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    I'm pleased in general with the performance of the sprint team. Today was solid. We don't have anyone really doing superstar things yet, but when it gets time we will step up.

    Our greatest concern is anxiety, because that's what blocks performance. It's a high-stakes test. You combine that with all the other things teenagers are dealing with and they need to know they're supported.


    We have to keep Beckham quiet and close him down and not allow him to serve other players, but we have so many to keep quiet we need a whole team performance. I think it will be wrong just to defend. We have to try to win the game.

    They (defense companies) are beginning to settle down in their operations at a much higher level than they were three or four years ago as they become much more efficient. What we are seeing now is some fear (of budget cuts) being dissipated by the strong performance.




    They were very sick that day. It's unfortunate, but that can happen to any team on any given day...It would have been nice for them to have a better performance, but I thought they did well overall given the circumstances.

    I admire Bill and everything hes done for me and our program. Hes held me to a level of performance thats helped me continue to improve and work hard. Hes also devoted much of his life to developing and maintaining a remarkably successful program. He goes out of his way to recruit good kids, and all of his efforts are worth it.

    As our product line continues to become more diversified, we have become less dependent on Prozac performance. Major products introduced in the last five years accounted for fully one-third of our sales in 1999 and had a combined growth rate of 41 percent during the year.


    Bottling is the one thing that is more challenging than harvest. Harvest is a process. Bottling is an event, like a performance. It's a firm date, and you have to be ready. And even when you are ready, you discover that the tolerances of the bottling line are much tighter than the tolerance of the glass manufacturers. We use tapered bottles, which always poses a challenge to the labeler.



    His performance was a remarkable turnaround by a man whose life has been defined by a remarkable turnaround, his recovery from cancer. Yes, Armstrong won this race a year ago, but just barely, by 61 seconds. Although Ullrich crashed in the final time trial -- taking out a row of hay bales in the pouring rain -- it was the Texan who appeared to be on the slippery slope. His powers seemed to be waning. It was a very serious wake-up call, ... I think he took a few things for granted last year.

    It's sort of like in New York - people always say with all the talent we have, we should make it to the World Series, right But no matter how you look at it, talent doesn't win games, performance wins games. There are a lot of people who are talented who don't necessarily perform.

    We hit the ball well, pitched well out of the bullpen, fielded well we just didn't get a good starting pitching performance. His control wasn't good at all.


    What Bethel did today, that's something you've got to do all the time. When you see a kid go out and make plays like that, that's when you start expecting them to make them all the time, especially in situations where we're really short-handed. We've got to see that kind of performance out of him regularly. We know he can make the plays. I hope this means he turned the corner. We'll see what happens.

    While fundamentals are admittedly weak, given the stock's weak recent performance, we are reluctant to get incrementally bearish, particularly ahead of a potential restructuring announcement.

    I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me that the best performance was often left in a rehearsal room.


    We were saying that sectors matter now, not countries, but Germany's performance, with its preponderance of domestic issues, has shown that country factors still matter.

    It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance.

    The dollar is at an all-time low, and 3 million people lost their jobs. Last month, when the administration said we'd expect to see 150,000 new jobs created, we ended up seeing 1,000 -- a very lame performance.

    I believe that the Federal Reserve's success in reducing and stabilizing inflation and inflation expectations is a major reason for this improved economic performance.

    The Diamond Standard 570T is ideal for customers who want high performance but are hitting the wall with the ARM11 when it comes to area, performance or power, or where large up-front license fees are a barrier.

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    If you can hold your listener, hold their attention, and you're sure you know what you're doing, and know that you're communicating - You know, performance is communicating. You've got to communicate. You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut.

    Considering this will be his first full season making every start, I'm just looking for a consistent performance. If he learns the major-league scene and experiences a full year healthy, that will be progress.

    It was a really gutsy performance. He showed a lot of guts and a lot of maturity for a freshman. I can't say enough about him. I'm glad to have him for the next three years.

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    I've been confident all pre-season that we can compete with anybody, and I still firmly believe it. Northampton lost a lot of games at home last season, so there will be a bit of tension there for the fans and the players. If we can achieve the level of performance we did at Sale (Newcastle lost 26-25), we believe we can cause them problems.






    When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start.



    Putnam is in the early stages of a restructuring effort aimed at providing better, more reliable performance. It may be years before Putnam funds have a lot of appeal. Stock-picking skill and experience aren't changed overnight. Even if Haldeman and (head of research Josh) Brooks succeed, it will be years before their changes can markedly improve investment results.

    After three or four weeks, I was still coughing up a little bit of blood. I had about 40 percent of my lung compressed or whatnot, so it was hard for me to run and breathe. My performance was affected a little bit by it, but it was a learning experience. It was the first time I'd ever had a lingering injury that I had to perform through.

    I'm proud of the girls for our performance. Last year at this time we weren't even playing seven innings. We made it seven innings with them and we hung in there. They are 6-0 in the conference so they are the team to beat.

    Happy people are more likely than their less happy peers to have fulfilling marriages and relationships, high incomes, superior work performance, community involvement, robust health and even a long life.

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