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I'm not making a judgment about the culpability of somebody that was involved in this. The information we're after. But I do believe because of the great historical significance of this invasion of the home, that we need total transparency. And I believe particularly Director Wray of the FBI needs to make very clear that he understands, and I know to some extent he understands because I had whistleblowers tell me about the political bias that some people that are high up making decisions to investigate or not investigate. And he moved that person out of it. So he knows he has a problem. How big the problem is, I don't really know how big it is. – Chuck Grassley	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It was the Eagles, they had you shoot at a mini hoop. I only made like two out of five. So, probably not high up on their board right now. – North Carolina	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Polar bears have been the iconic symbol for warming of the Arctic and the loss of sea ice, we're hoping that what's happened high up on Mount Everest more challenging will be another iconic call and demonstration. – Paul Mayewski	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Their edge rushers were the biggest ones that kind of gave us some issues, they chose their spots. They were aggressive. They blitzed. They were high up the field and they used their speed on our two new tackles. – Jake Dickert	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Up in the middle of the church, high up on the right side, I immediately identified an Italian Baroque painting, and I couldn't believe what I was looking at. – Tom Ruggio	Found on CNN 2 years ago
He wanted to cut off the hand, you can see, the spot still hurts. I can't lift this hand high up. – Iliyasu Magaji	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The Uyghur people high up know the real extent of the threat and how minor it is, but I think some of the lower level officials really do believe what they are doing is saving Uyghurs from extremism and terrorism. – Sean Roberts	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The idea of vaccinating teachers is very high up in the priority, as well as doing surveillance in the schools so that you can get a good feel for the penetration of infection. – Anthony Fauci	Found on CNN 3 years ago
China is trying to change the status quo at the India border, in Hong Kong and in the East China Sea, East China Sea sea. So it is easy to make connections between those issues. Obviously the military is controlled by the Communist Party, so it has to be coming from pretty high up in the Communist Party. – Japanse Defense Minister Taro Kono	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Sleep isn't a luxury. It's a fundamental human need and part of a healthy lifestyle, by linking the quality of our sleep to something that is already high up on our list of priorities -- the quality of our diet -- this study highlights for the general public just how important it is to make time for quality sleep in our busy lives. – Maya Adam	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We wanted to do so much more. This should not happen like it did, we had one, two good chances to equalize but did not manage it. That's a real shame. We knew they had fast players and wanted to defend high up the pitch. – Lina Magull	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We had one, two good chances to equalize but did not manage it. That's a real shame. We knew they had fast players and wanted to defend high up the pitch, that brings the danger of conceding on the counter, which had happened before the break. – Lina Magull	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It went very high up, and it started fairly low, but with instructions from the high-up, this should never happen to a president again. – Donald Trump	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It's high up there with the best wins I've had. – Francesco Molinari	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This is a big brand crisis, sometimes brands do recover... but on a scale of 1-10, [ this is ] really high up. – Tulin Erdem	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Conquering fear is riding the Roller Coaster high up into the Sky. And experiencing the big drop down to the ground. The Adrenaline high, for flight, or fight.” – Jamela Dunbar	added by Eside 5 years ago
One of the key questions for prosecutors is how high up in the company this goes. – David Buente	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If you overtake cars at the start, or you start in front of them because of penalties, they will pass you on lap one so it's even more frustrating, nothing has changed. We will try to do our race, to learn things on the car and finish as high up as possible. It's not the best situation, but unfortunately it is the way it is at the moment because we are not competitive at all. – Spaniard Fernando Alonso	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There are many challenges when it comes to building and taking care of an ice cave high up on an ice cap, the weather is probably the biggest factor. We are dealing with extreme weather up there. – Sigurdur Skarphedinsson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It's coming up to the second floor. I mean, it's so high up. And we have no exit out. – Laura McComb	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The water is up to the second story in the house, it's coming up to the second floor. I mean, it's so high up. And we have no exit out. – Laura McComb	Found on CNN 8 years ago
He was someone that one would have thought would remain very high up in the regime. So this kind of a shake up, particularly if he's been executed, is quite a remarkable turn of events. – Charles Armstrong	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Why is a female right in the center of these two groups battling it out? this is something we've never seen in a female profile before. For ISIS to give her permission to be on those front lines, it would have to come from a high-up source. – Jeff Weyers	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Measles is also pneumonia, brain infection, it's the leading cause of childhood blindness in the world, if you want to do something natural, vaccination is far more natural than if your child ends up on a ventilator or needing antibiotics or if they end up with a brain infection so if you are trying to balance what's the most natural way to take care of your child, I would say measles vaccine is pretty high up there. – Celine Gounder	Found on CNN 9 years ago

I'm not making a judgment about the culpability of somebody that was involved in this. The information we're after. But I do believe because of the great historical significance of this invasion of the home, that we need total transparency. And I believe particularly Director Wray of the FBI needs to make very clear that he understands, and I know to some extent he understands because I had whistleblowers tell me about the political bias that some people that are high up making decisions to investigate or not investigate. And he moved that person out of it. So he knows he has a problem. How big the problem is, I don't really know how big it is.

– Chuck Grassley

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It was the Eagles, they had you shoot at a mini hoop. I only made like two out of five. So, probably not high up on their board right now.

– North Carolina

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Polar bears have been the iconic symbol for warming of the Arctic and the loss of sea ice, we're hoping that what's happened high up on Mount Everest more challenging will be another iconic call and demonstration.

– Paul Mayewski

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Their edge rushers were the biggest ones that kind of gave us some issues, they chose their spots. They were aggressive. They blitzed. They were high up the field and they used their speed on our two new tackles.

– Jake Dickert

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Up in the middle of the church, high up on the right side, I immediately identified an Italian Baroque painting, and I couldn't believe what I was looking at.

– Tom Ruggio

Found on CNN
2 years ago

He wanted to cut off the hand, you can see, the spot still hurts. I can't lift this hand high up.

– Iliyasu Magaji

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The Uyghur people high up know the real extent of the threat and how minor it is, but I think some of the lower level officials really do believe what they are doing is saving Uyghurs from extremism and terrorism.

– Sean Roberts

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The idea of vaccinating teachers is very high up in the priority, as well as doing surveillance in the schools so that you can get a good feel for the penetration of infection.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
3 years ago

China is trying to change the status quo at the India border, in Hong Kong and in the East China Sea, East China Sea sea. So it is easy to make connections between those issues. Obviously the military is controlled by the Communist Party, so it has to be coming from pretty high up in the Communist Party.

– Japanse Defense Minister Taro Kono

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Sleep isn't a luxury. It's a fundamental human need and part of a healthy lifestyle, by linking the quality of our sleep to something that is already high up on our list of priorities -- the quality of our diet -- this study highlights for the general public just how important it is to make time for quality sleep in our busy lives.

– Maya Adam

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We wanted to do so much more. This should not happen like it did, we had one, two good chances to equalize but did not manage it. That's a real shame. We knew they had fast players and wanted to defend high up the pitch.

– Lina Magull

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We had one, two good chances to equalize but did not manage it. That's a real shame. We knew they had fast players and wanted to defend high up the pitch, that brings the danger of conceding on the counter, which had happened before the break.

– Lina Magull

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It went very high up, and it started fairly low, but with instructions from the high-up, this should never happen to a president again.

– Donald Trump

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It's high up there with the best wins I've had.

– Francesco Molinari

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This is a big brand crisis, sometimes brands do recover... but on a scale of 1-10, [ this is ] really high up.

– Tulin Erdem

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Conquering fear is riding the Roller Coaster high up into the Sky. And experiencing the big drop down to the ground. The Adrenaline high, for flight, or fight.”

– Jamela Dunbar

added by Eside
5 years ago

One of the key questions for prosecutors is how high up in the company this goes.

– David Buente

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If you overtake cars at the start, or you start in front of them because of penalties, they will pass you on lap one so it's even more frustrating, nothing has changed. We will try to do our race, to learn things on the car and finish as high up as possible. It's not the best situation, but unfortunately it is the way it is at the moment because we are not competitive at all.

– Spaniard Fernando Alonso

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are many challenges when it comes to building and taking care of an ice cave high up on an ice cap, the weather is probably the biggest factor. We are dealing with extreme weather up there.

– Sigurdur Skarphedinsson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's coming up to the second floor. I mean, it's so high up. And we have no exit out.

– Laura McComb

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The water is up to the second story in the house, it's coming up to the second floor. I mean, it's so high up. And we have no exit out.

– Laura McComb

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He was someone that one would have thought would remain very high up in the regime. So this kind of a shake up, particularly if he's been executed, is quite a remarkable turn of events.

– Charles Armstrong

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Why is a female right in the center of these two groups battling it out? this is something we've never seen in a female profile before. For ISIS to give her permission to be on those front lines, it would have to come from a high-up source.

– Jeff Weyers

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Measles is also pneumonia, brain infection, it's the leading cause of childhood blindness in the world, if you want to do something natural, vaccination is far more natural than if your child ends up on a ventilator or needing antibiotics or if they end up with a brain infection so if you are trying to balance what's the most natural way to take care of your child, I would say measles vaccine is pretty high up there.

– Celine Gounder

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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