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Today was a remarkable first day of ticket sales. We've made considerable strides over the last two years, and, coming off our strongest preseason ticket sales effort to date, we are confident that today is a great indicator of another year of substantial growth.

Tremendous strides have been made in a short time, and it's looking very promising. This is going to be one of the success stories of the Endangered Species Act.

We made great efforts and strides at the plate, but we had our moments on defense that cost us runs. We've tried to eliminate those but they cost us games and cost us an opportunity to win.

Those are the kinds of strides we've made.

We're not where we need to be, but we took some steps. We did not play up to my expectations early. We came in at halftime, settled the guys down. For the most part, they overcame their first-game jitters, their anxiety. They came out and played fast and took strides in the second half.

We are playing a lot of different teams with various styles this spring. I think the spring schedule is going to help us a lot. We're not going to get caught up in wins and losses. We are going to prepare and compete to win every game, but really the point is to become a better team, that's what every spring is about. Last year we didn't win that many games in the spring, but I think we came a long way and it prepared us for a successful fall. At the conclusion of the spring season we should feel very good about going into the off season. I hope we make the same strides this spring that we made last year. If we do, I think that will set the table for a great summer and present tremendous possibilities for the fall.

We have made great strides in operating efficiencies in the third quarter and remain committed to building a leading Internet media company,

We have made big strides hitting volleys and getting into the net.

Those were significant strides forward. But that was just laying the groundwork.

You make so many strides between the first and second game, so I like the way this schedule has worked out. We'll have an extra week to do a lot of instructing before taking on Solon.

U of G researchers are consistently making great strides in the extremely competitive CIHR funding arena,

We demonstrated much better attacking against Ferris, and we are continuing to smooth out our offense. Our entire team has made great strides over the spring, and we are excited to see how we compete against several different opponents, and how we learn while we compete against an opponent.

We are making great strides in working with the FAA.

There are a lot of members that blow me away, but Lucas in particular because he had no training. He has made strides in his dance.

We really did some good things in the tournament this week and we had some guys take strides toward making themselves better and that is really important at this stage of the season. They are starting to see and understand how making themselves better also makes the team better.

To be such a young team I feel like we've made some strides at the end of the season. Co-Lin has a really good basketball team, and it will be a challenge.

When you look at so many positive things that have gone on here the past several years, to me, it's hard to deny the fact this organization is making strides in a positive way.

We have made incredible strides in the last 10, 15 years.

The governor has always had great confidence in Rhode Island's potential to be the shining star of New England. This year, he will review the strides we've made towards that goal, and outline some of the challenges that remain.

The government has made some fairly significant strides in the last few months, particularly on the intelligence side. They've got a much clearer picture of what's going on.

While the U.K. has made great strides in this area, the police simply do not have the resources to cope with the level of electronic crime. The onus is on businesses to secure their own futures with a multi layered approach to protect systems from the latest virus and security threats.

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 have a couple of other opportunities to run fast and make strides with the New England Championships and the ECAC Championships coming up.

This was a tough season, and the club, players and fans deserve better. There were some unexpected challenges, but in any case our record isn't good enough. I think we've built a foundation here for the team to make considerable strides in the future, and our achievements in the past are something I'll be proud of. But there is no denying all of the effort we put in didn't provide the results you need in this league.

This was a big win for us. When you look back at the schedule it will just look like our fifth win in a row, but it took us (until) the last week of the season last year to get that eighth win. It shows the strides we've made as a team.

We were third in the conference this year and second last year. The program has taken great strides and this next group, this past group of freshman didn't let up.

We found that while both types of home-based counseling resulted in individuals quitting smoking or making positive strides towards quitting, those in the motivational enhancement group outperformed the standard care group in every measure.

We lost Garang at a time when we needed him the most, but we think that we have made great strides toward peace and we believe that peace process should continue,

We certainly are excited about entrusting our defense to two capable men. This last year we've really shown great strides in our defense so we felt it was really important we stay within the same system.

Viacom's fourth-quarter performance is indicative of a new vitality at the company and the major strides we have made in 1997.

This news reflects the great strides that state courts have made to reach out to the public in the past decade.

We did a lot of good things tonight. We've improved an awful lot since the first game of the season. We've got a long way to go still, but we made strides tonight and we've made strides the last three or four weeks.

Everything just clicked. This shows we have made strides from where we were at.

Ben has made great strides since he joined Edinburgh last season. Rob has earned his call-up with the consistency of his performances.

Everyone's really made a strong effort to get better individually, and they're all learning what it takes to succeed at this level. We've made great strides from the beginning of the season, and I'm hoping these kids will use this year's experience and carry it on over into next year and future years.

Customers are making strides at reducing their inventories, but capacity is still far in excess of demand in some of our markets.

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Erin is coming around every day. She has made strong strides from Day 1. She stepped in late from volleyball, so she was really, really rusty, but you know that she has the talent. Right away, she stepped up and hit that big shot from the corner.

During the spring, it's about taking those strides to get you ready for the season, and I'm just going to focus on pounding the ball down. They made some good contact with two strikes, and that was probably the biggest thing for me - trying to put them away with two strikes was a little tough tonight.

I see the team has made huge strides this year, especially when considering Hamilton is part of one of the toughest tennis conferences in the state.

I've been very impressed with the strides they have made, but I think that it's going to be a bumpy road for them in the next four or five quarters.

The ride home was real quiet. There were some tears. The guys were upset. They worked hard and made big strides over the course of the season.

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The team has made great strides in the past few weeks and it will be great to see them make more improvements in the future.

The thing I was really looking for in spring was, does he know where he's going with the ball, does he know why going there, and he really did. He's made great strides there.

Ryan really came into his own and made great strides last season. We were expecting even bigger things this year and so far, he's delivered.

Save the Children has made great strides to address the immediate emergency situation, but huge challenges remain. We are mounting an urgent effort to meet the winter-survival needs of earthquake-affected children and their families.

The most important thing is what did we learn from this experience. We made some big strides (Friday), and hopefully we kept learning (Saturday).

Someone told me that their offensive line is the most experienced group of offensive linemen that they've had in the history of the school. We've got a group that I believe has made major strides from the first day of spring practice, but it's a work in progress. We're still trying to put the thing together a little bit.

Defensively and offensively, I'm very proud of our guys up front. I think we've made large strides going in the right direction in the last two weeks If we continue to get better, we'll start putting some things together.

An overwhelmingly positive response from our customers and a positive revenue impact for the airline has prompted us to continue spreading our consumer-friendly pricing structure across even more of our network. We've made great strides in introducing a low cost pricing structure to many East Coast markets that were not previously served by a low-cost carrier.

As a team and as a program we really made strides in how we play and how we approach the game. There were a lot of positives that we can take away. The wins are always nice to see. It means the hard work is paying off.

As a community, we have made great strides in education.Compared to other places in western Kentucky, we're way aheadbecause we have a quality school system and the Marion Ed-TechCenter, ... I would rate our availableworkforce a B to an A. The only reason it's not an A-plus, isbecause we don't have enough available workers.

All along, we've been ... I guess you could call it a work in progress. I thought last week was big in terms of us making strides in our progress. Tonight is important to us, for one thing because it's against Grove City, and for another because it's Senior Night, and we'd like to send these two seniors off the right way.

Alex will remain in charge next season. Why would we change a winning team? These are exciting times for Manchester United. We have just announced a record-breaking sponsorship deal, we're in the process of increasing the stadium capacity to 76,000 and the team is making great strides on the field. The manager is a key part of that and his future is not up for discussion.

You only get better by playing with better people. That's why in this practice gym we have to get better and make our biggest strides and when we are in the games make sure we take care of business.

They've got a lot of football players who are trying to build something. I don't think there's any question they're making strides in the right direction.

Although we are making great strides in our work to rid the world of this weapon, we need to do more.

They're a top-ranked defense, but they didn't show it today. I'm not saying that they're not very good, but they just didn't show it today. We had our way with them from the first jump to the end of the whistle. ... We made some strides for next year.

They're a good team, I think we have gotten better, we're improving. We're not playing perfect volleyball but we're making strides to where we want to be.

They're making strides in becoming more commercially viable. If they can get one signature show, like HBO had with Sopranos, that'll put them on the map and get them the name recognition they need.

They have made big strides no doubt about that, that's often what comes out of adversity. They are a better side than last year, but that's very evident. It remains to be seen how we foot it next to them.

There's a spot for him on our team, but we've got to make some strides in practice.

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It's a situation that we hoped would come a lot faster than it did and it didn't come along as fast as we thought it would come along. I think it's been new people in a new system, not being able to make the strides that they would have liked to make or I would have liked to see them make. That kind of sums it ups.

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It's good to have most of our guys back healthy. What we need to concentrate on is that every day we step on that basketball court as a team, we improve individually, and we improve as a team, offensively, defensively. We just need to make strides for improvement every day.

It's hard to say after a loss, but we made some good strides on the defensive end. We had a couple of breakdowns, but as a whole you can find some positives in our play.

It's been a struggle. We've struggled with (the press) all year. I think every team in the league is probably aware that that's one of our problems, but we keep taking strides everyday in practice.

It's been as smooth as you can expect for freshmen. It's hard to step in right away from going from eighth grade to varsity. That is a big jump. Good thing is they've all made huge strides in these first couple of weeks and I look for them to have bright futures.

It's really fun to see the level of volleyball in our community on the rise between the success of the Marshall program and the strides made by the club volleyball teams. Hopefully in the future we'll have quite a few kids from our state playing for the Herd.

It's really hard to tell. We just have to keep working on things, stressing things and using game experiences as learning experiences. I think we have made strides in the right direction but we have to keep making strides.

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Dan has worked hard all season long and surprised all of us with the tremendous strides he's taken. It's great to have a Glenwood athlete travel with us to Park City.

Conditions were tough out there today with it being very windy. Overall I was very happy with our effort today. We are making the strides we need to make to become a better team.

The biggest thing which nobody sees is how far he has come as a young man. I remember talking to him as a freshman, and his attitude was a little rough. I don't think he even wanted to be here. But he has made huge strides as a person and a player, and I think that is my greatest sense of pride with Darryl.

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It's amazing the strides he's made in such a short career. He's climbed to the top of the mountain very quickly. With the hype he got coming in, it was hard to imagine that he could've lived up to it. He's surpassed it.

It looked like he took two or three strides with it,

It'll take some time to get on the same page (with Heimerdinger), ... but we made great strides in the past week.

It wasn't a victory, which is what we're after every outing. But we had two guys tie for second and we're making strides in the right direction heading into our tournament.

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It was a great team effort. We've been making strides and getting better and so we felt good coming into this game.

They beat us twice and have the confidence that comes with that. We're trying to reverse that. We feel we've made a lot of strides since those games.

They've made good strides but haven't fully monetized other opportunities. The nature of a marketplace is that once you have a critical mass, it tends to stick, and there's not a lot that can unseat it. But that's not to say that eBay doesn't have significant challenges ahead.

They've made good strides but haven't fully monetized other opportunities, ... The nature of a marketplace is that once you have a critical mass, it tends to stick, and there's not a lot that can unseat it. But that's not to say that eBay doesn't have significant challenges ahead.

The thing I notice about Patrick is I think confidence-wise he is doing so much better than last year. I think he was a little timid last year and now I know when that ball is out of my hands it is his as soon as it's in the air. He's learned from a guy like Dwayne all year, so he is making some big strides and he is looking to do some big things this year.

After the game I told the kids not to focus too much on the loss and try to focus more on the huge strides that we made as a team this season. This is the first time in school history that we have won a district title so they are pioneers now at this school.

The labor movement especially in Queens County is strong, as evidenced in the great strides that labor has made with future union members new Americans, ... We're doing a great job of organizing and it's reflecting in our numbers. New York's union membership is actually up, despite the national membership shrinking.

I'm going to keep plugging away. I've said from the start that whatever happens happens as long as I continue to get better. That's what's frustrating (Saturday night) because I didn't get better. I didn't make strides where I wanted to. Obviously I didn't make a strong case for being No. 2 tonight.

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I'm making good strides from the right side. I swung a little bit in the cages and I feel a little better.

I'm proud of her for overcoming what she overcame at the beginning and the strides she's made over the course of the season. She's been able to do a lot of things to help our team.

I had an opportunity to observe a portion of the season and have looked at the history. The program has made some strides and I think it's headed in the right direction. But it needs to continue to grow.

Individually, we need better fourth and fifth scores. We really need some good numbers out of those spots. We made some strides there. We had some guys step up in those roles.

If you're going to be a championship-caliber team, you have to continue to make strides and get better.

I heard, in Jerry's presentation, ideas that resonated to me -- and to my colleagues on the search committee -- as new, exciting, and solid, ... With Jerry's experience and energy, I foresee great strides forward for the Chamber and for greater Brattleboro.

I really like Willie's improvement. He has made tremendous strides throughout this spring. We have to keep getting better.

In terms of experience and guys getting better, we've taken that step. We've made the strides that we set out to make this year as far as big-picture stuff.

I just think if something were to happen and we were to lose he doesn't want us to look like a failure. Because we have helped turn this program around. I think he is trying to point out that even though we haven't won anything yet we've made a lot of strides and gotten the program back into a national contender again.