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The defendants effectively rewarded past -- and encouraged future -- suicide bombings,

When our work ethic is up a notch we ought to be rewarded but I don't think it was up to their caliber. They worked very hard, they were very efficient and they hit everything that moved. We made every effort to match that intensity but we fell a little bit short.

This whole thing about paying your dues in skating and finally one day you're going to get rewarded for it, I don't believe in this. It doesn't matter who you are, or wherever you're from, you should have a fair chance. If a newcomer skates the best that night they should win. This system is veering toward that and it's allowing it to happen.

We knew it was the last period before the Olympic break, so we had to go all out -- and we did. We just knew we had to keep coming. Sooner or later when that happens, you get rewarded with breaks. I just didn't know if it was going to be today. We controlled the puck better, made better dump-ins, and that was the biggest difference.

We didn't give up, we didn't quit, and we were rewarded for it.

We believe, quite frankly, that our corporate friends ought to be rewarded with our business,

With a team like this, you don't panic. I got rewarded for keeping the game close.

The only thing the employees are going to remember is the day they came out of Chapter 11 is that the top management rewarded themselves with multi million dollar bonuses.

The governor doesn't believe that people should be rewarded for illegal behavior. But the resolution is unnecessary.

We've been raising rates in this country since about June of last year, so we've had over a year's worth of rate increases starting to flow into the market. That has slowly, but surely, drained liquidity out of the overall financial system in America. So money supply growth has been below nominal GDP growth now for a number of months. So what's happening is slowly, but surely, there's just not enough money out there available to make everything go up all at the same time. So that's why rallies fail sooner than you expect, and why you know people get punished more for bad news than they get rewarded for good news,

We were fighting our way back, and at some point, we emotionally lost it. This is an emotional game, and a lot of times when you're out there working as hard as you are and not being rewarded for what you're doing, it's tough. You start doing things out of character. I think that's some of what happened yesterday.

We wanted to come out skating. We did, but didn't get rewarded for it. We generated a lot of chances, but just didn't put them in the net.

Weak presidents are neither respected nor electorally rewarded by their publics.

Tonight we took a step in the right direction. We have a young group that's learning and we are proud of them every night. They work hard and it's nice to be rewarded on the road.

There is definitely increased disclosure and discussion about the topic these days. Once companies are rewarded by the market for socially responsible investments, a virtuous cycle will kick off.

There could be as many challenges as they are right about. The committee felt they should be rewarded as long as they got the challenge correct.

We found that success involved much more than skilled individual doctors and nurses. What distinguished these hospitals was how well they were organized, how teams functioned together, how the culture rewarded quality improvement and how they dealt with setbacks.

With research completed, North Carolina is poised to lead the nation in sustainable hog production. It's time to turn research into reality and put the results and the benefits directly into the hands of farmers. The next step is to figure out how to make alternative technologies more affordable, and this won't happen in a lab or pilot project. There are a lot of motivated farmers who are stepping forward and want the new technologies as soon as possible. They should get them, and be rewarded for their pioneer spirit.

What we are looking for especially in the first quarter is sales growth ... Growth is rewarded very nicely in the environment of low interest rates.

Too many companies had perverse incentive systems that rewarded hot short-term performance and didn't provide any penalties for long-term problems.

When I ran the stock exchange, it was the most successful it's been in its 200-plus-year history. And I was rewarded for success; I would not have been rewarded if we failed.

We got rewarded for the good things we've been doing. It was nice to see the team come together a little bit. The third period kind of wrapped it all up.

We saw the same trends in lowered satisfaction and key behaviors tied to loyalty last year. However, last year's drops were far more significant. This year, online retailers did a better job managing customer expectations as the holiday shopping deadlines approached. In return, retailers will be rewarded with higher loyalty long after the holiday season comes to a close.

We did a lot of positive things over these two very important games. In both games we did a number of positive things and were rewarded for our efforts in driving the net.

We had philosophical differences. I think Steve will have a lot of other opportunities. He's a hard worker and a good guy and I think those are the kinds of traits that get rewarded in this business.

Bishop Lennon was part of Bernard Cardinal Law's administration, which protected pedophile priests instead of innocent children. Apparently, Bishop Lennon is now being rewarded for being part of that administration.

A starter gives you seven or eight good innings, you'd like to see him rewarded with a win. It hasn't worked out as much as we'd like.

Discipline and manners. Discipline comes in training, and they get rewarded for doing good.

A simple way to avoid companies with great prospects but little upside price potential would be to avoid those with extremely favorable mean ratings. In that vein, investors focusing on those companies with unfavorable mean ratings and, of course, prospects for a turn in business fundamentals can sometimes be rewarded quite handsomely.

There was a little extra bounce in their step. With the hard work they put in ever single day, it makes them feel better to know that they're being rewarded for hard their hard work. The most important thing in baseball is confidence. Obviously when you win, it gives you a little more.

There's no freshman or JV team like you have in high school. So after awhile, if you're not having success, it becomes frustrating. It's a lot of work, and some guys just feel like they aren't being rewarded for it.

There's no freshman or JV team like you have in high school, ... So after awhile, if you're not having success, it becomes frustrating. It's a lot of work, and some guys just feel like they aren't being rewarded for it.

I've been in the shallow end of a pool, just kind of walking around, but this was my first time really swimming - and I was horrified! I actually lost it whenever I saw the edge of the pool. But I took baby steps and rewarded myself every step of the way.

It would have been an awful feeling had we not prevailed in overtime. We got rewarded for our hard work.

I've never seen this amount of money won for such a small stake. These guys took a chance and they were rewarded handsomely.

The structure of the results and the growth that was being delivered was very well flagged and rewarded post the pre-close statement.

The tame retail sales outlook helped the bond market. The market rewarded that with a very strong day. Financials and technology stocks righted themselves. We're on the cusp of taking out some important resistance levels.

I've always been an aggressive runner ? sometimes too aggressive ? but I think it's rewarded me more than it's hurt me, and I think we've won some games because of it as well.

Teams that finish strong should be rewarded in the tournament. We finished this season as strong as any team could finish.

No one was being rewarded for taking risk.

A game like this builds chemistry. It's good for the walk-ons to get rewarded with playing time.

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage

Actors have always done well playing the bad guys in movies. Audiences enjoy bad guys because through these characters, normal people are able to experience, vicariously, what its like to be vicious, nasty, and amoral. Kindness is not rewarded very much as far as drama is concerned.

A week is a long time in politics and even longer in football at times. We have had an eventful couple of months. But credit the players for this win. Through all the criticism, all the performances and the results, we have always stuck together. There has always been a great spirit and it rewarded us today.

Bad news: Complainers are rewarded for complaining. Indicative of the victim culture in which we live, people have not only come to expect something for nothing, but are then rewarded for how loudly they can ventilate their sense of having been victims of fraud.

You ride out the downturn and you're usually rewarded in the end,

This is a stock that's a consistent grower that's not being rewarded right now, ... And I think you've got an excellent entry point on this stock right now.

This approach has rewarded the over-utilization and misuse of services and resulted in higher payments when health care complications arise.

They see, they demand detail, design innovation. We have been able to provide that to them, and, as a result, they have rewarded us with their pocketbooks.

This is a fight over whether hard work will be rewarded with a decent retirement.

This illustrates why workers are insulted by their take-away contract. Our members generated that profit he's being rewarded for.

A lot of people used to talk about the financial supermarket but it's clear that companies aren't getting rewarded for that model anymore. For the foreseeable future, it's likely banks will be spinning off (or selling) their insurance operations.

They play a very energetic style, and they do a lot of good things that push the game along. But it would be nice to see them get rewarded every now and then.

You don't get rewarded for good swings. I wasn't worried. As long as my swing is there, I know I'll get a hit somehow.

This is the year that Hollywood rewarded rule-breakers.

They're clearly sending a message to employees that they will be rewarded for high performance.

The most cynical people in the salaried group were also unmotivated because they saw less of a connection between doing a good job and getting more money, ... The cynicism that we studied, which was all about organizational change and inertia vs. progress, spilled over into their beliefs in doing a good job and being rewarded for it. They're cynical in one area, and it poisoned their perceptions in another area.

It's a tough thing because I thought our guys did a good job this year to win 19 games. A lot of times 19 wins are rewarded by going to the NCAA.

It was an amazing performance because it's not easy to sit through a long rain delay and have the same intensity. It's not easy to start and stop, and that's what Matt did successfully. When you start and stop, it's easy to bow out of the situation, but he didn't do it. And he was rewarded for it.

It's actually nice to play this much. It's what you want. You get into a nice rhythm. That's what you work hard for in the summer, and it's nice to get rewarded when you play a game and you feel good after the game and you feel good the next day. It kind of validates why you work so hard in the summer.

It is wonderful to be able to imagine a building system of this magnitude and then have it work at the high efficiency that it does. Then, to be rewarded for it is a great feeling too.

For me it was perfect, because it wasn't a very competitive environment, and it was a studio program. They basically send you off, and say, bring us some work, and we'll help you improve it. It really rewarded self-discipline.

It's good for my blood pressure and good for the girls to experience a win. It's good that these girls were rewarded with a victory for all the hard work they've put in. They've had to fight through a lot of adversity this year, so this is nice for them.

It's good to feel like you're going to get rewarded for a certain kind of style of play. But at the same time, keeping track of numbers, things like that, can get you distracted.

It's a very nice place, nice facility. It doesn't look like it's in America. We have rest rooms in the pits, which is pretty unusual. It's definitely challenging, but it's also very rewarding to the driver. If you push to go, you are rewarded with a good lap. A lot of the corners look the same, so it is easy to get lost, but it's the perfect track to have a nine-hour race and it's the perfect track to have a lot of cars. There is a lot of runoff and it's very wide. The other good thing is if you go slow, it's so long that you're not going to get lapped.

It's good to see hard work getting rewarded and I've got no doubt Seven and Ten, they won?t drop the baton.

It?s great to see him get some scoring chances and make the most of him. He?s played hard, and you like to see guys get rewarded when they do that.

It's unfortunate this happened. Why it happened, I don't know, but it did happen, and I don't think he should be rewarded for what he's done.

The offense battled, kept us in games two weeks in a row. To be rewarded the way we did and sneak out of here with a win is pretty good for these guys.

It's nice to see our guys rewarded for continuing to work hard. We'd like for this to be a game that kind of kick-starts us.

It's nice to seem them rewarded for all of their hard work. They're both good kids and the type of kids that I feel like I can call them my own. I couldn't be more proud of both of them. Again, it's a tremendous honor and very deserving for both girls.

It's nice to see her rewarded for dominance on the boards. She has been a big key to our successful season thus far.

It's special to even be mentioned with such great players. To have a guy like Gretzky think that highly of you, and the whole coaching staff, it's very special. I guess you get rewarded for success and hard work. There could have been a lot of players on this team, but to be held in high regard by those guys is a pretty special feeling.

The belief in some being who can be the judge of all human matters is a very comfortable one - all wrongs will be righted and all rights will be rewarded

The aggressive people get rewarded here. Those that don't pay a price. I like it here. I like the system.

It was nice for them to tie because they push each other every day. It was nice to see them rewarded at the top.

It was a back-and-forth game the entire way. We just weren't able to make the plays down the stretch. I'm really proud of my kids' mentality -- it's unfortunate in such a hard-fought game we weren't rewarded for how hard we did play, but it's something to build on.

It's weird that people get rewarded for being the millionth fan, or visitor, and the first one gets nothing. Thank you for not appreciating my work before 999,999 people, here's a gift.

It's wonderful. It means so much to skate well, and then be rewarded on top of that is icing on the cake.

It takes a lot of commitment but it was a family thing. It's good for everybody to do together, and they all become your family. It's one of the most important things in our lives, and we're rewarded every day.

It was good to see us shoot some low scores in the first round and get off to a good start. We have four players in the top six and all of them have a chance to win the tournament. We've really been working hard to get ready for the MAC Championship at the end of the moth and it's good to see everybody being rewarded for their efforts.

It was good to see those guys get rewarded out there. Our normal rotation guys enjoyed those guys' success on the floor.

It was just a feeling that you could score any time you have the puck. He works hard, and he's getting rewarded for that.

The kids played well for us this season, and I'm glad to see them get rewarded with this selection.

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I'm excited for our kids because they are going to get to experience post-season basketball. They have worked hard for the opportunity to play in March and I am happy to see them in a position to be rewarded for that. With as many players as we have coming back, this is valuable experience.

I'm definitely excited about it, ... It feels good to be rewarded for your hard work and recognized for it. I'm excited. It gives me more motivation and reason to go out and work even harder.

I made a decision to bring our troops home a few days early in order to spare the life of Angelo. I do not regret the decision. Every life is important. Angelo's was spared and we rejoice. We're all rewarded for it, particularly his loving family and friends,

In December, we reached a milestone for our company as we celebrated our 10-year anniversary as an independent publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. Over the past decade, our shareholders have been well rewarded with a 16 percent compound annual total return that handily exceeds the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500.

I'm proud that our team has been recognized by their peers and rewarded for all the outstanding work they do for the authority in promoting Atlantic City.

I'm overwhelmed. I always worked because it was in my body. To be rewarded like this is the highlight of my life. Soccer has been my life as long as I can remember.

I'm just real happy for those kids. They worked hard to earn these opportunities. I think they are all very deserving and it's going to be a great opportunity for them. We want as many of them as possible that want to play at the next level get that chance. It's nice to see them get rewarded for their efforts.

I'm very happy that our players have been rewarded for what they've accomplished this season. We won 20 games overall and finished tied for second in the Western Athletic Conference, which is the ninth toughest conference in the country. I'm thrilled that our program and these kids have been rewarded.

If you do this, we all of us shall be rewarded by the betterment of our towns, the beautification of our streets, the improvement of our suburbs; we shall have made one step forward to still further elevating, improving, and dignifying the life of our citizens.

If you go back to the 17th century, scientists generally weren't rewarded much at all for sharing discoveries, and as a result, they conducted a lot of their research very, very secretively indeed.

In the U.S., hospitals are rewarded for keeping hospital beds full. That's the market at work. The question is: should we work for the market, or should the market work for us?

Instead of being rewarded for his service, he has a target placed on his back.

In the second period, it was pretty good for us. We probably played as well as we can as a hockey team and didn't get rewarded quite as much as we thought.

In a booming economy, people in the middle are rewarded more aggressively. It's going to take another economic growth period for full pay levels to be restored to anybody, but especially to people in the middle.

I think now he?s getting rewarded for all the time he spent this summer working out. He?s in great shape.