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There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.

Clare Boothe Luce

We see general softness in the entire semiconductor industry, but particularly in commodity products. Customers are delaying their orders.

Mcgregor Scott

Beauty doesn't need ornaments. Softness can't bear the weight of ornaments.

Munshi Premchand

We are very disappointed with our software sales results. In spite of our best efforts to work closely with the investment community to set reasonable and attainable expectations for the quarter, the softness of the market had a significant impact on our results. Once again, we had several large deals that did not come in at the end of the quarter.

Beth Chappell

In forest products, we're still cautious given the softness in the pulp and paper market and the strength of the Canadian dollar.

Fred Green

Gilts rallied, as the BOE minutes had something for everyone. The market may have chosen to focus on the softness of growth.

Richard Mcguire

Oil is at new highs and then you get a number like this at a time when the market was predisposed to concerns about softness in the economy. We still expect a weaker dollar. The dollar bear story is coming into focus.

Jeffrey Young

Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well as to the leanness or fatness of his pocketbook.

B. C. Forbes

We expect strong defense aftermarket revenues combined with some renewed interest in business jet travel to partially offset softness in commercial air transport markets, ... These factors plus accelerated cost productivity gains are expected to help offset income lost from the commercial air transport business.

Lawrence Bossidy

We will see a change in the drivers of economic growth with capital spending taking a lead. There is a little softness in consumer spending and the inflation data isn't looking that bad.

Carl Riccadonna

It's pretty much the same variables that we've seen all year: softness in the retail ad category and very disappointing auto ad trends. National has been a mixed bag.

Peter Appert

We've achieved a good profit outcome despite softness in some of our businesses and weak revenue growth. Our profit reflects the fact that we continue to tune our business models and cost structures.

Lewis Platt

Part of why Kleenex and all the leading brands use virgin fibers is because of the strength and softness of the tissue.

Dave Dickson

We believe most investors will focus on the softness in the Las Vegas locals market.

Celeste Brown

We made substantial progress on several fronts during the first quarter. We generated good sales growth, as double-digit gains for blades and razors and Braun more than offset softness in certain battery markets and a significant unfavorable exchange effect.

Michael Hawley

Management cited a narrower assortment of handsets, ramp up of expertise on the activation process, and fewer-than-expected promotions as reasons for the softness.

Gregory Melich

The fourth quarter was an intensely competitive environment with general softness in the technology sector. This resulted in a revenue performance that did not meet our expectations.

Greg Hawkins

Online travel sales fared even better this year. The sector was up 35 percent versus 2002 and has more than more than doubled since 2001. Non-travel sales recovered impressively from war-related softness early in the year, with 2003 posting a healthy 22 percent total increase over 2002.

Dan Hess

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.

Joan Baez

The big story that the overall index is telling us is that consumers are still hanging in there, but this question that refers to credit use six months out is the first indicator that maybe there's some softness that could be developing in consumers' attitudes.

Allen Grommet

Over the longer term, the commercial contracts are going to be more lucrative and larger, but over the short term there is some softness in the market.

Joseph Nadol

The market now tends to be (thinking): With interest rate rises being behind us, if we've orchestrated a slowdown in the economy, how much of an impact will that slowdown have on corporate profits? Might corporate valuations be at the higher end of expectations? And so we're seeing some selling and softness, in the technology sector in particular, as a result of that.

Peter Chandler

We also see consumer confidence down a little bit. Houses are on the market a little longer. We're not seeing a softness in prices just yet. That could be the first sign that we do see where the housing market could be cooling down.

Bob Moulton

The bottom-line (earning-per-share) number was a little better than expected, but some of the underlying trends showed some softness, particularly the loan and deposit growth.

Joe Morford

We're starting to get little pockets of softness, which causes people to worry about (the Fed) going too far and causing recession.

Chip Hanlon

The softness in Massachusetts - and particularly in the Boston area - has a lot to do with the anemic job picture.

Nicholas Perna

A couple of years ago, someone asked about a seven-and-a-half hour pre-game, I remember our executive producer said, 'If they can sell it, we can produce it,' ... Now we think it's smarter to tighten up the inventory, given [the] softness in the market place.

Lou D'ermilio

Our cost efforts are more important than ever, given the softness we have seen in demand, both in past quarters as well as the current quarter, ... Despite this slowdown, it is our intention to return to profitability as quickly as possible while positioning the company for profitable growth.

Bruce Claflin

Existing home sales have slowed. Softness here is a forward-looking concern to be monitored.

Stephen Chick

We have experienced a significant slowdown in demand for our products, especially the Voodoo 3 and Voodoo 5 boards. This slowdown is consistent with the overall softness experienced by the PC market, especially in Western Europe.

Alex Leupp

The manufacturing sector continued to contract in October, ... This is the fifth month of decline following 22 consecutive months of growth. While production grew in October, the new orders index declined significantly and signals a continuing softness that could carry into the fourth quarter.

Norbert J. Ore