Consumers appear to be feeling some festive cheer as we approach Christmas. It appears that recent negative sentiment, caused by recent higher petrol prices, fears over house prices and other factors, has dissipated.

Stuart Bernau

The market's recent rising pitch was a bit too fast, so it's logical that it takes a breather. But investors are still eager to buy on dips.

Takahiko Murai

Very few educational institutions have filed corporate governance or social responsibility proxy proposals at publicly traded companies in recent years. The reason for this is not clear—although the general decline in campus protest efforts is sometimes cited as the cause.

Patrick Mcgurn

The underlying strength evident in both durable and non-durable goods orders in recent months explains the momentum of the manufacturing sector.

Michelle Girard

But there's still almost 30 percent of patients in a recent survey that weren't getting aspirin during an acute heart attack.

Charles Hennekens

This report is particularly timely now in light of the recent news of Asarco, once the nation's largest mining company, going bankrupt, leaving U.S. taxpayers with more than $1 billion in unfunded environmental liabilities.

David Chambers

Recent changes in the home video market got us — and others in our industry — by surprise.

Roger Enrico

The rand, as a commodity-based currency, should benefit from the surge in precious metals' prices as it has in recent times.

Monale Ratsoma

What Bode accomplished was making himself one of the more colossal losers in recent sports history.

Tony Kornheiser

I am looking forward to meeting one-on-one with this distinguished group of Cuban officials and specialists to discuss the real business potential for Southwestern United States. Cuba with its recent discoveries offers our business community another option for oil and gas exploration and discovery.

Ruben Bonilla

The recent rally in the yen based on expectations for an early policy shift has run out steam.

Noriaki Ichikawa

The sharp escalation in gold prices over the past year, up more than 40% over the past 12 months, clearly makes gold one of the wisest investment choices of recent times.

Matthew Parry

Lloyd's has made huge progress in recent years and is in good shape, but we are clear there is still much to do to improve the market's efficiency and move to the next level.

Peter Levene

Some of the recent job gains in construction reflect rebuilding and clean-up efforts following hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.

Kathleen Utgoff

In all their recent speeches, Fed officials certainly haven't given up any flexibility at all. For them to do something where they give up a tremendous amount of flexibility would be a big surprise.

Mike Cloherty

The first quarter should mark the trough in earnings, but judging by the market's negative reaction to recent warnings from the likes of IBM, there's little room for disappointment.

David Thwaites

During the treatment, we found out he owned a chicken coop and that some of his birds had died in recent days. We took samples from the man and he was isolated.

Ron Krumer

Reading the language in some of the recent filings, it seems very personal.

James Zoltak

Right now we have a very recent goal of beating Canada and leaving this World Cup with our heads held as high as we can hold them. There's a lot of pride in still being in the World Cup right now, and there's a lot of pride going into the next 10 months of our preparation for the Olympics.

Abby Wambach

She's been leading our JV in the last several weeks and has been dressing for varsity. She's a recent addition and she did have a real nice game.

Lane Lewallen

We've got our videos of Wasps in place for a detailed scrutiny but when it comes to a personal assessment I know Frank has recent first-hand experience so I dare say a call will go in.

Phil Smith

[Like the recent Burton blockbuster] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, ... Corpse Bride.

Danny Elfman

Evangelicals and fundamentalists have in recent decades become the most vocal critics of American Christianity's captivity to culture.

Stephen Prothero

The tourist industry has become a lot more robust in recent years.

Francesco Frangialli

QPR have not sacked Ian but we are concerned about recent performances and the effect the speculation about Ian joining Leicester might have on the players. QPR will always be enormously grateful for the contribution he has made over the past five years, in particular gaining promotion for us in 2004.

Gianni Paladini

The functionality of online banking has stagnated in recent years. Over the last five years, banks have chosen to focus on usability and look and feel rather than on key functionality enhancements.

John Ziniades

Current conditions dictate that OPEC members, in looking at reserves and the fall in demand in recent months, apply a progressive reduction in their production during the first quarter.

Hossein Kazempour Ardebili

The recent inspections of those companies are not at that site.

John Chavez

It was a combination of long liquidation and fund selling. We do see rising copper stocks and that is some of the impetus behind the recent pressure.

Dave Meger

There was a significant drive in Japan in recent weeks. People are very happy to be jumping on the bandwagon and basically riding the thing up.

Darren Heathcote

We've had discussions over the recent weeks and months.

Rick Delisi

At a minimum, we don't believe this quarter represents the consistently better-than-expected results that have supported Hershey's valuation in the recent past.

Robert Campagnino

We think negative news was already priced in and that Kimberly meeting estimates is enough for shares to rise after its recent decline.

Justin Hott

We've seen gold break the correlation with the dollar in recent times. We saw gold strengthening even though the U.S. dollar was strengthening.

Darren Heathcote

Of course with the recent price increases we can expect a further impact on customer churn, but we've learned a lot ... and we have a number of innovative and competitive offers which we can offer to our customers.

Roy Gardner

When you look at the recent sales, Chrysler has won with flying colors.

Peter Schmidt

[Successes like the recent film,] March of the Penguins, ... the field is still wide open and anything can happen.

Leonard Maltin

With the dollar weakness, we may have seen a great buying opportunity develop in recent sessions.

Dale Doelling

We have not found any convincing arguments of invalidity, including the recent claims, and as a result we are confident in the patent, and look forward to an efficient re-examination.

Richard Snyder

And there's a tendency to misunderstand oldies and the people who tune into them. We forget that while the '70s and '80s may seem fairly recent to some of us, others look back on those periods with nostalgia. It's a matter of perspective.

Art Laboe

We believe the impressive top-line growth the company has achieved in recent quarters will be tough to sustain going forward.

Laura Champine

Visioning exercises have certainly taken on a new and important role in recent years.

Robert Puentes

He was playing a little catch-up this spring and wasn't as sharp as we would have anticipated him to be. He has quickly turned that around and really has played some great lacrosse in recent weeks.

Joe Alberici

Volkswagen has been playing hardball in recent months. This is good news, as Europe needs a buoyant Germany, which in turns needs a buoyant Volkswagen.

Stephen Pope

Maybe we are not as quick as McLaren still, but I definitely think we can be closer than in recent races.

Giancarlo Fisichella

In each attendance zone, the most recent high schools that we have were designed to be career and technical academies.

Connie Jones

In recent days, several important things have changed that convinced Judy that she was released from her obligation.

Bill Keller

Silver seems to have already entered a period of consolidation, which could lead to silver breaking out to new highs as gold continues to trade within its recent range.

Dale Doelling

The Dow Jones industrial average is not a trendy index, ... But it's an index that's proven over time -- in recent years and over the long run -- that it is highly correlated with other indexes, the broader market and the economy.

Richard Tofel

After these recent years of neglect at the hand of those who were supposed to protect and care for her, she is finally at peace with God for eternity.

Suzanne Vitadamo

The recent run-up has been too sharp.

Atul Hatwar

We had great attendance from other music communities in Nashville. Respect and admiration for bluegrass has grown in recent years, and we feel that we have much to learn from the other genres centered here.

Dan Hays

This is the largest marijuana bust that anyone can remember in recent history. This was just huge ... and very, very professional, with state-of-the-art equipment.

Officer Ed Galvan

All this mayhem is very similar to what we have seen in Latin America and in Asia in recent decades. It is driven initially by inflation. This is what China must act to contain. So far, it has not. So the odds of a hard landing remain high.

Carl B. Weinberg

It seems like she is kind of a recent convert to being the fiscal watchdog.

Sheila Nix

Business services have experienced strong global growth in recent years. The [BPO] industry is a priority for government given its considerable job creation potential.

Trevor Manuel

Some of the recent data we have been getting is decidedly more upbeat. The market looks at this as interesting history, likely to be revised up in future months.

Robert Sinche

(The) recent drought has a huge financial impact.

Hank Gilbert

The recent flurry of diplomacy is good preparation for these talks and helps in understanding.

Wang Yi

We're seeing a big increase in recent years in oyster sets on our beaches. A couple years ago we had a big set in Hood Canal. Those oysters are not necessarily available now, but we've increased harvest rates because of the oysters that are going to be available next year and the following year.

Alex Bradbury

Many young people have told me how a boyfriend or girlfriend will grab the phone when they are not around and go through the 'Recent Call' list. Or in some cases, pry it from hands and demand they explain who that was.

James Katz

The bull trend experienced over the recent few years is resulting in a self-fed dynamic -- the trend feeds the trend.

Frederic Panizzutti

I really expect it (turnout) to conform with recent history.

Brad King

A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run.

Dennis Miller

The recent feeling has been maybe the business was worsening. I think the comment that the PC business may have stabilized gives us a little more confidence that the year's going to improve from here.

James Ragan

Over recent years we have seen a noticeable rise in the number of mobile-phone related incidents in examination halls across the country.

Ken Boston

With the energy market so close to the surface in the markets here, the number just amplified the current thinking that the recent hurricane and the effects on the energy market may have a broader impact than people were thinking.

Ronald Simpson

We believe that the recent changes to the 2002 revenue and [earnings per share] estimates for IBM better reflect the current realities of the marketplace.

John Joyce

This could potentially increase the gridlock in Collier, which is already bad, and negate the progress they've made in recent years.

Keith Arnold

I think we're going to be right about where we have been in recent years, but we'll have to wait until all the numbers come in.

Tom Horrocks

The IMPP work was already very important. The recent AOL action might reinforce public perception that a standard is needed, but I think the public already realized this.

Keith Moore

The documented risks have essentially been an odyssey of discovery and much of this is fairly recent.

Nanette Wenger

[Citing the] dislocations in the reinsurance market as a result of the recent catastrophe experience, ... offers Chubb an outstanding opportunity to leverage its position in the marketplace.

John Finnegan

These recent economic numbers show Ohio has the worst economy in the nation. But that's not something Democrats have taken great advantage of.

Herb Asher

Even though the index has been going down, prices are at pretty high levels. It appears that the recent drop-off in oil prices in particular is probably behind the drop this month, but the list of commodities that are up in price is a pretty long list and it's pretty broad.

Ralph Kauffman

Matsushita quickly cut its losses and you could argue that Sony should have done the same. If Sony had stayed a stand-alone electronics company, it wouldn't have made some of its more recent decisions.

Daniel Levinthal

While we continue to be concerned about the price of fuel, we are encouraged by the strength of the U.S. economy and more favorable recent trends in industry capacity.

Donald Carty

This is a very favorable report. In the context of what we've seen in the recent past, the Fed is right to say that inflation has been quiescent. It gives them more latitude to forestall an inevitable rate hike.

Richard Dekaser

We expect the recent jump in retail gasoline prices to push down confidence. Optimistic views around the labor market will likely offset some of the gasoline sticker shock.

Drew Matus

Recent economic figures are very encouraging and [Wednesday's] industrial profits report is also very good.

Liang Feng

Recent price action in airline shares has created some price disparities that we believe investors should exploit.

Gary Chase

The longer the insecurity in the area persists, the more serious the situation will become. Most people affected by the recent violence have enough food for another month or two, but after that, things are far less certain.

Stefano Porretti

The core safeguards protecting our health and our communities have been cut to the bone in recent years, and we can't afford to keep slashing away.

Heather Taylor

Profit-taking took hold following recent gains. I believe the lack of any significant local news prevented a further rise in the index.

Jackson Wong

There appears to be some possibility that the recent trend toward disinflation will continue, primarily because of the potentially large amount of economic slack in the system.

Ben S. Bernanke

The budget that came out funds less than half of what the recent energy bill promised for renewable energy and energy efficiency - the two most readily available opportunities to break our addiction to oil.

Jeremy Symons

We are very pleased to hire these qualified individuals to fill much needed positions in our growing Bank. With recent announcements of several bank acquisitions in this market, we're taking advantage of a number of opportunities to attract and hire very seasoned bankers who can help move us get to the next level of becoming the premier business bank in Nevada.

John Guedry

All our recent initiatives are very successful because they answer to what our customers are telling us they want, and that is a more comfortable, enjoyable flying experience, ... If other airlines like American do not realize that this is important to fliers – especially the most frequent fliers – then they must not be listening to their customers as closely as we are.

Robin Urbanski

We felt it was best suited to have our preparation based on that worst case, which in recent history was 1918.

Bruce Gellin

The number of former Anaconda workers has really thinned out in recent years.

Frank Thompson

We see no reason why gold should not repeat the performance of recent years and achieve a rise ... of 20% in 2006. That would see [prices] between $580 and $600 an ounce in 12 month's time.

Ross Norman

We understand the need for each of them to focus on recovering from their recent injuries.

Bill Peterson

Both the government now in power, and the previous government, have not taken this threat seriously and as a result we have seen this deep escalation in the more recent past.

Rohan Gunaratna

It has to do with the recent reported suspicious surveillance attempts.

Kathryn Taylor

We've had concerns about the recent election where over 1,000 candidates were disqualified from running and there were many allegations of election fraud and interference.

Steve Pike

It would be unwise to read too much into modest movements in the index in recent months.

John Mcdermott

Quantitatively, outsourcing abroad simply cannot account for much of the recent weakness in the U.S. labor market and does not appear likely to be an important restraint to further recovery in employment.

Ben S. Bernanke

HEI acquired more than $1.5 billion in hotels over the past 36 months. We believe the outlook for hotel investment remains quite positive. Our most recent fund, which will allow us to acquire approximately $1.5 billion in assets over the next 36 months, was originally targeted at $350 million, but became over-subscribed.

Gary Mendell

This is something new, at least from the recent past. There will be some pushing and shoving to see who gets to the head of the cue to get that money.

Charles Bullock

We do believe that the risks to markets from some sort of exogenous shock have risen in recent months.

Andrew Cole

They're in a rough patch of news flow. I really think the fundamentals are a lot stronger than the recent news.

Byron Callan

[So how much is enough? The most recent recommendations from the Institute of Medicine offer a range of 10% to 35% of calories from protein.] That's not a license to chow down on fatty meats, ... The Food Pyramid suggests more low-fat dairy and fish, and beans to increase protein.

Barbara Rolls

Today's numbers confirmed the recent share price performance.

Taiji Yoshida

Despite recent rainfall, precipitation levels over the last two months are below normal in every corner of the commonwealth.

Kathleen Mcginty

Our overall growth for the next several quarters will be generated from newer product sales, line extensions of existing products and recent product launches, ... As a result, we will rely less on Prozac sales growth.

Sidney Taurel

Recent experience in Latin America illustrates that governments remain central to infrastructure provision. Not only is public funding sometimes indispensable, but the state has an essential role to play in partnering and overseeing private operators and protecting consumers.

Mary Morrison

The vast majority of recent comments by ECB officials showed a true reluctance to intervene.

Bob Lynch

In the recent past, NetApp's enterprise business in India has been growing significantly; and we believe this partnership is the next logical step in firmly establishing NetApp as the storage solutions provider of choice for mid and large enterprise customers.

George Thomas

The market is speculating that slower growth in China, sufficient commodity supplies in the U.S. and moderating U.S. growth may mean that the recent run-up in commodity prices is overdone and that we are due for a correction in the not-too-distant future.

Bart Melek

This is a part of history most people don't know about. And this is from the recent past. Women were jailed during their march on Washington, D.C., during Woodrow Wilson's [1918 presidential] campaign.

Christian W. Overland

The declining price of gasoline echoes a recent drop in crude oil prices. The drop in oil appears to be due to continued growth in domestic oil inventories.

Kris Lathan

Our impressive list of recent wins in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, India and China further solidify our leadership position. With the new strategy and appointments we expect to be more agile and accelerate the growth of the company.

Dr. Moshe Benbassat

Regarding some of the issues raised by Mr. Salinger in recent days, they are again a combination of falsehoods and claims that are only partially based on the truth and, when taken out of context, are completely misleading.

Peter Goelz

I can't agree more with Jon; it is imperative to be wary of unsolicited e-mails and to keep your operating system and anti-virus as recent as possible.

Charles Elliott

It goes back to the teaching of pharmacology in medical schools. Clinical pharmacology has died off in recent years.

David Weatherall

There is no doubt that the recent rally is fueled by a lot of short covering from bears thinking the New Orleans debacle would cause jitters on Wall Street.

Tom Hougaard

Supply exceeded demand. If everyone offered their houses for sale then prices would drop. There is just no fundamental economic reason behind the recent drops.

Ceo Jawad Kharouf

The recent surge in VW is now explained, but this deal is depressing confirmation that the old ways of German capitalism die hard.

Stephen Cheetham

This has been necessitated as in the recent past, as important international treaties have been signed bypassing the parliament and important foreign policy decisions have been taken ignoring the opinion of the parliament.

Sitaram Yechury

Recent economic news around the world is causing us to reassess our near-term business prospects in key international markets.

Jim Henderson

I am encouraged by recent media reports that the IOC President has expressed the possibility of reconsideration of the decision in Singapore in that 'there were precedents for the full IOC to reconsider a decision,'.

Don Porter

'We are very pleased that the level of completed transactions has increased during recent months following a relatively slow pace of spend in the first six months of 2005.

Liam O'mahony

While it may be reasonable to expect that prices will, in due course, ease from the exceptional levels of recent months, I have little doubt they will remain above their long-run averages for a number of years. As a consequence, the outlook for 2006 is very encouraging.

Mick Davis

The selectors feel that these are the best possible players available for the coming series and most of them have performed well in the recent series against England.

Saleem Altaf

Winning's a difficult thing to start for a program that has lost a lot in recent years. It's hard to break tradition and hopefully we'll accomplish that soon. We need to bring our practice ethics to the game.

Jon Watts

I want my party to be a place where something is always going on, with one condition -- that what goes on must always be constructive and look forward, not destructive and directed against each other. We should draw a line under the turbulence of recent weeks and look forward.

Matthias Platzeck

Recent comments by Fed officials on indications that the U.S. economy had a fair bit of momentum going into the natural disaster seems to have resulted in the consensus of the Fed continuing to hike rates.

Paul Ferley

In recent years, the small-group approach has certainly come into more prominence.

Robert Coleman

The Police Investigations department's credibility has been damaged in recent years and has received a further blow with the publication of the probe's conclusions that determined that the killing of 13 civilians is not a crime.

Ahmed Tibi

Recent history suggests they're in. When you win the championship of a top-10 RPI conference like the Mountain West, you're in.

Joe Lunardi

Gold has pulled back from its recent spike to around $505 an ounce while the rand has strengthened to 6.34 against the US dollar.

Ferdi Heyneke

Obviously we've had some recent performance issues on the C-130 AMP that we have addressed with corrective action. We believe we are on a path that's going to lead to a positive outcome for that.

John Lockard

These tendencies, ... may be further exacerbated by additional pressures on pricing created by the recent hurricanes in the Gulf area.

Suzanne Cook

The Bush administration came in with the agenda of recovering some of the executive privileges and exemptions to the access to public information from the more recent changes in public information laws.

Sandra Chance

Inflows to international equity funds in 2005 exceeded those to U.S. equity funds. Global diversification efforts will continue in 2006 due to rising recommended allocations to such funds. Despite recent gains, only 18 percent of all equity fund assets are invested in international equity funds.

Avi Nachmany

A lot of people expected this selloff. After the recent run-up and with the economy not making the rebound as quickly as hoped, you're seeing some selling.

Patrick Boyle

We have students all around our home and love it, ... The experience has always been positive to me, and in my opinion, students have gotten 10 times better in recent years.

Harry Lewis

The obscenities of recent days may well be designed toundermine the peace process. They must not be allowed to doso.

David Andrews

There may be an interaction between the long-term thing and more recent (events). A lot of their message is to not lose sight of the long-term stressors.

Bruce Herbold

Certainly sentiment towards gold now remains positive, with the market ignoring the further drift lower in the oil price and the recent strength in the dollar.

Alan Williamson

It is ridiculous that they have been allowing the import of birds as pets in recent weeks without even placing them in quarantine.

Sue Miller

Gymnastics has gone from strength to strength in recent years.

Helen Phillips

It's rare that you get the rights to such a recent, successful play as this.

John Byrom

We're finally seeing hard data that confirm the recent positive sentiment indicators. We expect a strong export performance well into 2007.

Matthias Rubisch

We are very pleased to have secured the exploration rights to this interesting block and to be participating in Madagascars fast growing exploration effort. This is our first joint project with Mocoh since a recent agreement for co-operation in African exploration ventures.

Brian Hall

When you get a new paycheck you can throw old ones out. You really only need to have the most recent one on hand.

Amanda Walker

This relocation is planned to ease pressure on the habitat, enhance biodiversity conservation and reduce the human-elephant conflict cases that have risen dramatically in recent years.

Patrick Omondi

Recent strength in monthly revenue, coupled with solid subscriber additions, is driving excellent top-line growth in our business.

Paul Saleh

Complaints ranged from parking to trash left behind by the customers to loud music coming from inside the tavern, ... We?ve also received numerous complaints of juveniles inside the tavern, and as a result of that, we have made more recent tavern checks.

Chris Sullivan

Perhaps an assessment, given Indian Point's recent media attention, will clarify for the public that Indian Point is being operated safely.

Jim Steets

Administration jobs are a way of rewarding campaign workers and, in more recent years, people who raise a lot of money. All presidents appoint cronies. The difference is that not all of them are publicly exposed the way Michael Brown was.

David Lewis

A single annual meeting reflects the reality of the market. Attendance at the recent European COMMON was dismal. A single, annual event, coupled with important changes to the venue and purpose, might encourage ASNA to attend a future event.

John Ball

We anticipate that we will see anywhere from 600 to 1,200 new students. Just in recent days we have enrolled a large number of kids in both elementary and secondary schools.

Dorothea A. Shannon

The recapitalization underlines Ford's commitment to Jaguar, despite recent rumors.

Don Hume

We executed our game plan almost to perfection. It was a nice win for us. But most importantly, we played with intensity for a full game. In recent contests, we've had patches where we lost focus and the opposition took advantage of it. Tonight, we didn't have any lapses in intensity.

Dan Roiger

Tenet's operating results have been anemic in recent quarters and are likely to remain as such.

John Ransom

Recent trading volumes are propelling the company to its best quarter ever in terms of revenues and profits.

David Pottruck

As the archaeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end.

Michel Foucault

We did not see that as we checked on April performance, and our recent checks suggest that the first two weeks in May appear to have been no better than April.

Gary Helmig

In recent years, the U.S. economy has consistently outperformed expectations.

Bob Lynch

Investors decided to book profits on recent positive news from Volkswagen and solid car registration figures.

Guenter Senftleben

I think this is an opportunity for me to use my talents to help the people of Pennsylvania. I think we can be much better than we have been in recent years. I believe Pennsylvania needs leadership from outside the box.

Lynn Swann

Both the energy industry and the government need to ensure that customers on low incomes can counter the recent increases.

Kate Green

It's good to see that they are optimistic on improving productivity in the investment bank. Cost growth there has been a drag in the recent past, so that's a positive.

Victoria Stewart

With the distractions of the recent audit committee investigations largely behind us, we expect much improved management focus and quality of execution in this business during the second half of the year. Going forward, we can and expect to do better.

Fred Wilson

This exciting fossil is a further jigsaw puzzle piece in a series of recent discoveries.

Thomas Martin

It was one of the most successful ocean exploration voyages in recent years.

Barbara Moore

We're up 15 or 20 percent off our (July 24) lows. But September is a tricky month historically. We could retest recent lows by as much as 10 percent before we're able to really move higher.

Tom Shrader

Attendance is between 800 and 1,000 visitors a day, which is higher than the level in recent years. It's not the Tate Gallery but for us it's very good.

Jorunn Christoffersen

DAN grew out of a mom-and-pop operation within Duke, and this recent situation has pushed us to more appropriately formalize our relationship, ... I will say, not having a person from Duke on the board was not a good plan.

Mark Newman

The recent power outages highlight the importance that needs to be placed on a business obtaining professional advice on its potential risks and business disruptions, having a contingency plan in place and regularly testing its effectiveness, as well as challenging the perception of possible risks.

Paul Skivington

The legacy of bad Corps water projects has ranged from farce to tragedy, with the citizens of New Orleans paying the most recent price. The Feingold-McCain bill would reverse decades of bad practice by the Corps, and Congress should seize this opportunity to address the harsh lessons of Hurricane Katrina.

Rebecca Wodder

I experienced again in my recent conversations with Mikhail Gorbachev how much Raisa influenced her husband and his life, and how they both belonged together.

Helmut Kohl

But the magnitude of recent fuel price rises mean even these cost reduction measures are now not enough.

Rob Mcdonald

Though recent research indicates roadside litter has dropped by a third, we've also discovered that more than half of Texans admit they litter, and that's just not acceptable.

Doris Howdeshell

I was able to get some open looks. And unlike recent games, I was able to knock them down.

Blake Ahearn

The speculative side of the market, funds primarily, are the main drivers behind the recent price rise.

Tom Kendall

In most instances, the most sound advice to offer a recent widow or widower is to do nothing drastic - and very little is more drastic than selling one's home.

Francis Degen

But there is a shortage. And that's one of the issues that were discussed at a recent legislative meeting. And that shortage still remains until we can at least get some programs a little bit further along into active mode, which we expect very shortly.

Tim Brown

Staying ranked in the top 20 in the world is another (goal) that I have been fighting all season as well. With this (recent) jump I am sitting 17th as of now.

Jim Dilling

Gold is on 24-year highs because of a recent shift in investment allocations to commodities by a wide audience.

Robert Gottlieb

Pakistan have gathered momentum after their test and one-day successes against England. So have we, after our recent run of successes.

Sachin Tendulkar

It has definitely gone more upscale in recent years, and some of the smaller family owned places have closed up.

Anne Marie

We need to restrict it to the group most vulnerable, based on the most recent research. I can not predict where this will go in the future.

Tom O'rourke

Along with its economic growth, China has increased national defense spending in recent years. The increased part is mainly used to improve living conditions of military officers and soldiers.

Ding Jiye

We have not located any large earthquakes or aftershocks in recent hours.

John Minsch

With the exception of the July burst in auto sales, retail sales growth has been weak in recent months because consumers are now strapped.

Peter Morici

We have let a few close ones slip us by in recent weeks and I though we closely that game out pretty strongly.

Marty Holah

I am extremely concerned at recent reports in the press about this case and would urge everybody to stop.

Nick Hardwick

Swissair has been strengthening its relationship with American over recent months.

Chris Tarry

To get faster job growth, we're going to need either faster aggregate demand, which seems hard to fathom, or we're going to need some diminution of the recent extra cyclical pop in productivity, ... When will that start? Anybody who says they know is lying.

Joshua Feinman

The euro doesn't look like getting out of its recent range.

Masamichi Koike

I can't honestly tell you there has been a time in recent years where I've been this fired up, this excited. It's like I'm, well, 28 or 29 again.

Gerry Hunsicker

The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music.

George Crumb

In the fans' eyes, England is the big game. But recent results have been poor and we need to get the fans back on our side again.

Stephen Robinson

There has been catch-up in the mega-caps, ... These companies haven't done much in recent months, and they are going to have to participate to some extent to have the traditional year-end rally.

Richard Skaggs

The recent frothy price action could not be sustained and once the market has completed its current shakeout, we can expect a return to more measured progress in 2006.

Paul Merrick

Our nation's immigration policy has been of top concern in recent years, and for good reason. With between eight and twelve million illegal aliens in the United States, it is obviously a problem out of control.

Chris Cannon

The federal agencies that enforce the discrimination laws have already been aggressive in recent years in pursuing these types of pay claims. To some extent this Wal-Mart case is a copycat of that kind of litigation.

David Goldstein

Let's not forget the fact the recent boom that we've experienced has been attributable very much to the (New York) Stock Exchange, and that the main thing is to keep them in New York.

James Gill