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We've got a new challenge with the series against New Zealand. It'll be nice to see some black caps out there instead of the baggy green. So we're looking forward to that challenge. There is the danger that we've been playing some very hard cricket, but we've got 10 days off, which means the guys can go away and get mentally prepared for New Zealand. It's a huge series for us. I think it's a series that could define our season. We're going to be taking it very seriously - it's a very big series for us.

Whenever totalitarian ideology crushes man underfoot, all humanity is seriously threatened.

We want people to know that a strong Pioneer Press is a crucial part of keeping the city of St. Paul strong. Some possible buyers would weaken the paper simply to squeeze out increasing profits ? and that would seriously hinder the paper's ability to serve the community.

Women started smoking seriously 25 years ago, and the lag time for this epidemic has kicked in.

This will probably be of great satisfaction to the Fed and will convince them that economic growth is on track without worrying them that interest rates are seriously too low.

We did most things in one take. We never play a song the same way. We're trying to take our music in a more complex direction without taking ourselves too seriously and not having fun.

There is a significant shortfall of funds in many affected countries ... which will seriously hamper their prevention and control efforts.

There is a significant shortfall of funds in many affected countries . . . which will seriously hamper their prevention and control efforts.

There are players in the N.F.L. who are arrested, who violate the program when it comes to drug or substance abuse, and they are not punished as seriously as he has been. A lot of his teammates believe in him. He needs to be playing football. We are concentrating exclusively on Terrell playing for the Philadelphia Eagles, A.S.A.P. He'd like to practice tomorrow.

We deeply regret the 1998 conduct, which has resulted in a federal misdemeanor charge. We take seriously our responsibilities to abide by all the laws governing our business practices and are committed to ensuring our employees' actions reflect the highest legal and ethical standards of conduct. Although the government has not charged Lilly with any unlawful intent, we will continue to take steps designed to assure that Lilly's promotional activities remain fully compliant.

We've been just impressed with the way he has reached out to us as an organization. I think he very seriously sought our input as to what the university could do to better serve the needs of agriculture.

We really have not taken this seriously enough and not enough cases are being filed in the courts and not enough prosecutors are pursuing them.

The fact that public servants who have seriously violated their duties to the public would be rewarded by a lifetime pension seems grossly unfair to average citizens.

There is no doubt people have started to think seriously now about Christmas spending.

When in doubt, throw it out. I seriously stress that when people call me.

When I did get hurt, it was crazy to hear a doctor say that I might never ski again. It really made me take my rehab seriously and take everything more seriously. I couldn't be more stoked.

When it was even seriously entertained that this would be a zoning issue, I blew up. Absolutely not.

We have a responsibility towards our guests that we take very seriously and emergencies can take place anywhere at any given time,

We have a number of major budget productions that either have looked seriously at or are in the process of considering the state for 2006. So it's about 180 degrees from what we were at this time a year ago.

We are taking the decline of these killer whales seriously and we will work to sustain and support this population.

We're gutted. We had a seriously good team behind the scenes and Troy was a vital figure. We work together like a close-knit family and I can't say enough how crucial Troy has been.

There are ways to get noticed and ways to be taken seriously that would be beneficial to Iowans, as well, and the governor has not demonstrated he is capable of doing it all.

We need to look much more seriously at those solutions. We need to do that if we are to prevent moving spring forward.

We want to make sure that the kind of ballpark we agreed upon will be built, that it can be paid for as we have agreed, that the team be able to exercise adequate control over the ballpark site, that we understand the limits of the legislative power to further rewrite contracts we enter into and that the balance of burdens and benefits agreed to by us in mediation is readdressed, since it has been seriously disrupted by the legislation.

There are people like the Taylor boys who are the next generation. There is no mistake about that. They are taking it very seriously and they care about the success of the sales business. They have all taken the industry to the next level.

We're glad that everybody takes it as seriously as we do.

We're getting warmer at exactly the time of year that snow needs to store water. It's a real threat to our water supply that we should take seriously and address.

We're seeing what might be the tip of the iceberg at the FBI and across the intelligence community. It indicates that the existing mechanisms do not appear adequate to prevent abuses or to ensure the public that abuses that are identified are treated seriously and remedied.

Mandates do not solve, but only exacerbate the problem. Mandates will seriously impact the state's ability to compete economically with other states.

Many of these operators will say they're just concerned about the seriously or terminally ill, but their true agenda is to line their pockets with drug money.

Many people could have been killed or seriously injured by this terrorist attack, and it is only through the speedy and efficient action by the security forces that a tragedy has been averted,

Sentiment was seriously affected by news of an increase in China's lending rates. This pulled down the property sector both in Hong Kong and on the mainland and also affected H-shares and red chips across the board.

She told me she was thinking seriously about it.

She takes her work for us extremely seriously and that means a lot to her and the staff. She's a terrific goodwill ambassador who can help people understand the difficult life of a refugee.

She's not one of those people who shows up at investment conferences or dazzles the world with (analyst) predictions. She's not much of a public figure, but her record is so great that nobody who is seriously considering investing internationally ignores her.

Short of them telling me there's something seriously wrong, I plan to be out there on Sunday, because I know that my teammates are counting on me to be out there,

Simultaneous release would seriously damage the theater industry, ... death threat to our industry.

She didn't sit out last night and I seriously doubt she'll be sitting this series.

She has made his teachings something that will live for a long time. She took the King philosophy seriously and she worked at it. And it was not a thing for show. It was for helping them instill in their own lives the principles that he had taught.

Shakespeare was a working actor who worked in the same theater company his whole life, and we need to take seriously his own commitment to the theatrical realization of his work.

Since I started, I had this vision of creating a safe, comfortable place to seriously explore the thousands of possibilities of mosaic making.

Since November 30th, I've talked to about 80 different companies, and only about four of them are seriously considering moving away from RIM.

Moving to a truly flexible exchange rate requires a lot of preparatory steps. China is seriously engaged in taking these preparatory steps,

My job is to sell the Daily Express. My job isn't anything else. My job is to produce newspapers that people want to read and I can tell you that people want to read about the Diana conspiracy because the figures tell me that they do, seriously tell me that they do. People are fascinated and people tell me that they are fascinated. When I talk to people, they are fascinated by these stories and the more we write them, the more they are turning out to be true.

Obviously, we take all such reports seriously and will do our best to find out the facts of the matter.

Obviously we're still down seriously year on year.

No one seriously doubts, especially not the opposition, that the election outcome will be fixed.

No one is seriously thinking a spring release is realistic any more. If I were Sony, I wouldn't be that worried about releasing as soon as I possibly could.

No one is seriously thinking a spring release is realistic any more.

My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience - both my own and that of my family - in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges.

Moses? That's a very humble beginning. I'm so happy for them, the more the merrier. I know she takes mothering very seriously and it is one of the hardest things you can possibly do and it will take every ounce of imagination that she has. I'm so happy for her because that little Apple deserves a playmate.

no one who knows anything about this seriously believes that there is money they've not been able to trace.

Now that that confidentiality has been undermined, the integrity of the system as a whole is seriously in question.

Nuclear power is dirty, dangerous and expensive. We are only talking seriously about nuclear power again because of climate change. But it is not the answer.

Now that he is fit and playing again, he is going to be seriously considered.

Never before in my political life have I been taken so seriously as woman as in the past few months. ... In return, I have publicly recognized my feminine identity to an unusual measure.

Negative views of Pakistan expressed by prominent members of the global business community are taken more seriously by government functionaries than are appeals by human rights groups.

Obviously, I'm very disappointed. This is a serious matter, it's a very serious matter and serious matters get dealt with very seriously by society and obviously by us. I love my brother. I haven't talked to him, but I will. All I can say from the Gruden family is I'm very apologetic.

Obviously I'm very disappointed. It's a serious matter. Very serious matter. Serious matters get dealt with very seriously by society and obviously by us. I love my brother. I haven't talked to him, but I will. All I can say from the Gruden family is I'm very apologetic.

No company has seriously looked at the SMB market, which has a huge potential.

Nobody would believe me when I said to people that we were seriously considering . If people were shocked, they never listened to me.

Nobody has been killed or seriously injured yet, but that's the reason we're doing the recall to make sure that doesn't happen, ... Any recall we do we would like to do it before anybody gets seriously injured, that's the goal.

Ongoing dialogue about privacy issues is essential. We need a body of pragmatic business people who recognize the benefits and problems related to information security to seriously think through the issues and inform consumers, lawmakers and the business community. Information security is not a destination; it's a journey that will constantly raise new problems and demand new solutions.

One thing I always encourage people to do is seriously consider the alternative of selling and moving before doing a reverse mortgage.

Nobody in town takes training as seriously as Bill does, ... I wouldn't go anywhere else.

Nine will need to seriously rebuild to maintain their premium. But more than anything, this is a great result for Seven. The momentum is clearly with them and it has continued into the start of this year with the tennis, which is again proving a great promotional platform for upcoming programs.

One of the lessons learned from 22 July is that we have to take seriously all those people who take part in debates on the Internet, expressing extreme views, and then meet them, discuss with them, bring them into the open. We have not used bans or used the laws to try to forbid parties or political tendencies which we don't like.

I was impressed that they seriously listened to each of our comments.

I was sitting on my couch watching and thinking, if only I had taken my education that much more seriously I'd be out there also.

I was seventeen when my mother passed away, ... I was heartbroken. Nothing mattered to me anymore. I thought seriously about not finishing high school, even of dropping out of boxing. Not one day passes that I don't think about my mother. And to be honest, there are still times when it's a lonely world without her. But I feel that I was blessed to have her in my life, and I believe she's still looking out for me.

I would say at this stage we will certainly be seriously looking at continuing this case because we do not believe we have been given an adequate hearing.

I wish we could say ... that this is a time for peaceful remembrance, that we were gathering today to commemorate a danger that had long since past, ... ... But we cannot. The enemy, though seriously weakened and continuously under pressure, continues to plot attacks and the danger they pose to the free world is real and present.

I grew up in South Carolina. I have been taught in the ways of southern hospitality. Residents that enter my business will always be treated with outstanding manners and cleanliness. I take each customer and tattoo seriously -- this is how I support my family.

If we have a chance, even if it is almost evaporated, to qualify, we have to play seriously and not give up hope.

If the situation in Nigeria gets out of control, it will have a devastating impact on the poultry population in the region, it will seriously damage the livelihoods of millions of people and it will increase the exposure of humans to the virus.

I got hit so (expletive) hard in the head, I was dazed. They were trying to seriously hurt me. They were biting me.

If they beat Duke, they've got to be considered seriously for the NCAA. It would be tough at 7-9 (in the ACC during the regular season). We went 8-8 at Georgia Tech one year and didn't go.

If they are losing a lot of games due to weather then there is some sense to do that. If the PCB seriously feels that they are losing games due to weather they should bring up the case with the ICC.

If they fail to agree on a common position and action is taken without the authority of the Security Council, the legitimacy and support to any such action will be seriously impaired, ... If, on the other hand, they can come together even at this late hour to address this threat in a united manner and they show compliance with the previous resolutions, then the council authority will be enhanced and the world will be a safer place.

If they wanted to seriously talk to us, they should show it by removing the military. While the soldiers are here, there will be no talking.

If they would take seriously the bills before the Congress and negotiate some kind of settlement that is close to the bills in the House and in the Senate, then I think major league sports and their unions could get away without having legislation passed by the Congress, ... I don't see that happening.

I don't know about y'all, but I am seriously doubting my public school education.

I don't expect this is going to be taken particularly seriously on Capitol Hill. The debate has moved far beyond where Representative Hayworth is.

I don?t know that anybody believes we?re actually going to see a bump of $900,000. I seriously doubt we?re going to see one month where we jump a million dollars.

I don't believe that there's such a thing as objectivity in much of journalism, but I think there is a serious effort to and a regard for facts and into taking that stuff seriously is very important to the public discourse and it's very important to democracy.

I can do whatever I want to. I'm completely independent. NPR over the years began taking itself enormously seriously -- as it should. In the end I was so micromanaged that they were telling me how to pronounce syllables of words.

I am concerned that this concessionaire has seriously underreported revenue to the Department of Aviation under a previous contract,

I am glad the board took its decision seriously because there was resistance. It's time for him to move on with his life. How public or private he will make his life is up to him.

I am in fear that these assaults have risen to the level where one of us is going to be seriously injured or even killed. Please do something before it's too late.

I am hoping that we will be able to seriously find out who exactly they were and what they were doing.

I basically told him he's been a big part of our team, and we're not going to just give him away; we're not going to loan him to any team. I was honest with him. If we were offered a couple of really good, young players that would help us for a long time we'd have to seriously consider it . . . . But we're not phoning people, we're not calling teams. At this point in time, I don't anticipate moving Curtis.

I am seriously looking at relocating my textile units to Bangladesh as the cost of manufacturing here is going beyond our control.

I am seriously looking at alternative proposals to the Runners' that we could move legislatively, ... We're looking at best practices in other states, (to include in) what we come up with.

I am seriously considering a run against Lenny. There are a number of considerations, many personal, which must be weighed first, and I do have some time.

I am proud to say that today Boston is one of the safest cities in America. That's because we've taken crime very seriously from the very beginning.

I am taking this very seriously and I am honored to be appointed. It's not every day that an immigrant more or less fresh off the boat gets invited to help run a national institution.

I am very reluctant to see internal stuff revealed except where there is some clear public reason for doing so, ... No one seriously thinks that Roberts is a raving lunatic, and as a pragmatic matter he is simply not going to be defeated. So neither on public nor partisan grounds do I think that my presumption of confidentiality is overcome.

Carolina takes seriously its obligation as a NCAA member institution, and we shall continue to pursue with vigilance and honesty our goal of full compliance with all NCAA policies and procedures.

Certainly, anti-Syrian forces in Lebanon feel on the defensive, nervous, frightened, depressed. The Syrians may be out in one way, but in others they're always right around the corner and have sufficient friends and supporters in Lebanon that make it unlikely it will turn into a seriously anti-Syrian place.

But there is something seriously problematic about radicals and progressives in American politics. Some say it's the two-party system that squashes third parties. Some say that it's the potentiality or expanse of the middle class that marginalizes people that want to reform the system itself. Some make a sort of psychological analysis, that the left doesn't want to win, that success means co-optation. All of those things have some merit.