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For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph.

Thomas Mann

She?s very poised, very confident. She?s worked extremely hard to get where she is.

Cindy Havens

There's really no panicking on this team. Especially with our guards. They're very poised under pressure. Being down six at the beginning of the game is nothing.

Bobby Buffaloe

Kelly is poised for her best spring season. The juniors will have a great opportunity to play this spring...I am looking for something great out of the juniors.

Bud Nason

We believe SmartBargains is poised for tremendous growth. The additional funding will help to introduce SmartBargains to millions of new value-conscious customers.

Robert Higgins

The stock market is poised to take off when the Fed gives a hint of concluding its rate hikes. That's premised on the notion that they haven't gone too far. If they go too high, the damage is done and all bets are off.

Bob Sitko

I feel like we're solid defensively. I feel like we're better than a year ago. I feel like we're poised. (But) there is major question marks at safety and linebacker going into the fall as far as depth.

Reggie Herring

She did very well. She's very poised. She's a beautiful girl.

Virginia White

The results are good. It is poised for better times ahead. One can buy the stock at current levels.

Sharmila Joshi

Markets looked poised for further gains. Expect volatility in the short-term.

Ashu Kakkar

I think we are well poised with what we do with our technology know-how to be an active player in this.

Michael Kincaid

He's poised and has great composure.

Matt Meinrod

This nation is poised to trash the first amendment just to stop my preaching. I'm kind of honored.

Fred Phelps

I did not find this an easy decision, ... In fact it is one of the hardest decisions one could ever face in public life because it was so evenly poised.

Peter Costello

It's poised to be the America Online for Turkey. They've realized the person who buys TVs is also the person who's going to buy a computer and go on the Internet.

Alfredo Viegas

With three contract manufacturers on board, we're poised to have the flexibility and efficiencies we need to keep up with the consumer demand.

Todd Holmdahl

With the moves that they made, and things that they've been able to do, this team seems poised to make a run. We're young and very, very talented.

Troy Glaus

It was clear to everyone that last year we said, 'OK, we're going to do it your way.' But I, for one, said numerous times I'm not confident it will work. We are poised to again climb rapidly in our deer population.

Keith Warnke

I see him a lot more mature, a lot more poised and mature with the puck, too.

Dave Baseggio

They are really poised to put everything together.

Richard Sichel

This project is among the very few worldwide that is poised to rapidly come on-line to help meet burgeoning global demand for base and precious metals that we all need and use every day.

William Murray

GE appears poised to deliver solid gains, ... tough economic environment.

Nicholas Heymann

We stayed poised, didn't get into the card game.

Jack Belcher

He's poised with the puck and never puts himself in dangerous positions. He's like a silent assassin.

Ric Jackman

Andrew Walter was a great mentor. He rubbed off really well on Sam. (Sam) comes in the huddle and he is so poised and you can just see in his eyes he knows what he wants to get done.

Jamaal Lewis

Looking back on the travel industry since 9/11 and to see where we are now and what we're poised to do, it's a very good feeling.

Steve Toler

I thought Amy had a great game. She came up with some big saves when she needed to, and she looked very poised back there.

Jess Wilk

I really thought Brady did a good job for us tonight. He was poised, and his passes were on the money. But we just couldn't pull it out.

Demetrius Williams

We were playing like we were down by 40 in the first half. Our body language was like we weren't going to win. We didn't let up when they made a run; we stayed poised, and made a basket when we had to.

Crystal Kemp

The defense played well enough to win. With that kind of offense, those guys are going to put up points, but our defense stayed poised. But on offense, we just can't turn the ball over.

Ben Troupe

We are poised to be a good team defensively. The major questions are safety and depth at linebacker.

Reggie Herring

Arcata is poised to strike. They've lost some tough games and they would like nothing more than to knock us off.

Duane Peterson

We are poised to grow onto the Rathdrum Prairie and need to analyze the necessary planning steps that will facilitate and manage this growth. The decisions made today will affect the citizens of tomorrow.

Collin Coles

He's so patient and poised with the puck. He's playing with a ton of confidence.

Ric Jackman

Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer spending.

Cees Bruggemans

Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.

Jacqueline Carey

He's really poised on the mound. Both of the sophomore pitchers are stepping up and giving us some good innings.

Dave Marzano

New vehicle demand in the US is poised to peak out sooner rather than later, which may weigh on demand for Japanese (automobiles).

Junichi Makino

O'Sullivan emerges from Chapter 11 with new ownership, a very manageable debt load, leaner more efficient operations and a renewed focus on our customers and consumers. O'Sullivan has had its challenges in the past, but we are now poised to drive sales and profitability for O'Sullivan and our key customers through innovations in design, assembly, merchandising, advertising and promotions.

Rick Walters

Brad has football savvy, and he has the arm to make every throw. His height doesn't hurt any, but the thing I like most about him is that he's always calm and poised.

Chip Hester

If the Democrats had any leadership or any message, they could be poised for a good year. But in the absence of that, they have not been able to capitalize on Republican woes. Because of the size of the GOP majority, Democrats have to run the board, and I don't see that happening.

Rich Bond

We were able to come back today. We showed a lot of character and stayed poised and didn't get down, ... But we have to come in next week and try to do better.

Cato June

1906 has never been properly commemorated in any permanent manner, the impulse being to substitute myth for reality and to forget. San Francisco was the city that nearly destroyed itself, and is poised to do so again for most of the same reasons.

Philip Fradkin

She defended nicely and was just a very poised defender. She had a quick jab, and I think she intercepted a pass or two.

Michelle Finegan

Given its location and given the economic success that's all around it, I think Prince George's is poised to be the next growth engine among counties.

Aris Melissaratos

He has that persona. He stands in there. He's poised.

Fred Miller

They are poised to move and fight this fire wherever it moves.

Rachael Novier

Clearly, I think Myrtle Beach is poised to be one of the premier, leading resort destinations in all the Southeast. Myrtle Beach is that resort that offers everything.

Wayne Gray

We just made a little adjustment at halftime pertaining to their secondary break, and offensively we played better. We started moving the ball, we got some easy baskets in transition off our defense, and we were a little more poised and patient.

Lynn Frederick

Mark is really poised for very strong senior season. He was the best player in the gym up front both nights. They had a couple of 6-8 athletic guys on each team.

Ron Jirsa

The NBA is poised to continue its evolution from an urban basketball league to a global entertainment company.

Rick Horrow

She was impressive: articulate, poised and mature. I never got the idea she wielded a lot of influence.

Dennis Jett

I think the market is poised to improve. The economy is strong, and I see no reason why it shouldn't improve.

Charles Hemmerdinger

It can't be a reactive, give me a specific laundry list of what you need and we'll figure whether we've got it. The most critical time in a disaster is in the first 48 to 72 hours and if you're not poised to help out you're not gonna be much good.

Stephen Flynn

Fife was actually a lot more consistent, poised in the pocket. He graded out a little stronger. There's a tremendous upside there. The guy's just learning the game. He's picking it up fast.

Lebron James

He's very confident. He's mature for his years. He's poised, he's confident. He was very good.

Steve Heiden

As we are poised for the expanded VAT implementation with strong safety nets, global confidence in the Philippines is resurgent.

Gloria Arroyo

We were very poised and played well within the system.

Anthony Collins

I had to settle down and stay poised and stay mentally ready. I had a lot to learn last year.

Tray Blackmon

He looks so much more poised from when we played him last year. By the way the crow flies, it's only six games since we played him. But he's so much smoother out there.

Rick Venturi

He's pretty poised for a sophomore. He has a good arm and he has some experience under his belt. He throws the ball pretty well.

Bob Lutz

The market has been poised to break out on the upside but there seems to be a lot of resistance to every rally.

Rick Meckler

Once I got that alleviated in my mind and I looked at the roster, the decision became fairly easy. This team seems poised to make a run. We're young and very talented.

Troy Glaus

Bill's been very poised, and he's handled the year well. When he has needed to be inspirational he has been. When he's needed to be tough, he has been. It's one of those things where he's done all the right things. He's made all the right moves. I've got a lot of confidence in this guy.

Bill Romanowski

Mannequin Madness did a very good job of convincing our judges not only of the clarity of her business vision, but of how technology was poised to help her expand her operations and become more profitable.

Andrea Peiro

Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death.

Alexander Chase

With the caliber of talent we've attracted to this project, we are confident our hotel is poised to become one of LA's most desirable addresses.

Brent Martin

The true gentleman is subtly poised between an inner tact and an outer defense.

Puzant Kevork Thomajan

Iris-based recognition technologies are poised for growth as a highly accurate and mobile option for biometric identification.

Robert Lapenta

(Ryan) just took control of the offense. He was poised. He just made plays. Matt is a great quarterback. The more he plays, the better he's going to get. He just needs to get on the field to show his ability.

Tony Gonzalez

BlackBerry is an incredibly dynamic brand poised to enter the next important phase of its development. We are looking forward to working with the BlackBerry team and helping to take the brand into Europe.

Tim Delaney

We feel if we stay poised and move the ball, we'll get the shot we want. There's no need to force anything.

Avery Sheets

We're poised to have an incredible surge forward in life science research . . . and make good use of this money.

Roger Mitchell

Parfait played solid, he played under control and very poised.

Jim Baron

Although compensation and other costs associated with the IPO significantly reduced earnings for November and December 2005, we believe our access to new capital leaves us poised for growth in 2006.

Frank Spencer

There are over one million Flash developers around the world and this highly innovative and creative ecosystem is poised to deliver some great applications and content to Nokia customers.

Gary Kovacs

The market has been in this trading range for a while. The market is now digesting all of this economic news. I believe we're poised for another good run in the market.

Brian Finnerty

My guys, except for the first night out of the chute, have been pretty poised. I don't think that atmosphere is going to be a problem. It is loud and there are distractions, but I don't think our guys should have any nerves. They have played against these kids all through junior high and done pretty well. Our kids have a confidence against South.

Jeff Mennillo

Wal-Mart performed well in November when the chips were down. It demonstrated that a fundamental transformation has occurred over the last year and appears poised for a successful holiday season.

Bernard Sosnick

Myers was very poised on the mound and had excellent control of all of his pitches.

Dan Kaiser

He moves around decently enough for (Duke) to utilize any play action. More than anything, he has been there before. He has been under fire and has the experience. He is poised and he is very intelligent which means he has the ability to hurt you if you give him an opening. He is going to present some problems for us because of his knowledge in the pocket.

Skip Holtz

An unbalanced emotion poised between fear and love.

Michael Almereyda

They have a lot of weapons. The thing I like about this team is they are very poised.

Dwight Freeman

Pfizer and American Home Products will be manic and poised to lead the group, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck appear to be stick in the middle and Eli Lilly and Schering-Plough will be down in the dumps.

Tony Butler

This first major survey of the green roof industry shows the growth has not abated and I believe the industry is poised for even greater growth in 2006 and beyond.

Steve Skinner

Erica is an intelligent woman with a bright future on the international poker circuit. She is poised to become one of the stand-out players and personalities of the game, and we congratulate Erica on a fantastic 16th place get.

David Kinsman

Nobody panicked and everybody just stayed poised and confident and we played the game. With Brad on the hill, the kids are going to feel confident.

Brian Champion

We feel it's poised to become a national chain. It will stay under the Wendy's umbrella.

Jack Schuessler

Motorola's extensive experience in video distribution and cellular tells us that Mobile TV is poised to be one of the next great consumer experience drivers.

Rob Bero

The market is poised to move higher. If you exclude GM, earnings have been coming in pretty robust, even in some of the tech names.

Mike O'hare

Boston College is one of the most poised teams in the conference [and] for us to disrupt them and force them into 29 turnovers is huge. That's like forcing any other team into 50 turnovers.

Katie Meier

Dexter has been getting some quality at-bats. He's very poised and confident for a 20-year-old. He took advantage of a fastball that caught too much of the plate and drove it.

Joe Mikulik

The diabetes market appears poised to post accelerating growth over the coming years.

Chris Shibutani

They're so poised and together that you forget how young they are until you see what TV shows they love to watch. Of course, I like 'The O.C.' and 'Laguna Beach,' too, so I can't say much to them.

Krissy Wendell

There's no cloud in the sky right now, ... Japan's economy is poised for a reacceleration. There's no question about that.

Akio Yoshino

The overall message of the report remains positive. The evidence that I have seen convinces me that we are poised to make dramatic gains against cancer in the near future.

Andrew C. Von Eschenbach

They've been in situations like this before, and you could tell how poised they were coming down in that last drive. Everything seemed to click for them.

Bryan Scott

We're in a very strong position right now. We're poised to make gains.

Phil Singer

Now you can see the end of the DNA. You can see the cylinder holding it, poised to go into the cell.

Jonathan King

You have to be really patient against a team like us because we can be really scrappy and irritate you. You have to be poised and patient and take care of the ball.

Erlana Larkins

Casey is our lynch-pin. She's experienced, poised and a real solid competitor. She will keep us in every game.

Ed Hobson