will half-tame down and some will tame down to where it's relatively safe, ... If you're feeling a little sluggish yourself, you don't grab the meanest one. If you feel spunky, you grab the mean one.

Shrugging off statements by the Fed last week, mortgage rates remained relatively more stable than bond market yields. Without a key indicator that would move it one way or another, the financial market is in something of a state of limbo.

Since 2001, investors have witnessed some dramatic changes, but the last three quarters suggest a stable and relatively high level of confidence in long-term savings and investment plans. Since this index was launched seven years ago, it's suggested Canadians are generally committed to investing even through some major international incidents, market swings and more recently higher energy prices.

She came in relatively unknown and not someone with a tremendous amount of experience. She has been a fierce competitor.

Since the springs ice is relatively small, a person standing or walking on it may appear to an observer situated some distance away to be walking on water.

Sitcoms are relatively clean. There's not much nudity.

Since November, the U.A.W. and a relatively small number of graduate assistants have sought to disrupt our students' educational experience. Fortunately, this effort has failed.

Most of us expect him to reiterate the Fed's commitment to fighting inflation and as long as he does that the dollar should hold up relatively well. This could be the trigger for the next move higher in the dollar.

Most of what we're finding (is) smaller than a dime. We're trying to say something deep and meaningful from a site that's relatively obscure.

Modern genetic engineering makes producing GMO food products relatively easy. GMOs can improve crop yield and greatly enhance the nutritional value of those same crops.

Medicare is projected to run out of money in 2001. That date of fiscal insolvency can be put off for several years by relatively incremental and modest changes, but when the baby boomers start retiring, ... At that point, costs go up very rapidly, and more extensive action will be necessary.

My friends like to remind me that I have relatively weak fingers. Aerobic strength and general endurance have come easy, but finger strength has always been my biggest weakness.

One popular explanation is that there is a glut of capital in the world in search of a home, and a lot of it finds its way into relatively risk-free assets, such as Treasury bonds.

One of the species on the Azores returned to Europe. It seems that having got there in the first instance a very long time ago, it relatively recently migrated back to Europe.

One of my problems, so to speak, is that, in America, we tend to thing in relatively short-term. In the Middle East and Asia and other parts of the world, they think in terms of centuries or 500 years or 1,000 years.

Moose are not well-suited for warm weather. They get heat-stressed relatively easy. They can use shallow ponds to cool off. Wisconsin may be too warm for moose and may lack an abundance of those shallow ponds.

Now we're looking at power in the rest of the platform. The CPU is in relatively good shape.

Next week is relatively light, but the following week has a lot of names reporting and nobody wants to buy in front of the numbers. It's going to be less about what the individual companies report, but rather the overall tone that will move the market.

Next we are going to start our meteor search campaign in earnest. We have to finish up our nighttime observation campaigns relatively soon. That's because we're at the peak of our power availability now on Spirit over the coming months, as the Sun starts to get lower and Mars gets farther from the Sun.

Natural gas obviously brings with it a number of quality-of-life environmental benefits because it is a relatively clean-burning fuel. It has a CO2 footprint, but it has no particulates. It has none of the other emissions elements that are of concern to public health that other forms of power-generation fuels do have: coal, fuel oil, others.

Obviously, they are two teams relatively close in distance and they are a good rivalry for us. Hopefully, we'll put a good product out there and have a good game. These are two good teams.

Obviously oil backing down a little today allows investors to focus more on the relatively strong earnings performances last week.

Obviously, I would expect a decision would be made relatively soon. As I said, I'm ready to go to work. If it's different than that, then I understand it.

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

No excuses, but the first time we were relatively unhealthy. We didn't have a full squad, which is what we need to play the way we want to.

No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?

Right now, it seems to be relatively quiet. For people (who are enrolled in the program), it's actually working.

People who are unemployed are finding it relatively easier to find jobs. All around, it's a pretty good situation for the labor market.

Potentially, there are 1 to 2 million people in the population who could be diagnosed using this criteria, ... We think that many will be diagnosed, since it's a relatively easy test to perform on routine blood work done in a doctor's office.

Possibly the fact that I was physically quite feeble, a relatively short little fellow, attracted me to that idea of a very authoritative and aggressive version of Conservative politics.

Pork has a lot going for it: It cooks up quickly, it's a good source of protein and it's relatively low in calories.

My team and I have kept a constant eye on implementation. In the state of Idaho, there are relatively few tools available to us.

My suspicion is that the dollar will remain relatively strong because, even if the ECB starts lowering rates, they've got a lot of catching up to do, ... The prognosis for the dollar remains cautiously optimistic.

My scientific qualifications are relatively scant. I like science. I try really hard to educate myself about it, but in the end, if something has to go 'boom,' and it would probably only go 'fwoosh,' I am relatively unconcerned about that, which is a sin, but not, I think, a grave one.

On having children: Up until they go to school, they're relatively portable.

One thing that hampers all sides in the debate is the extent to which information about telephone charges is relatively opaque, ... Many state and local governments are transparent, but some are not. The federal government actually has the least transparency.

Newspapers are still in a relatively strong position if they can act, but the local initiatives by the search engines are a threat. Everybody understands what's at stake and even the strategy. It's just a question of execution.

On paper the Birmingham event was our worst showing of the season. But it showed the true character of the team that we stayed with it and had a good race car for Robert in Round 10. Electrical problems are the most frustrating to deal with because they're so hard to find. It's not like a suspension problem, that's relatively easy to diagnose.

On the contrary, house price inflation continues to accelerate as some areas that have experienced relatively slow appreciation are picking up steam, ... There is no evidence here of prices topping out.

On the one hand, this is good news for the community that it was a relatively smaller number than anticipated. Now, the question is, are these jobs only the beginning? Honestly, I was surprised. I thought the number would be in the thousands.

I was surprised people put relatively little emphasis on the value of the interior of their car. What we find is a lot of people are losing a lot of money by not paying attention to resale value.

I would characterize March as a relatively good performance in the equity markets.

If we get 50 percent (of cars) off, travel times would be relatively the same. If we get 30 percent off, which is more realistic ... travel times might increase by a third or double.

If the rise in imports and utilization manifest this week continues next week, it could apply some downward pressure. Of course, any decline in petroleum prices would be predicated on the notion that the Iranian geopolitical situation remains relatively quiet.

I don't expect the market to gain momentum in either direction until it gains new clarity about the possibility of a May rate hike. The overall trend in housing demand remains relatively weaker compared with 2005.

I'd characterize the local economy as relatively strong over all. Commercial real estate, the securities industry, and thus personal income and tax revenues, and, to a lesser extent, the labor market are all showing signs of strengthening. The housing market has shown some signs of cooling recently, but remains pretty strong in terms of levels.

I am delighted that Jim has agreed to stay and continue to help us take our business to the next stage of our development ... In a relatively short time, he has developed a good understanding of our business and the issues we face, and has made a real contribution to the Corporation.

I am a relatively new Member to this Chamber, and it is troublesome to me and I can tell Members it is getting very troublesome to my constituents when they hear this repeated consistent drum beat of a corruption of the democratic process.

I am relatively optimistic that by the end of the day there will be statements that we have substantive agreements.

Cement was a relatively new material at that time,

Businesses are starting to ramp up spending on new equipment and technology and consumer spending looked relatively strong in January, despite predictions that they were tapped out. This may mean fewer job cuts in the months ahead as companies try to meet the steady demand for their products.

Bush's compassionate conservatism has morphed into big government conservatism, and that isn't what the base is looking for. The White House and the congressional leadership have got to reinvigorate the Republican base. In off-year elections ... if your base isn't energized, particularly in a relatively evenly divided electorate, you've got more problems than you think you have.

Buoyant spending and borrowing have not yet been inflationary, and will not necessarily become inflationary, partly because of relatively low global inflation and strong price competition from imports.

Business-to-business is a huge opportunity for them. Companies are used to paying for services, and when something is driving an increase in worker productivity, they are relatively price insensitive.

But for an agency the size of Corvallis, they are advanced, relatively speaking.

But finally they have and they are moving in the right direction by raising the interest rate. Inflation is relatively high and therefore the higher interest rate will help to stabilize the currency.

Because of the relatively narrow margins that divide the parties, moderates can still broker deals that have a great moderating influence on issues form tax cuts to judicial fights.

Because we're new to this whole thing and relatively inexperienced in dealing with everything that comes in front of us, it's equally as challenging to bring a team back from a victory and an important victory as it is from defeat. So we've got to continue to challenge our guys in that way to remain focused and understand the job at hand.

Because we do relatively small volumes of many different products, if we're not careful, inventory can gobble up our cash. We used to have huge growth rates of our inventories as business grew. Now we are able to hold them level even though we add more products each year, so we can manage our cash flow more effectively.

China, South Korea and Japan all have large population, all suffer from resources shortage, but all have been seeking relatively rapid economic growth.

I have a sense that what is going on in Turkey can be brought under control relatively easily.

I can't help feeling there's a terrible irony attached to how a player of Willie's ability could end up with relatively little to show for his career. Today, a player like him, even after seven or eight years, would never need to worry about money again.

Grove City is good. It will be a battle. They match up with us relatively well. They graduated a lot of seniors last year, but it will be a good match.