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With both fiscal and monetary policy now set to tighten slightly next year, we remain comfortable with our forecast of a mere 1 percent expansion next year.

Yields are going slightly higher still. The Fed will probably go to 5 percent and the risks are it could tighten further.

We have set the target for the average annual economic growth rate in the 10th Five Year plan period. Though slightly lower than the actual growth rate of the 9th Five Year plan period it is still fairly high,

To be able to maintain our scores and increase slightly is a tribute that so many students are taking the SAT.

The price for natural gas and other energy resources has increased several times in recent years. And leaving the price for Ukraine unchanged or slightly raising it would be unreasonable.

While it's slightly encouraging, I don't think it's enough to convince the Fed of anything. Today's data, while it was somewhat more friendly, is clearly not what I think the Fed is going to focus on.

While it's a bit of a surprise, the slightly downbeat news on confidence can be explained by the ongoing weakness in employment, and perhaps consumers are a little concerned about the backup in mortgage rates. But while they're becoming less confident, they're still buying -- the latest sales numbers still look good.

While it is far cheaper to employ staff in both China and India than Europe or the US, India appears to have the advantage of slightly lower wage costs.

We will include in the budget submission an estimated 70 billion dollars. The actual figure, when we finalize, may be slightly higher or slightly lower than that.

Expectations are fairly low, and these companies will deliver results that are in-line, or slightly better than expectations.

Exports to the United States should increase over the next few months. The outlook for exports to Asia is slightly less clear ... but overall, I see the trade balance increasing through the rest of the year.

Factory activity likely cooled slightly in December, but remains robust.

Every time Jimmy Scott sings, it's the same but slightly different. I don't know how he does that or where he gets that from. I think it's instinct. Nothing he does is by chance; he's in complete control of what he's doing. He's just beautiful and unique.

The good news is that the inflation number was also revised down slightly but is still running higher than we saw a year or so ago,

The good news is she's got great name recognition. The bad news is slightly more people have a negative view of her than have a favorable view among all voters.

While we don't take monthly changes in employment too seriously, today's data were slightly stronger than expected on hiring, but slightly weaker on hours and utilization, thus providing a 'growth positive' outlook.

While total supplies are expected to increase, per capita domestic consumption may increase only slightly thanks to continued strength in pork exports. Supplies of competing meats are expected to be close to 2005 levels setting up a supply scenario similar to 2005 but with slightly more pork.

We wanted to do something that was a little closer to our own century and yet also was a world in which you could believe that people spoke in a slightly different way.

We've had a slightly different training program this week. We've put a lot of time into recovery and the players on the rehab list.

We've had a pretty good day, I think we're just slightly ahead,

Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed.

There is definitely more rotation in my pants now that I'm famous. The minute they look slightly used, I bin them.

The reason I dress the way I do is because I like clothing. I looked down the range this morning and all I saw was black, khaki and navy trousers. I will wear black and navy trousers, but it will be slightly different. I think it looks too bland sometimes, and I don't want this game to be bland. It's a fantastic game we play. It's a stylish game.

The operating trend is as I expected, although revenues are of slightly better quality. But it's disappointing that they haven't made progress in dealing with the capital adequacy position at this stage.

There is some good news, I suppose. The rate of growth is slightly lower than last year. The bad news is that's the only good news, because premiums are still going up three times faster than wages.

The other guys drink, but they don't drink anywhere near what I used to. And I think they're slightly respectful of the fact that I'm off it, so it's not a problem.

What's disconcerting is when you do meet them they look at you with your own eyes in a slightly different face.

What Nokia did the week before last makes it slightly easier for Qualcomm to be more enforcement-prone.

What is shocking these days? ... We are surrounded by appalling, shocking things; we are slightly inured to it. In the realm of things that can happen in a marriage, there are potentials which are horrible but you deal with it. But this is so far out there.

(We) gave more weight to housing and medical insurance (prices)...and slightly less weight to food.

We cannot restore life nor rewrite history, ... But we can make the ledger slightly less out of balance by devoting our time, energy and resources to the search for answers, the return of property and the payment of just claims.

Though our mountain may be slightly smaller in scale to the one you find in Asia, it is remarkable in its authenticity.

TV panel prices should decline only slightly in first half of 2006 thanks to special demand from the 2006 World Cup tournament in Germany in June.

You had 60 companies all around the country doing slightly different things, and there was no one oversight or one advisory group, one controlling unit. Now you have that.

What the market has found is that the $68-level has a rather strong resistance, and so the contract is now retreating slightly on profit taking.

What excites me about picture books is the gap between pictures and words. Sometimes the pictures can tell a slightly different story or tell more about the story, about how someone is thinking or feeling.

What they did was not intentionally malicious. If anything, it was slightly inept.

We expect the fall travel season across the United States to be down just slightly under one percent, ... stable.

We expect that average selling prices for the second quarter of 2006 will be flat to slightly up sequentially. We also expect that gross margins will continue to grow by between 50 to 100 basis points sequentially in the second quarter of 2006.

We expect some weakness today on the back of these slightly disappointing numbers and dividend, and quite rightly the concern regarding second-half dry-cleaning trading.

We certainly would like to come back with wins. But of course, my focus is not necessarily on winning. The strategy that we will come up for our first couple of matches will be designed to win the game but the team goals will be slightly different. I may ask them to possess the ball for a certain amount of minutes of the game to see how our training is being transferred to the field.

We think it (interest in absentee voting) is going to go up and might be slightly higher than we anticipated, maybe 10 percent or 15 percent higher.

We think in terms of the total for retail sales it could be slightly down on the month in June,

We see inflation hovering at around these levels throughout the first half of this year. If oil prices remain well-behaved, we should see slightly below-target inflation in the second half.

Valyrian is oddly easier than Dothraki. It's got a more lyrical flow to it that feels more familiar to the way I speak. That makes it slightly easier.

We do see the slightest trend. Our winters are getting slightly wetter each year.

You go to psychiatrist when your slightly cracked and keep going until you're completely broke.

to reach or slightly exceed the high-end of our 1999 net sales growth target of 25-35 percent.

We are anywhere from nominal end of mission to slightly reduced, and I think at this point not more than a day based on what I have seen. I think there's a great potential that we'll make the end of mission based on our ability to find some efficiencies.

We currently forecast what we believe is a 'reasonable' recovery, which includes assumptions for slightly below-average sequential growth in the third quarter of 3 percent, above average sequential growth in the fourth quarter of 4 percent, and a fairly typical first-year recovery in 2003,

Bonds are looking slightly overbought. Yields have come down a long way and its hard for them to push lower. We are seeing a bit of consolidation and wait for the Americans to return,

British audiences tend to want to see their own lives reflected on TV, whereas American audiences are quite aspirational and enjoy high-concept shows that show them lives that are perhaps slightly more exciting than they aspire to.

Even if the rail cars made by Siemens are slightly cheaper, it's a false economy that benefits no Canadian. It's vitally important to not only maintain high technology jobs in Canada, we also need to further develop our high technology industries whenever possible.

Even though the regular rate was slightly higher than expectations, right now the market is willing to discount the fact that energy prices are an important component. The reality is, it's an important sign and inflation is picking up. The fact is, people have to start taking a look at energy prices as a concern.

Even though the figures were revised slightly lower, investors were relieved because the data won't provide the Fed with an excuse to continue raising rates past January.

Blake's outing was slightly uncharacteristic, but he was able to battle through it and put us in a position to win.

At 16, I started reading trashy stuff, anything slightly naughty and risque.

At the last worlds we came second so we're slightly down, ... But we'll be back for the Europeans next year and it will be a big race against the French then. This is a young relay team and things are looking good for us for a good few years yet.

Commodities prices are lower, which could be slightly negative for the Canadian dollar. The market is a little bit on edge as they wait to see what Dodge has to say about interest rates.

Distillate inventories were up slightly but are not rising at a normal pace, so that is a little bit concerning,

Currency appears to have had a slightly more adverse effect than most people thought. If that's the case, it's not as bad as it looks on the top line. Obviously currency is something out of their control.

(Cummins) had higher revenue and slightly lower profitability for the quarter, but even so it's a very fine quarter. Without the tax benefits, the company didn't match expectations or match up to the stock's performance of the past few weeks, which has apparently disappointed some on the market.

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.

Employers in the Green Bay area expect slightly softer hiring conditions than in the third quarter when 20 percent of the companies interviewed intended to add staff and 10 percent expected to reduce headcount. Normally, the fourth quarter (October to December) drops because budgets are spent.

Europe's slightly improved economic dynamics should go on.

First you must find... another shrubbery! (dramatic chord) Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this shrubbery, only slightly higher so you get a two layer effect with a little path running down the middle. ("A path! A path!") Then, you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forrest... with... a herring!

Fed policy may be shifting slightly to a longer period of rising rates, and that will hurt sentiment for shares.

The results were good, they were slightly above consensus and my expectations. They are trading on the low end of big media companies.

The revised data emerged slightly above our forecast.

There's something weird about the Scots. We are a troubled, slightly tortured race - the sense of the respectable outward character and, inside, the turmoil of something darker.

There's something very charming and warm about Blondie and Dagwood, and something very honest about the strip. It's as if (Young) is holding up a slightly cracked mirror to society.

The total value of the crab that was caught is up slightly this year and that total values is being caught by one third as many boats and so what's happening is that the average catch per boat is way, way up.

The tragic events of September 11 may slightly dampen sales for the month of September due to short-term logistical issues; however, we are still confident that we will see sequential quarterly growth commencing in the December quarter.

I sometimes think that I might be slightly autistic. There might be a syndrome that hasn't been named. I don't seem to see the world in the same way that most people I know see it. They don't seem to be baffled by it.

The view is that it will be a slightly harder year for equities than it was last year. Investors are concerned about how margins will develop in the first quarter. If oil gets above $65 again, investors will start to worry.

The risk is that by getting a cheap deal on broadband you'll be paying over the odds for your phone service, but most bundled packages are pretty competitive on both. You might get a slightly cheaper deal by finding the cheapest phone and internet providers separately, but many people are happy to pay slightly more for the convenience of a single package.

There won't be any yanking going on at all. It will be a gentle pull with my hand. If that doesn't work, I have some forceps. I will give it a slightly more than gentle pull. If that doesn't work, I saw it off with a hacksaw.

The school district is still going to get their same dollar amount. But the tax rate to taxpayers will be slightly higher than what we calculated originally.

I've slightly changed my action and movement and tonight it really worked well for me.

It would be nice to create something that's healing rather than slightly creepy and darkly judgmental!

These data are consistent with slightly better pricing power for both importers and exporters, which reflects the improvement in international economic activity. However, the gains are sufficiently restrained as to not cause any concerns about broader based measures of inflation.

The (stock) market nervously followed New York again, slightly affected by the delay in ruling on the FGTS workers' fund. But we weathered New York fall quite well.

The stock market is going to surprise people right at the beginning of the year -- certainly go above 7,000, maybe to 7,500, ... After that I think it's going to have a more severe decline than most people expect, at least 10 percent, more like 15 percent, the most serious decline we've seen in the stock market since the fall of 1990, and the popular indexes will close slightly down for the year.

The stock is up slightly today as the uncertainty of strike is lifted from the company. United really had no choice but to accept the PEB findings. They couldn't survive a month with a strike. But guaranteeing 37 percent wage hikes is only going to weaken a company that is already weak.

The statement was slightly more hawkish than we were expecting but there was one vote of dissent.

The strength of the housing market this year continues to surprise, despite rising home prices and slightly higher interest rates.

The soldier who was slightly injured walked into the clinic here and walked out again.

The slightly less negative recent news from the housing and retail sectors contrasts with increasing pressures on manufacturers from the high cost of fuel and materials.

The team's slightly re-engineered. There are some familiar faces, some new faces. Just like a baseball team, we feel the ballpark should be re-engineered and refreshed. We've spent a lot of time and a lot of effort to keep it highly desirable for the fans. When this ballpark is 30 years old it will still look young.

The tax bill is slightly larger than one would expect it to be because we have had employee benefit trusts and there was a decision in the House of Lords we've provided for. We're just being cautious.

The song is Texas having a fresh look at that Giorgio Moroder vibe of uplifting electronic pop but with sexy slow vocals. I wanted to combine modern sounds with a real Billie Holliday kind of feel. When I was growing up my dad would be away at sea and my Mum, my sister and I would be at home blasting disco and Abba alongside her old Billie Holliday albums. I knew the spirit I wanted. I knew I could emulate that Billie Holliday sensibility - not the framed icon with the beautiful flower in her hair, but the slightly dark woman on the edge, this tortured brave singer who struggled around this merciless music circuit. It's a bit of a homage from my heart.

I've always slightly preferred Spade to Marlowe, probably just because I thought Hammett was cooler than Chandler. He was leftwing, his name shortened to Dash rather than Ray, and he didn't smoke a pipe or like cats.

I've always slightly objected to the word 'tourist,' ... I think the word 'tourist' doesn't do justice to all the work I've put in.

I've always slightly envied other actors I know who have different reputations. I think, 'God, you don't get people coming up to you, going, 'Hey!' - because they're scared of you.'

I've always thought Anne-Marie Slaughter would make a fantastic United States Senator or something. She's a real intellectual, but she's got enormous communicative skills and she's got government experience. The thing that drives me slightly crazy is the way we think about intellectuals as wooly, hopeless, arrogant, self-deceived, incapable.

I've always loved the rustic, slightly worn style of Canvas and that element of an artisanal hand. It's so inherently chic.

I've always loved slightly ugly shoes. Or even very ugly shoes.

I usually just go on Google and spend my hours just Googling Jennifer Beals. I think it's possible that I have a slightly unordinary obsession with her. YouTube videos. Interviews with her. Pictures I put on my desktop and my phone.

I've always been slightly hesitant about generalizing movies made by men and women being different in their nature; I think movies by each director are different. Having said that, I think that it's kind of disgraceful that there aren't more female directors.

Ted Koppel is a unique voice in American journalism. There's no point in trying to replace him as an individual. It's incumbent upon us to find a slightly different approach.