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A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Many households have two working spouses, so there are time pressures that influence food purchases.

Mary Bush

The exceptional performance of household purchases in February bodes very well for growth in private consumption as a whole in the first quarter.

Mathieu Kaiser

Interest rates aren't as critical since half their customers pay cash for their purchases. That protects them a little bit from housing cycles.

James Mcbride

The housing market frenzy, which enticed potential home buyers to rush their purchases before prices moved still higher, has now apparently broken.

Robert Mellman

Under the previous administration, contract controls were insufficient to protect inappropriate purchases by contractors.

Todd Slosek

We are removing the game from our shelves as soon as possible, and will block purchases of the game at point-of-sale until that removal is complete.

Lena Michaud

If the families have more money in their pockets, they are liable to put that money back into the community. Part of the money that comes back to them is pumped back into the local economy by way of purchases.

Rick Fraser

Not only do lower rates make it easier to finance these purchases, but they allow dealers to get more inventory onto their lots.

Scott Stember

We've already cut monograph purchases by 30-40 percent across all disciplines. We can't cut any more; there is simply no more flesh left to cut.

John Ingram

We exceeded all of our operational and financial targets, smoothly integrated the acquisitions of Specialty Defense and Bianchi International, and effectively leveraged our asset purchases from Second Chance.

Robert Schiller

The options are out there for consumers. They have voiced their preferences through their purchases.

Dave Dickson

They are already making purchases, finding jobs, adding to the tax base.

Heather Hedrick

No-money-down home purchases used to be the kind of thing you only saw on late night TV.

Keith Gumbinger

Consumers will quickly discover that, not only is the Golden Dollar a beautiful coin, but it also speed up purchases at cash registers and vending machines.

Philip Diehl

With less appreciation, consumers will be less able to tap into home equity loans to finance their purchases, which could put a damper on the national economy.

Alan Gin

We don't think there's any reliable age verification for Internet purchases.

Bill Phelps

Decrease as much as possible the amount of time or number of purchases where you actually hand the card to someone.

Julissa Martinez

He has had on occasion specific investments in foreign stocks, but this is different. He doesn't sound like he's making one-off purchases.

Thomas Russo

That's about a third of all golfers. And they make about 60 percent of all purchases.

Randy Zanatta

Given the declining trend in net foreign purchases of the past five months, we doubt whether these would be sufficient in covering the $55.8 billion trade deficit, ... In that case, markets should expect intensifying damage for the dollar.

Ashraf Laidi

The historical pattern is for shocks of this nature to initially be absorbed roughly equally between lower savings and lower purchases for other goods and services.

Keith Hembre

The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology.

Basil Bunting

They were documenting them as exchanges instead of purchases.

Brandy King

An increase in purchases by overseas investors is a reason for bonds to rise. It will assure investors that yields won't continue rising.

Koji Mori

Buffett has made timely purchases of STRIPS in the past, so people pay attention.

Tony Crescenzi

It ends up being a good week for sales, ... People will actually delay purchases to wait for tax-free week. They know it's coming.

Mark Wood

The museum has always been about the cutting edge and the contemporary, ... Some of the museum's first purchases were works from the Impressionists, who, at the time, were considered cutting-edge.

Jane Clarke

In July 2004 we made two undercover purchases of crack cocaine.

Andrew Arrington

They can lose money and be successful by bringing in business (purchases of products) for Best Buy. I can't do that. We can't lose money and succeed.

Chris Morris

It may have come from outside purchases, ... It may have originated in the plant, but we don't think so.

James Hudson

Consumer purchase data this year show purchases of potatoes, rice, pasta, gravy, sauces, fresh veg all growing.

Chris Lamb

As we have completed the acquisition of Oblio and confirmed our ability to use our cumulative NOL's against its future net income, Titan is poised to rapidly de-leverage its balance sheet. In addition, from time to time, Titan may make open market common share purchases.

David Marks

There is no single rule that can be applied in deciding whether or not to limit new purchases in a given fund.

Robert Pozen

Anytime the city purchases anything costing over $5,000 it is required to get three bids. Those bids are not shown in the information on the miscellaneous equipment and you do not know if that is the low bid or not.

Bill Gillette

With 'blink,' card members in the Orlando, Daytona Beach and Melbourne areas can save time when making their everyday purchases.

Tom O'donnell

BENEFACTOR, n. One who makes heavy purchases of ingratitude, without, however, materially affecting the price, which is still within the means of all.

Ambrose Bierce

We believe that new and used-bike pricing has declined much more significantly in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the U.S.. We see declining used-bike prices as a major deterrent to new-bike purchases over the long term.

Tony Gikas

The greatest beneficiary is the US plane-manufacturing business. China purchases a large number of plane engines, aero-electric equipment, accessories and advanced [navigation] devices each year and enjoys maintenance services provided by US companies.

Li Jiaxiang

The signing of this contract means that less gas will be left for Ukraine -- for their direct purchases. In this gas dispute, Russia gets another instrument of pressure over Ukraine.

Valery Nesterov

Over 60 percent of all purchases are impulse in nature, and so if you can garner that last chance to communicate your message, you're going to be a heck of a lot better off.

Greg Gorman

People are putting everyday purchases on their credit cards, so they don't have a true picture of what may have led to [overspending].

Patricia Hasson

Land trusts are good at integrating biological, recreational and other considerations in setting priorities for making purchases. Now, for the first time, it's becoming important to factor in land market dynamics as well, or well-intentioned actions may do more harm than good.

Gretchen Daily

We wanted to build a shopping experience toward convenience-oriented buyers who wanted to buy new items and make the purchases really quickly.

Jamie Iannone

If we do have other funds available, the capital fund reserve will be used for equipment purchases and building renovations.

Nick Morelli

I just really love my fake sisters, Mandy and Piper. We've had a really wonderful time. We talk about our eBay purchases.

Lauren Graham

Consumers will bring forward purchases because of the VAT increase, but it's a flash in the pan. It won't last into 2007.

Christian Jasperneite

Whilst the [bond] purchases are good news for the Argentine government, the benefits for Venezuela are less clear.

Vitali Meschoulam

We have made a number of big purchases in the last six months. We're in a position to do so.

Nigel Newton

In China, purchases from major consumers, including power cable makers, are still normal at this price level. Buyers are doing futures to hedge price swings and help reduce losses made on the spot market.

Wang Zheng

This sale is in line with Venezuela's efforts to modernize many of branches in its armed forces. Many of these purchases are designed to move away from equipment that was almost uniquely sourced to the U.S.

Patrick Esteruelas

We know women influence up to 85 percent of all (auto) purchases. We decided to create an event that's a more relevant experience for women.

Cynthia Price

We're in the same circumstance as customers where we purchase the natural gas on the commodity market and then supply that to customers at the same cost that MidAmerican purchases where there is no markup.

Allan Urlis

Agribusiness professionals are concerned that there's been a decline in the number of farmers who make purchases based on their longstanding relationships with businesses. Our study shows they are correct and provides insight into how today's farmer makes those decisions.

Corinne Alexander

Strongest growth has been in business with private individuals, partly by increased borrowing for house purchases and increased interest in savings products.

Doug Godden

I can't make a determination as to what the intent was, but the purchases were close enough together that we interpreted it to be subject to the bid law.

John Norris

Consumption should increase next year and contribute to growth. The economy is picking up and consumers will bring forward purchases because of the value-added tax increase in 2007.

Christian Jasperneite

A continued decline in U.S. equity purchases will be a telling sign of foreign appetite for U.S. securities, and the future path of the dollar.

James Mccormick

Local market sentiment was also buoyed by overseas investors, who had placed large net buy orders ahead of the market opening today. This helped prompt retail investors here to step up purchases.

Hiroyuki Nakai

Particularly interesting is that Internet shopping included all age groups up to 65, with 53 percent of consumers making Internet purchases. People with incomes over $75,000 were twice as likely to use the Internet compared with people with incomes under $30,000. The Internet continued to attract the most desirable customer, as the higher the income, the more the likelihood to buy on the Internet.

John Rittenhouse

The feedback I'm getting is that everyone is excited about the opening. They're excited to be making these purchases in town and keeping the dollars in town.

Keith Pearson

On average, 80 percent of people receive of about $2,000 in refunds. You can allocate a portion of that refund onto gift cards from participating retailers for everyday purchases.

Brad Henske

Consumers are using them for fast food, for a lot of small purchases, what is happening is about 30 percent of consumers can only pay the minimums.

Susan Kelly

There is a dollar amount above which you cannot make purchases without bidding, and you can't split purchases in order to avoid reaching that dollar amount.

John Norris

After shopping for one or two hours, customers want to visit the toilet and if toilet not good, they leave the building. And they leave with their impulse buying. Impulse buying accounts for 95% of purchases.

Jack Sim

There is evidence that people are bringing forward their purchases in anticipation of price increases.

Perry Kerr

I would say that I am doing less comfort purchases, like buying a CD. I am not doing that because I have to pay to get around.

Patrick Kelly

[Once customers choose something, purchases are made by cash or check only. Credit cards and computers aren't used. Receipts are hand-written. And the inventory is jotted on 3-by-5 cards in 3-foot-long boxes.] It's cheaper, and we keep prices down by doing that, ... It's easy. It's the way we've always done it.

Harold Foster

End-user concerns about availability and value of these new technologies could result in some buyers holding off PC purchases until later in 2006 or beyond.

George Shiffler

Every day, foreigners need to acquire more than $2 billion in U.S. dollar denominated assets -- soon $3 billion -- just to keep the dollar from falling. This can be done through the purchases of U.S. bonds, or by buying assets outright.

Axel Merk

Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.

Bill Delahunt

Corporations want to purchase equipment that is environmentally sensitive, energy efficient and can be properly salvaged and disposed. This program will give companies an easy way to identify green products that ensures they are making environmentally sound and cost effective purchases when buying computer equipment.

Wayne Nastri

That choice reinforced the purchase. It also allowed the customer room to grow toward incremental products and purchases.

Barry Silverman

We've implemented a system which converges the application process with hunter education records. As in 2005, clients can purchase their license at the same time they apply for a big-game tag. The program fills in the verified hunter education records when the hunter purchases the license through the big-game tag draw process.

Charles Smith

We expect housing activity to drop about 8 percent this year -- it's primarily because of the investors' slowing purchases.

David Berson

When we obtained receipts directly from the vendor indicated the purchases were for wrinkle cream, cotton bikini underwear, and brassieres.

Randy Brock

As they make purchases and pay bills throughout the month from the checking account, they know they've blown the budget if they run out of money too fast.

Steve Carter

The new proposals outlined today would make suppliers accountable to the police and remove the anonymity of purchasers to deter impulsive purchases and irresponsible sales.

Hazel Blears

We're going to smaller refineries ... and we've limited purchases to eight gallons, or 16 gallons. Anything to keep our stations wet.

Pete Sodini

That report was speculation and we can't preannounce [potential customer] purchases.

Pat Patla

If someone is making one or two purchases, the die-cast is usually one of them. The die-cast, the hat and T-shirt are something you can't necessarily purchase at Wal-Mart, and it's something they can put in their bag and carry around.

Erin Hunter

Look at any changes you've made, any major purchases, anything you haven't used a lot of before. Look at the wattage on appliances used.

Ed Legge

That's a staggering amount, when you consider that the federal government purchases about $5 billion of electricity per year.

Alfred Anderson