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Anyone who's ever significantly changed the course of humanity has either been a Crackpot, a Heretic, or a Dissident. In the case of Albert Einstein, he was all three!

Carl Sagan

It's got to be the yen. That is the currency with the lowest yield and borrowers can be comfortable that the BOJ is not going to significantly boost their funding costs over the course of the year.

Daniel Katzive

Our current view is that our forecast is likely to be significantly exceeded. Higher prices are reflected by higher sales volumes and reflect the general buoyancy and confidence in the market.

Liam Bailey

That is why I am so interested in this research. They haven't been applied significantly across the United States as far as rural application is concerned.

Hillary Isebrands

It's a complicated task, ... I think Siebel just made it significantly more complex at a relatively late date.

Josh Greenbaum

AB 1263 will significantly cut down on the number of infections, but more importantly this bill should give consumers reasonable protection.

Leland Yee

Research shows that early literacy is critical. Students who come from more affluent, better educated families have a better chance in the early years to become literate. Education is significantly about opportunity, and our students have these opportunities and make good use of them.

Bill Garrison

Once we had made the strategic decision to sell PacifiCorp, which changes significantly the shape and scale of the group, it was necessary to review our management, operating and cost structures for the continuing businesses.

Brian Russell

Technology shares have risen significantly recently. But some investors are wondering whether electronics companies' first quarter won't be as good as people had thought after Intel's lower-than-expected earnings.

Harvey Chang

Does the district look significantly different today than it did last year? The simple answer is no, not significantly.

Tom Hicks

This investment represents an extraordinary opportunity to position Guidant for leadership in the $3 billion global business for (cardiac rhythm management) devices, which we believe will be driven both demographically and technologically to increase significantly over the next few years.

James Cornelius

Those strategic advances, however, are being made in the context of a difficult operating environment marked by dramatic raw material cost increases that have significantly depressed near- term gross margins.

Patrick Wang

This facility will put the San Luis Valley on the map for solar power production and will also add significantly to the region's economy.

Pat Vincent

We expected a strong opening, but the response was significantly better than even our most optimistic projections.

Rick Schlesinger

Forty percent are cured and 50 percent are significantly improved. The other 10 percent have issues beyond the scope of physical therapy.

Aniela Orr

O'Neill can significantly move the yen in either direction with one small sentence.

Masayoshi Okamoto

We think management is doing the right thing with its significant balance sheet restructuring in light of the current interest rate environment. However, the core earnings run rate has come down significantly, and the company remains spread dependent.

Jennifer Thompson

Our offer is the most valuable and the most straightforward, ... Our record of performance is significantly better than Royal Bank's.

John Shaw

We have a history of accretive transactions that have significantly benefited shareholders.

Dianne Neal

This forecast is based on both a positive outlook for exports and -- more significantly -- on a progressive firming of domestic demand.

Klaus Regling

The cost of the switch from old malaria drugs to ACT should not be an issue since as more manufacturers produce the drug, the price will drop significantly as it did with AIDS drugs. It's not good enough for the international community to say new treatments are too expensive.

Nathan Ford

This increase shortchanges American consumers and national security because automakers already have the technology to raise fuel economy much more significantly.

Daniel Becker

The connection in Hobart is a significantly different kind of connection. It's a much smaller pipeline and a much smaller fee.

Dave Vaclavik

A lot of people out here are Republican. They contribute significantly to the Republican Party. Since Mitch Daniels and the Republican Party are going to be out here today, it's a good way to communicate our message.

Michael Fisher

He is a man significantly involved in the community. He is constantly going above and beyond, not just by giving money, but by giving of himself. He puts works behind his words.

David Gore

The market is in a consolidation mode as both the HSI and the H share index are significantly overbought.

Philip Chan

We believe the product line we will deliver in October will have all the features they [NetApp] offer today and then some, but at price points significantly under what they offer today. We just leapfrogged them with this [Zetta] acquisition.

Christopher Calisi

In a way they (Burlington Northern) are a victim of their own success. They had a strong quarter and are doing well, but for some eight quarters, the market is used to them coming in significantly above expectations.

Tony Hatch

Consumer markets will drive much of the industry's underlying research and development, rather than the military and business markets. This will significantly reduce product life cycles. Consumer products are geared toward ever-decreasing product life cycles.

Steve Prentice

Could significantly interfere with the government's own legitimate investigative activities in an unnecessary and harmful way.

Chuck Rosenberg

I can't think of anyone who has been significantly sanctioned for their bad performance.

Bob Graham

We have scaled this organization back significantly.

Bruce Moore

Asthma is increasing significantly across the world, ... Unfortunately, we don't know why.

John Winder

Public tolerance for the settlers has declined, and even more significantly, fear of them has disappeared.

Amos Harel

It will take the rest of fiscal 2001 to get back on track, ... In the second half of the year the significantly reduced expense levels will take hold.

Henry Schacht

Now that the weather forecast has changed to predict warmer weather, the prices have come down quite significantly.

Dariusz Kowalczyk

A brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read. These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expected despite having normal intelligence.

National Institute

Wholesale prices dropped significantly last week. Unless some issues happen with refineries in California, we expect prices to go down.

Jeff Spring

Adding close to $200 per benefit will be a tremendous help. However, heating bills are (in my opinion) running in the $100 to $200 per month or more range for LEAP recipients. Over the winter months, this will amount to $600 to $1,200. So there's still a gap. But the governor's proposal, if it passes, will help significantly.

Glenn Cooper

It's a big sea change. There will be significantly more money transitioning into the pay-per-click model.

Jonathan Rosenberg

The new element of exiling players to a deserted island where they have an opportunity to work independently to win immunity may present many surprises about who can outlast the rest. We based our odds on the personalities of the past winners and our assessment of the new contestants - but with new game design, the profile of the winner could change significantly, making this anyone's game.

Peter Childs

I'm very glad to see it close. We've been cautioning investors not to expect as much from it because its asset base has significantly limited its flexibility. At a certain level, it's going to lose its ability to distinguish itself from an index fund.

Sonya Morris

The issue was significantly oversubscribed, even more than was indicated in the Dubai Islamic Bank statement in December.

Faisal Mikou

Our trust and estate practice has always been a strong suit for us. These additions will be very beneficial and will add significantly to our bottom line.

Robert Bell

It's a fairly robust auction. The 46-odd percent is significantly more robust than average participation rate for last three three-year note auctions. Clearly, this continues to indicate there is fairly good overseas investor participation.

Gemma Wright

The euro dropped significantly against the US dollar and that has dragged the Aussie significantly lower as well.

John Horner

Whites are significantly less likely to say that there are problems for blacks today.

Frank Newport

The cost per employee is significantly higher for an employer with 10 or fewer. It's a tremendous burden.

Tony Gagliardi

So far this year in our area we are down at least nine inches. And the drought started in April, when hay production was just beginning. The ground moisture was drying out by May. This has made for a significantly decreased hay crop.

Ralph Davis

This is a way to show that we can teach kids who are significantly impaired to get around in the community.

Kristin Farmer

It significantly reduces site acquisition and base station construction costs and substantially decreases the execution risks associated with the deployment of our launch network.

Kevin Russell

The biggest issue in India obviously remains the regulatory environment, which makes the near-term investment in India likely to be significantly less than the investment which we see in China.

Mark Thomas

Law enforcement forces are winning the game against the Camorra, ... We can't say yet that we have completely dismantled it, but certainly we have weakened it significantly.

Giuseppe Pisanu

Our traffic is up significantly in the past two weeks.

Carl Brown

This joining of forces could launch us immediately into a highly competitive position and add an advantage by giving us access to an extremely large population of potential customers, lowering significantly our cost of customer acquisition, while building a solid foundation that will enable rapid growth and profitability, increasing our shareholder value.

Anthony Longo

We are looking to significantly invest and improve in our operations. We are looking to improve skills in the resource exploration, engineering and fabrication arena. The ideal would be to be able to export some of our talents to the rest of Africa from a situation of importing.

Moosa Karodia

Our survey confirms that if parents wait to start, they run the risk of not saving enough for when their student reaches college age, ... If parents start saving early and use a tax-deferred plan, like the 529 Plan, they can significantly improve their chances of building the funds they need to pay for their children's college.

Stephen Mitchell

The appeals court has twice overturned the judge in this case, so I think investors are optimistic that this case could be significantly modified or overturned on appeal.

Rick Sherlund

We have significantly increased our short-term and long-term commodity price forecasts to reflect our expectation of sustained tight markets and ongoing deficits in 2006.

Morgan Stanley

For the Reserve Bank, this is likely to significantly dampen any thoughts of rate increases going forward. With higher oil prices and a weakening housing market, employment growth should be much more moderate ahead.

Michael Every

House fires go up significantly in cold weather.

Nancy Smith

We'll move forward in the months between now and June and anticipate significantly more focus at our Annual Congress on expanding the reach of hockey.

Dave Ogrean

When a spouse is hospitalized, the partner's risk of death increases significantly and remains elevated for up to two years.

Dr. Nicholas Christakis

This transaction will significantly add to the expertise of ABN AMRO Asset Management's fund of hedge funds management capacity and will enable ABN AMRO Asset Management to broaden our best-of-breed funds and bespoke products to our clients.

Sarah Russell

This significantly reduces the prospects of any interest cut until at least August. Indeed, it increases the odds that the eventual next move in interest rates could be up.

Howard Archer

Prices for hotels rose significantly during 2005, but we believe that we still will be able to acquire premium-branded hotels at reasonable capitalization rates. In attractive markets where hotels are selling in excess of replacement costs, we will consider development on a highly selective basis.

Joe Green

With Jacques, you know they'll be well-coached. As long as Roberto plays well, they should be a significantly improved team.

Gary Green

The bottom line is that this transaction will dramatically change the financial profile of the company and significantly enhance investor confidence in the ability of the company to deliver future growth in its results.

Thomas Bailey

Still, we may see rebounds in the afternoon on bargain-hunting by long-term buyers in construction, energy, and brokerage stocks that decline significantly.

Padermpob Songkroh

This is significantly higher than the 2000 municipal elections. There is almost a 50% increase in the total number of candidates, from 30 477 to 45 179. Parties contesting the elections have also increased by 19%, from 79 to 97.

Brigalia Bam

In the next 18 months -- leading up to crucial labor negotiations -- both companies must demonstrate progress in turning around their North American operations to significantly reverse recent negative financial trends.

Robert Schulz

On the U.S. data front we did not get very reassuring numbers. To confirm market expectations in respect of Federal Reserve tightening this year, we need significantly stronger numbers.

Michael Klawitter

For tech multiples to significantly reverse direction, investors will need to feel comfortable about fundamentals again...including earnings estimates, IT spending trends, and macro issues.

Pip Coburn

Oil is down significantly, stocks are basically flat and bond investors are looking at overall valuations of assets and are perhaps doing a little bit of bargain shopping right now.

Don Kowalchik

The key message is housing market activity has improved significantly into the second half of this year and confirms the downside risks to growth from the housing market are vanishing.

Alan Clarke

In 2004 we received $85 million, and about $20 million in 2005 - I would be surprised if 2006 is significantly better than 2005.

Rick Corsino

Clearly, as a betting man, I would have to say the probability of a recession has gone up significantly.

Sung Won Sohn

They are a customer of ours right now as well and it's safe to say that this is going to grow significantly, but it will be difficult to speculate on that.

Michael Sadler

It's hard to argue that there's any impact from new competition and people are being forced to rework their models significantly and so the estimates that have come today are universally higher, most notably from the bears.

Barry Richards

Being thrown out of this place is significantly better than being thrown out of a leper colony.

Blake Edwards

We don't expect any nasty surprises. The petrochemical margin was significantly better.

Andreas Heine

The advances in modeling has significantly improved, and probably is the most important increment of the advantage we have today that we didn't have 15 years ago. And I anticipate an improvement in our ability to have a great deal more accuracy in the 24- to 48-hour forecasting range.

Conrad Lautenbacher

I think it (Japan's economic outlook) will certainly be revised upwards, probably significantly, in light of the strong performance recently.

David Burton

We deserve to have a significantly larger share of the market than we already have. The only thing that's keeping us from achieving those numbers are the illegal, monopolistic actions of our competitor.

Hector Ruiz

Historically rates are at very low levels, and have significantly diverged from their normal level.

Nicholas Garganas

They've cut back their risk profile significantly -- they're making movies not to lose money, rather than to make money. They got a little carried away and they have no upside either.

Dennis Mcalpine

Bookings outpaced even our strong sales growth during the fourth quarter driven by a combination of broad end market demand and longer lead times. In addition to higher order rates for products supporting notebook and desktop applications, bookings for products serving the display end market increased significantly.

Mark Thompson

We're in significantly better shape than we were last year.

Mike Heffernan

I have been privileged to work for such a forward-looking organization that contributes significantly both to the field of medicine and to the Western Pennsylvania community.

Jane Duffield

The security situation has significantly leveled off and the AFP (the Armed Forces of the Philippines) leadership now believes that they could downgrade the alert level from red to blue.

Tristan Kison

We see 2000 as a key inflection point, which sets the stage for significantly decreasing losses in 2001, and we anticipate a quick rise to profitability in 2002 as we benefit from leveraging our investments.

Marie Toulantis

It was no great surprise that housing starts rose for the second time in three months since mortgage rates in November reached levels not seen since the mid-1960s. Since mortgage rates are not expected to increase significantly, we remain confident that the housing industry will continue to be alive and active well into 2003.

Frank Nothaft

Sentiment has not weakened significantly, and there's plenty of demand out there for stocks like Teijin.

Hidenori Karaki

Women's life expectancy in China has significantly improved in the last several decades. In 1998, women's life expectancy was 73.1 years on average, 3.7 years longer than that of men. In 2003, women's life expectancy extended to 74 years.

Li Hao

In Rochester and Dover, it's already gone up significantly considering the first couple of days we were at about 10 percent.

Bill Boynton

Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of perfect in your mind, you open the door to constantly comparing what you have now with what you want. That type of self criticism is significantly deterring.

John Eliot, Ph.D.

There is a need for dissemination of general legal information, which is something a community law centre can assist with significantly.

Colin Smith

We are responding to demand from merchants and consumers, building out from existing locations and bringing our mobile payment and loyalty system to markets across the U.S.. Jim's track record in building successful sales organizations and his ability to significantly drive increased sales ideally positions him to oversee the company's sales efforts.

Robert Wesley

The insurance industry can benefit significantly from a comprehensive library of software resources. A service-oriented approach to providing access to library components is a flexible, cost-effective way to help organizations determine which components they may require to better manage their business.

Jason Bloomberg

Joe's depth of experience and expertise in these markets will contribute significantly to serving our readers relevant and useful information. We are delighted to bring this level of representation to Cardiology Review and Resident & Staff Physician.

Jolinda Fox

It's been pretty quiet all week, volumes have come down...You have pretty significantly reduced volume here in August, ... This morning there was nothing to really move the dial on PPI or jobless claims.

Tim Heekin

Having the right software management applications can significantly reduce the regulatory burden. Our products help companies implement IT controls for compliance management without the need for complex new infrastructure projects.

Ben Forsyth

We're pretty far behind in terms of what sesame can be... but we've seen the market for sesame grow significantly.

Jonathan Smith

UK's endowment has significantly grown in the past six or seven years because of the research challenge trust fund.

Susan Krauss

We are still looking for the missing piece. We know significantly more now than we did in August 2003.

Andrew Wilson

There are early signs that the long-awaited corporate PC-replacement cycle may indeed about to begin, but it is too early to say that significantly increased semiconductor sales to this sector are guaranteed.

Richard Gordon

The fact is that housing demand has not slowed meaningfully, nor have supply constraints been noticeably undermined, and the large, public builders are set to post significantly higher price growth, margins and earnings than the Street currently expects.

Stephen Kim

There has not been much law on this yet. The concern is that if it becomes extremely commonplace, it could significantly restrict the ability of these folks to obtain housing. Someone would have to challenge it.

Alan Weinstein

The statute appears to cover the conduct of third parties and not pregnant mothers. If you compare statutes from other places, they read significantly different. They clearly would govern the conduct of a pregnant person, but this is not at all clear in Virginia.

Kevin Martingayle

On all measures of financial performance, Pfizer/Warner-Lambert significantly outperforms Warner-Lambert with American Home Products.

Henry Mckinnell

We've got the first generation of significantly educated people. There's a black middle class like never before.

Harry Alford

The state numbers have come down significantly, from around 28 percent in 2002 to approximately 10 percent in 2005. That is still too high; it means that one in 10 children under 18 is still allowed to purchase cigarettes. The closer that number gets to zero, the better.

Kaye Thompson

Call it supply constraints or whatever, we have a natural gas market that is tight. We're meeting demand but at significantly higher prices.

Chris Mcgill

During this highly promotional retail environment in the United States, our gross margins have significantly increased, reflecting the consistent application of our philosophy of a 365-day full price proposition in our retail stores.

Lew Frankfort

Brink's business and financial profiles have improved following the sale of BAX Global. Not only has Brink's eliminated its exposure to a very cyclical and competitive business, it now also has sufficient funds to significantly reduce debt, and still reward shareholders.

Lisa Jenkins

Our company has grown significantly over the past few years, and while our current hosting plans meet the needs of our present customers, we feel that enhancing our plans will allow us to accept customers with much larger needs. Increasing the storage and bandwidth that we offer will also enable our current customers to grow without increasing their costs.

Rachel Daghir

It was critical to change the culture of this facility, and active steps were taken in August to significantly improve conditions.

Bernard Warner

Anything that can help the game, I'm for. Provided it doesn't make the game significantly longer.

Ted Roof

There are 1,000 to 2,000 significantly wounded that need surgical treatment. Nobody knows how many are up on the slopes.

Sean Keogh

This is the beginning of the process. There will be a lot of votes and we are confident that at the end of the day we will have a package that significantly reflects the president's priorities and focus.

Claire Buchan

We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives.

Anita Borg

The number of people who are living here full time is increasing significantly.

Bruce Dungan

Our own belief remains that while core inflation could well inch up in the coming months, it is unlikely to accelerate significantly.

Joshua Shapiro

There's certainly scope for significantly more growth. It's an area where investment banks must be involved.

Peter Mitchell

On hybrids, it's a question of whether there's significant demand for a product that's significantly more expensive.

David Cole

Segue's quality optimization products and services will add significantly to our growing portfolio of application lifecycle management solutions. This is a natural extension of our focus to expand beyond development and into software delivery, helping companies increase business value through successful software initiatives.

Tod Nielsen

[Powell, who may still compete in the 400m relay, was initially injured at the Jamaican championships but did significantly more damage in London.] He's devastated, ... The one main focus of the entire year was the world championships, so it's pretty tough.

Paul Doyle

If the integrity of the PBS is significantly weakened, and this is a chance for that to happen, then we would have significant worry that prices would go up.

Mukesh Haikerwal

We believe their speculation regarding cost is significantly inflated.

Kathleen Vokes

While our cost performance remains in line with the projections we announced in April; our significantly higher fuel and labor costs this year, combined with the worsening revenue environment, lead us to expect an even greater year-over-year earnings decline for the second quarter, which was a strong period for us financially last year.

James Goodwin

We have achieved 7.5 percent hydrogen; we want to achieve this percent at ambient temperatures. We can store significantly more hydrogen with the MOF material than without the MOF.

Omar Yaghi

That would very likely put you in a situation of being able to argue very effectively that although a member of the conspiracy, you should be given a significantly mitigating role, and that might be sufficient for the jury to find that the death penalty would not be appropriate in your case.

Leonie Brinkema

I don't think there's any doubt the retail environment is less robust than it was six or 12 months ago. The causes of that modest slow down are clearly macro-driven. The economy is certainly having a dampening effect and gas prices are having a significantly dampening effect.

Aram Rubinson

What every one of those guidelines say is that if you're going to really significantly change something, you have to have pictorial evidence, and that's what the commission has asked them for.

Lisa Wright

We've moved considerably forward in our talks and the chances of an agreement soon have grown significantly.

Xander Heijnen

This was a good win for us, even though our bats cooled off significantly. We failed to make some adjustments until late in the game, but we wanted to go into the vacation week at 3-0, and we accomplished that goal.

Jeff Kane

Allowing the daily operations of our airlines to be controlled by competing — and potentially unfriendly — foreign interests could significantly undermine homeland security.

Frank Lobiondo

We saw the job market for new college graduates drop significantly in 2002, and it has been climbing back since then. This is the third consecutive year in which employers have reported plans to increase the number of new college graduates they hire, and this is the best job market we've seen for new college graduates in the past four years.

Marilyn Mackes

If it was significantly dangerous, we would have had to clean it up. (The contamination) needs to be addressed, but it did not raise any red flags.

Arthur Mullen

With the incredible talents of Steven Spielberg, Hollywood's most gifted and respected director and producer, and David Geffen, the most creative mind in show business, Paramount will be able to significantly enhance its pipeline of groundbreaking motion pictures.

Brad Grey

International alliances reduce the cost of developing cars significantly.

Sergio Marchionne

In addition to providing better protection for the automobiles, having a dedicated roll-on/roll off barge will significantly enhance service by doubling capacity, reducing overall transit times and improving customer satisfaction.

Vic Angoco

Merck has been hopelessly disappointing. The profit development is significantly below forecasts despite higher sales.

Heino Ruland

There are just a handful of applications that need to run native 64-bit, like the data base applications and security, which is significantly enhanced on 64-bit.

Mike Pope

The total count of medical conditions was also significantly related to alcohol abuse/dependence, with a higher count being associated with the outcome.

Jay Shore

This will allow us to do skin patches, real pothole repair work, so we're looking forward to it. That will significantly reduce the labor cost by using city crews as opposed to contractors. Our reaction time to a citizen's concern will be much improved.

Vince Marengo

The mix of our businesses is significantly different from what it was in 1990, when the company was overwhelmingly dependent on advertising.

Donald Graham

I would say we'll probably see $70 (a barrel) again before we see $50 or $55 even. When the dust settles, we'll see that while Rita did not match Katrina in terms of impact, it significantly exceeded what's been reported.

Fadel Gheit

The trend has been good. The number of people killed and explosions decreased significantly during the ceasefire, but other violence, like abductions, increased.

Sudip Pathak

We're expecting a decline in employment because we expect the volume of originations to decline pretty significantly next year -- 20 percent.

Orawin Velz

We will add to it significantly to the degree stores will support it, We will have bath for sure.

Dr. Michael Bernstein

If we can improve memory for brain-damaged children even a little bit, we will have contributed significantly to their future.

James Baumgartner

By failing to require Detroit to make significantly cleaner, more efficient vehicles to compete with Toyota, the Bush administration is giving the Big Three enough rope to hang themselves.

Daniel Becker

Insurance companies do charge very significantly different prices. You can easily pay 50% more if you go to the wrong company.

Bob Hunter

We're going to have a lot more resources, and we're going to be able to significantly increase the deposits and services at all four locations.

Norman Morales

Our data confirm that India is rapidly becoming a more mainstream tourism destination, with tourist receipts expected to grow significantly over the next few years.

Paul Dowling

The volume of lost production will be significantly greater than that lost under Ivan. Not one company that was affected has been able to restore its production 100 percent.

Fadel Gheit

Being new in the market, is certainly very important. And we expect both Polo and Fiesta to increase sales quite significantly.

Stephen Reitman

It used to be significantly less to go across the river (to Clark County), and that is not the case anymore. It is quite obvious that the greater metropolitan area has started to equalize.

Brian Allen

This deal would really vault Supervalu into the big time. It will significantly increase the scale of Supervalu.

David Dietze

I don't think this is a bearish report because average hourly earnings are ticking up significantly, ... That is obviously a direct driver of inflation.

Firas Askari

In terms of size, it is very much on demand. We will start at A$500 million. If it's significantly larger than that, we would be very happy to do that as we are growing at such a pace.

Keith Currie

It's a significantly moving image.

James Matthews

She was a very bright, energetic woman who contributed significantly to the community and was not afraid to confront the issue of HIV/AIDS.

Kathleen Farrell

There has been a real sense that there were areas of the University that needed greater attention from the provost's office, and so we have significantly expanded some of the overall responsibilities of the provost's office.

Andrew Hamilton

We're going to acknowledge we have a problem, ... The thing is, the level of our problem is significantly lower than it was.

Carl Fletcher

She has really brought our achievement up. Test scores are significantly higher than when she came here.

Dan Reichenborn

The case was significantly advanced because of the work of this grand jury.

Alex Hunter

We expect strong year-over-year sales growth in the first quarter, and our outlook for growth in 2000 remains strong. We expect that in 2000, our overall operating loss will decrease significantly as a percentage of sales.

Warren Jenson

Even an 8% current account deficit failed to dent it significantly, which is surprising.

John Cobb

Our overall sponsorship, advertising and promotional investment in the NFL is significantly better than the competition, and we're disappointed that the NFL chose to go in a different direction.

Tony Ponturo

This new voting initiative hits the issue of a narrow nominations' process head-on and significantly increases the potential for the widest and most diverse selection of nominees possible.

Dick Askin

In some cases, if they want to sell soon, they might have to reduce their price significantly.

John Mcilwain

We are worried about the online world. Operators will have to reconfigure their networks significantly.

Thierry Dieu

Prairie dogs compete with cattle for pasture and can significantly reduce the amount of available forage.

Pat Johnson

Today, we're selling $2 billion in chicken, and that's significantly up from a few years ago. We believe this trend will continue so we're putting a stronger focus on chicken rather than beef but its not at the expense of beef, rather incremental to it.

Ralph Alvarez

We were able to significantly reduce weight gain. The insulin resistance was less, and the blood pressure fell.

Dr. Richard Johnson

The combining of our respective customers will allow us to significantly accelerate adoption of a common platform for carriers and their distributors to collaborate and exchange data. The value of this network will grow quickly as more companies and distributors flock to join it.

David Kenney

We are exploring moving beyond silicon-based chips to significantly boost the performance of PCs. Silicon chips will continue to improve, but we need to look ahead decades into the future.

Joerg Appenzeller

We're excited about having them come. Much of the research they are doing significantly overlaps with areas we have now.

Larry Lemanski

Although demand for our products remains significantly higher than it was in the fourth quarter of 1999, the order rate has slowed considerably from the record pace experienced in the third quarter of 2000.

Robert Shillman

He's not where he can do the quick movements yet. His strength is improving dramatically and his lower body is significantly stronger than it has been at any time this year, but some of the functional things on the field, he's just not ready yet.

Mark O'neal

We have cut tooling costs by at least two, maybe even three times because we require significantly fewer tools for the Falcon 7X than for previous aircrafts.

Christian Decaix

Medical costs are rising significantly, so the fact that we offered a zero percent increase was substantial.

Tina Lange

It is not unusual that by completion of this program the pilot project will have already returned an ROI significantly exceeding the cost of the program.

Jim Watson

Enrollment numbers have jumped significantly. They just need bigger, better space. Our community needs to show support for MACC, that we want them here and that we want them to stay.

Sally Poole

It has improved significantly. This has been an issue over the years. We have tightened up the controls.

Joe Rinaldo

CLS decided for 2006 and beyond to significantly increase the purse for the USA Nationals and go unsanctioned to guarantee our fans will see all the best dirt late model drivers in the country. Plus, we're not increasing ticket prices.

Steve Kaufman

How long this strike lasts is anyone's guess. But unless and until the Boeing Co. improves their last offer significantly, the machinists will be pounding the pavement.

Tom Buffenbarger

It doesn't need it. We can tolerate prices significantly less, but obviously it's a big boost to come at the higher prices.

Jim Buckee

Commodities are significantly dislocated from underlying fundamentals, but what does inspire people about zinc is that it's the only commodity where we can say with hand on heart that supply will be constrained.

Nick Moore

We've cut back significantly on the total number of requests that we're making. Secondly, we are documenting those requests even more carefully than we have before.

John Katz

The real tragedy of today's decision … is that it significantly diminishes the breathing space … that is imperative for a vigorous and competent press.

William Cooper

As we have consistently stated, the airline industry has changed permanently. Northwest must significantly lower its costs to compete with other carriers. Many of these are legacy carriers that have already used the bankruptcy process to achieve changes in their cost structures or newer, low-cost carriers which have much lower labor and operating costs than legacy carriers.

Doug Steenland

We don't know what the numbers are for year end, but the cash flow has got to be down significantly, and now they are taking on debt.

Joan Storms

Tyco would appear to be pursuing the 'path of least resistance. Tyco's Bermuda incorporation could significantly complicate any prospective IPO or divestiture process because of tax implications.

John Inch

Jim is a perfect fit for this role. His exceptional experience and leadership are highly regarded within the industry and we know he'll continue to contribute significantly to the success of the group.

John French

He has definitely left the door open for further easing. 'Mixed' isn't good enough for the Fed. so I think the odds are significantly greater now than they were just a half-hour ago that the Fed could potentially ease at the January meeting.

Ann Hurley

Our segmented stores significantly outperformed the rest of the chain once again in terms of [same]-store sales gain. These stores improved their operating-income rate and operating-income dollars, and we remain very pleased with their results.

Brad Anderson

We are seeing forecasts of gold price rises moving towards four figures from hallowed institutions. This gold market is broadening significantly.

Julian Phillips