The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty, ... While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation, including the loss of biodiversity and topsoil, accelerates, causing development efforts to falter. |
The event was more of a marketing event than a product launch, as a lot of the details were predictably vague. Further, CEO Ballmer conceded offstage that it likely would be several years before the .NET platform has any material impact on Microsoft's financials. |
The fact is that we are proceeding with the reconstruction of the country, with the building of a constitution. And the time that we are devoting to that also is time for training with a lot of adjustments made on the basis of our experience, ... Fox News Sunday. |
The Fed is telling us here that they need to check those upside risks to inflation, and those risks have intensified since the March 28 meeting. Two more rate hikes is probably consistent with the view that the end of the tightening process is 'likely to be near. |
The fight was there but not for long enough, ... England have been on top from the moment the last ball of the first Test was bowled and now we've got no option. If the guys can't get up for a game like the one we've got coming up, then they shouldn't be playing. |
The financial markets are still in charge, and people are going from quarter to quarter instead of looking five years down the road. Why announce 3G when you can't install it? To make sure you have enough money from investors to build it out a few years from now. |
The first period and a half, we looked like we never put skates on before. The next period and a half, we just turned it on. From here on, we need to figure out how to settle down the first period and a half and play good hockey so we can play three good periods. |
The focus is on character, so if there's something out there, it's going to come to light pretty quickly. In this climate — with all of the info and misinformation out there — all you want to concern yourself with is the bottom line. That's finding the truth. |
The former president's message is simple ... that existing economic opportunities like the earned income tax credit must be taken advantage of, especially in hurricane-devastated areas. And he says the number of citizens who miss such opportunities is surprising. |
The French state with its Clemenceau has 55 other ships that are waiting to be dismantled. The UK has 40. And we know that in the U.S. there are 600 ships waiting to be dismantled. All of them are government ships, full of asbestos, PCPs and all this other stuff. |
The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and judgment, which enable one to recognize the best method as to attain it; the singleness of purpose; and, lastly, what is most essential of all, will-stubborn will. |
The funds are a casualty of the economy. We've been through the worst bear market in 50 years, maybe 100 years, ... In these times, small innovative companies don't always make it. Large companies that stay away from innovation are usually the ports in the storm. |
The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind. |
The goal is to get more hybrid technology into the marketplace, ... Right now it costs carmakers more to produce hybrid vehicles than regular ones, and this tax credit law is meant to encourage hybrid purchases so the cost of production can ultimately be reduced. |
The good thing is that I played a lot of high-school baseball against guys who are in college ball. It?s still a big jump. I just come ready to play every day. I have to know two positions defensively. What helps is that I played third, a corner infield position. |