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I would continue to make it to all parents of children 5 and older. The benefits clearly outweigh the risks, and they provide us a firmer foundation for the control of Covid going forward. – William Schaffner	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They are not very receptive, even this morning, so going to get even firmer but I like that, it means you've got to hit it on the fairways. (The ball is) not going to stop out of the rough so I'm trying to hit fairways and then you've got to hit it properly to stay on the greens. – Veteran Els	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It started to get a lot firmer and faster, the speed of the greens picked up. It's going to be tough (for the leaders). – Daniel Berger	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The recent data on inflation - because they have come in firmer than expected - suggests that upside risks to inflation have increased maybe not significantly, but I think noticeably and materially, we need to take that into consideration. – Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We've seen a bit of a leg down on the firmer yen, but the outcome of the BOJ meeting is basically what we've all been expecting, it is noteworthy that they've removed language saying that they might cut interest rates further if necessary, and that they've decided to exclude (money-reserve funds) from negative interest rates starting in May. – Gavin Parry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The key issue going forward will be the pace of normalisation. We agree that it should be gradual as announced, as stressed actually by the Fed, and based on clear evidence of firmer wage or price pressures. – Christine Lagarde	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
China is continuing to instill a degree of stability after the sharp volatility at the beginning of the month by announcing stable to firmer fixings, tighter liquidity has contributed to a squeeze on long USD/CNH positions and will mean investors are wary of shorting CNH in the near term. – Mitul Kotecha	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
China is continuing to instil a degree of stability after the sharp volatility at the beginning of the month by announcing stable to firmer fixings, tighter liquidity has contributed to a squeeze on long USD/CNH positions and will mean investors are wary of shorting CNH in the near term. – Mitul Kotecha	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It takes Greece forward in the sense that the financial system should be much more stable from now onwards. There is a promise of recapitalisation of the banks, without any of the depositors having to bail in or anything to worry about, the process of reversing the negative effects of capital controls will start very quickly and will speedily return the banks to where they were before, hopefully on a far firmer footing. – Foo Yun Chee	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
These prawns are from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and here are prawns from Guangdong and Fujian, river prawns from Zhejiang are firmer in texture, whereas those from Guangdong are softer because of the high temperature there, shells are thinner too. – Colin Cheng	Found on CNN 8 years ago
But I think it would be good to repeat this, if we could be persuasive simply by saying that for 70 years we have been a peaceful country and made great efforts, that would be fine. But to give firmer support to what we have done, we should refer to what went before. – Yasuo Fukuda	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The Sleep Number Bed is popular because you can make one side firmer and the other softer, so spouses don't have to resort to separate beds. – Michael Breus	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I need a fast start tomorrow to have a chance, it depends too on what the guys ahead of me do. I need some help. But the greens have been firmer every day. So a low score is higher than it was. – Rory McIlroy	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
A society like ours, which professes no one religion and has allowed all religions to decay, which indulges freedom to the point of license and individualism to the point of anarchy, needs all the support that responsible, cultivated homes can furnish. I hope your generation will provide a firmer shelter for civilized standards. – Alan Simpson	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I would continue to make it to all parents of children 5 and older. The benefits clearly outweigh the risks, and they provide us a firmer foundation for the control of Covid going forward.

– William Schaffner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They are not very receptive, even this morning, so going to get even firmer but I like that, it means you've got to hit it on the fairways. (The ball is) not going to stop out of the rough so I'm trying to hit fairways and then you've got to hit it properly to stay on the greens.

– Veteran Els

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It started to get a lot firmer and faster, the speed of the greens picked up. It's going to be tough (for the leaders).

– Daniel Berger

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The recent data on inflation - because they have come in firmer than expected - suggests that upside risks to inflation have increased maybe not significantly, but I think noticeably and materially, we need to take that into consideration.

– Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We've seen a bit of a leg down on the firmer yen, but the outcome of the BOJ meeting is basically what we've all been expecting, it is noteworthy that they've removed language saying that they might cut interest rates further if necessary, and that they've decided to exclude (money-reserve funds) from negative interest rates starting in May.

– Gavin Parry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The key issue going forward will be the pace of normalisation. We agree that it should be gradual as announced, as stressed actually by the Fed, and based on clear evidence of firmer wage or price pressures.

– Christine Lagarde

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

China is continuing to instill a degree of stability after the sharp volatility at the beginning of the month by announcing stable to firmer fixings, tighter liquidity has contributed to a squeeze on long USD/CNH positions and will mean investors are wary of shorting CNH in the near term.

– Mitul Kotecha

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

China is continuing to instil a degree of stability after the sharp volatility at the beginning of the month by announcing stable to firmer fixings, tighter liquidity has contributed to a squeeze on long USD/CNH positions and will mean investors are wary of shorting CNH in the near term.

– Mitul Kotecha

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It takes Greece forward in the sense that the financial system should be much more stable from now onwards. There is a promise of recapitalisation of the banks, without any of the depositors having to bail in or anything to worry about, the process of reversing the negative effects of capital controls will start very quickly and will speedily return the banks to where they were before, hopefully on a far firmer footing.

– Foo Yun Chee

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

These prawns are from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and here are prawns from Guangdong and Fujian, river prawns from Zhejiang are firmer in texture, whereas those from Guangdong are softer because of the high temperature there, shells are thinner too.

– Colin Cheng

Found on CNN
8 years ago

But I think it would be good to repeat this, if we could be persuasive simply by saying that for 70 years we have been a peaceful country and made great efforts, that would be fine. But to give firmer support to what we have done, we should refer to what went before.

– Yasuo Fukuda

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The Sleep Number Bed is popular because you can make one side firmer and the other softer, so spouses don't have to resort to separate beds.

– Michael Breus

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I need a fast start tomorrow to have a chance, it depends too on what the guys ahead of me do. I need some help. But the greens have been firmer every day. So a low score is higher than it was.

– Rory McIlroy

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

A society like ours, which professes no one religion and has allowed all religions to decay, which indulges freedom to the point of license and individualism to the point of anarchy, needs all the support that responsible, cultivated homes can furnish. I hope your generation will provide a firmer shelter for civilized standards.

– Alan Simpson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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