[Much of that imported oil leaves the country soon after it arrives.] The economy is growing at just over 5%, and yet oil consumption -- at a time when prices were rising -- rose 9% over the past year, ... My guess is that almost all the increase in consumption can be traced back to growth in smuggling. |
[Not surprisingly, AMD sees things differently.] It's clear the market is forcing Intel to respond to AMD, and Intel is betting its success on another stopgap solution, ... Unfortunately Intel is clouding the enterprise market with solutions that run hotter and offer minimal performance gains. |
[Olympia athletic director Eric Rowe played in the first three Spaghetti Bowl games as a defensive tackle for the Bears in 1977, 1978 and 1979.] You never had a problem getting up for it, ... The adrenaline rush started on Wednesday night, Thursday morning. This is what high school memories are made of. |
[President Clinton felt the raid was] the right thing to do and was the only alternative remaining, ... All of this could have been avoided. None of this had to happen. This happened because the family did not respect the legal process here that dictated the father should be reunited with the young boy. |
[So Montel's trilingual-ish. But some of you may have already known about his stint in the military -- yet his free time is still a bit shrouded in mystery. Here's a tidbit:] I'm an addicted snowboarder -- I snowboard about 110 days a year, ... I mostly snowboard out west -- I'm a Champagne snowboarder. |
[Some skeptics are also convinced that the glitterati get more out of the arrangement than the U.N.] It adds charitable luster to their own images, ... We're talking about some potentially unsaintly stars. Angelina is best known as a lippy home wrecker. Ricky Martin is sort of a hip-swiveling party boy. |
[Still, Ms. Lambert said she was terrified of the prospect of facing the world's most acid-tongued fashion critics, as did Lee Ann Womack, a 39-year-old veteran of the country music scene.] Don't think that hasn't crossed my mind, ... Both the positive and the negative of bringing our style to New York. |
[The answer probably would be that he would need to move halfway up to the service line before his serves would be able to land at the same angle into the court.] A lot of guys can serve 135 [miles an hour] but the trajectory is the main issue, ... You're lunging and then it's up and you can't reach it. |
[The Bulls spent the ensuing three months investigating Curry's health.] Three years ago, Eddy told the Chicago newspapers that his mother had had a mild heart attack, ... Later we asked him about it, and he said that no, it wasn't true. Of course, we were not able to [confirm] that kind of information. |
[This is the first year the Finals will be a best-of-five rather than a three-game series, and Sun coach Mike Thibault is preparing not to have Whalen, who he says is the team's MVP, for Game 1.] It's more likely she will play in Game 2, ... but if she pulls a Willis Reed on me (tonight), I'll be happy. |
[Those are] very high-margin, very profitable business [opportunities]. They're successfully used by a number of companies. For us that's a great opportunity. Oracle has the world's largest enterprise support organization. We can take open-source projects and turn them into a massive global opportunity. |
Bill Gates (1955-) |
[Yet while many looked to new highs for blue chips and a resurgence in the broader markets, some said the near-term rally could be short-lived.] I would not be surprised to see this market register a new high, perhaps closing at a new record high, ... But then we'll probably see some sort of a pullback. |
2005 was a pivotal year for Apache. By achieving profitability, we have proven our long-term stability as a company. The strength of our business will enable us to expand our investment in the development and support of our technology, allowing us to provide solutions for the upcoming design challenges. |
3Com has not been immune to the trends affecting the telecom sector. However, we believe this sector has substantial long-term growth opportunities and we are investing accordingly. In addition, our Commercial and Consumer Networks business posted a second consecutive quarter of sequential sales growth. |