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We analyzed information gathered from focus groups, ... From the feedback we received, the groups did not interpret the ads as vulgar.

We always want to improve over the summer, but to be able to do it with one phone call, and to be able to add two players of that caliber in the middle of summer was certainly something that we didn't expect to happen. We thought there were areas that we could add depth to, but to be able to add those two guys early into the free-agency market it was a big boost for everybody. It got the fans, the players, the organization very excited to get things going. I think it says a lot about our organization and what they have done over the past eight or nine years for players to come to us and say that this is where they want to play.

We always wanted to leave Collie Smith Drive with the advantage.

We always tell kids that the more pitches you see, the more you'll get to hit. Clint did a great job staying in the at-bat and driving in the run. The more pitches you see, the advantage swings to the hitter.

We always overcame every adversity, and in the end, all the critical things that had to happen did happen.

We made a couple of bad passes and they were able to take advantage of them.

Clint Hurdle

We love what Ojeda does defensively. We'll see if we can get him tightened up to add a little more offense.

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

When you look at valuation problems at U.S. stocks and the stronger euro and worry about European companies, there is a good investor bias to continue to add to Asia exposure.

Mike Hargrove

When you load the bases with no outs, you want to score more than one run. When we added Lopez's two to the run we got earlier that inning, it was sort of a springboard for the rest of the game.

When you invest in high-quality brands, it pays off with high-quality audiences and, ultimately, high-quality advertising rates.

When you have an at-bat like that, it wears the pitcher. It sets the tone. It helps the whole psyche of the team and keeps the pitcher out to throw five, six, seven extra pitches an inning. That adds up. (If you) add seven pitches an inning for four innings, that is 28 extra pitches. Through four innings (Walker) was at 73 pitches.

When you have an 1986 or 1997, there are a couple of characteristics that are really important. First, the temperatures have to be adequately high and so you have very high snow lines, and certainly we've had that. Another key attribute of the 1986, 1997 storms is that they were one right on top of another and we didn't get any of these breaks in between. That is why we are not anticipating the same level of problems. (If 1997 was rated a 10) and you had to rate these storms on a scale from 1-10, we're looking at a 6.

When you have a chance to work out with the coaches in the same organization and they can see you, I think you have an advantage over the other guys because you're here. Instead of working out with yourself, you're working with supervision. And we know what you have to work on to get better.

When you go up against a team that's significantly better than you, you try to stick one in there, here or there, and take advantage of it. It just didn't work for us.

Caron Butler

When you go through adversity, either you are going to bail out or you come together. This team came together and got closer. I think that's why we're being so successful right now because we're so tight. I just think the chemistry is coming together slowly but surely. It is coming together more and more.

Colin Clarke

When you do that, you make their defenders have to make different decisions and adjust to what you're doing.

When you don't make baskets, it really triggers a lot of bad events. That's where the program is right now. We can't fight through the adversity without dropping our head a little bit. But we fought to the end, and we learned a lot.

The Platonic Socrates was a pattern to subsequent Philosophers for many ages. As a man, we may believe him admitted to the communion of saints; but as a philosopher he needs a long residence in a scientific purgatory

What's important to us is the visibility. Anyone can run an ad in the game if they write a large enough check.

What level of personal responsibility does Consumer Freedom want a 5-year-old to have in the face of endless advertising of fast food?

Cassie Campbell

We were the favorites for a reason, and we showed exactly why. We faced much more adversity four years ago, but we were just as determined and just as focused this time. It's really even sweeter when you can come through as the favorite.

We were terrible tonight. We got outworked, and when they scored that first goal, mentally we got weak. We got down and I haven't really seen that from this team. It's a little adversity for us and that's good. They're a very good hockey team.

We were talking at a very high level of conversation about principles and values. It's another thing to come up with real solutions. I'm only speaking personally, but if the solution they come up with is only to add a fifth bowl and a little more access, that is not a successful resolution of the issues.

We were surprised at the small number of firms utilizing live chat tools especially given the fact that back in May of 2005, our research showed the average response time to an email inquiry was sixteen hours. Clearly, instant messaging is being widely adopted both by consumers and many businesses yet there is reluctance by online brokerage firms to embrace this popular technology. We recommend that firms provide their clients and prospects with robust live chat tools and technologies in order to increase customer satisfaction and ultimately, gain new clients and revenues.

We've gone through so much adversity, but we knew if we played hard and played with heart that it would come together.

We've got to get as quick as possible -- use quickness to our advantage.

We've got to do a better job of taking advantage of our opportunities and eliminate our turnovers. That was the difference last week.

We've got to come out here and play our butts off (against Puxico). We can't give up rebounds like we did tonight. We can't give up as many points as we did tonight. I thought Advance did a good job of scoring a lot of points. They got a lot of rebounds against us. We're going to have to play our A game.

We've got to change and adjust - every game might have a little different road map to it.

We've got to be physical and we've got to hit them. We can't let up. We've got to keep going and going and we've got to wear them down. They may win one or two, but in a seven-game series, if we keep hitting and banging and crashing, it will be an advantage for us.

Arlen Specter

We've got the potential for enormous advances in medical science, and we should utilize them,

We've just got to stay in the gym and get shots up. You look at the 3's that are missed, and we just had some easy bunnies inside, opportunities there that we didn't take advantage of I can't say that it's the guards' fault because they didn't hit shots. I think that we had missed opportunities that we didn't take advantage of.