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Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

Oprah Winfrey

By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analysing the observations that I have made, I ended up in the domain of mathematics, Although I am absolutely without training in the exact sciences, I often seem to have more in common with mathematicians than with my fellow artists.

M. C. Escher

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.

Horace Mann

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

Colin Powell

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

'Is it true that you smoke eight to ten cigars a day?' 'That's true.' 'Is it true that you drink five martinis a day?' 'That's true.' 'Is it true that you still surround yourself with beautiful young women?' 'That's true.' 'What does your doctor say about all of this?' 'My doctor is dead.'

George F. Burns

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.

Maurice Maeterlinck

Russia is in a position where it can influence further developments in the situation surrounding Iran, including from the military point of view.

Grigory Yavlinsky

I park at least half the time in neighborhoods surrounding it because the parking lots on campus are full to the max. Even there, it's bumper to bumper.

Hannah Savery

Category 5 wiring is very popular with telecommuters and for surround sound in multiple rooms of the house. When you have speakers in several rooms, you don't want to see the wiring, so it's much more aesthetically pleasing.

Jennifer Baker (sales)

Peaks in seismic activity in the crust surrounding a fault could help signal the arrival of large earthquakes. These peaks may be a good midterm precursor and allow authorities to declare alerts several months before earthquakes.

Valeri Korneev

What utilities are looking for and the public surrounding those plants are looking for is a clear signal that the fuel is eventually going to move from those sites. Absent that, there may be some reluctance to continue to pursue the applications.

Adrian Heymer

The market was overbought surrounding the employment report and the heavy supply is weighing on it.

Mike Ryan

It'd be interesting to see if in fact the United States really is closing in on him. I wouldn't be surprised. It looks to me like some of the cells surrounding him and protecting him may be breaking down.

Joseph Wilson

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.

Max Depree

It's going to be tremendously challenging, ... I'm going to know everybody because I need to know everybody, but like I did (at UVM), I'm going to surround myself with great people and let them carry me along.

Tom Brennan

In the spirit of the agreement, I'm currently in the process of having our radio ad pulled from New York City and surrounding suburban markets.

Bill Powers

We're interviewing close to 20 witnesses — some from the house, some from surrounding areas.

Rich Pruitt

For 80 years, we've been serving the community in a piecemeal fashion through the various employers surrounding the area. We spent a lot of time [prior to the] new charter turning folks away because we weren't able to serve them ... because we had a rather restrictive charter.

Martin Kelly

The combination of the good people that surround him, with the experience that James Packer's had, means they will have the capacity to execute those plans.

Craig Shepherd

We're just overwhelmed by the generosity of Great Falls citizens and those in the surrounding area. We're really pleased with how much money we've raised in this short amount of time.

Bob James

I know she felt deceived and hurt, but she was more worried about him and the people he was surrounding himself with.

Tina Singleton

So long as it won't be a detriment to the surrounding area, I think we should take a harder look into the benefits.

Dan Moul

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.

Sally Koch

We don't have a park dedication policy like a lot of surrounding cities. But hopefully we can get one to pass. We're trying to research as many ways for funding as possible.

Chris Esser

Although booking patterns remained strong through early August despite poor operating performance, booking levels have since fallen on the adverse publicity surrounding the cancellations that occurred in early August.

Jim Goodwin

But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.

Jane Austen

Obviously, the savings vary depending on the home's location, as well as its construction type, its orientation to the sun, surrounding shade features and so forth. But the DOE tests confirmed a measurable and significant difference in the energy required to cool the home in all instances.

Jay Haines

Allen, although a favorite, may have a more serious challenger, in part because of the issues going on. The questions surrounding Iraq, the questions surrounding abortion, the hostility that many Democrats toward President Bush, could all generate high Democratic turnout.

Stephen Farnsworth

We have a good mixture of experienced and new officers. We have also had a lot of help from all the surrounding agencies to help get us up and running.

Jim Keith

We've put $623 million into 20 projects so far, ... That means more than half of our students are in renovated buildings, many of which have facilities that are also available to the surrounding communities.

Catherine Sullivan

Surround yourself with people who believe in you.

Brian Koslow

As for the circumstances surrounding it, yeah, there was an obvious exertion for quite a long time. If there was some weakened medical condition, then the two combined could have caused his death.

Scott Dover

They are artists who understand the power of art to disturb our complacency and they use it to reveal the fictions that surround us.

Julien Robson

We were on the bridge. It was so crowded. Thousands of people were surrounding me.

Fadhel Ali

We have heard tremendous positive feedback from the university athletic directors, conference commissioners and the baseball coaches. There is a great deal of momentum surrounding college baseball, and this project is another significant step forward.

Pat Battle

During his 15 years on the bench, it appears that he did not surround himself with conservative ideologues by any means.

Susan Sullivan

Lew didn't shirk from that (criticism). He was not the guy out in front of the pack identifying the next big thing. But he was exceptional at picking the best ideas out of a bunch. ... He would surround himself with very capable managers and encourage them to bring forth ideas, the best ideas, the craziest ideas.

Roy Verley

(Developers) are probably going to have to build part of McEwen. There may be some questions from surrounding folks about building McEwen to the interstate, but that may be a little excessive.

Tom Marsh

Just awesome. All them seats surrounding you.

Reggie Abercrombie

It's well overdue. There's too much uncertainty surrounding the whole thing.

Bob Jackson

The community surrounding this park has clearly said they want something unique and special on this site. We are looking for a design team that is capable of integrating the community involvement with the most ingenious designs to create an iconic park. We are looking for a sustainable design that captures the major historical and archeological significance of the site.

Ruth Coleman

We believe the key questions surrounding Microsoft's security strategy are centered on how they plan to distribute these products, how they will structure subscription services and how they will approach license pricing.

Robert Stimson

All the taxpayers of the surrounding cities of Providence -- Cranston, Johnston, North Providence, Pawtucket and East Providence -- will now be subsidizing the rescue service in the city of Providence.

Paul Doughty

The stock price has become divorced from its underlying fundamentals driven by investor enthusiasm surrounding the television shows. It may take until the shows debut or until investors see that earnings aren't coming in for the stock to crack.

Gary Mcdaniel

To bare our souls is all we ask, to give all we have to life and the beings surrounding us. Here the nature spirits are intense and we appreciate them, make offerings to them - these nature spirits who call us here - sealing our fate with each other, celebrating our love.

Alex Grey

We appreciate the support of the Jacksonville community to keep this traditional rivalry in Jacksonville through 2010. The week-long festivities in the community and the pageantry surrounding the game are unmatched in college football.

Jeremy Foley

[That the band chose Harrisburg, better known for the Pennsylvania Chili Cookoff than a raucous hotbed of music, is an example of its theory of controlled success. Rather than trying to be a] an itty-bitty fish in a big pond like New York, ... The band built up a fan-base in Harrisburg and then began playing larger surrounding cities to get exposure.

Brett Scallions

The religio-hucksterism surrounding the Schiavo case makes DeMille's Hollywood crusades look like amateur night. This circus is the latest and most egregious in a series of cultural shocks that have followed Election Day 2004, when a fateful exit poll question on 'moral values' ignited a take-no-prisoners political grab by moral zealots.

Frank Rich

We see this campaign as one more way to bring Americans closer to the excitement and passion that surround the Olympic Winter Games.

Karen Jennings

When you set aside all the emotion and hyperbole and drama surrounding this bill, it comes down to simple question. Are we or are we not all first-class citizens?

Mark Leno

This is a wonderful opportunity and now it's up to me to seize it and surround myself with some pretty good guys.

Fran Dunphy

Being selected to guide this historic property through its next phase of development is an honor and an exciting opportunity. Our goal is to develop a project that honors the historical significance and small-town charm of Young's Farm and the surrounding area.

Don Allison

Where a lot of this is coming from is the discussion several years ago surrounding partial-birth abortion. There was so much publicity surrounding that particular procedure and the idea of what the unborn child went through and the pain it felt.

Denise Burke

He's mythological to me, like Zeus or Thor. I don't want to dispel all the myths and mysteries that surround some of his stuff, which I think is just absolutely phenomenal, inspiring and righteous.

Bryan Adams

About 100 people registered and there are probably 80 or so here now. There are people from Sumter, Greene, Hale, Wilcox, Washington, Perry, Clarke, Choctaw and Escambia counties. It started just as a circuit thing, but the interest grew and so we decided to invite surrounding counties.

Charlotte Webb

He was up for both games, but the team just couldn't surround him and draw off of him.

Howard Kaululaau

Obviously, we didn't do very well with the big boy last year. We're certainly going to have more emphasis - not that we didn't last year - but we're going to make sure our kids are surrounding him and try to make somebody else beat us.

Matt Fine

Ah, 'tis a good strong yarn, about the sea, and all the legends that surround it.

Brian Jacques

We are thrilled and excited about hosting the 2007 NHL All-Star Game in Dallas. We're elated that we will be able to give Stars full season seat holders the opportunity to purchase tickets to the All-Star Game and the events that surround it.

Jim Lites

We then had to break the entire bath out, and break the piece surround the plug out using ripsaws, hammers and chisels and all kinds of stuff.

Malcolm Midgley

We are still investigating this attack because the circumstances surrounding it is still not clear.

Ireju Barasua

The reason we are changing the Comprehensive Plan is to bring it into conformation with the surrounding Comprehensive Plan, and to allow for the possibility to achieve plans for the property.

Lynne Strobel

We've stopped the stalls inside the market, but now the touts circulate in the surrounding streets. These people go into residential homes that we cannot enter because we are not the police.

Xing Dongsheng

Always surround yourself with people who are better than you. If you're hanging around bad people, they're going to start bringing you down . . . But, if you surround yourself with good people, they're going to be pulling you up.

Donny Osmond

I was very disappointed in the interview with Connie Chung. I thought he lost the opportunity to bring a lot of answers to the questions surrounding him.

Charles Stenholm

I'll never get used to living without Mo, but the painful things that surround what happened to him aren't so painful any more-not so raw or so new.

Robin Gibb

Uncertainty surrounding Oracle's model does not give us confidence that the company can continue to grow earnings at a rate that would drive 20 percent or better stock-price appreciation into 2002.

Christopher Shilakes

We'll have to decide if they really want to be there, then they will have to convince people they really want to stay there. That's a whole different positive type atmosphere, both within the facility and for the surrounding neighborhood.

Mac Mcarthur

We are now trying to help pregnant women who are also caught in the aftermath of the floods. Sick people cannot even get to the clinics because of the high level of waters surrounding their homes.

Boitumelo Mahlangu

The rebound came in due course after the negative factors surrounding Japan's financial system had been factored into share prices.

Masatoshi Sato

Every successful prescribed fire is a blow for safety in surrounding communities and for forest health. These forests are made safer by periodic fires -- a natural part of the evolution, growth and maintenance of healthy forests.

Bruce Babbitt

I would personally think you would have to have lots of background experience or surround yourself with people who have experience and be able to delegate authority. I think Richard can do that. ... He's got his legal intelligence to deal with it.

Bobby Timmons

There are no initial indications that these were innocent locals, and I base that on the facts that this team, in addition to just looking at the site where the strike occurred, also did some exploration in the surrounding area to include some caves, a nearby village, and talk[ed] to locals.

John Stufflebeem

Yes, surround yourself with people you care about.

Melinda Blanchard

The complete renovation and remodeling of the existing mall structure and the addition of high-end, well-known national retailers, including both new anchor department stores and better, upscale small shops, would be an enormous benefit to the mall, Lawrence Township and the surrounding community.

Jonathan Epstein

Affect on the parcel to be subdivided as well as the surrounding properties.

John Lambert

The issues surrounding spam are very different in the corporate environment than they are for ISPs. ISPs are worried about the resource drain in having to send and store spam, and they're worried about the churn in subscribers caused by spam. With corporations, the problems are liability and productivity.

Sunil Paul

We could have gotten more money to play the [Air Force] game somewhere else, but it was always our vision to play this game at the Yard, ... The excitement surrounding our program has changed the mentality of our team.

Chet Gladchuk

The $6,000 payment was a blatant violation. The circumstances surrounding this violation are especially troubling because the former coaches concealed the cash payment from administrators at the institution for over five years.

Josephine Potuto

Given the circumstances surrounding the affair and its likely impact upon my family and my ability to govern, I have decided the right course of action is to resign.

James Mcgreevey

Because of the facts in this case and all the facts surrounding her life and family... and the evidence.

John Barnett

The issues and challenges surrounding nuclear non-proliferation are continuously evolving. They've changed dramatically at several junctures in recent memory.

Spencer Abraham

We believe that the significant publicity surrounding our initial public offering in April carried over into the succeeding months and contributed to this higher than expected growth.

Scott Livengood

They've just come out of nowhere, and they're huge. They've done a number of things that were really smart. One was blogging. People have been doing personal home pages for as long as the Internet's been around, but they were one of the first social networks to jump on that. They've also jumped on music, and there's a lot of traffic surrounding that.

David Card

Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional lies which surround them.

Isadora Duncan

There are many unanswered questions surrounding this case. China certainly hasn't helped the situation by giving so little information about what happened and denying he's a state employee.

Nicholas Lardy

Became the first to propose ... the possible existence of deep ocean life under the global ice shield perpetually surrounding the enigmatic moon of Jupiter, Europa.

Richard Hoagland

This is a complex issue and the circumstances surrounding each institution's use of Native American mascots and imagery is different. Each review will be considered on the unique aspects and circumstances as it relates to the specific use and practice at that college or university.

Bernard Franklin

He didn't have any particular expertise in the industry with all of the legislation and the legal issues surrounding the industry. This was an opportunity to get out at a nice profit.

Martin Feldman

There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.

Marcus Garvey

People in surrounding states would like to access Maryland's job market but cannot because they cannot find a place to live that is both desirable and affordable.

Anirban Basu

This is a huge game for us. Hearts are very much the form team of the moment and have had a lot of publicity surrounding them due to their signings and their results.

Richard Bowers

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them go get on with it.

David M. Ogilvy

We feel we've got to do some things better and be more aggressive in the community, ... We're going to hire more staff and market more to our surrounding areas, and start bringing in more revenue.

Barry Melrose

Hopefully the controversy that's been surrounding that will stay in 2005.

Dennis Andrews

The revelations surrounding the firings this past six months were much more than just breaking a rule.

Jim Haney

Every area in the country is subject to some kind of disaster - flood, hurricane, earthquake, to name a few. Even man-made disasters - oil spill, civil unrest, fire - can devastate the surrounding neighborhood and economy. Even though an area has never been damaged before, there is no guarantee that it will not happen tomorrow.

Carol Chastang

He also agreed not to work in the emergency medical field in Pennsylvania forever. We also notified surrounding states.

Richard Mcgarvey

There are some very suspicious circumstances surrounding these fires.

Ted Denny

The well-established neighborhoods that surround this site, along with the increasing residential development in uptown, make Metropolitan an exceptional retail location. Everyone we talk to says they're ready to shop or move here yesterday. The local and national restaurants and retailers that we're lining up wish they could open yesterday as well.

John Collett

At least gives you a better chance at uniformity and keeps our assessments from driving people away into the surrounding counties.

Larry Dunn

It's part of the mythology surrounding the music business that spending huge amounts of marketing monies will ensure commercial success. This simply isn't so. If the music isn't compelling from the audience's perspective, no amount of spending will make it a hit.

Al Teller

I comes down to what Pierre (Lacroix) would say. When you surround yourself with quality people, you're going to have success. That's exactly what Eric and Shawn are trying to build down here. I'm one of the pieces of the puzzle ?.

Hayne Ellis

Because of the uncertainty surrounding the current litigation, NCUA would be derelict if it did not take the action it takes today.

Joann Johnson

These standout ratings for CMT and the Miss America pageant are just the beginning of a long and successful relationship. The buzz and promotion surrounding the pageant were like no other in our history and the ratings were a resounding victory for the network.

Paul Villadolid

Our players have stayed positive even though we haven't come up with some wins. There's been some negativity surrounding our program, and the kids haven't listened to it.

Craig Pippen

With thousands of people pre-registered for this Mountain Dew sweepstakes, we have seen great excitement surrounding the promotion. The Xbox 360 has the potential of not only transforming the gaming experience, but the entire entertainment experience, which is why this next-generation console is an incredible prize for our consumers.

Frank Cooper

To capture the sounds audiophiles expect with HDTV, clarity is key: Experience has shown me that to do a wonderful job with [surround sound], you need clarity. The sound has got to be clean, clear and open. So I thought, Why not go for the best you can get? Use the same very-high-quality microphones all around to really go for it. The AT4050s were chosen for their sound.

Bob Dixon

Henderson's effort is one of several recent studies that point the way to understanding metabolism beyond the issues surrounding simple fat reduction.

Richard Feinman

His style is not to go too deeply into the homework, but to surround himself with key people who delve into the issues, come back, give him a summary, then he will make decisions. He will make you like him before he presses you on policy.

Wayne Slater

This is a terrific opportunity to shine a spotlight on important issues surrounding Black Hills National Forest, including forest health and wildfire prevention. Ensuring appropriate forest policy is essential not only to preserving South Dakota's wonderful natural resources, but to our tourism and economy as well.

Stephanie Herseth

There's been a series of these in surrounding counties for four or five months, but never of this level of violence.

Vernon Keenan

The place has a natural view of the surrounding sceneries.

Benjamin Figueroa

In view of the widespread commentary surrounding Viagra, we believe it is prudent and responsible to restate the appropriate use of this breakthrough medicine as well as to caution against inappropriate use.

Joseph Feczko

We think it's still valid, this doesn't do anything in the long run to affect our case, I sure hope we'll see Watson Hill in the City of North Charleston, without any controversy surrounding it.

Jack Scoville

As the recovery takes hold, the vulnerability we have surrounding these issues will diminish and they won't be able to impact the overall economy. And then investors will focus on the good news.

Lakshman Achuthan

We used a material palette that fit in with the surrounding campus. The stadium exterior had been mostly gray concrete. The new building exterior is stone and red brick.

Randy Bredar

Marcus is such a fast learner. For a rookie, he's picked up our offense pretty well. All the pressure surrounding what we have to know, even in meetings, doesn't seem to bug him.

Cory Withrow

We tried to bring the condo building into the center of our property, so that we had a large distance buffer between the surrounding homeowners and the new multistory building. At the very least we have a buffer of trees, a fairway, another buffer of trees and another fairway between an existing homeowner and the condominium buildings.

John Meade

Bear Bryant's Three Rules for coaching: 1) Surround yourself with people who can't live without football. 2) Recognize winners. They come In all forms. 3) Have a plan for everything.

Bear Bryant

If there is no stimulus of mechanical action on the bone, the surrounding bone will gradually disappear. An implant will also keep teeth from shifting and the bite from collapsing. And, the implant does not rely on adjacent teeth for support.

Dr. Peter Laliberte

We have a total of 38 families here in Williamson County. We probably have such a large number here because of the interstate. Other surrounding counties have considerably fewer evacuees. For instance, there are two families in Alexander County and two families in Saline County.

Sharon Hess

The idea is to have land uses conducive to that transit stop. Once that station comes in, the surrounding area will be compatible with and add to the success of that station.

Barry Shelton

With the heat of the 2004 election behind people, and the drama surrounding the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision, it sort of faded from the public's attention. A lot of people don't feel particularly strongly about this issue.

Michael Dimock

He tended to surround himself with those that support his agenda. He was involved with the selection of flag officers to an unprecedented level.

John Batiste

Where some people were bemoaning some of these things that surround the program, I think he has embraced them and turned them into positives.

Pat Haden

What is going on in Belarus can be compared to the storm of a fortress. This was the first storm. We will use peaceful methods. We will surround that fortress and we will not retreat.

Aleksandr Milinkevich

This expansion is the result of a carefully planned process to assess the need and resources available in the surrounding area. No other organization is providing the variety and depth of supportive care that the professionals at Cancer Services do.

Chris Gomez

The goal is to create a new use for the manure that's surrounding the town ? as a biofuel.

Deborah Abbott

Parents may refer their children to the program. We also get referrals from schools, police officers, physicians, fire departments and the juvenile courts in Summit and surrounding counties.

Julie Klein

It was built to give native students a place to receive their education in a culturally appropriate place. It acts as a bridge connecting the campus and the surrounding native community.

Tina Kuckkahn

Cause immeasurable damage to ... surrounding properties.

James Maloney

The USOC is currently addressing the landscape surrounding a possible bid for 2016. We are certainly following their lead in that respect. But before they re-evaluated, we made it part of the public record that we would certainly be interested in hosting the games at the next possible opportunity.

Joseph Torsella

It has always been the goal of the city to create a first-class facility that equals those across the state. We want to do it. We want to do it right. We want to have something that Orangeburg and the surrounding area can be proud of.

Buster Smith

You need a class like this because many people who work in the policy world have a sophisticated understanding of foreign cultures and the ... challenges surrounding nuclear issues, but not the science that underlies many of those concerns.

Daniel Byman

We have a surround-sound television system and children's games, and it's kind of wide open so children can play in the family room and move right out to the outside.

Heather Faulding

Much of the surrounding area and feeder markets suffered considerable damage, which could certainly depress business in the near term. Pinnacle has the largest exposure to the market, which is a concern considering the recent impact to the company from Katrina.

Marc Falcone

We're enjoying people coming in from Augusta and the surrounding areas.

Colin Miller

Or any other humanitarian service organizations because it's vitally important to the people of New Orleans and the surrounding parishes who need food, shelter and clothing.

Jay Campbell

The outer level is symbolic and represents the world in its divine form and the inner level represents a map where the mind is transformed into an enlightened mind. The secret level represents the balance of mind and body and the energies surrounding them.

Thupten Chosang

This project continues the revitalization of a very important part of the San Diego waterfront and central business district area. The new hotel and the surrounding grounds will provide first-class accommodations to Convention Center guests and to the City of San Diego. We are delighted to have the opportunity to participate.

Michael Mccann

It's a tribute to the Idaho Potato industry that Boise and the surrounding area were selected to host the show. It's probably fitting.

Fred Zerza

I want to dispel any notion that coach Waters' resignation was due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his missing our game with Marquette. That is simply not true.

Robert Mulcahy

The walls surrounding it will be restored and refurbished, the stones cleared and cleaned.

Joe O'keefe

When you surround someone with positive role models, they know that they're not journeying by themselves. We found that if someone has a circle of support, they're less likely to go back inside.

Barbara Mckinney

[Transport Minister Jean Lapierre has sent tough letters to the top executives at Crown corporations under his jurisdiction, The Canadian Press has learned. Citing] recent events surrounding the expenses and salaries of two CEOs of government-related corporations, ... heightened.

Jean Lapierre

That parcel was hamstrung by surrounding buildings and just couldn't grow.

John Enos

It's generally due to the Internet boom. It's due to both companies like Excite@Home who are further along in their life cycle as well as the second-, third-, fourth-generation startup companies that surround Excite@Home.

Joe Kraus

I'm drawing the gossip surrounding the celebrity, or the image the celebrity tries to push on us.

Hilary Duff

Marketers understand the tremendous publicity and marketing potential surrounding the Oscars, and the pour substantial amounts of money into making an impact during the awards.

Chad Kaydo

It's quite autobiographical. It talks about relationships. The last record was naïve because we were. At that point, we would have done anything to succeed. And it's easy to get distracted and surround yourself with toys. But I wanted to get back to a sense of normality. I needed that sense of reality.

Darren Hayes

Category 5 wiring is very popular with telecommuters and for surround sound in multiple rooms of the house.

Jennifer Baker (sales)

Key to our success in the new season is the staff and infrastructure surrounding the squad of players and most important in that equation is the management team.

Steve O'hara

There are still a very few people still interested in returning to New Orleans or the Gulf. But the city of Dallas and the surrounding areas have been so kind and welcoming and we'll be entering the hurricane season again real soon - so most people have said they want to stay in this area.

Yvonne Gilliam

The judge is the neutral objective party whose job is to weigh and measure all the surrounding circumstances and decide what's fair. By conditioning a plea, the district attorney is playing the role of both prosecutor and judge.

William Petrillo

We're barely keeping up with the growth in Naperville and the surrounding communities, ... We need more beds.

Pam Davis

Some high quality habitat surrounding the Refuge was in danger of destruction. We have pursued an aggressive program of purchasing land from willing sellers so that we could maintain refuge productivity.

Al Trout

The processing units are in a dry area, but there's water around the surrounding areas, ... We're sending materials and people by river. It's safe to say the refinery will be down a couple of months.

Kevin Fitzgerald

Everyone working in medicine today needs to be aware of the special issues surrounding women's addiction.

Carl Hickey

By and large, however, we have not found profound negative health impacts to the rest of the population in surrounding areas, nor widespread contamination.

Burton Bennett

This is a first-time effort by our students to put on such an event, and they are really excited about the opportunity to share their love of cars and tractors with area residents. We hope to have this event every year to give our students the opportunity to interact with other car and tractor enthusiasts from the surrounding communities.

Bob Owen

Our law here in Arizona, it requires that the driver have known that he injured an individual or a reasonable person should have known that he may have hit an individual, ... And the facts and circumstances surrounding his conduct after the accident will go directly to that element of the charge.

Rick Romley

Electronic Arts has gone to great lengths to capture the unique features of college baseball. We have heard tremendous positive feedback from the university athletic directors, conference commissioners and the baseball coaches. There is a great deal of momentum surrounding college baseball, and this project is another significant step forward.

Pat Battle

When I was growing up, the whole block was your village -- everyone looked out for the children. [The Month of the Military Child] recognizes the need for vigilance for the military public, as well as issues surrounding children safety, abuse and awareness.

Jackie Hayes

Approximately 26 percent of the surrounding property owners within 200 feet of the property have officially registered opposition to the request. Because of this, a super majority vote (six of seven council members) is needed to approve the requested zoning change.

Ken Baker

Cassini will probably execute a flawless mission around the Earth if it can make the last hurdle through 8,000 pieces of 'space junk' surrounding the Earth.

Michio Kaku

We want to make sure kids understand what it takes to be a first-class citizen, and we want to surround them with examples of that. There are no negative examples here.

Ron Mccormick

The fact that I loved such an unconstant, self-centered, socio-path for ten years makes me really doubt my abilities to surround myself with good people.

Owen J. Mcclain

It has been a two-month process, one in which we learned a great deal about this virus. We hope this knowledge will help us in the future should (future outbreaks) occur. We are relieved to have the situation behind us. I would think this would act as a catalyst to open the borders of the surrounding states, but those decisions will have to be made by the veterinarian in those jurisdictions.

Lou Raffetto

If we can get people out here to help us plant as much as possible by May 6 and 15, that would be great because then we can show the surrounding communities that people are still interested in healthy food and using that water to grow that food.

Justin Willey

Finance definitely is not my strongest area. I surround myself with good people. And I keep working on it.

Constance Collins

Workers as well as surrounding residents or members of the public will all be much more protected.

Linda Krop

These new patents expand the entire body of intellectual property surrounding the company's devices and technology.

John Hinson

The hype surrounding the SA needs to be improved. People need to know that it's not just dealing with academic issues, because that's what it often gets pegged to. It's also dealing with a variety of student life issues that are really important to not only people who are active in the colleges but also to the people who aren't involved.

Althea Tupper

The rapid ramp up of available solutions from automotive OEMs [original equipment manufacturers' is a stark contrast to the normal five-year product development cycle in the automotive industry. The variety of solutions reflects the swiftly changing landscape of the mobile audio market where branded audio solutions, surround sound and mobile device integration are driving market growth.

Phil Magney

The property owners of Horseshoe Bay felt like they wanted to have more of a voice in the future development of Horseshoe Bay. The secondary reason was to protect themselves from the encroachment of surrounding municipalities.

Sam Martin

In most credible launch accident scenarios, any release would be contained in the Launch Complex 41 area, the launch pad area, or the Cape itself and nobody in the surrounding communities would be exposed.

Todd Halvorson

Tenet continues to believe that physician relocation agreements such as those entered into by Alvarado are a common practice used by many hospitals to bring needed health care resources to their communities. This case has amply demonstrated that the law surrounding physician relocation agreements is complicated and subject to differing interpretations.

Peter Urbanowicz

In terms of how it affected financial markets, it did have an immediate impact, but I don't think it's long-lasting at this point until we know a little bit further what the situation is surrounding it.

Carolyn Kwan

I've had a few client questions surrounding R2 but most of my requests the past few months have been focused on SQL 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.

John Mcgrath

We are proud of another record revenue quarter in our advertising business and are pleased with our overall 2005 results in light of the continued challenging environment surrounding the mobile value-added service sector in China.

Wang Yan

My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.

Igor Stravinsky

Relative to surrounding school districts our starting pay is lower than most, but the cost of living in Pickens is less too. It's not how much you make, but how much you have in your pocket after you pay all your bills.

Alex Saitta

It's just to let people in Lexington ... know what's going on ... in the surrounding communities and what's going on with global warming.

Nancy Nolan

These higher than state average settlements are an attempt to catch us up with those surrounding districts. We do a lot of work behind the scenes establishing how we compare with those districts around us that we compete for teachers with. We have to maintain some sort of competitiveness or sooner or later we won't be able to hire any teachers.

Duane Van Gorp

Sentiment amongst institutional investors is very poor. There's a lot of uncertainty surrounding the new management's strategy.

Charlie Lanchester

Water heats up much more slowly than land surfaces, so in the summer the water is acting to cool the surrounding land surface. In the winter, the opposite happens. In winter the water remains warmer than the surrounding land.

Jim Angel

We're still reviewing the circumstances surrounding the shooting. Most of the investigation is complete. At this point, we're largely in the evaluation stage of the review.

Simon Brown

Most other schools don't even have this. A greater number of them deal with issues surrounding low self-esteem and poor academic achievement.

Angie Wellman

We wanted to make sure that people could get out to see batting practice and take part in all the ceremonies that surround such a special event.

Scott Reifert

Lula is surrounding himself with pragmatists and that's chipping away at the risk factor.

Sergio Machado

No. Nobody uses me... They always say that I'm being dictated upon by the people surrounding me. That's not true... I'm not a corrupt person. That I'm telling you straight.

Fernando Poe, Jr.

I'm disturbed by some of the levity I've heard surrounding this case. What we're talking about here is a severe case of domestic violence, and it's time we started taking this issue more seriously.

Mike Sanders

As the local health-care leader, the hospital demonstrates its commitment to improving the health care of this county and the surrounding communities by being tobacco-free.

Jim Richardson

We have good talent surrounding him. But at some point, you know the eyes will be looking to him to do something. And every time he has faced that challenge wearing a USA jersey, he has answered that challenge.

Jim Johannson

When you surround yourself with good players a lot of good things can happen. It is nice to get 600 wins, but I am just real happy that my team is playing the way they are.

Sandy Montgomery

We are in a situation where sales of replacement tires have declined for several reasons, ... Obviously concerns surrounding the recall of certain Firestone tires is a contributor to this decline.

John Lampe

While there certainly does need to be an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Dr. Kelly's death, there are very large numbers of questions which all center on the issue of whether the public can trust what the government tells it and which relate to the information given to parliament and the public during the lead-up to war in Iraq.

Oliver Letwin

There was some kind of foul play involved, and evidence surrounding that foul play has led detectives to classify it as a homicide.

Bill Doniel