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I thought our guys gave a really great effort. They were hooked up and ready to go.

San Diego State was very, very good that night. And they just seemed to have more energy than us. We never could close the gap. We're not asking for everyone to be patient. We want to win now. But if winning is No. 1 (in the priorities), then continuing to develop the expectations for this program, and the level of effort that is demanded every day, is 1A.

The Iranian regime is certainly not looking to provoke a similar reaction, experts say, but on the other hand it is taking similar stabs at the global economic system as it faces waves of mostly Western-based criticism. Basically they are just throwing stuff out, ... throwing out these ideas in an effort to stay on the offensive.

Number two, we're going to play with a lot of effort. Our guys are going to be in such good shape that fatigue is not going to be a problem. We're going to play with full effort from snap to whistle on every play the entire game.

I only see great things out of this team if we keep working. We just have to be consistent. That's the key - consistent, all-out effort. And if we have that, there's not too many people in this nation that can play with us.

We just weren't playing with the effort, the intensity, the desire, the passion that I think we're known for and that we've come to expect from our basketball team.

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What I am most proud of is the legacy of hope that FIFA and football leaves around the world. It makes all of the efforts and energy I pour into this job worth it.

It doesn't have to be overwhelming. It's not worth the effort -- you don't have to do everything yourself.

Up until the last, we tried every way we could to encourage Lazaro Gonzalez to voluntarily hand over the child to his father, ... Unfortunately, the Miami relatives rejected our efforts, leaving us no other option but the enforcement action.

We are very realistic about the task at hand and know it is going to take a special effort. They are unbeaten at home for the past two years, so we know we have a huge mountain to climb. But we believe we can come away with a win.

You have to make an effort. You can't just complain about it, you have to do something to help raise money ... and anything that we can do to help cure this is a good thing.

The effort was outstanding. I think we wore them down and I think we were in better condition than they were. We kept pounding away at them. That was our game plan, pound, pound, pound.

On the question of mediating between the central government and 'pan-democrats', it may be better for me to redirect the efforts to other areas of development as the remainder of my term will be too short for it.

We wrapped up about 1030 last night what we consider to be our rescue effort.

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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

The company clearly has staying power to enable itself to continue the efforts involved in merging the two airlines.

They finally have bitten the bullet and decided to sell, ... They are cloaking the effort by saying they are going to maximize shareholder value by going through the motions of looking for a joint venture partner, a minority investor or possibly even spinning the business out to the public. But they are really shopping the studio.

The recovery effort is one that's going to require three to five years at a minimum, and the agencies that are going to stay the course have to extend their funds in a way calculated to allow them to complete the work.

I thought we had some good individual efforts, but overall they dominated us.

I couldn't be prouder of the effort. They did everything we asked them to do to give ourselves a chance to win against an outstanding, experienced team - which in the end, I thought was the difference in the game.

The nonprofit component that does the service work makes a tremendous impact in the community. The little bit of money helps sustain their efforts.

We are happy. We're at the point where we are taking it one game at a time. I think the girls have really got some confidence rolling they are really playing as a team. The effort is always there every night. That's something I can't complain about.

I feel for the first time that our efforts, our contributions have been recognized. We feel that in marathon always, to be able to compete effectively, we need to have this kind of competitiveness.

Our kids gave a winning effort. We didn't always make the right choices but those kids never quit. South didn't give up, either. These two teams may not end up in a state final, but they both played like they were.

It is just an effort to increase and improve customer service within DOE, both in administrative office and at schools, that is consistent with Board of Education policy on user-friendly schools.

I couldn't be more proud. We closed the book on the Cinderella story. We tried our best. We put ourselves in position to win. We got down. We came back. It was a tremendous effort.

We were tired, physically and emotionally. But mostly emotionally. We were unable to make plays. It wasn't for a lack of effort. Just basketball luck.

Since this play is about six women from Louisiana, we wanted to do something for the relief effort.

We got to 22 points in a hurry, and then how many two-footers did we miss It's all about a team effort, and who's going to step up. And we had some players do that for us tonight.

We played them a lot tougher than we did the last time, I'm really happy with our effort.

To invoke the Buddha's name you have to understand the dharma of invoking. If it's not present in your mind, your mouth chants an empty name. As long as you're troubled by the three poisons or by thoughts of yourself, your deluded mind will keep you form seeing the Buddha and you'll only waste your effort. Chanting and invoking are worlds apart. Chanting is done with the mouth. Invoking is done with the mind. And because invoking comes from the mind, it's called the door to awareness. Chanting is centered in the mouth and appears as sound. If you cling to appearances while searching for meaning, you won't find a thing....

I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and Memento is the complete collaboration of the effort. There were no rotten apples.

That is tough. We win as a team, we lose as a team. That counts against the defense, but it's not going to take away from our efforts. It definitely is disappointing because that was a goal we had in the back of our minds.

A person's Success Mechanism is actually triggered or activated by goals. For example if a business person has set a goal to enroll one new client each week, his or her commitment to achieving that goal will tend to make him or her work harder, or go the extra mile in an effort to meet that commitment.

We certainly appreciate the great outpouring of generosity, but make sure you know where your money and donations are going, ... This relief effort is being coordinated through the chamber of commerce and the United Way. The church, United Way and chamber of commerce are the safest places to make donations.

If I knew the reason why, we would be 5-1 in the series or undefeated. We played a great game yesterday and we came up short. That's baseball. The effort has always been great, it just has not happened.

Dale Sr. absolutely loved the plate races, ... His comment always was, 'Let's get the best stuff and not lease it to anyone else.' I remember he'd usually come into the engine shop at 730 in the morning, after he'd been working on his farm, and if we weren't busting our tails, we'd soon be looking for new work. It still seems like Dale is watching over us and demanding our best effort.

Gov. Rell is dead serious when she said job creation and job retention has been at the top of her priority list since she took office. And the 28,000 jobs that the state has added in the last two years reflects that attention and effort.

We believe that accelerating this effort is in the best interest of customers as they continue to deploy more advanced, content-rich services and applications over their wireless networks.

The 10-0 run in the middle of the half was the back-breaker for them. It was a great team effort. Obviously our seniors were important, but we had guys off the bench that were important as well. They got us going in the first half when we were struggling.

We have ended our dispute with Roche in an effort to work together, with the utmost diligence, to address this global public health need,

If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.

This one hurts, but they all hurt. I thought we really had a chance to win this one tonight. Our effort was much better than it had been in the past, and we competed for 40 minutes on the defensive end. We just couldn't find a second scorer on offense.

Over the last two years, Becky has created a heightened awareness of consumer preferences across our enterprise. Through these efforts, she has enhanced our brands' ability to continually innovate with new products and services that fulfill our customers' desire for a great dining experience.

The result was disappointing but I thought our effort was outstanding. The All Blacks are a very dangerous team and can make you pay if you miss tackles. They got off to a flyer.

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts.

Even if it rained like hell tomorrow we wouldn't stop this effort. The city is growing, there will be another drought. If we can get this thing going a lot of other places will follow suit. They have exactly the same lack of options we have.

The Tigers were supposed to have started their season last Saturday vs. North Texas but the game was postponed because of Hurricane Katrina. This week's game against the Sun Devils was moved to Tempe from Baton Rouge on Monday because of the cleanup effort, and it is unclear whether the September 24 contest vs. Tennessee will take place at the scheduled place and time. There are considerable logistical issues that either affect the execution of a football game, or detract from providing recovery services in this time of need, ... We have collected as much information as possible and deliberated this issue carefully over the weekend, but the myriad of details and questions that remain unresolved dictate this move.