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London 'Harry Potter' premieres are very special events: There is this sense of love and ownership and pride, and it's just palpable. It's a very different feel from an L.A. premiere. It's nice to be a part of something that's so positive.
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look at any other possible options to allow the board to continue its work.
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Looking ahead to next week, the more important question for investors will be: 'Will the market experience a holiday hangover as investors take profits?'.
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Looking ahead to 2005, we are moderately optimistic and are looking for a stronger performance in the first half of the year followed by some weakness in the second half of the year.
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Look, if there's one side we'd pick to play in the final it'd be Canterbury as we've had it over them in recent finals. And I'm sure if there's one team Canterbury wouldn't pick to play it'd be us.
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Look, I'd do it, too, if I were a businessman. But at some point, you've got to win. I think fans have been gracious ... Maybe not vociferous enough with their displeasure. That's my opinion.
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Let me state our view clearly and without equivocation: We condemn punishment of any activity internationally recognized as free expression, whether that punishment takes place in China or anywhere else in the world.
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Markets tend to be very uneasy during the election year. One of the problems is that no one wanted to make a big commitment without knowing who was going to be at the helm.
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Markets are in a trading range right now, consolidating gains after the last few months. A lot of investors were looking to this week's data as a way to break out of the range, but what we've seen has left enough doubt in the minds of the bulls that we aren't likely to break out of this range in the next few sessions.
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Market players don't want to be caught the wrong way here going into a very heavy data week in the U.S..
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Market deficits will sustain upside price moves through 2007. Zinc is catching up -- it was the laggard.
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Marietta got exactly what they needed out of region. If we can beat Marietta then we can win state. The region meet is completely irrelevant to state. It is an entirely different atmosphere with the stress and intensity. And we get to see half the rest of state we haven't seen all year.
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The aircraft appeared to be functioning normally and was flown in a steady fashion,
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The aim of these changes is to improve our focus on customers and our ability to serve their changing financial needs. It will also address the high ratio of staff in head office functions to those in direct customer contact,