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The PBGC does not appear to have a corner yet in the real world. The positive results this year compared to last are a result of accounting decisions as to how much of the longer-term losses to reflect last year, this year and presumably next year. We still have an average loss of $7 billion to $8 billion a year for the last four years. Douglas Elliott
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The PBGC does not appear to have a corner yet in the real world, ... The positive results this year compared to last are a result of accounting decisions as to how much of the longer-term losses to reflect last year, this year and presumably next year. We still have an average loss of $7 billion to $8 billion a year for the last four years.
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The chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80% of the total health care bill out there. There is going to have to be a very difficult democratic conversation that takes place. The decision is not whether or not we will ration care. The decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open. Donald Berwick
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A full accounting of adoption as an option would not underestimate its emotional challenges - the grief and loss for birth mothers, the uncertainties for adoptive parents operating under a patchwork of state laws.
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The 27-week inflow streak into Japan equity funds ended this week as accounting irregularities at an Internet company and a systems failure on the Tokyo Stock Exchange shook investor confidence.
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The accounting rules for pensions allow people to do things you wouldn't believe. The rules are the problem.
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The accounting problems in the U.S. seem to have crossed a significant hurdle on Wednesday, and the external pressures on the Japanese market in general have probably peaked.
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The accounting charges seem to be mostly timing -- instead of earning in one period they have to state them in another period. David Healy
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The answer is there was a shift, not a drop, in demand. Chinese shipments of computers were up more than 20 percent nationally, but fell almost 60 percent in Laredo, more than accounting for the drop in overall Chinese imports.
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Not surprisingly, there is a cultural divide between American and British actors regarding the self-promotion associated with new media. Gina Bellman
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The payroll figures are telling us the U.S. economy is exceptionally weak, and the weakness goes beyond anything that is associated with geopolitical risk and the other excuses we've had.
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Good things are associated with blue, like clear days, more than singing the blues. Just the word 'blue' in the singular is full of optimism and positive connotation to most people. David Carson
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The 4.39 per cent product offers clients the comfort of their mortgage payments being fixed at a competitive rate for two years. Whilst the 4.75 per cent two year fixed rate will prove to be attractive to first time buyers, and those who have just five per cent deposit as there is no higher lending charge associated with this product.
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The Associated Press pulled their poll out of the BCS for a reason.
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The Associated Press merely distributed a truthful story, with photos that depict a topic of great public interest, Jeffrey Miller
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That was the special thing about this team: We were a club. The 25 guys we had on this team were as close as any team I have ever been a part of or associated with. Everybody truly cares and pulled for each other all year long. It's something that's very rare; you don't find it very often. And those teams that do have that are special. Aaron Rowand
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That was the worst second half I've ever been associated with. If we don't start playing better, we won't have a chance to get where we were last season. Greg Jackson
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That was something that really was a gamble. But I think the site we have chosen will avoid that type of problem, as well as potential problems that are associated with construction of a new school facility.
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There are many females in my life I couldn't function on a daily basis without who I've purposely put there that work with me. Iggy Azalea
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On a regular basis if you're trying to produce something, I think you should work every day and set achievable goals. Chris Bohjalian
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I play 'Just Dance' all the time - actually my girlfriends and I have slumber parties where we actually do this on a monthly basis and make total fools of ourselves. Brittany Snow
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While we as members of the Coalition strongly support free speech, it is not unlimited free speech. People aren't free to vilify others on the basis of race or religion. Denis Napthine
basis either fact
The allegation has no basis either in fact or in law.
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We believe the competitive and economic environment will remain very challenging in the year ahead. Whilst we think we have the opportunity to make improvements to some of our ranges, we are still budgeting on the basis of negative like-for-like retail sales for the year.
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Most of my stories, if not all of them, have some basis in real life. That's the kind of fiction I'm most interested in. I suppose that's one reason I don't have much respect for fiction that seems to be game playing. Raymond Carver
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We do not covet one inch of Lebanese territory, and the basis for the peace treaty between our two countries will be the international border, which exists now, between Rosh Haniqra and Ras en Naqura. Menachem Begin
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While no Muslim worthy of his name would lose his respect for God, the Prophet Muhammad, and other symbols of Islam, he might well refrain from using legal prosecution or violent reaction to those who do not show the same respect. My basis for this claim is nothing other than the holiest source of Islam, the Quran. Mustafa Akyol
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We just didn't have enough to have a dedicated group of offensive players and a dedicated group of defensive players,
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We have a lot of dedicated girls who come back year to year.
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Americans for Tax Reform is a national taxpayer organization dedicated to opposing any and all tax increases. We work at the national, state and local level for lower taxes, less government spending and limited government. Grover Norquist
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I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard. Mitt Romney
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We don't expect everything will be perfect, ... but we have a great plan and a lot of dedicated people to make this happen.
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We're dedicated to supporting mainstream jazz, and we don't veer too far off from that. But we do spend a lot of time thinking about how to make the festival grow and how to have a lot of variety. We have the avant-garde, the old jazz legends, the older musicians and younger musicians and we're known for our high-energy jam session.
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We're dedicated to one goal. We're all looking for a championship.
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We have some kids that are going to be playing at the next level. They all have a great work ethic and really dedicated themselves to the weight room over the summer. They'll be rewarded this spring.
dedicated idealists
True idealists are rare; they are the dedicated workers, who would, if need be, die at the stake. Henry Williamson
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The Afghans, despite their backwardness, are a friendly lot, but the Taliban are as barbaric as the Huns from the past.
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We can't let them play their up-tempo style. We won't be able to run with them. They are playing well, despite having lost three, 1,000 (career) point scorers from last season. They haven't really missed a beat. We need to slow this game down.
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Today's trade figures are a stark reminder to the structural deficiencies of the U.S. economy and the reason for our negative dollar outlook for the year despite (its) recent bounce.
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I used to be very fascinated by Victorian stuff, and my best-known books, the 'Mortal Engines' series, have a sort of retro, Victorian vibe, despite being set in the far future. Philip Reeve
despite key people poetry side
The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives. Paul Muldoon
despite hit inner
Despite 'Mod Squad's hit status, I never really made the inner connection that I was contributing. Peggy Lipton
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Most IT Managers have seen an increase in the number of mobile or field workers by around a third, but despite this increase, they are expected to manage these workers with inadequate tools.
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Microsoft's problem is that despite having all this stuff, they haven't really budged their share of search.
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I thought I did okay despite the lack of training, but one of my listeners told me that while I thought I was playing music to take a break, I was actually recording!
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But it really wasn't until three to four years later, when we had an opportunity in the lab to make very detailed observations, and comparisons with other fossil discoveries, that we realized she was a new species of human ancestor. Donald Johanson
detailed list
That way we can compile a detailed list to go by.
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Typically, industrial operations have an in-house energy management group that can go a long way toward determining their needs but can't really do a detailed feasibility study. So, they need to come to consultants like us.
detailed stories
I'm a storyteller. I'm not like any other comic. I tell detailed stories - not made-up stuff, but true stories.
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Going forward from here, we'll take what we've done and probably go back into a small group arrangement and be more detailed on what the steps would be in these various areas. John Schneider
detailed policy program
His WMD program is active, detailed and growing. The policy of containment is not working, Tony Blair
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He is just a master painter. He used to do really detailed works when he was younger. When he got older, he developed Parkinson's, so now he does paintings that are expressionistic, simplified. They're all about color. He's brilliant.
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I don't have any detailed information on the proposal. So I don't know if there are any nuances that would move the projected numbers up or down.
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I'd like a detailed explanation as to why they can't get this done. I just want to make sure the tax dollars are being watched out for in this whole thing.
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The political will is there. The need is very real. And the urge to help constituents directly and quickly is omnipresent.
directly input people services
I actually don't read most of the coverage about Facebook. I try to learn from getting input from people who use our services directly more than from pundits. Mark Zuckerberg
directly good hire work
I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work for that person. It's a pretty good test.
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We have called in the Malaysian High Commissioner today to register our consternation directly with governmental authorities over Mr. Anwar's trial and sentencing,
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It directly contradicts, though, what the president and his staff were telling us. Ed Bradley
directly nice talk
I think it would be nice to be able to talk directly to the surface. James Cook
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I thought of my knee, ... and I jumped. He missed me, but I landed directly on my (right) knee. When I first landed, I didn't feel anything. I was happy. I was relieved he didn't hit my leg. But when I got up, I instantly felt it. When I got in the huddle, I looked at Davone (Bess, the left slotback), and I told him my knee hurt.
directly saying war
We are not saying that these individuals are, to our knowledge, directly responsible for war crimes,
directly heard
We have not heard that directly from the federation.
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Johnnie Cochran hasn't spent 20 years serving people in low-income, minority neighborhoods, ridding them of gangs and narcotics. I have. He hasn't been shot at and punched. I have. I've paid my dues to be able to say I'm not a racist. Mark Fuhrman
dues
I won't say, 'I have two degrees; I shouldn't be getting your latte.' Because I paid my dues when I got to the table, I actually had something to say. Dana Fox
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We sure paid our dues this year. It seemed like every time we thought that we got it, we had to back up, regroup, reshuffle and refocus. Last year we were able to gel in late February, but this team never really did. This was one of the hardest years I've ever been through. But, I'm most proud of their fight, vigor and tenacity.
dues
I've paid my dues in the classical trenches.
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Stand up, delink paying the UN dues from family planning. Don't let this issue be hijacked by an extremist group in the Republican party, ... Late Edition. Nita Lowey
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Unless they show up there as a millionaire, they have to be ready to pay their dues, and that was the first part of me paying my dues in New York. Ingrid Jensen
dues paid prodigy
I was a prodigy who learned how difficult writing was only after getting published. I paid my dues later. David Quammen
dues forced pay union
No one should be forced to pay union dues to get or keep a job. E. O. Wilson
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The United Nations has long sought the ability to raise revenues in this manner as a means of reducing its reliance on American and other member nations' dues to sustain the UN's operations. Frank Gaffney
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And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan. Gianni Agnelli
expect terrible time
I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. Virginia Postrel
expect pavement planners underneath vehicles
The pavement underneath the asphalt is crumbling. The drainage wasn't that particularly good. The planners back in the 1960's expect only 150,000 vehicles a day.
expect past pitching three weeks
The past two or three weeks we've pitched it the way I thought we would from the get-go. This is also the kind of pitching I expect from Mitre. Mike Quade
expectations people trying
People come with expectations and as a bandleader I constantly try to remind the audience to leave its expectations in the lobby. Bill Bruford
expectations speech
When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable. Bill Bradley
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The 3 percent kicks in during year three. On paper, we're not expecting to show a profit for the first year; we hope to show a small profit in year two.
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The 9-hole is my most favorite position in the lineup. Nobody ever expects that player can hit.
expecting launch spike
The analysts were expecting more of a launch spike than we were,
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I realise I have inadvertently become a source of inspiration and hope for people in India simply by the fact that I grew up there, went to my local university, but could go on to do well internationally.
fact life politics ugly
Politics has always been ugly to me, and yet I accept that as a fact of life. Billy Graham
fact government respect
I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir. Zubin Mehta
factor few market political pushing
The political factor is what's most influencing the market. It's just a few participants who are pushing the market around.
facts policy took
The policy is very clear. We still don't have all the facts of what took place.
factor help
The overriding factor for me is if he can help our club. Willie Randolph
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The peace and order situation is the primary factor that is weighing on the market right now.
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Natural hydration is a key factor in any type of sports performance. Bikram Choudhury
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I loved the fact that Obama is multi-racial. I thought that was terrific, as my wife is the same racial make-up. Clint Eastwood
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I tell my students that being a writer is like being a member of a medieval guild and that what we are doing is very subversive and very important. Jayne Anne Phillips
guild mistakes obviously
Obviously we made some mistakes in the guild with leadership. Robby Albarado
guild refused
MWA and The Author's Guild refused to accept me as a member.
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There were tears all around. It was just really sweet. It was really a healing sort of thing for us in the guild and the family.
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The Screen Actors Guild numbers are frightening: Something like 90 percent of the roles are for men, 5 percent are for livestock and 5 percent are for women. Melanie Mayron
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Our forefathers used to live longer and healthy lives. Yahya Jammeh
health life mental run
I've run my whole life - for more than exercise, for mental health. Wendelin Van Draanen
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The only reason they're putting them there is that mental health law allows them to.
health mirror people scales stacked time weight
If you've stacked on the weight over time, and if you don't have any health issues, you don't realise. So you'll see yourself in the mirror and, yes, you know what the scales say, but you don't actually see what other people see.
health matter means promise reform
And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what. Barack Obama
health passionate
It is my passionate belief that we can all have better health care through rationing. Richard Lamm
healthy behavior unpredictable
Neurotic behavior is quite predictable. Healthy behavior is unpredictable. Carl Rogers
healthy breakfast gluten
I love pancakes, and I actually do love healthy stuff. Like, I love gluten-free or whole-wheat pancakes. Breakfast is my favorite meal. Ashley Tisdale
health healing simple
The message that underlies healing is simple yet radical: We are already whole.... Underneath our fears and worries, unaffected by the many layers of our conditioning and actions, is a peaceful core. The work of healing is peeling away the barriers of fear that keep us unaware of our true nature of love, peace, and rich interconnection with the web of life. Healing is the rediscovery of who we are and who we have always been. Bill Vaughan
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I've been the co-chair of the Non-Partisan Women's Caucus and vice-chair for several years, taking a leadership role in this women's organization. Gwen Moore
leadership sports trying
There's no disgrace in failure, the disgrace is not to try. Cathy Rigby
leadership looks hard
It's hard to look at things that are too close. Carrie Underwood
leadership college average
Legislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues. . . . A cultured college president has become as much a rarity as a literate newspaper publisher. A financier interested in economics is as exceptional as a labor leader interested in the labor movement. For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they [only] marshal us in the way that we are going.
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Leadership is more likely to be assumed by the aggressive than by the able, and those who scramble to the top are more often motivated by their own inner torments.
leadership men land
If you want to build a boat, do not instruct the men to saw wood, stitch the sails, prepare the tools and organize the work, but make them long for setting sail and travel to distant lands. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
leadership people vision
Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.
leadership senior team win
That whole team is on a mission. They have the senior leadership and they can win this.
leadership
We need to have more patience. We need better leadership ... especially from our perimeter players.
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Wisconsin has had its management plan in place since 1999, so we're ready for this.
management regardless win
Management has never told me that, but regardless of what management's expectations are, my expectations are to win the trophy, Steve Sampson
management problem recognize slow
Management has been very slow to recognize there's a problem and do anything about it.
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Management by objectives works if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't. Peter Drucker
management ninety objectives percent time works
Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the time you haven't.
management offered strategic update
Management offered a strategic update with no real surprises.
management people sure
Management is going to have to take it. I'm sure it will go through. People will think it's mean, but the alternative would be pretty ghastly.
management proper
Without a proper management plan, there should not be a hunt.
management
(Karl) just told us management had to make a decision. Carmelo Anthony
paid took
I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off. David Steinberg
paid people price
The American people paid the price of corruption. Nancy Pelosi
paid
We have that right and we paid for it. We're not going to give it up without compensation.
paid time
Most employees only want to know how much they get paid and how much time off they get - they probably don't have the mission in their souls. Robert Kiyosaki
paid worked
I worked all my life, paid for my house, just remodeled it and then boom. It's hard. There's nothing to do. I don't know what's next.
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I was very pleased with Michael's performance in only his second paid outing.
paid turns waves
On my waves I just did as many turns as I could and it paid off. Andy Irons
paid student tuition
If a student has already paid tuition for his or her university, that's it, we don't take any money,
paid people white
It astounds me that good, responsible white people paid for this show. Aaron McGruder
provide three
Typically, we provide at least one, two or three (candidates) that are very strong.
provided realise
Our parents provided us with the essentials, then got on with their own lives. Which makes me realise that my parents were brilliant, not for what they did, but more for what they didn't do. Rachel Johnson
provided
I thought it provided a lot of justification for making the improvements.
provide
We provide them with different options. It's not just a cookie-cutter decision.
provide students
We provide everything students need: knowledge, equipment; we've got it all.
provided quarter
We provided about a quarter of the community's blood.
provide ready sort
We are ready to provide every sort of help, Abdullah Gul
provide side
I think it's always important to think about what the other side is going to do before you do something or how the other side is going to react, and he will be able to provide that to our thought process.
provided takes whatever
Whatever happens, if there are summits we will be there, provided it takes place after the funeral, Joseph Kabila