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While the February mortgage lending and approval data are relatively healthy, there are hints that housing market activity could be starting to lose momentum after several months of improvement.

We've had a relatively positive earnings reporting season, with most of it behind us, and the market has tried to price that in, so today may be a day where we try to sit back and digest some of our gains,

We've had a pretty difficult year, ... We are six months into a process of transforming from a relatively straight-forward software company into a solutions-based company.

To some degree, they're going after people who are relatively new to the drinking age, to keep them from mixing a spirit with an energy drink. With the fruit beers, the stereotype is it's marketed toward women. There are just so many other options out there today.

We all have histories. A lot of people think that the mixing of racial groups is a relatively new thing, but what we have found in doing our research is that we are all closely related. The African and Native American histories are left out of conventional histories.

We all have a role to play in helping conserve fuel for our nation, and Union Pacific employees are doing it every day. In a relatively short period of time, our employees have made great strides in implementing and creating world-class energy conservation techniques that are helping us to move more freight while saving fuel. With their help we will continue to improve our efficiency while delivering the goods America needs.

We already have a significant body of information on the development including the nine issues raised by the Minister for Mines and Energy. We are confident we will be able to address the guidelines relatively quickly.

We already deal with highly personal, perishable content. It's relatively simple to deliver an annual report electronically.

Wrestling's on the horizon, ... Soccer's right around the corner. It's a sport that's real popular with younger people and it's relatively inexpensive to operate. It'll take more interest before we can consider fielding softball and baseball teams.

We all have televisions. They are relatively inexpensive. We all have microwave ovens. Why do we need to go out?

There is definitely concern about Egypt. In a relatively short period of time we have what is really a large number of cases.

There is a lot of money all over the world that is chasing relatively risk-free yields that are higher than alternatives such as corporate bonds or treasuries.

Up to now, things have been relatively decent, if you ignore the episode where Sawyer was tortured. But now things are going to get wild and a lot more violent for everybody. Life will become rather brutal.

Up to now, giant squids were thought to be relatively sluggish squids that stay in deep waters without moving much ... But we found out that they move around pretty actively.

The redesigned Honda Civic is a major improvement over the previous generation. The 2006 Civic is refined and economical, with fairly nimble handling and relatively comfortable ride.

We will only charge the students who use these services. This is relatively inexpensive - it's cheaper than co-pay.

We will be in a position relatively soon to welcome North Korean refugees in the United States.

Those were always the guys that I admired. I think I've maintained a relatively sort of low-key profile. I try to do good work and make it about that.

Those two guidelines really produced the road to a relatively easy North of Falcon process for inside waters of Puget Sound.

This was probably the largest cast I've ever had on one stage. But once the choreography was worked out, all I had to do was show up and shoot it. My job was relatively easy.

This was achieved despite a relatively modest market growth.

Through the first half of 2005, supply and demand has remained in relatively stable balance. However, compared to historical activity levels, the amount of space completed this year has been somewhat modest, but we expect the pace to quicken during the second half of this year.

Through pure accident of birth, I've managed to stay relatively youthful.

Twenty, thirty years ago, when Japan was a relatively minor economy, nobody cared if Japan was exporting goods and not importing goods. But now, that picture's completely different.

Twenty percent is significantly faster than we expected for the overall market, and 20 percent growth for a $32 billion company is relatively unprecedented.

TV directing is fine because you can come in and do a TV show in a relatively short period of time, and that can pay the bills.

You had a pretty good day yesterday -- there was broadness in the rally and good volume, ... We're taking a day to fill in here. Things still look relatively positive, it's just consolidation or a rest after yesterday's action.

What was interesting this week was the breadth of different things that we saw. A huge range of objects that give off X-rays, from things relatively small like our sun to things that are larger than the entire galaxy.

What could be a single relatively minor problem for one train can wind up affecting the entire morning service for all the trains behind it, because there's no way to work around it.

Thus far, at least, the growth effects of energy price increases appear relatively modest.

Through the Q & A, we should get a sense of where he sees the balance of risks ... A lot of people think he is relatively more inclined to be more dovish. But if he comes across as very concerned about price stability, I think that could surprise expectations to some degree.

When all is said and done, the effects of Measure 37 on the state will be relatively small. But for the property owners who file claims under Measure 37, it is huge.

We will swap out any non-flight-rated items that were installed during the build process, as well as implement upgrades and changes that have come out of the ground test phase, as well as replace any defective equipment. This should be a relatively short phase, but it will depend on the amount of equipment deemed necessary for replacement.

What's going on with these technologies that are relatively complex is that teens have a bit more spare time than adults do, and they have more opportunities to play with technology. That's what they're doing: They're playing with it. It's a toy. When you play with something, you take it apart, you look inside it, you turn it around. ... I think adults are less likely to do that. They just want it to work.

We turned around a big defeat at Leicester last week with a relatively new team, and that's good. I think they found the passion we've always had at Northampton.

When I reached the concrete area, about 15 or 20 meters from the first row of chairs, I did not realize that there was a relatively high curb from the pavement to the crowd. My left foot came down into the air, because of the difference in height. The momentum, and the law of gravity discovered some time ago by Newton, caused me, when I took that false step, to plunge forward until I fell, in a fraction of a second, onto the pavement.

With last week's Fed tightening, mortgage rates have continued to rise, so that further declines in housing activity are likely over the balance of the year. Nevertheless, robust labor markets and rising incomes have helped sustain housing at a relatively high level.

With factors like technology, outsourcing and consolidation working against job creation, any job market rebound we see in the near future will be relatively small,

We felt that all major forms of entertainment media have studies that carefully deconstruct them, allowing a better understanding of how they are designed and created but video games have been ignored, ... As a relatively new and emerging form of entertainment, it is crucial that we start to explore just what makes games work.

We expect relatively good earnings this week, as we saw from Motorola yesterday. We expect a favorable producer price index report this week. And it looks as though we could make an assault on 8,000 relatively soon.

We're going overweight in the United States, where rates are relatively high and stable ... while we're going underweight in the euro zone and Japan, where rates are relatively low.

We saw some support at 120.70 yen, with the higher dollar/yen trend still in place and any kind of pullback should be relatively shallow.

We're very oversold, corporate news is relatively good, consolidation in tech and telecom continues to go on, and bargain hunters are out there,

To me, it seems like it's relatively out of left field.

We're disappointed in the outcome, but we're pleased to see a relatively strong Democratic performance in an otherwise staunchly Republican district.

We think that there is relatively little likelihood that Intel will raise the midpoint of its guidance.

Virgin Books will be publishing an autobiography. But it is relatively early days. We still need to proceed to a final contract.

We are very excited about adding Shawn Murray and the management team of Murray Demolition to our group of 11 operating partnerships. He is a first-rate entrepreneur with an experienced management team that has built the leading business in its field. Murray Demolition is a relatively non-cyclical business with low capital expenditure requirements, durable cash flows, a diversified customer base and opportunities for consolidation as well as organic growth -- an excellent investment for Newport.

We had planned for single-digit growth in our PC business in the U.S.; we had planned for that in U.S. retail, ... Nevertheless, we did indicate that we saw less growth than anticipated even with that single-digit forecast. It is a relatively small part of our portfolio and it does not change our forecast.

We went out with a call and said that we'd be cautious about buying the stock in the low 30s, because there's another shoe to drop. And in fact, that shoe dropped last night. We now view the story as being relatively clean. And I think they now have a base upon which they can build for the long-term. It's important to understand that the opportunity set for Dell longer term really has not changed very much.

We do not think that investors have given up on the equity markets and we remain bullish over the next few months, ... the beginnings of an economic tailwind, the probability of needed incremental upward earnings revisions, reasonable valuation and relatively strong degrees of skepticism amongst investors we talk to.

Both are in relatively good condition. They are not injured though they are exhausted after their captivity.

Brian Blake appears to us to have the perfect background from his 17 years at Gucci in product areas where Burberry is still relatively weak, that is accessories and watches.

Brown-Foreman has kept its portfolio relatively simple and its ambitions broad by focusing on these markets in Europe.

Britain is relatively compact and much closer to the borders of the U.S.S.R. than anywhere in North America.

Everything is relative in Washington. And Canada and softwood lumber are relatively unimportant -- the point that Ms. Rice was trying to make yesterday in Ottawa.

Even though that was an 11,000 increase, you have to say claims remain relatively low and certainly in the range we would expect in a strong labor market.

Even though search engine usage by marketers has broadened in the past couple of years, marketers are still slow to test the newer search providers. Lack of management tools and relatively low traffic volume are the biggest deterrents.

Even if you're a relatively small player in search, that can still mean a company that's worth several billion dollars.

Even if you have that money stored in a regular bank account, you are going to be earning 1 percent or 2 percent interest on it. If it's a relatively substantial amount of money, you could earn a lot. But any amount of interest you could earn is better than none.

Even though housing prices have grown significantly, the wages in many cases have remained relatively stable.

Even though it snowed quite a bit, it was a relatively warm winter down low, so the snow line goes from a lot of snow to no snow very quickly. So, some of our low-elevation sites are below average.

Even on a relatively low level, some provisions for a substantial severance package can be included.

Billions of dollars spent every year on basic medical research translate into relatively few effective new therapies, and they frequently require decades to move from discovery to clinical trials,

Everybody's waiting for tomorrow to see if the economy really is on a aggressive roll. It would imply moving more toward 5.25 percent, which should keep the dollar relatively well bid.

Every physician needs to have a disaster preparation and recovery plan, even if the practice is located in a relatively low-risk area for natural disasters. Even if it is not formally written down, you need to consider how you will continue operating if disaster strikes.

As the last three leaders found out, the first few months are relatively easy. If the polls don't stay strong, there'll be more and more pressure in the party. It's very difficult.

As there will be relatively large level of redemption of Australian dollar-denominated bonds coming up, talk of unwinding of yen-carry positions is likely to drag on the dollar.

As I detail in my new book: 'Hard Measures, How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives,' there are many myths surrounding the detention of a relatively small number of top terrorists at CIA-run 'black sites' from 2002 until they were sent to Guantanamo Bay in 2006.

At this point, the excitement surrounding what now look to be relatively small health-care concessions is but a distant memory.

At the end of the day, if the package is not sufficiently attractive to take on this, then it is a relatively simple decision. There are other places where we can do similar things.

At this point and time, the deals are relatively minor. If they were big enough, we would make a big announcement.

At the heart of both democracy and capitalism is a simple assumption that, across the board, people make free and relatively rational decisions: that we are, to borrow a medical term, Gillick Competent.

Commodities still remain Canadian dollar-supportive. With commodities prices still relatively firm, there is positive sentiment toward the Canadian currency.

Commodities prices are pretty robust, which supports the Canadian dollar. The Canadian dollar is still looking relatively good.

Digitally enabled supply chains initially increased efficiency and dramatically shortened lead times. Capital was mobile; labor, less so. Economic activity (production, research, design, etc.) moved to any accessible country or region that had relatively inexpensive labor and human capital.

Documentary has become a kind of new space in the culture. A lot of the films are about social concerns, and in a way, are a new form of media. . . . Making a documentary has become sort of trendy, a little like what writing children's books was a few years ago. But what I've noticed is, once documentary filmmakers get locked in, they really get locked in. They may have started off thinking they're going to do something relatively quick and casual, and then it takes them over.

Core prices are at a little higher pace than the Fed is comfortable with, but they're certainly not out of bounds, and the interest rate increases over the past year and a half have kept inflation relatively low.

Core inflation (excluding volatile energy and food prices) has stayed relatively contained.

Corporate bond investors seem relatively optimistic compared to a few months ago.

Confidence is steadily improving from the lows of the second half of 2005. Relatively stable petrol prices and continuing good news on the interest rate front have settled consumers.

Constellation continues to be so far ahead of everybody else in terms of keen financial expertise in acquiring entities after all of these years. It's such a contrast to the other big success, Gallo, which never purchased anything until the last five years, and its acquisitions have been relatively small, building organically.

Current world production and demand prospects, however, seem to be relatively more favorable for corn than for soybeans.

Customers who have been impacted are feeling pain and we're working with them to make sure they get through the recovery process as soon as possible. But in terms of the numbers of customers impacted, it is relatively low.

Crude oil prices that continued to stay below $65 a barrel this week, fueled by the warmer than normal winter weather across the U.S., have helped drive retail gasoline prices slightly lower. It remains to be seen however, if these relatively modest declines in retail gasoline prices will continue with the geo-political concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions.

And we find the most intelligent children started off with a relatively thin cortex, but it then got thicker relatively rapidly, reached its peak thickness in certain key areas several years later but then also got thinner quicker.

Anecdotal evidence also suggests that the Taiwanese media market is still relatively immature.

Argentina is not a potential nightmare. It's a relatively small economy compared to Mexico and Brazil.

Energy prices are still pushing inflation and otherwise price pressures are relatively weak,

Earnings growth is slowing. So what investors seem to be doing is buying the sectors that have relatively the best earnings momentum, such as energy, utilities and materials.

Driven up by relatively high medication and lab or test errors, at 34 percent, the spread between the United States and the countries with the lowest error rates was wide.

European companies are driving the economic integration of the region. Europe has a trade surplus and relatively high rates of household income and savings. In addition, European stocks are relatively low-priced.

Ethanol in the Texas market is relatively new. We want to make sure we can handle what is being transported efficiently so we don't add more congestion.

Even if it's a relatively small investment, these decisions are very important.

First of all, every new company today is being built in the face of massive economic headwinds, making the challenge far greater than it was in the relatively benign '90s.

Fewer new rooms to absorb is good news for the hotel industry. We are still in a relatively strong economy and demand is there.

There's some encouragement in the initial sweeps. ... The numbers (of dead) so far are relatively minor as compared with the dire predictions of 10,000.

There's no really good solution to getting out of it. It's just a question of among all the relatively poor answers, what's the one that is the best one of the group.

There's no question they've alienated the city. But the risk of alienating the fans is relatively low, particularly in light of the level of success the team has enjoyed in the last few years. The upside potential is much greater than the downside potential.

There's no magical relationship between inverted yield curves and recession. There's a debate why long-term rates are so low. It's partly a low term premium and a lot of saving looking for a relatively limited number of investments.