Quotes in 'act' Topic

act citizens fashion few places

In the U.S. presently there are only a few places where citizens can act in this fashion and have a say in our nation.

activity bounce business claims clearly coming consumer employment hopefully including key measures next rebound seen soon step weekly

In the whole post-war rebound story, the first part has come through -- we've clearly seen a bounce in consumer confidence. The next key step is business activity measures improving, including employment indicators. Hopefully we will see weekly jobless claims coming down soon -- in the next three-to-four weeks.

acting aloud broad civil colleagues commend county eight elected excesses federal four government home liberties local locally million nearly passing patriot people protect range reading senate senator since state upholding wisconsin

In the four years since the PATRIOT Act's enactment, a broad range of Americans have petitioned their state and local governments to protect them from unwarranted surveillance and other excesses of the federal government. Eight state legislatures and nearly 400 local and county governments have responded by passing resolutions upholding the civil liberties of their 85 million constituents, who make up one-third of the U.S. population. Such a large, powerful, and nonpartisan groundswell of people acting locally to hold their federal elected representatives accountable is unparalleled in U.S. history. We commend Senator Feingold for reading the state resolutions of Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Montana, and Vermont, and the county and local government resolutions of his home state of Wisconsin aloud to his Senate colleagues yesterday.

acting ball dugout game knew needed

In the dugout we were acting like was a 0-0 ball game and we knew we needed more runs.

act apparently consider continue endangered good history less listed percent rate recovery species status threatened

In the 33-year history of the Endangered Species Act, less than one percent of species listed as endangered or threatened under the Act have been recovered. While most would consider a less-than-one-percent recovery rate a failure, many environmentalists apparently consider it good enough to continue the status quo.

act civil claim distort hyperbole intense misused opponents patriot produced public record scrutiny single

Intense congressional and public scrutiny has not produced a single substantiated claim that the Patriot Act has been misused to violate Americans' civil liberties. Opponents of the legislation have relied upon exaggeration and hyperbole to distort a demonstrated record of accomplishment and success.

acted acting air billion business force instead nearly partner silent

Instead of the Air Force acting as an independent reviewer of this nearly $30 billion deal, they've acted as a silent business partner of Boeing.

act capacity distinct intelligence quickness wisely

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended

act competitor deal due factors intel internal problem space

Intel has never really had to deal with a competitor in the x86 space that had its act together. But how much of the problem is due to AMD's competitiveness, and how much is due to internal factors like chipsets and inventories?

act athletes talking

In talking to our athletes and our coaches, they think it will act as a deterrent.

act florida follow guardians insulting law thousands

insulting to the thousands of honest, hard-working guardians who follow Florida law in act and spirit.

actual alter chance likely matters referendum security substance symbolism underlying

In some ways, the symbolism of this referendum may be more important to this administration than the actual substance because the referendum is not likely to alter the underlying security environment. And, in fact, there is some chance that it may make matters even worse.

acting bad case extremely literally seen worst

In my opinion, it was probably the worst case of legislation and bad acting I've seen in 20 years. It was lawmakers literally disregarding the legislation before them. I'm extremely disappointed.

active challenges company customer enormous high increases lifetime massive rates value

In our opinion, such massive increases in active customers, coupled with massive increases in lifetime value, will be enormous challenges for a company with such high rates of customer defection.

activity allegiance boy directly faith order says scout swear

In order to participate in Boy Scout activities, you have to swear an allegiance to God. You can't have a directly government-sponsored activity which says you have to swear to faith in God.

actions address basis costs financial further global gm good implement improve line moving north order position quickly reduce results several sight steps structural weaknesses

In order to improve financial results in 2006 and 2007, we are moving quickly to implement several important actions that will address these weaknesses in North America. And we have a good line of sight on the steps we need to take to further reduce structural costs on a global basis that will position GM for long-term success.

acting adjust board brought city council effective industrial levels notice number owners paper placed reviewing tax

In reviewing our tax structure, our lodging tax had not been addressed in a number of years. The recommendation was made by the Industrial Board to the city council that the tax be brought up to the levels of Montgomery and Mobile. Acting on their recommendation, we are going to adjust the lodging tax to 8 percent. It will be effective after a notice is placed in the paper and the owners of lodging establishment are notified.

active licenses needed system

In one year, we jumped from about 27,000 active licenses and 48,000 appointments to 55,000 licenses and 115,000 appointments. We needed a system that was going to do more for us than what we were using.