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The participation was increased by about 50 people and we staged some very competitive events.

Angela Sgrignuoli

I've been disappointed in the level of participation from our local black elected officials. I think we can do a much better job if we can come together and take the caucus very seriously.

John Jerralds

To communicate to the neighborhoods so that people will understand the value of their participation in this survey.

Neal Cohen

Give participation in the inquiry the highest priority.

Andy Card

I think there will be a high rate of participation. Most parties appear to have decided to back the process and fight on the election battlefield.

Carina Perelli

Across the country, we have awful breakfast participation.

Peggy West

We look forward to the kingdom's participation in the Hong Kong ministerial meeting as an active member of this organization.

Pascal Lamy

Given current crude prices and generally consistent participation among legacy names, we see no reason for last night's (fare hike) initiative to fail.

Jamie Baker

Ultimately in a democracy you cannot have both participation in elected office and participation in armed militia. They are simply incompatible.

Alvaro De Soto

We had a lot of new sponsors. I want to thank the entire business community in Spring Hill and the Brooksville area for their participation.

Gordon Fleming

If we win, we will govern as Iraqis, not just as Shias. We will ensure the participation of other communities.

Ibrahim Jafari

Full liability protection is a requirement for our participation in the development and production of a pandemic vaccine.

Len Lavenda

Audience participation was awesome. Sometimes it's hit and miss on a Monday night (event), but it was awesome.

Mike George

It's an amazing, very rare admission. Republican pollsters have argued for the last couple of decades that the generic congressional polls always overstate the Democrats' participation.

Wes Anderson

Whenever you have a community involved with its school district, the boys and girls are rewarded. I appreciate the chamber's participation in the schools.

Frank Vostatek

The more dramatic effect was in 1998 and 2000. There was a growth in Latino and Asian- American registration rates and a maintenance of the higher levels of voter participation.

Louis Desipio

New boat sales and boating participation have been flat for the past decade.

Kelly Kaylor

We are getting a good response so far for this being our first try at a craft show, and depending on the participation by vendors and attendance by the community. We would like to try to do this annually.

Carol Wilson

The evidence indicates, ... that Enron would not have been able to engage in the extent of the accounting deceptions it did, involving billions of dollars, were it not for the active participation of major financial institutions willing to go along with and even expand upon Enron's activities.

Robert Roach

Two minutes at a board meeting does not substitute for an active participation in this decision.

Lorie Barzano

Aggressive and effective state participation and support for economic development.

Richard Ward

And that's very important because we need these facilities, knowing that the approach that we are going to use to develop this area is a community-based participation approach.

Kuntoro Mangkusubroto

Without human participation, however, space scientific experiments will only involve a few tested items and have limited effect.

Hu Shixiang

We're not going to become Branson East, but we feel confidant having the passionate participation of the Parton family in this project.

Rick Benton

We want to see broad public participation, (which is) part of what's missing with the Balloon Track, anyway.

Larry Evans

There has been a decline in civic participation in general. This began in the 1970s for a variety of reasons and can be seen in lower memberships in labor unions, bowling leagues and organizations like the American Legion.

Lee Bernstein

The idea of One Book, One Community is to encourage participation by other organizations in the giving community. A mock trial seems like it would be a great tie-in to this book.

Karen Sloan

This successful operation could be attributed to the joint efforts of the soldiers with the participation of the American forces, and of course, with the prayers of everybody.

Angelo Reyes

Having played an angel for so long, you can imagine that I've been asked to endorse any number of causes over the years. Obviously I have to limit my participation with any charity, so I decided to really concentrate on my love of children.

Roma Downey

I don't think people should be running to get in the fund before it closes, ... lots of ways to get participation.

Liz Miller

I know my participation in this is going to be small compared to people actively working in the field, but I might be able to help with public awareness.

Bo Derek

There's no doubt that over the last 10 years, participation in skating and (ice) hockey has increased.

Peter Martell

Most of the activities went well; we would have liked a little more participation.

Kelly Cooper

Any attempt to exclude the private school children from full participation in the athletic association is simply not fair.

Larry Bowman

Due to longer retirement horizons, many consumers in or approaching retirement still want full market participation, which Nationwide L-Inc provides.

Mark Phelan

Participation would help promote a balance of viewpoints.

Christine Varney

I did say that I would not go but after being convinced by the chairman that my participation is necessary for the better image of the country, I have decided to tour Australia.

Inzamam ul

I've never heard of state colleges doing this to fill seats, especially when the participation of their own population isn't very good.

Joni Finney

It's about information, access and participation.

Rodney Martin

The participation of the business and civic groups was overwhelming. The parade route was lined with spectators who weren't disappointed.

Shirley Christian

I think we've had a fair amount of participation by members of the public in this process.

Sandy Miller

We will comply with the consent decree because it is the legal thing to do. We will increase the participation of women, African Americans, Latinos and Hispanics in our graduate assistance programs because it is the right thing to do.

Glenn Poshard

As far as participation, this is the best showing anyone can remember since sometime in the '90s. It was fantastic.

Jerry Klein

POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.

Ambrose Bierce

As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as truly as (the) brightness of a jewel, held in the sun's beams, is a participation or derivation of the sun'.

Jonathan Edwards

Great leaders have impact, and no one illustrated that better than Gloria Molina. For two decades, she has promoted Hispanic political participation by example and advocacy.

Jesus Chavarria

It's really positive to have that participation.

Bill Jackson

To some extent, every church in the valley, to my knowledge, has gay and lesbian participation, and some are in a level of conflict.

Andrew Green

This is a state model with the participation of state corporations, which although they are public in name and status, are managed above all for their own personal interests.

Andrei Illarionov

We closed the gap in terms of participation. When I got here it was more like 65/35.

Paul Lueken

We need participation from the residents because this is their neighborhood and they know it better than anyone. We want them to share that knowledge with us so we can be as effective as possible.

Brenda Johnson

We don't really have a representative democracy if we don't have participation of most of our people.

Pat Mansard

We are in the process of negotiating on the modalities of this participation.

Javad Vaidi

I think we're doing a good job right now with our coaches and the middle school programs, increasing participation. I'd like to see that continue to grow.

Mike Gavlik

With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.

Iain Duncan Smith

The political negotiations ... should be within a framework in which there is active international facilitation and participation.

Veton Surroi

Basically, it's just to thank the sign sponsors and thank the community for their participation in the light project.

Jason Snyder

We don't want that artificial participation - we want dignity. The total number of countries in itself is not success. We want the athletes who deserve to compete.

Pere Miro

We are proud to have him as our leader for the past 17 years and are honored to continue to have his participation and experience in our department.

Margaret Miller

Depth is a big thing. (Participation) in every other grade level is up except for our (10) juniors. That's where we're hurting.

Jim Duncan

I don't ever think she should be paroled because she keeps minimizing her participation (in the killings).

Stephen Kay

He was a big believer in the cause of democracy, in public participation.

Mike Boyd

By the end of May, we'll assess whether we have enough lead donor participation to warrant going into a public [fundraising] phase.

Jean Hagan

There is an incredible stand-still in the labor market. Well-meant protection comes at the expense of reduced labor participation.

Thomas Straubhaar

Even with advance knowledge and awareness, and active participation in the process, there is no denying the sense of pain or loss in a parish or school community.

Cardinal Maida

Participation at CARTS should be an indicator of the level of industry confidence. We expect that engineers and marketing executives will make the small investment of time to gain a competitive edge by finding out where the industry is going from both a technology and market perspective.

Bob Willis

It's grown tremendously over the years. The interest has grown and the participation has grown.

Rosa Johnson

We need the participation of all people in Indonesia. The pictures of them (the attackers) are clear, and they are easy to recognize.

Made Mangku Pastika

We expect to get about 85 percent participation in Stanislaus County. We never get 100 percent participation.

Nora Martinello

Juniper's participation underscores their culture of participating in proof-of-concept for emerging communications technologies.

Duane Sword

This is consistent with the history of our field. This demonstrates the importance of the participation of government-funded academics.

David Patterson

Invite some people into so-called 'advisory committees' which will first help to determine the milestones and rules for global participation. These guidelines are then supposed to come out in November/December 2005.

Georg Greve

The heart of ITV Local is public participation.

Lindsay Charlton

It is definitely on extremely light participation - extremely. It's real, but it's been on lighter market volume than normal, so I would read less into it than I would in a normal week.

Adam Brown

They've been coming in from all directions - on the Internet, by mail and by e-mail. It's been fascinating to see the participation from people offering suggestions.

Richard Rosen

Fed participation in foreign exchange intervention ... risks creating doubt over whether monetary policy will support domestic or external objectives, and this confusion can undermine the credibility of the Fed's commitment to low inflation.

Alfred Broaddus

It's good news if you can increase participation and increase performance of that group at the same time, ... It goes against the trend.

Brian O'reilly

With each class, more and more communities become involved through the participation of class members, and the positives just perpetuate.

Carolyn Turner

I think that what happened with the three-member board is no one came to the meetings. More members might encourage more public participation.

Don Farris

Investors basically don't expect him to have any serious participation in the election. The uncertainty element of economic policy just doesn't exist in this particular election.

Jonathan Binder

I'm always trying to create work that doesn't make viewers feel they're being spoken down to, so that they feel open participation.

Jeff Koons

Our participation in the state lease sale is aligned with our current interest in progressing Liberty along.

Daren Beaudo

We anticipated about a 10 to 20 percent drop this year in participation.

Howard Taylor

We're trying to expose the NFL as much as possible. Also, we're trying to promote participation in the game of American football.

Gordon Smeaton

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

Daniel P. Moynihan

With the way the league is set up with smaller fields and teams of four or five playing, there should be more offense and more participation from all of the kids. Games will start in early March and end in late April.

Scott Goslin

We are grateful for the cooperation of the Departments of State and Treasury. The license we have been given opens the way for the Cuban Baseball Federation's participation, along with other federations from around the world, in the inaugural Baseball Classic, and we now look forward with even greater anticipation to the opening of the tournament in early March.

Don Fehr

Network neutrality is the First Amendment of the Internet. Net neutrality is the reason why the Internet has driven economic innovation, democratic participation, and free speech online - and the public demands Congress not dismantle it.

Timothy Karr

I greatly appreciate all of the participation that we received. The ones who participated were so much fun, and we really had a great time.

Kelly Cooper

The authorities are trying to prod local banks by promoting broader participation of foreign players in the market.

Dong Chen

As a rule, we do not confirm or deny our participation in any bidding process.

Bill Rams

We have a very strong program. There's a lot of participation.

Ron Vaughn

We think it requires more than just being there, but that it requires actual participation.

Jay Reisinger

We expect a meaningful participation of Platform in the government and we expect far-reaching concessions. This is the logic of the situation.

Jan Rokita

It appears participation was the highest in this country's electoral history.

Claude Boucher

Pasco on the other hand is at 40 percent of [anticipated] participation, which is very disheartening.

Lisa Hammond

The big growth area for us has been international participation.

Roland Swenson

My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad.

Bob Hawke

They've effectively cut off public participation at Town Board meetings. Now the public doesn't get to be heard.

Carol Silverstein

The experience we have gained in this New Zealand campaign is invaluable and we all know that to win, there is no substitute for ongoing momentum and participation.

Peter Harrison

We have to be extremely cautious and make sure that they really want to come and work every day. So far, we've had 100 percent participation.

Bill Hauf

We looked at statistics. At Hockessin [activity center], for example, people really lived around there, while there was sparse participation from those in Brandywine Hundred.

Anne Farley

I have a very clear idea of how executive cabinet runs because of the position I hold now. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't like to see more participation next year.

John Woods

We are looking forward to his participation as we continue our efforts to protect and commercialize our valuable intellectual property and patents.

David Pohl

We are looking at promoting the young and Uganda's participation in international events. We have chosen the events that are under this.

Tina Byaruhanga

I always view a really large foreign participation number as being a dangerous thing. If you're looking at somebody who is maybe not a natural buyer or a long-term buyer, the danger is that if it takes that participation to make them (the deals) just go OK, what happens when they don't show up?

Jamie Jackson

We don't know whether you're going to have 100, 1,000 or 100,000. And without a means to evaluate the level of participation, there is no way to determine what impact including deer?would have on the harvest.

Jerry Feaser

We are doing the survey through the Internet, requesting participation from all members of the instructional faculty and teaching assistants.

Tom Guterbock

Everyone (is) a principal (suspect) because there was inducement or cooperation if not participation.

Katrina Legarda

After discussing Honda's future F1 participation, we have decided that Honda should own 100 percent of the team.

Hiroshi Oshima

Because participation in the forum can serve as a springboard to take their businesses to the next level, the excitement was high leading into the presentations.

Chris Walsh

We have had very good participation in smoking cessation classes, especially as the date nears.

Cathy Bowers

Crowds were good on the course. Houston gets phenomenal participation from the spectators. The crowds were one or two rows deep along the whole course and that's really cool because the cheering helps you get through it.

Rich Cooper

The legal remedy is to nullify those votes. The only thing (CATIF) doesn't want is the participation of public money.

Peter Suwak

Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God.

Ralph Cudworth

Any solution for the Iraqi problem cannot be reached without Arabs and Arab participation.

Amr Moussa

There are some places where we speak directly to the audience. But there is not audience participation.

Joseph Graves

We believe that the all-new ES 350 epitomizes Lexus' new design direction. Every element of this vehicle invites participation -- both visual and tactile. Its design is something drivers will need to experience and not just observe.

Bob Carter

The purpose of this meeting is to request participation and invite comments from a broad range of local agencies, organizations, businesses, and especially farmers and ranchers.

Tom Holt

We're going to maintain the largest customers in a mode that is sell-with and involves a lot of participation. I think that's natural.

James Hanley

It's funny. We make it look easy, but it isn't. You can tell it has earned the respect by the kind of films we're getting and the kind of participation we're getting. To me, that's part of the acceptance and confidence in our festival.

Jo Moulton

Our concern is that the law be followed and that nobody be denied participation in a program on account of skin color or what country their ancestors came from.

Roger Clegg

We realized the community needed to be educated on what a credit union is and what the benefits of membership are. We are now doing that with increased participation in community events and a branding campaign.

David Adcock

I was glad to have so much participation. That's why it doesn't hurt to be so close to another candidate. With so much participation, people have had a chance to be heard. If I don't make it, I don't make it. It's not the end of the world.

Timothy Parker

We have had great return participation.

John Stanton

We want people to show their patriotism. We'd like to have a lot of participation. We're hoping for 300 or 400.

Dan Matthews

Her participation (in the complaint filed Thursday) is based on her belief that the city's not in compliance. This isn't about her specifically.

Courtney Cox

Right now, there isn't a high level of participation by county employees.

Tammy White

I think the implications are positive. Worldwide, what you see is, when you have more participation by minorities in commerce, the more vibrant their economies are.

Hank Fishkind

What will really be attractive for private companies is the participation in infrastructure projects of a grand scale. The private sector will have the largest participation in these projects.

Rogelio Ramirez De

We are struggling to get participation from family members and retirees so they can present their concerns and issues for discussion. We need delegates from these groups to speak out and present issues.

Dennis Mcmillen

Democracy is not something that you believe in, or something that you hang your hat on. It's something that you do, you participate. Without participation, democracy crumbles and fails. If you participate, you win, and the future is yours.

Abbie Hoffman

[Russia's participation will help] establish and maintain peace for all peoples of Kosovo, ... Serbs, Muslims, Albanians and Christians. KFOR is there for everybody.

Robin Clifford

The idea of elections and democracy is important to Israel. The participation in elections of a terrorist group cannot benefit democracy.

David Siegel

These temporary measures do not affect Freddie Mac's guarantee on its mortgage participation certificates.

Richard Syron

The key areas affected are the Durban and Richards Bay ports, where we're expecting close to 100% participation.

Randall Howard

I understand where he's coming from. But participation and input from the entire community is also important.

Randall Ellis

Because the ED is the most common medical setting for diagnosing and treating anaphylaxis, advances in anaphylaxis management will need the active participation of emergency medicine clinicians and researchers.

Carlos Camargo

She also said 'After confirming the electronics media participation in the accusation, I will sue them requesting apology for moral damage. But I think it is interesting case to test the independence of the judiciary.

Ana Gomes

Citizen participation is just an appeasement by the board for people who have an issue. It was not the forum in which to change something.

Laurie Taylor

It could be a historic vote as far as participation.

Karen Miller

Broad participation is the key to a cleaner, healthier environment.

Tom Fitzpatrick

We've got a good group that's on board now and you can see the participation in their classes, their enthusiasm. They're inspired. They want to be helping the public.

Pete Liakakis

The message for employers is that they should not expect huge increases in participation rates just as a result of offering more generous matches.

Stephen Utkus

It's a great event. We're glad to see all the community participation.

Keith Graham

He has to be questioned ... he has the right to be heard, to be listened to, so that he explains his participation or non-participation in the events.

Juan Guzman

We think the governor's participation is a positive; it's a hopeful involvement.

Bob Bedard

Our first consideration for writing or choosing songs is audience appeal and participation. It's important that our music not only?;pertain to us, as individuals, to make it real, but?;be something that the audience can grasp hold of and believe in as well.

Duane Propes

We have membership in all of the surrounding counties. Our participation is growing.

Wayne Mccants

From a safety and family-friendly standpoint, it was no longer an event that felt good to us. We also wanted to look at an end-of-season event that could have broader participation.

Brian Schott

Their participation will be limited to providing special equipment, training, and sharing of intelligence information.

Roilo Golez

We encourage his participation and his input. It's his life.

Warren Finch

The CIA knew that it couldn't accomplish this type of overt paramilitary mission without direct Pentagon participation -- and committed that to paper and then went ahead and tried it anyway.

Peter Kornbluh

I think we are going to ultimately have fee participation. We are going to have to raise our fees to cover the cost of technology.

Bill Waye

During the first week of the campaign we brought in $1,790, which is 3.3 percent participation.

Darren Brown

It looks like the design is to get us out of Congress, to scuttle our participation in the democratic process, This was a very short experiment for us.

Satur Ocampo

It's an immediate booster, but it has long-term results also. I value her participation. She really brings a key element to the program.

Tommie Reece

We don't think that any student should be denied participation in any educational program because of race or ethnicity.

Roger Clegg

More inclusive policy-making is critical. Right now, government policies are still very much elaborated by a top-down approach with little participation by, but large impacts on, local groups.

Dr. Jutta Gutberlet

We would like to have more participation from the tavern members as well as more riders from the public.

Bob Krueger

Tim guaranteed he'd be there, but he wasn't. His participation was well publicized and we nearly had riots at both sites when he didn't appear.

Joe Newman

We were pleased with the programs that were offered, ... participation continued to grow through the year.

David Jacobs

We believe the city and southeastern Wisconsin would derive tremendous benefits through participation in the Olympic Games.

Rick Schlesinger

I don't know whether we'll get 100 percent participation, but I think we have enough interest to start.

Michael Mccord

Our goal is to just invite participation in the process and help folks who want to comment get their comments in before the deadline.

James Doyle

Participation in this league has been outstanding this season. Our numbers have more than doubled in the last three years, and it is great fun to have all that new energy in the league.

Scott Nichols

The bus boycott was instrumental in the desegregation in the community. It is unbelievable the atrocities people were living with in that day. The book tells of some of the harrowing experiences they had but I believe most of the boycotters knew the risk of their participation.

Joan Roscoe

Our announcement today is really a call for participation. We're hoping for more funding from other organizations.

David Mandelbrot

We have a lot of family activities. Our parent participation has been excellent.

Peggy Fuller

Both are already major influences in world trade. Their participation in the WTO will be a boost for us and them.

Robert Zoellick

I believe that there are a few people involved in making these decisions. We need to increase participation in order to have credibility.

James Coleman

It is not necessarily true that the ethnic Albania n majority will misuse the participation of Serbs in the work of parliament.

Kai Eide

There is strong sentiment that this maximizes participation opportunities.

Maureen Mahoney

Right now we're not going to cut anything back, because the schedules are already set. Sports participation is an important part of the whole educational concept, and if you don't have extracurricular things to do, some kids just don't make it.

Fred Allen

Our best accomplishment so far is participation. We had so many competitive elections for the 10 at-large seats.

Eric Hecox

We have had large marches before, and these were some of the biggest, but never before have we seen such participation in the Latino community in an economic boycott.

Erik Nicholson

Ratings on Horizon Lines reflect its aggressive financial profile, modest financial flexibility, participation in the capital-intensive and competitive shipping industry, and an aging fleet.

Eric Ballantine

The lack of our participation in the economic system is our greatest demonstration of why we are here.

Elias Bermudez

This year's China Open will be a great leap forward from last year as more world-class players have confirmed their participation.

Ekkehard Rathgeber

I am disappointed in the amount of participation. The ones who are back from last year are doing a good job.

Earl Heintz