“He either has had to have some knowledge or admit to being virtually blind, deaf and dumb. Has he condoned it? Has he ignored it? Has he encouraged it? Those are the questions that have to be asked, and sooner rather than later.”

“While we are encouraged by the sales results during this difficult economic climate, they were below our expectations, ... ... However, we remain strongly committed to our long-term strategy and believe this will continue to produce excellent financial results over time.”

“They (the braces) work a lot. Last year, I got somebody thrown into me at the Miami game. I was back on the field a couple of plays later. Those braces are definitely a big thing, and I'm glad the coaches encourage us to put them on.”

“We're continuing to encourage churches, to make them aware that we'd really like to hear from them but ... it's a whole change in behavior in what we're asking them to do because for years they've only reported (baptisms) at the end of the year.”

“It is complete hypocrisy for governments to talk about encouraging aid to Africa at the same time as allowing the food and income they need to be stolen from their waters and sold in the markets of Europe. It is a pattern that is repeated globally and is the responsibility of all nations to act to make piracy history.”

“We were able to work on both our strengths and weaknesses, and it's encouraging to see that. The reality is that we'll be playing some of the top competition in the nation at our next tournament (the Pacific-10 Conference championships), and we'll need to be as ready as we can.”

“The second day push was encouraging psychologically, but we still didn't beat any of the teams we needed to beat. I think we hit it better in the second round in general, which paid off in the form of fewer mistakes and more birdies.”

“We've had a challenging year in the domestic beer business and our 2005 sales and earnings per share were disappointing. However, as we move into 2006 we are encouraged with the progress of the company's initiatives to enhance beer volume and market share growth.”

“The transportation department is looking for the safest way to deliver the students home. Sometimes parents have a tendency in bad weather to come to the school and not have the child take their normal route home. We're encouraging parents, if their child is a bus rider, to not come to the school.”

“The way we played last week, we can take lots of encouragement, but we can't get ahead of ourselves. We can't get clever. If we have the same attitude as last week, we won't go far wrong.”