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Frank is definitely not a keeping-the-seat-warm kind of figure. I've known Frank fairly well for six years. I wouldn't use the term 'rising star,' but in the world of the Vatican he is very highly thought of ... he's someone who could be an archbishop someday.

From a business perspective, if you look at dollar for dollar, there's a lot of savings to be had by going eco-friendly as far as expenses and energy consumption, ... But most people don't look at business from that point of view - they only look at the bottom line and the upfront costs, but there's a long term benefit to being eco-friendly.

From a pure economic standpoint, I understand that this is a worldwide economic matter, but that should not preclude governments taking some short term measures simply because this is having a devastating effect on working men and women,

From his language he recognizes that while higher prices are good for revenues in the short run, longer term they help destroy demand. OPEC is probably going to increase by 1 million barrels a day.

Fukui will probably reiterate prospects for steady economic recovery. Even if Fukui says the same thing as before, some investors will use it as an excuse to buy the yen as the dollar is going through a short- term decline.

I don't remember an opener like this. Disappointing is about as nice a term as you can (use). Completely embarrassed is probably what I'd say.

If a company sprays for ants, they're really doing the wrong thing. The only way to get rid of them long term is by baiting them.

I don't think we're going to pullback right now, but I think we could pullback because we have been in this advancing phase. Our summer rally, it's been sort of a hard one to find. But we've been having a summer rally. So we could at some point, when we start running into resistance levels in the S&P and the Dow, have some sort of a pullback. But it will be a short term one.

I don't think we're going to get the instant value that we would have from the spin-off, but we'll get it over the long term and that's just fine.

I don't think you ought to assume that for the long term you're going to be able to pay the same amount as the ... more casual user and be fair to all our customers. So I think you'll find over time that the amount of usage that you demand from the network each month will in fact have to ... drive the pricing structure.

I encourage them to interview other financial planners during the process. I give them names of other planners in town and I continue to manage their assets only for the short term until they have found that new relationship with a financial planner. I find it a conflict of interest to represent both.

I encouraged Tony to serve out as much of this term as he can as PM. I think that's what he'll do, and I hope he'll want me to do this job through that period. I think he will.

I don't think it's the same thing. Hip-hop has redefined the word. It can mean a number of things. It can be a term of admiration. It can be a term of recognition.

I don't think it's really a term you would come across in boxing. I have a friend who is a boxer who uses creative terms to describe certain aspects, and I thought it was an interesting-sounding term that would fit in with the concept of the album.

For the short term they're already on target with a good relationship. Apple's already reaped a lot of benefits.

For Tribune, on a long-term basis, it's terrific. While in the short term there's a lot of dilution, ultimately this will be a monster success.

GMAC is in some ways both the instrument for preservation of GM intermediate term and also an instrument for GM to wield in negotiations with the unions.

If it doesn't meet the technical term of earmark, it would probably meet the public idea of one.

If we write something that is undeniably great, then in the long term it doesn't really matter what everyone says now.

If you are going to include numbers and music the term is getting meaningless.

If you are a short-term trader you like to see some more gyrations. But certainly from a longer term perspective you want to see the market broaden out, have a very nice looking pattern to it technically so that you are not getting hurt too much in a market that's going to grind higher. It looks like that will continue. My theme is productivity. The Federal Reserve stated that that is a very important point in moving the economy forward. The Fed will allow a stronger growth rate as long as productivity gains remain strong. And I think that's going to be the case.

If the court rules the term limits applies, I have no problem with following the law.

I always think long term about anything. That's why I have never sold anything that I've ever purchased. And I never purchase anything that I don't think I'm going to keep for a lifetime.

I always hesitate to use the term make-or-break, but I think next week will determine whether we can get into the position of making Hong Kong a success or not.

He has become president precisely because he is a weak leader and no one thinks he would be a long term threat to them.

He is a long term investment and deserves to be retained for a second tour.

He is not one to parse. He has said he will serve out his term and that has not changed,

He has said he is going to stay for a full term and I think it is absolutely right that he does that,

He has said from Day 1 of his first term that he's making his decisions not based on any party loyalty but on what he believes is best for the people he represents.

He earned an opportunity to go that fifth inning, but we are thinking more long term instead of short term right now. More for the benefit of the team than the individual.

What I love about the term 'salad' is that it can appear in so many different forms and says a lot about the cook. It could be a simple as fresh green lettuces tossed with a basic vinaigrette, or it could be as hearty as a couscous salad with grilled shrimp.

We've got to have a longer term policy. These tax credits need to be extended.

When I ran for a third term as Honolulu prosecutor I feel I committed to serving that term. I need to finish my tour of duty as prosecutor, that's the bottom line.

have reaffirmed that our ties should be made more broad-based and multifaceted and based on a long- term and predictable basis.

Golf has been such a gift in my life, and I've enjoyed it so much and enjoyed lots of wonderful times on the golf course with my husband first, and then I got to play in all these celebrity tournaments. I'm often the only female celebrity in the tournament, hence the term 'Token Chick.' So it's been such a great, great gift in my life.

For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the term 'testimony' is a warm and familiar word in our religious expressions. It is tender and sweet. It has always a certain sacredness about it. When we talk about testimony, we refer to feelings of our heart and mind rather than an accumulation of logical, sterile facts.

Hopefully, we can put something in that's long term so they don't have to keep coming back. It just needs to be done and this is the year to do it.

Hopefully there's one more (contract) at least beyond this one. We'll just have to see how it plays out. For the short term here, he's got a little security and we have a little cost certainty.

Under Missouri statute, abuse of a child is a class B felony which is punishable by a term of imprisonment between five and 15 years. The point we always make is that this charge against Ms. Hyatt is merely an accusation. As in all criminal cases, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Well, you're not exactly early on this stock, but we still think it has a ways to go because the company has good fundamentals, ... They have products that are selling. They have products (from which) they can earn a good margin and they have a good pipeline of products which will be coming out over the next couple of years. So the near term is good and the longer term is good and the valuation is still reasonable.

Humans are terrible at predicting the future. We really overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what we can do in the long term... If we can glimpse even a couple of years into the future, even that's difficult to do.

I agree with that. I think you will see us recasting some of our thinking to look at longer term things.

He wants to be involved in a lot of things this term so that he can become more acclimated with the position.

... He can start the equivalent of his third term now , by filling his presidential staff and cabinet with new faces -- or old faces in new positions -- and by concentrating on new or forgotten initiatives.

He decided to once again step aside so that those issues don't become a rallying point for the other party as we approach mid term elections.

Greenspan is coming to the end of his term and he really wants to get the interest rate increases done before he leaves. He may feel he can't afford to take a meeting off.

Greener Miles is just one piece of our comprehensive strategy on climate change. It is not a substitute for our continuing work on vehicle fuel efficiency. It does provide an incremental, short term action to help bridge the gap until we are able to implement longer term solutions. And it allows individuals to take positive, direct action now to share in the solution.

Kick would be a term of endearment, really. It wouldn't be kick with the idea of hurting them, just kind of move them along a little faster. ... Some are happy to be here, you know?

I would not term it a suspension. We do not disclose such information about students It was my decision that O.J. Mayo not travel or play with the team (tonight).

I would not term it a suspension. He will not be traveling with the team and will not be playing in the game tonight. The decision was made by me.

Just the term 'Special Olympics' kind of throws people off at first. Like 'retarded' is used, just a whole bunch of words that are not cool.

Jobs growth has not been strong enough for the Fed to begin raising short term interest rates at any time soon.

I think it is an important business term and getting more important as the term progresses.

I think investors need to invest. I think the risk of being out of the market and missing the upturn is important. As we go down the road, I think we're going to get further increases. I don't think you should be investing next week's rent check. But I think your long term investment is going to really grow in the market and technology will lead that.

I think in the near term there will be more upward pressure,

It certainly goes along with the leadership position to be a critic of the governing party; the term we use is the 'loyal opposition' and the loyal opposition while being loyal also opposes, ... That's why we want a minority party to speak out.

I think it's likely that within three to six months we could have all the key elements pulled together in the form of a term sheet, which would be the key financial elements.

It could actually be damaging for the people who need the help in the long term because they are confused where the aid is coming from,

I think the Obama administration, whether it's in his first term or second term, is totally committed to the search for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, and we greatly appreciate the president's effort, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the first administration, now Secretary of State John Kerry.

I think that President Obama has done the best he possibly could during the first term considering that his opposition was willing to do whatever necessary to destroy him, even if it meant damaging the country in the process.

I think you need to explain what the term means and that it's a mean and derogatory term. And then you have to help your child to understand that it's the other child's problem who called them that name.

I think with this whole influx into immediacy -- everyone is short term in their outlook. I made a tremendous commitment by not being able to go to medical school and not finishing all that I wanted to do in my engineering career. So I put everything into track and field. And just the passion I have for the sport, I never imagined I would be as good as I was. Once I realized I was that great, I put everything into maintaining it.

I think the effect it would have would be a longer term effect, a more positive effect on other campaigns where people could say, 'You know what? They did it in New York, why can't we do it in Nebraska?' or 'Why can't we do it in California? Or Texas?'

I think the difference in the discussions that have taken place in the last month ... is that the push now is more towards what is in the long term interests of Formula One. That is where probably the acquisition from the banks of the equity by CVC has been most positively felt because they want stability, they want growth and now we participate in that growth so everybody has a very common interest.

I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader's mind.

It is great news for our program and for Craig Henderson . He has spoken to all of his spring term professors and they have all expressed their support for him.

I was a dog groomer. I delivered radiators; I was a photography producer. I typed classified ads for many years. It was my longest term job - years of typing classified ads while I was in bands.

I think we've done everything we can do as an ownership group, as far as setting up the franchise for the long term here in Pittsburgh. We have a plan with Isle of Capri to fully fund construction of a new arena without public money and make sure this franchise stays in Pittsburgh forever. That's always been my goal.

I think all (the IM companies) think that this is an idea whose time has finally come. All of them realize that while voice chatting between IM users is a nice thing, what they really need to do longer term in order to make the platform more viable is make that connection out to the phone networks.

I think a sentence will be passed on Saddam Hussein before my term ends,

I think it's very important not to confuse the importance of dealing with Social Security in the long term with these short-term deficit reduction challenges. They're different issues.

I think this is something we live with on a day-to-day basis, unfortunately, and hope that when we get these violent swings they provide an opportunity for longer term investors.

I think to many people the term 'activist film' implies a film with a single point of view - something designed to provoke outrage and urge action on a particular issue - sort of the film equivalent of a rally. 'If a Tree Falls' is not that kind of film.

It is not a term ... used in aviation that I'm aware of.

It is not too late. The wounded will need long term care, and the hospitals' stocks are quick to run out.

I think that ultimately the grouping that will have the deciding power is the movie studios in the US because they've got to feel comfortable in term of the intellectual property management of the movies,

I think term limits are detrimental to the policy making process because they get in the way of the leadership process.

I think tape's going to be around a long time, but it's being repositioned. We're still going to need tape to hold older backups and longer term archives because it's still the most inexpensive way to do that. The difference is that tape will be the second tier of backups, not the first tier anymore.

I think that in the near term the only threat to demand is some form of recession here in the United States.

I think that in the high-tech area there were obvious areas of tremendous excess, and yet, of course, it's one of the great growth engines of the economy. Every investor thinking about the long term wants to own growth, but you have to buy it at a sensible price. And in the tech area, there are wonderful concepts, wonderful ideas, great productivity drivers, but still many overpriced issues,

I think they've learned a lot about difference and tolerance. In school 'retard' is a common, negative term that my oldest daughter, Amy, quickly stopped her friends from using.

I think the short, medium and long term prospects are extremely good.

I think these markets are pretty resilient. We're seeing individual investors really taking advantage of the long term ... filtering out the short-term.

I think the thing that's difficult to give Valentino in the shorter term is four-wheel racing experience,

I think the most polite term that you can use is disarray. The party apparatus seems to have taken a knockdown, if not a knockout punch.

I think the most polite term that you can use is disarray ... The party apparatus seems to have taken a knockdown, if not a knock out punch.

It is a simplification of the system but the detail is still unclear. The only certainty is that in the short term it will produce more work for employment lawyers.

I think there's a potential for a short-term negative, but it would only be short term and not something to be concerned about.

Japan's economy is finally ready to fulfill its longer term high-growth potential. Japan is evolving into a reliable Pacific powerhouse.

Our industry has sustainable long-term growth characteristics, despite the impact of recent events on short term trading.

Overall we enable the alignment between business processes, systems, data and infrastructure which in the long term helps ensure a continuous level of security throughout the network.

Over the past 12 month we have made a series of strategic decisions that have affected short term revenue, but will yield and are already yielding a more profitable portfolio,

Over the long term there certainly will be some money changing hands.

Over the long term some form of consolidation seems very likely. Most exchange managers think it is the way to go.

Over the longer term, the commercial contracts are going to be more lucrative and larger, but over the short term there is some softness in the market.

Over the short term Treasuries yields will head higher and prices lower based on the fact that economic damage from this hurricane is not as great as the worst fears had priced in.

Over the past two years we have seen at least three substantial corrections, this may be another one of them. In the short term ... the interest rate worry may encourage quite substantial profit taking.

Our strategy to aggressively grow the company's capability and reach into the Asian region and will position the company to produce sustainable long term superior returns.

Our fear also is for the tens of thousands of other people across the Coast that has the exact same camper. And the long term implications are, you survive Katrina only for ten years down the road only to have throat cancer, nose cancer or some other kind of aliment.

Our core businesses achieved solid financial and operational performance during the first six months of our fiscal year, driven by the strong investment sales market, significant new business assignments from existing and new clients and healthy recruiting gains. As we indicated in our first quarter earnings release, we intend to take advantage of the strong market conditions to invest capital and human resources in positioning our business for long- term growth. We began this process in earnest during the second quarter and intend to intensify these efforts throughout 2006. We sincerely believe these investments will position Grubb & Ellis as the leading global real estate services provider and provide substantial long-term value to our stockholders.