If you ask someone to serve, they will appreciate it and become even more loyal to you. This is something that practically every good university fund raising establishment understands. Membership associations need to understand this, too.

Arthur Brooks

We are very pleased with our fund-raising efforts so far. With the matching funds and the number of low-dollar donors, we're very close to completing the fund-raising portion of the campaign.

Roger Salazar

Going to basketball games or attending [fund-raising] events in the spring or just being around town, I was struck by how appreciative everybody was.

Al Golden

Ultimately, people need to understand people like Mike and Jim, who have been dedicated to one another for over two decades and are raising a son, are decent people, working hard and doing the best they can by their family.

Mary Bonauto

We've submitted documents for review and we have some other state approvals we will be applying for as well. Pending approval, it will come down to raising necessary funds.

Chuck Goetz

The sale went through on November 3, and here it is February 22 and they're just raising the issue. They're going to have a lot of defenses, I guess, is what I'm telling you.

Dennis Mcevoy

Equally, we as a society have to work out how to do a better job of raising our kids.

Tim Moore

What he's doing is showing all those guys that either aren't in now or that are going is that there's great competition. He's raising the level and raising the bar, and everybody's gotta step up and be ready to compete.

David Elson

Everyone had an amazing night. Thank you so much to all the generous people who were there raising so much money.

Billie Piper

Raising the lending rate is the first tightening of the controls.

Ba Shusong

In a lot of cases the amount the company is raising is more than any one of the entities might offer.

Jim Senall

She's still singing. She's raising money for charity. She's a good person.

Dom Chieffalo

He has done a great job of raising the level of all of those guys. They understand that they can do it, because they've seen Dan do it.

Rick Lewis

This was the start of the fund-raising wave that began at the back end of 2004.

Alan Pardee

Some companies believe if they took over Knight Ridder, they could raise the margin, either by cutting costs or raising revenue.

Paul Ginocchio

Direct mail is usually your bottom-rung method for fund raising. But it's the least expensive way to reach the largest segment of your audience.

Jill Schoer

Our need is lots and lots of volunteers. We need tons and tons of volunteers to come in and package food. That and fundraising. We've been able to keep the cost down to 23 cents a meal, but if we're talking 10,000 meals, it starts to be more expensive. The hard thing is raising the money to feed all the people who need help.

Tim Stromer

I was shocked. I never dreamed of this. I can't imagine closing this place. What are the schools going to do? All these kids sell Krispy Kremes for fund-raising.

Bob Coleman

This is a great way to showcase the projects the teens have done, like helping the sick, raising money for different charities and feeding the poor.

Cathie Izen

We don't disagree with raising taxes; we disagree with the way they (commissioners) are doing it.

Howard Rogers

The competition is clearly raising the bar. That is the case in Orlando with the upper-end hotels that have come along in the last five years.

Peter Yesawich

But raising tuition has a negative impact on enrollment. It's a delicate business issue, in addition to the politics and student welfare.

Provost Hobson Wildenthal

Rise up, lads, the evening is coming. The evening star is just raising his long-awaited light in heaven.

Catullus

You could well see them coming back and raising their interest at a higher price.

Douglas Davis

It's allowed me to really learn a lot about fund-raising throughout the metropolitan area.

Kate Allen

Violence is learned behavior, ... That's part of the message of the Week Without Violence. It has to do with people not properly raising their kids; not properly supervising them.

William Lawler

The payrolls data resolves the big puzzle and the big worry over the U.S. outlook. It means the Fed can now consider raising rates at some stage.

Aziz Mcmahon

The NRSC has never heard of them and we're not affiliated with their fund-raising efforts.

Dan Allen

These projects have greatly contributed to raising the country's export turnover this year.

Luong Van Tu

At any market, you can see vendors who have been conventional farmers raising soybeans and corn. But they find they can make the same money from a half-acre of strawberries.

Neil Hamilton

It seems the only avenues being looked at are raising the sales tax or having a property tax. I again suggest emphasis be placed on development of revenue producing growth.

Larry Schmittou

As long as the Fed keeps raising rates, yields are going to move higher. The Fed decision definitely left the door open for more rate hikes.

Joseph Shatz

Energy prices really have fallen to a distant second as far as concerns for the market. The big concern is whether the Federal Reserve is going to keep raising interest rates and, if they do, whether that's going to slow the economy too much.

Scott Wren

Considering that the purchasing power in these countries was low, we were artificially holding prices in check. Now we are raising them, although it should have been done earlier.

Alexander Ryazanov

Anytime you're launching the largest private fund-raising effort in the community, in conjunction with the largest natural disaster in the nation's history, it does call upon everyone to think about what is their capacity to give.

Michael Brennan

This inaugural really had different standards. We refrained from aggressive fund-raising. Nine of the 10 events were free.

Richard Mcgrath

I think the productivity numbers you saw this morning lessen the fears in the marketplace about the Fed raising rates.

Francis Gannon

The old saw is the Fed hikes until something breaks. Cash has been the place to be, and it likely will be the place to be over the turn into 2006, but then the question is: Will the Fed be done raising rates at the end of January? Nobody is really sure what's going to happen.

Peter Crane

What we ask is that people who stay in the pool for an hour commit to raising $25. This year we have about eight people who are planning to stay in for the whole 24 hours. They'll end up earning about $1,000 each.

Tim Sims

Enclosed is a check for the Rally for Relief. This is the $2,000 we received in 1997 from Ms. (Joan) Kroc. We hope that this will help another family like it helped us. Good luck in your fund raising.

The Angel

There are a number of liberal groups out there raising money for ads. John Kerry won't be overwhelmed.

Stu Rothenberg

I have been contacted by people who tell me they are raising money to buy officers vests. We provide the vests for our officers. It's at that point I hang up the phone.

Jerry Dunbar

Data is now tipping toward lower inflation and anticipation of the Fed stopping raising rates is increasing. People are getting excited about that.

Scott Merritt

We're just going to be raising our sales tax out in communities until we can't afford to live here ourselves. The tools are already in place for this county to do the things they're asking to do in this bill.

Rep. David Ure

We can push Montana forward and we can do it with out raising taxes.

Brian Schweitzer

We did end up raising a little more than we were actually anticipating. As a result of that we will have to use less of the reserves than we had previously thought we would. So there is at least a little bright side.

Steve Wiggs

The disease has been devastating for so many. Raising false hope would add insult to injury.

David Ho

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

Barry Biffle

The higher GDR trading value in 2005 was a major driver of the surge in DR capital raising overall. Eighty eight percent of the $10.8 billion raised through primary offerings in 2005 was in GDR form.

Nancy Lissemore

We're just pleased that all parties were able to reach an agreement and that the lawsuit has come to an end. We now look forward to moving on with the business of raising money to support Iowa State University.

Ann Wilson

It was a big part of raising my stock. People thought I couldn't run a good 40. Proving people wrong was a big part of it. Everybody doubted me. The only ones who believed in me were my coaches and my family. I always had it in my mind that I was one of the best corners out there.

Josh Lay

As the market starts to think about the possibility of raising rates, it should support the yen. We could see further buying of the yen.

Brian Garvey

Most corporations have spent a very large percentage of overall income on fixing this problem. Back in 1995 and 1996, most companies were resisting any year-2000 effort.... That resistance was overcome because of people raising a flag.

Lou Marcoccio

The move in the yen has spilled over on the perception the dollar will continue to gain as the Fed keeps raising rates.

Carsten Fritsch

They want his [fund-raising] money and they know he's good for the base.

Chuck Todd

Eating, sleeping, raising children and making money: It's the human experience. Everybody can identify with it.

Dean Young

We've raised a lot of money, and learned how different it is raising money for a profit venture versus a non-profit one.

Andrew Shue

The Consumer Price Index came in 'in line' with expectations, which calmed investors. And the Fed commented that they're not particularly concerned about inflation and that they don't seem to be any more aggressive in raising rates.

Steve Neimeth

A very remarkable outpouring, but compared to the amount of need . . . there's still a fund-raising challenge ahead.

Stacy Palmer

We'll just have to do a little bit of fund-raising. I think this shows the interest there is in high school basketball -- and it shows how much money there is out there in it.

Fred Skrocki

For us, (raising rates) is an option, and it's our right under Federal Law. It's a business decision.

Dave Cox

Koizumi's major victory in the election may push forward discussions on raising the consumption tax. But Koizumi is unlikely to change his stance of not raising the tax during his tenure, so any tax increase would be after 2007.

Takehiro Sato

They have the opportunity to define the family, so to speak, to talk about what kind of family we want raising our children.

John Mayoue

We hope it will be a partnership agreement when possible. The money isn't there yet. We're still raising funds; the target is to raise $3 million over a four-year period.

Canon Geoff Jackson

One of our goals in raising funds for the university is to tap into those households that are not contributing at all or on a consistent basis.

Patricia Brown

Consumers have told us that they would eat more whole grains if they had easy, delicious and simple recipes incorporating them. We hope this contest will eliminate these obstacles, raising awareness about how easily whole grains can become part of one's diet and just how delicious they can be.

Bryan Crowley

It is hard to buy bonds when the central bank is getting more evidence to support their case for raising interest rates. Bond yields will rise to correspond with an end of deflation.

Yasunori Kuroda

Even when she was raising us, she would make time to go out and solicit friends and acquaintances to raise money for the work of the UJF (United Jewish Federation).

Beatrice E. Morrison

Courts all over China paid close attention to piracy trials last year by timely punishing IPR violators and raising compensation amounts.

Sun Huapu

The Federal Reserve raising interest rates earlier this month prompted financial institutions to slightly increase interest checking rates.

Randy Rosen

We just started raising money, and we've already gotten a third of what we need. That's a good sign.

Todd Free

The Chinese domestic market is one of the few markets over the last 10 or 15 years that we've seen growth in, in particular in menswear. The volume growth we've seen in China, and will continue to see, will be very important in raising prices.

Chris Wilcox

I have no problems raising my dismay because if I had been invited I would have raised these questions.

Tom Edwards

I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.

Nicholas Sparks

It's the exact opposite of a U.S. presidential race, where you want to get out of the box early and scare off opponents by fund-raising and showing well in primaries.

Courtney Smith

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard.

Peter F. Drucker

You have to assess your readiness on raising a child. China places about 7,000 children a year. They don't like to go higher and don't want to rush the process because it will lead to corruption.

Cara Cassella

It's an attempt to get her core fund-raising base energized and prepared for what will be a very serious attack to stop her from being president.

Hank Sheinkopf

The Baltic states as members of the EU are justified in raising the issue on a wider scale.

Valdas Adamkus

Greenspan is raising rates, and he is targeting the consumer. This is a natural reflection of what is happening out there.

Andrew Barrett

She firmly believed in raising her kids through the church. Even through cancer and chemotherapy, she had them there.

Laronda Bullard

Raising profit thresholds are in line with the regulator's pledge to help good-quality companies raise capital and upgrade market fundamentals. Investors will be glad to see the market shutting its doors to poor performers.

Li Zhi

No one's going to be keen to buy the market now with the ECB meeting looming. We're likely to get more reminders that inflation is higher than the ECB would like and they will be raising rates again in June.

Charles Diebel

In some ways, that's a good thing. It means they can spend the spring raising funds and doing thing they ought to be doing.

Lachlan Mcintosh

Raising money can be the toughest thing for a candidate to have to do, and it can be a factor that leads some people to decide not to get involved in politics.

Matt Smyth

I really think we are making headway. Not only are we raising kids' consciousness but also staff members. Some kids are tasting things they've never tasted before.

Carol Lee Huffman

We hope in this final fund-raising effort to raise between $15,000 and $20,000 for equipment.

Andrew Brooks

It's nice for us, and the guys like the competition. We're getting old so we like to see if we still have it. We love to get involved and help out raising money.

Mike Fitzgerald

We're raising safety. We have a lot of workshops that deal with new legislation. The bar's being raised a bit higher in terms of safety.

Michelle Brown

As they are changing from old contracts to new ones they are raising rates, which is a good sign that they are doing very well. They have established themselves as a viable investment prospect.

Don Hodges

April 7 is the day after my son's birthday. This hits home, especially if you're raising kids of your own. I could only imagine what this brave girl's family is going through.

Dan Hampton

The rising geo-political risks in Iran and Nigeria have put pressure on oil prices, raising concerns that inflation might escalate again.

Jonathan Ravelas

It's going to be an important case, because it will go forward in raising a lot of questions ranging from rules that all journalists should follow when protecting their (sources) to the very definition of what a journalist is in the digital age.

Lauren Gelman

Frankly it does not sit very comfortably with us because we are raising this issue for the very valid reasons we have outlined.

Chris Moller

The real superstar is a man or a woman raising six kids on $150 a week.

Spencer Haywood

Fundraising can make normally sane people pretty crazy. They both have political goals for which they are raising money, and they are drawing from the same base.

Dan Schnur

This is a convicted felon. This goes to a larger issue: Bob Menendez has based his entire political fund-raising machine on his ability to work with developers like Charlie Kushner. It's the company you keep.

Jill Hazelbaker

The market is not going to figure out where it wants to go until you have some conviction about where the Fed wants to go in terms of raising interest rates.

Vince Farrell

What excites me about the Patrick campaign is they understand that the Internet is not simply raising money, but also energizing the grass-roots and getting people excited about the candidate.

Richard Rowe

We ask from the heart that supermarkets, which are now more profitable and selling more, help us to take care of the pocketbook of the people by not raising prices.

Nestor Kirchner

Private equity firms are flush with capital. They've been raising record amounts of capital to invest in businesses, and the pace of their fund-raising activity has exceeded the pace of their investment activity. This has been compounding over the past four to five years. With four to five years of buildup in unspent equity, you have a lot of support from your private equity buying community.

Chris Haymons

Each year we just hope to do better than the previous year. It's not about a money goal; it's about giving guests a great value and raising as much money as possible. It just gets bigger and better each year.

David Millar

The primary focus of the markets right now is when and if the Fed will stop raising interest rates, to the point that equities are rallying right now with crude oil almost at $65 a barrel.

Stephen Massocca

People who live in this area depend on livestock, raising goats, sheep, cows, yaks and horses.

Som Ale

But I do think it brings into question the notion of how aggressive the Fed is going to need to be in terms of raising rates in 2006.

Alex Beuzelin

I continue to think that one of the most important things we can do to make Jacksonville great is raising per-capita income.

John Peyton

The fund raising has gone well. The community has responded well with buying bricks.

Matt Lundy

There's a gradual feeling that the ECB is closer to raising rates than first thought.

Neil Mellor

The problem with this country, as in many Asian countries is that a large portion of the chickens are raised by farmers in their backyard and even within the cities, people are raising chickens and this is very difficult to control.

Georg Petersen

As a result, the food safety of consumers was treated carelessly, raising questions once more about government responsibility.

Asahi Shimbun

Thanks to a number of corporate houses, they've been doing in-house fund- raising activities to assist the YMCA.

Karen Johnson

Art, not unlike raising children, ... may entail much sacrifice and periods of despair, but, with luck, the effort will produce something that outlives you.

Michael Kimmelman

Order flow of 40 percent indicates the business is really strong and is, in fact, accelerating. Ericsson was getting left behind and is now playing catch-up. It looks like we're going to be raising our estimates.

Peter Knox

We will keep raising money because our needs are not going away, ... Excellence is expensive.

Terry Wood

They've all been raising this issue in state Legislatures, and Wal-Mart has started to change its policies on health care, so we have to keep the pressure on them.

Tom Hoffman

We have an aggressive fund-raising strategy that will pay off this month, allowing Chris to communicate his optimistic ideas with Democratic primary voters.

Jason Stanford

We're raising more money than we've ever done before and we're recruiting more candidates.

Bill Burton

By maintaining an accommodative monetary policy, the CBC (Central Bank of China) has been raising interest rates at a very modest pace, indeed, the slowest among all Asian central banks.

Shahab Jalinoos

From his comments, it is clear that the US Fed will keep raising rates, hoping to bring the housing market to a very soft landing.

Drew Matus

Of all the money raised, 90 cents of every dollar goes to research. That's a standard for all of our fund-raising.

Suzanne Zak

It's a concern. But right now, fund raising in general has been lower than we had hoped, and we've been focusing so heavily on direct voter contact and get-out-the-vote, that we have not done a good enough job in raising money in the Valley.

Jeremy Warren

I expect yields to continue drifting higher. Anything that shows the jobs market is strong gives more ammunition to the Fed to keep raising rates.

Joseph Shatz

The green light is there for the Fed to continue to raising rates. No doubt about it. The Fed may go again in May unless the economy slows.

Gerald Zukowski

Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising the voice.

Stanley Horowitz

If things go right with fund-raising, all of this will be under construction this year.

Fred Hahn

The economic data in the U.S. is still better than it is in Europe, Asia or anywhere else. The U.S. economy continues to grow, and the Fed is going to have to keep raising rates.

Hugh Walsh

Now more than ever it's not the time for Congress to be raising its pay.

Jim Matheson

Farmers, particularly in tropical areas, are seeing new opportunities for increasing production and raising their incomes.

Gustavo Best

We had success in raising our rates by 14%...to an average rate of $1.35 during the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2005.

Robert Weaver

The compelling factor, I've got to tell you, in my decision was the searing reality that I would have to spend half of every day between now and the next election fund-raising.

Frank Lautenberg

Because each of those numberless non-participants was doubtless concerned with raising in the flatness of his own unsung existence his own personal stage, his own props and scenery - for there are very few of us who can be, for any length of time, me.

Graham Swift

It is all part of a major Welsh revival. We are raising our game, and not just on the rugby field.

Rhodri Morgan

When he ran for office, he said that he was going to make fundamental changes to the system and yet he is perpetuating the system in an even more exacerbated manner by the amount of fund raising he is doing.

Jill Furillo

Just limiting contributions leaves untouched one of the core problems, which is the pressure that candidates face when they can never stop fund raising.

Brenda Wright

The decline in oil helped (stocks), as well as the hope that maybe the Fed will be finished raising interest rates.

Peter Boockvar

There are no buyers, so why raise production. We would have supported raising production if there was a shortage, but that's not the case.

Maizar Rahman

Thomas has put his leadership in the position of trying to pretend there was a different reason for putting off the talks when it was really all about Bill Thomas raising political money.

Anita Dunn

We are not sure how to get funding, and we encourage people to contact us by e-mail with fund-raising ideas. Our eventual goal of course is to perform.

John Graham

We thank the NFL for giving us a home game in New York and raising all the money they did. But when it comes down to it, we have to play football.

Deuce Mcallister

This school is going to become an example for educational innovation, as well as having a significant influence in raising the level of education in Indonesia.

Mustafa Abubakar

We thought we'd have problems raising food and money. We didn't.

Scott Lakso

Our agencies depend on our raising the funds necessary to provide services to those in need in our community.

Carolyn Jackson

That's a huge head start, truly, in the fund-raising process.

Sharon Alexander

We understand their claim to fame is not raising the budget. But we're concerned with all the money paid to administrators. In fact, they should be lowering taxes.

Robert Houser

No, we don't expect to win. But it's an issue that's worth raising.

Jake Mcintyre

For about the first 30 minutes it was chaotic with everybody raising their hands and speaking. Then we got on track.

Armando Navarro

If you keep raising that bar and they keep coming up to it that's what separates the college players from the high school players. That's what separates the college players from the pros. It's that desire not only to meet the level of expectations as a coach but your own expectations.

Steve Buck

What you have is charity giving a positive veneer to an activity that may not be all that positive for many of the people that participate. It doesn't look good, feel good or smell good when charity is raising money not because of the charitable intent of people, but in a sense because of their weakness.

Rick Cohen

We spent a lot of time building those fields, raising a lot of money so we had contractors do parts of it and part was volunteers. Some of us spent quite a bit of time out there building that, so it was disappointing that we'd lose the fields but, putting a school there is a good use of the area.

Ward Stewart

I'm raising a question about the legality of the bargaining unit. I think it's fair to ask a question.

Lawrie Kobza

We think that is a good practical way of raising the quality of education.

David Willetts

The research is clear that raising speed limits costs lives. People need to weigh the benefits of getting places faster versus the fact that more people will die in crashes.

Russ Rader

I can't fathom that you would consider raising the fee on businesses already in compliance.

Andy Banks

We know Canadian airlines fly well on their own, ... But we can help them really soar by raising the ownership limit to 49 percent.

Jean Lapierre

The plaza is a culmination of about two years work designing, raising funds, and the building the plaza. Originally we had planned to do this in the fall, but because of the hurricane it was sidetracked.

Chris Boone

There was a general consciousness raising. The boundaries have been clarified.

David Clark

The passage of this bill represents hope to the families affected by this artificially low cap. I am hopeful that the governor will sign this legislation quickly given his public statements in support of raising the cap.

Sen. Cathy Stepp

That helps expedite the process of getting the water off the land and into the river systems. Those two factors (temperatures and drainage) are raising flags, and something we're going to have to keep a close eye on as the month progresses.

Mark Ewens

Despite this decades-long setback, America's fascination with lottery games would continue, as would the desire of states to find alternative methods of funding critical and worthy programs without raising taxes.

Jim Scroggins

The Kansas board should be applauded for its courage in raising the bar for quality science education.

John Calvert

The students who I know who've taken his classes always say that he's really engaging and very provocative and thoughtful and consciousness raising and those are things that are really important.

James Cianciola

The two likely things influencing the market (this) week is the direction of energy prices and the impression that the Fed is going to stop raising rates.

Joe Liro

I think they'll keep raising the rate this month and maybe every month until the end of the year.

Joseph Ramos

It does look like he's leaning more toward their status quo of raising rates at a measured pace, which would imply that they are going to go at September's meeting.

Holly Liss

Things are coming together well. While we're still raising funds for exhibits and program development, the funding for the first phase of the building is pretty much complete.

Suzanne Wilcox

U.S. economic numbers are still doing well, but decelerating. The data are not strong enough to force the Fed to keep raising rates.

Brian Rose

It's possible that the deficit actually becomes a positive factor for the dollar as people see it narrowing. That will allow the dollar to rally even as growth in the U.S. slows down and the Fed stops raising rates.

Steve Pearson

The pending complaint on DeLay was on the Texas case (over political fund raising).

Norman Ornstein

This is a way to drive home to all the people in China how dangerous bird flu is. We are certainly very encouraged that they are raising the alarm.

Roy Wadia

When you have a great building, you are inspired to do something great. For us, the building had the immediate impact of raising the aspirations of everyone involved in the arts.

Leon Botstein

It was a slightly negative day, partly because of waiting for when the Fed will start raising rates.

Lars Kreckel

The good side of this is that it's not excessively rigid, so you can have a great variety of people raising important questions. Raising questions is what bioethicists do best.

Daniel Callahan

She was always going beyond what she had to do - always raising the bar.

Rebecca Jupiter

The silver lining on this is that it confirms that the Federal Reserve will not be raising interest rates anytime soon, which is good news for the market.

Donald Selkin

It's always pleasing to hear we have a low tax burden. The governor is very conscious of the tax burden that both businesses and individuals pay. That's why the governor will do everything he can before raising taxes, including looking for ways to close loopholes that allow some to avoid taxes.

Hal Harper

The Bank of Japan is going to be on hold while the Fed and the ECB are proactively raising rates. The yen is the hardest currency to buy.

John Cholakis

We listened more closely to our male and female drinkers. We're continually raising the bar on humor, and you find you can deliver humor and tell our stories in many different ways.

Marlene Coulis

It's very difficult to find either big benefits or big costs associated with raising the minimum wage.

Jeff Collins

Ron Brown is raising a lot of money from people with no ties to his district, and he owes his constituents an explanation. When a politician continues to raise large out-of-district contributions after already taking in $10,000 from outside his district, it is clear whose interests he's really representing.

Joe Wineke

I like the makeup and direction these girls have chosen to take. We laid the groundwork last year. We're raising the bar.

Greg Omoto

Companies are raising their earnings expectations and we've been hearing news that capital expenditure is on the rise as well.

Tetsuya Ishijima

Earnings have been mixed, and most companies have been warning that the first quarter is going to be far from stellar. That, combined with a Fed that may still keep hiking rates, is raising the red flag for many investors.

Paul Mendelsohn

For me it's not something I've ever been comfortable with because it's a very narrow platform. I've never been interested in a platform that pushes something away ... I'm interested in meat and what's happening and developments, how we're raising meats and different breeds.

Deborah Madison

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

Brad Henry

Not all of this is going to be over and above our normal fund-raising. We're going to have to sacrifice some other things.

Brian Stevens

Considering our extensive grass-roots fund-raising operation, I'd say we have an appropriate level of staff.

Ann F. Lewis

We've been extremely evenly matched. I feel we just keep raising the bar for one another.

Mike Yeagle

The congressman would be thrilled to have the president come down for a fund-raising event.

Gail Gitcho

She put everything into raising us.

Bruce Todd

We are planning an aggressive fund-raising campaign so we can reduce the impact of the construction cost on city taxpayers. Now that we know that we will be getting state funding eventually, it will make private fund-raising efforts that much easier.

Deborah Abraham

It will compensate our employees not what they're worth, but what we can afford without raising taxes.

Peter Flynn

Our biggest focus, obviously, is going to be Pennsylvania. But to raise the amount of money we'll need to raise to beat Rendell, we'll need to be raising money across the country.

Melissa Walters

At a price for the arena at $350 million, this community -- without raising taxes, through the economic benefit that will occur from the building of this facility, fund a third of that cost, ... You have expanded opportunities for restaurants, entertainment facilities, housing as well as parking.

Jerry Abramson

If we burn all the fossil fuels there are, the Greenland ice sheet will melt, raising sea levels 23 feet or so around the world.

Richard Alley

Frankly as fun and entertaining as the entertainment business is, it pales in comparison to raising kids - for me anyway. The glamorous parts of business are indeed glamorous, but they're fleeting and fickle.

Julia Louis Dreyfus

We worked hard to increase revenues through efficiencies, and not by raising general admission prices for the last four years.

Karl Swanson

We're doing very well. But we can do better. We'll have to (do) better, because they keep raising the standards. This is one of those things where you can't rest on your laurels.

Ray Fleming

We're raising the bar. We're taking more risk. We're opening ourselves up for more disappointment. That's a chance we're willing to take.

Chad Carlson

While the numbers seem conservative, I wouldn't rule out Qualcomm raising them later in the year. As a matter of fact, I almost expect it.

Michael Cohen

The employment numbers easily give the Fed reason to pause, but it doesn't necessarily mean they are finished with raising rates. They will want to see more evidence of slowing, both in the employment numbers and in other areas of the economy.

Alan Blinder