The driving force behind this improvement was an increase in the likelihood of people having employment-based health insurance.

Robert Mills

We hope to increase it to more than 60 percent and the increase in listing fees will certainly help us do that.

Yusli Mohamed Yusoff

One more rate increase may be enough for the U.S. economy.

Akira Takei

We are seeing a rising increase in children coming through our children's emergency center with injuries.

Kathy Harper

For our residential customers it's a monthly bill increase by $2.96.

Faye Andersen

We are expecting our application rates to increase drastically. So we are going to need more staff to cater to the demand and we are going to have to pay them for their work.

Lukata Mjumbe

It's a direct promotion to increase attendance.

Dennis Speigel

This shows the increase in spending is not due to a one-off factor. We are seeing consumers becoming more and more confident about the future economic trend.

Masaaki Kanno

Our hope is we will see an increase in the number of people actually making it into treatment.

Kathryn Jett

The signal from the central bank is that they won't increase the size of rate cuts.

Flavio Farah

The weaknesses are on the increase.

Peter Rosenfeld

The large 3.2 million barrel increase in (US) gasoline accelerated selling.

Keiichi Sano

We try to increase cultural awareness because many people come through Japanese culture through anime.

Jessica Graeber

I expect that Katrina will have very severe economic impacts because it will force consumers to increase expenditures on energy drastically.

Philip Verleger

We're optimistic the need for office space will increase.

John W. Whitehead

It's not friendly for the Fed at all. This boosts the chance of a March rate increase; it should cement 4.75 percent.

Keith Hembre

We always budget very conservatively. Nobody anticipated this big of an increase though.

Carol Horn

No doubt it would increase our tax base, assess the valuation somewhat, increased revenues from the buildings that he would put up and the animals he would have in those facilities.

Paul Campbell

Tuition is expensive already. I don't see a reason to increase it.

Marquette College

Compared with 2005, this represents an increase of about $100 million. Also, we will acquire 310 locomotives at a cost of about $550 million.

Matthew K. Rose

These new policies indicate that consumption of China's domestic drugs will be on the steady increase in the future.

Frank Li

We would expect BSX to quickly come back with a new bid, but importantly, we do not expect management to increase its debt or offer more equity.

Tao Levy

Landlords have been able to increase asking rents and are getting them.

Mark Brooks

Because every winter is different, it's difficult to estimate how much of an increase in accidents there are. But this time of year, the number of accidents are considerably up.

Michael Woods

The increase in U.S. exports came as a surprise and it's good news. Export demand for U.S. cotton is very good and encouraging to the market. The U.S. exports are to go to China as seen in their increase in imports.

John Flanagan

It was a solid increase this year, but not generally spectacular.

Michael Mcnamara

We didn't increase any of our prices this year.

John Stanton

The only way to increase (the available fish) is to have wild trout streams and wild fish to catch.

William Ferris

Even if the economy remains very strong, we would expect an increase in the delinquency and foreclosure rate.

Mike Fratantoni

Grocery spending does not increase when a new competitor comes into the market.

Patrick Wright

Even if we constrain global warming to the EU target of a two-degree (Celsius) increase, we will be living in atmospheric conditions that human beings have never experienced. Deeper cuts in emissions are needed.

Jacqueline Mcglade

As bear numbers increase they are getting into places they haven't been seen in 50 or 100 years.

Chris Servheen

We don't want the minimum wage increase.

Angela Jones

That would increase unemployment and hurt our economy, and commercial banks could also face a difficult operating environment.

Tang Xu

There is no explanation for this increase.

Jane Orient

During events, it's considerably higher, but we're confident utilization will increase.

Scott Aaronson

No increase in the fire district's general tax rate would be required, which was an essential component of the proposal.

John Flynn

This is an increase in the adjustment in the fuel (cost) . . . that is a direct pass along to the customer. We're impacted by the same high costs of fuel that each of our customers are.

Bill Swank

The rates will increase in 2006, but the increase will be gradual. So, we don't expect a significant pushback from borrowers because of the increase in rates.

Jeff Majewski

If we get an increase there, that will be a direct off-set to the tax levy.

Paul Mintz

Our analysis shows that ... you could make a 20-fold increase in safety in the center fuel tank on the 747 (with JP-5). That's worth going after.

Thomas Mcsweeny

The contract they sent over called for a 76 percent price increase.

Mark Cicero

We hope this will increase the value.

John Torres

I can clearly see an increase in protectionism.

Siim Kallas

Accuracy is going to increase the more expert eyeballs get at the topic.

Larry Sanger

God does not begin by asking our ability,only our availability,and if we prove our dependability,He will increase our capability.

Neal A. Maxwell

We expect a contract with a respectable wage increase. We are willing to negotiate.

Detlef Wetzel

As we build out towards some of the areas where they still remain, the chance of someone encountering a panther may increase.

Dave Addison

The increase in energy prices may impact the holiday season.

Joe Winter

We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.

Charles Fillmore

From the very beginning, we always said that when you introduce a new mark, sales will increase.

Greg Hand

We don't feel it's absolutely necessary to drastically increase our measures at this time.

Jessica Gissubel

Montrose County rates are higher than most and a significant increase will absolutely kill the economy.

Steve Stuhmer

The company failed to increase our comfort zone after reporting weaker-than-expected results.

Rene Pimentel

It would be cheaper for us to go out and buy radios for all our employees than to increase our bandwidth for these sites.

Jeff Uslan

We are looking at different ways to expand capacity and increase production in the most economically feasible way we can.

Dan Wegner

I have to be a bit cautious because the increase has been so rapid.

Seiki Orimi

One should not translate the increase one-on-one into future hard data.

Alexander Koch

I am uncomfortable voting to increase anybody's taxes.

Steve Kennedy

We are seeing an increase in men.

Robin Moore

The only interest they have is to increase abortions in America, and to further their own radical, extremist agenda.

Olivia Gans

Lion Beer needs to increase its export business to maintain viable growth.

Channa Amaratunga

We either increase the cost to the schools, or spend less time on the roads.

Christopher Williams

The make good economical sense all the time, but especially now with the increase in energy prices.

Rodney Tollefson

The whole goal is to increase sell-through rate through search.

Steve Kusmer

We're interested to see if the number of people paying by credit card will increase [now].

Kathy Irwin

I would advise the government to control the abrupt increase in dollar price to help sustain our investment.

Fazlul Haque

I think more companies will increase guidance and the rally will continue.

Brian Finnerty

The material shortages have had far more effect than any cost increase due to impact fees.

Jim Folkman

Damage to distribution facilities in California could be recovered in a future (increase in rates). But we don't expect to file another general rate case for some time.

Karl Walquist

It's not like we're taking from other facilities. Everybody's experiencing an increase.

Carol Olson

That's a 42-percent increase in fuel efficiency from 12 miles per gallon to 17 miles per gallon, so it's really a significant savings.

Susie Johnson

A lot of it goes with the economy. We're seeing an increase on a regular basis.

Robert Stuart

On balance there has been some small increase in productivity that can probably be attributed to the (shorter) week.

Dr. John Martin

Considering the benefits that I've seen, I don't think that it would hurt to increase calcium intake through low-fat dairy.

Cedric F. Garland

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

James Talent

After the end of the quarter, in North America we were asked on two occasions to increase our earnings each by $7 million.

Wesley Colwell

We had a 10 cent increase last night, and we're going to have probably more to come. I believe we're going to be in the $3 market area before long.

Richard Cline

A tax increase is a tax increase. We do not want the governor to include any of them in the budget.

Mark Hansen

With income from grain crops, farmers will have about a normal income. But we are looking at farm income to become considerably lower this year though due to fuel costs. There has been a $4.8 billion fuel increase for agriculture this year.

Bob Wells

What's on the increase is kids getting on mailing lists.

Tracey Mills

We think we treat it (the increase) in the purest form. But it's also the most harsh.

Doug White

It's a cost of doing business increase.

Susan Foy

Our big priority now is to come to terms with the building and meet the deadline before the county impact fees increase.

George Cline

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

Allow Ken to increase the range of his responsibilities.

Harvey Golub

I was taken aback by the increase.

Lee Stetson

We have seen this in the early payment by Russia of Paris club debt and the increase in euro in their basket.

David Bloom

Whether this will increase interest has yet to be seen.

Todd Radford

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

Peg Bracken

The continued record increase in visitor arrivals from the domestic market has been phenomenal.

Marsha Wienert

Even if you didn't have the hurricane and a major disaster in the south, ... we probably would be looking at a moderate increase.

James Nelson

I not going to sign off on something that does not increase security for this state IT information.

Mark Warner

We're seeing a seasonal increase for distillate demand, but the cold is certainly not here yet. So it's likely not being burned.

Timothy Evans

The increase appears to be due to stronger than expected organic growth, an area of recent concern for investors.

Jeffrey Cianci

We need to win this game in order to increase the advantage on our rivals.

Johann Vogel

We hope to see the event increase in size and scope.

Jason Clark

A 20 percent increase in the delivery service revenue is huge. It's the biggest we've ever seen.

Martin Cohen

The governor's tax increase plan does not work.

Carole Keeton Strayhorn

How does a connected home increase the value of a home? The answer to that is not known yet.

Paul Carter

Unfortunately, a stronger economy may also signal that energy demand will increase, driving up the price of crude oil and gasoline.

Dave Carlson

I would hate to see a tax increase of any kind, and I don't want to see any cuts in services.

Kathy Lawson

That's another project that will increase the amount of air operations here.

Dennis Blazak

It's important work, clearly, because it demonstrates continuing research to increase expansion of adult stem cells. It's an efficiency question.

Paul Sanberg

And he is dead who will not fight; / And who dies fighting has increase.

Julian Grenfell

Our new home will dramatically increase the efficiency of our operations by consolidating our staff currently housed in three buildings into one facility.

Jack Ehnes

There could be a bit of a sea change in what's happening in technology when a bellwether says that it's going to increase spending.

Jim Fehrenbach

The size of that increase is not going to sit well with certain elements of the community.

Michael Gengler

You can do red eye reduction, increase the sharpness of the photograph.

Kirsten Hemmig

Dell's volumes are expected to increase more than 5 percent sequentially.

Jim Schneider

We have to expand our recruiting base, and we need to increase the scholarships we have.

George Cochran

The increase in numbers was fairly widespread across industries.

Steve Hine

You can increase password management on the device.

Richard Hudson

If you're poor, your chances of ending up on death row increase dramatically. If you're black, your chances of ending up on death row increase dramatically.

Sen. Hank Sanders

But the tone is entirely constructive. No one thought the $4.3 billion increase is a figure to be sneezed at.

Alan Bersin

Given where we are, with the potential for a pandemic, the clearest vision we can have is to dramatically increase the availability of this drug and make all information available.

David Reddy

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.

Avram Noam Chomsky

In September of 2004, the board approved an incentive based increase in salary. Their salary increase is based on membership.

Tracy Hatmaker

Their filing did not reflect that damage and could not justify the rate increase.

Jim Hurley

Government might want to consider how it can wriggle more cleverly to balance the 25 per cent increase against its commitment to lift economic growth.

David Lowe

Governments are either going to have to cut spending by that much or they are going to have to increase property taxes to make up the difference.

Jackie Nytes

We need to properly explain to people they're only going to see a 7-mil increase.

Chris Hoffman

We are striving to increase productivity to fight spiraling dollar costs.

Mauricio Botelho

What we have to do is increase the amount of water from the vase solution to the flower. If we can get these things right, we're going to do a lot better.

Terril Nell

Absent some major decline in demand or some major increase in supply, I don't think anybody is thinking we're going to see $4 gas again.

Andrew Melnykovych

Could increase the demand for holiday travel, because people want to be home with their families.

Bob Harrell

The airline battle to reduce costs, increase yields and improve efficiencies is effective well beyond expectations.

Giovanni Bisignani

If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase.

Matt Blunt

We are still convinced that it is necessary to deepen and increase our relations in the economic field.

Joseph Deiss

It appears we will have a balanced budget with no [fare] increase.

Mark Aesch

What you won't see is a dividend increase ... driven by a one-time asset sale.

Michael Sabia

It will be a very modest increase.

William Kirwan

I would not expect to see an increase in doctor-assisted suicides here. But I do expect more states will at least have discussion now.

Mary Williams

Fee increase represents a good balance between our county policy and the challenges of developers and Realtors.

Mike Yoder

It could increase people's anxiety, ... Extending the trading hours is going to keep them focusing on the market.

Richard Geist

It would probably increase the number of deer killed, but I'm not sure I'm for or against it.

Lebron James

Having a team in Lexington would increase fan support in the league.

Pat Malone

That number is going to increase.

Janusz Jonczyk

With this proposed increase by our fisheries manager it probably would put the rest of the industry out of business.

Nick Crismale

The governor has talked about how not all taxes are created equal. If there was to be any kind of tax increase, there would have to be a corresponding tax decrease.

Chris Drummond

We cannot yet accept the increase on interest rate and collateral fund.

Paskah Suzetta

An increase in oil imports means more demand out of Japan for the dollar to buy them.

Osamu Takashima

We want to continue to increase the Thai contents in our products.

Anat Julintorn

We have no intention, nor the ability, to increase our military armaments substantially.

Jiang Enzhu

The main purpose of this is to do solid work for the farmers and not to increase their financial burden.

Feng Jianzhong

It's very exciting, these results. We are holding our costs, and that's what fueled the 45 percent increase in the quarter.

Daniel Somers

My priority is to increase the endowment fund. I think we'll continue to grow.

David Stewart

A modest increase in a gigantic sum of money is still too much.

Brandon Rees

The threat is very serious and will only increase as the days go by without the waters receding.

Georges Benjamin

We never really see an increase in the number of officers because of the recruitment issue.

Kelvin Goertzen

The increase in petroleum also causes it to be more expensive to actually produce the food and things of that nature.

Alan Hargrave

Each failure to sell will increase your chances for success at your next attempt.

Og Mandino

We've held up raising ticket prices as much as anyone by competition. But it became clear fares had to increase.

Barry Biffle

They are observing the increase of our cropland and may become important suppliers, as Brazil imports over 50% of its needs.

Abdelwahab Abdallah

We now have nearly 50 million users in Europe, a 25 per cent increase in just 12 months.

Philipp Justus

We are short-staffed now so any increase in load will make it worse.

Deborah Powell

The desperation to look younger and younger is going to increase. (Baby boomers) grew up thinking you're not supposed to get old.

Shirley Zussman

There's no doubt that part of our [stock price increase] was because deregulation was approved.

Richard White

I'm sure there was going to be another rent increase, ... It's been happening to everyone down here.

John Cain

There's nothing that's good about it. Right now we're only talking about a decrease in benefits and an increase in costs to graduate students.

Adrianne Wadewitz

International visitors have absolutely, completely recovered. We've seen an increase in UK, German and Canadian business here.

Nicki Grossman

They would pay only 15 percent more on June 1, the 15.7 percent more on March 1, 2007, with the remaining increase due June 1, 2007.

Merrie Street

What we're offering is a three?year program to increase the funding.

Rep. Dave Heaton

Right after 9/11 it was impossible for anyone to say no to anything that would purportedly increase security.

Kevin Haggerty

We want to increase the affiliation people feel with the VSC and become more of a presence on campus.

Keith Fletcher

We are starting to see an increase in influenza activity.

Barbara Cole

It will increase their costs and require credit counseling and education when it's too late to do any good, ... It will also force many into Chapter 13 when they can't afford it.

John Cole

Freight rates are expected to increase in the coming year, so we will continue to boost our capacity to take advantage of the continued growth in the Chinese and global economies.

Wei Jiafu

It's been hard for everybody. It's time to have an increase. Everything is so expensive.

Francisco Garcia

I'm certainly going to try and increase it.

Sen. Pamela Resor

Any time you increase the cost of serving someone a hamburger, you increase the price of the hamburger.

Bob Beers

The lack of any increase to guidance from the operational perspective is a little disappointing.

Nick Fothergill

It is excellent news that we will soon be able to increase our supplies of home-produced beef.

Margaret Beckett

On aid, things look really bad, the Americans seem completely unconvinced about the need to increase aid.

Max Lawson

It's a dramatic increase in accidents. Certainly something has changed and people have a right to ask, what the heck's going on?

David Chudnovsky

Programming fees have significantly outpaced the average increase of a DirecTV customer's bill.

Robert Mercer

We need to increase that number to 25 percent.

Sam Pitroda

It is not necessary or even possible for us to massively increase the defense budget.

Cao Gangchuan

The figures on Chinese textile imports that we have from Customs and Excise and the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) show no major increase.

Industry Minister Fahmi Idris

That's why we have asked neighboring administrations to increase their supervision of alcohol sales.

Ade Suharsono

Increase in economic relations with South Africa became important as that country has a strong economy.

Jusuf Kalla

I think (impact fees) have been overshadowed by the increase in concrete and steel. It seems to have settled down.

Dennis Davis

There will be a concern if we see an increase in businesses selling PCs without Windows and piracy goes into the sky.

Michala Alexander

If we didn't have to struggle with these three items we would be in a much, much different situation. They are driving this tax increase.

Terry Christie

We expect 2006 to be another good year for Pearson as we continue to increase margins and grow ahead of our markets.

Marjorie Scardino

The fundamental change has really been the change in the investment rules in conjunction with the increase in the political stability of Ghana.

Colin Smith

Sounds like we need Judy here to argue in favor of a tax increase.

Jim Oberweis

It is simply impossible for us to massively increase the investment in defense capabilities.

Cao Gangchuan

The companies have publicly committed to reduce their hedge books, not to increase them, so I don't expect them to start hedging again in the same way in the near future.

Jeremy East

The coalition agreement will not make enough of a contribution to support growth and increase employment.

Dieter Hundt

We are in talks to increase our stake... and we are looking at the 19.9 pct stake.

William Rhodes

Of their high degree of interaction and the expanded distribution reach which enables to closely manage our distribution costs and increase our sales.

Brandon Johnson

While any increase is difficult for our citizens, we successfully reduced the increase by 40 percent in this case.

Attorney General Greg Stumbo

(The departures) will just increase every year.

Pat Morris

We expect that the enemies will increase their attacks, particularly as we run up to the referendum.

Joseph Taluto

It's been really smooth up to this point. We did see an increase in traffic, but nothing we can't handle.

Robert Lambert

For people who are low income, this is like your entire salary increase goes to energy and for those on fixed income, it's even worse.

Mark Wolfe

We are going to be very strategic. We will be looking forward to double-digit increase in each year of the contract.

Ruel Reid

Coal is still the predominant fuel used in generating electricity, and the demand for electricity continues to increase. Because of that, the demand for coal will continue to increase for the foreseeable future.

Pat Hemlepp

Highly unethical event that will only increase commercialization and encourage the theft of fossils from museums.

Mark Goodwin