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I was quite frequently asked if I would be staying in Akita, i felt their expectations. I also felt slightly pressured (to stay). That made me keenly realize that they want young people. – Sakura Nakamura	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Tough one to talk about at the moment, amazing actor. Incredible actor. Mmm, slightly difficult time with Kevin Spacey, yeah. Kevin Spacey's Kevin Spacey. – Guy Pearce	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Right now the expectation is we will start to moderate in the 11- to 15-day period, then continue to taper off to near or slightly below normal for the latter half of the month. – David Streit	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
While there's plenty of confidence, it's slightly fragile because there are lots of reasons why you might think that the climate wasn't perfect, there are lots of wider geopolitical factors that could easily start to cause deals to pause, not least the fact that we're potentially looking at an international trade war. – Andy Ryde	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
There is no urgency for China to maintain its favorable yield differential against the United States as capital outflow and currency stability is no longer the key concern for China at the moment, with U.S.-China trade war looming, a slightly weaker yuan may be in China's favor. – Tommy Xie	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
There is no urgency for China to maintain its favourable yield differential against the United States as capital outflow and currency stability is no longer the key concern for China at the moment, with U.S.-China trade war looming, a slightly weaker yuan may be in China's favour. – Tommy Xie	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Now capacity is growing at about the same or even edging slightly ahead, so load factors have stabilized. That is a warning sign to keep an eye on capacity. – Andrew Herdman	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The industry is still under capacity constraints and suffers from not being able to hire as many workers as it would like, in the next two years, residential construction will also pull back slightly once the Fed finishes increasing short-term rates ... reducing the amount of credit going to real estate development. – Andres Carbacho-Burgos	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
While growth remains strong across virtually every segment, the quality of the first quarter beat was somewhat lower, crypto delivered the majority of the upside, while datacenter was slightly below our estimate. – Ross Seymore	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I think everyone wants it to work because Prince Harry is adored around the world, he’s the little boy who lost his mother at 12. He was a slightly off the rails teenager who became a war hero fighting on the frontlines… We want the fairy tale, which has had some tragic lows across the last 30-40 years. The overriding message of the documentary is 'fingers crossed.' Meghan Markle with Prince Harry after their engagement announcement. (Reuters) But those in the documentary warned that this world is not without its pitfalls, Bullen said. You marry into a world that’s diamonds and furs and castles and servants and literally knights in shining armor. But it all comes with a price. Are you ready to pay that price? – Spun Gold	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The RBNZ surprised markets with a slight dovish shift. It kept the official cash rate (OCR) on hold, as was widely expected, but notably allowed for the OCR to move 'up or down', rather than simply on hold – a slightly dovish development in our view. – Imre Speizer	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
George VI and Charlotte are very traditional, historic, English names, although this is slightly different in that their first child, Prince George VI, is likely to be the monarch, and this child will likely not. So they can be a little bit different with the name. – Kate Williams	Found on CNN 6 years ago
While the IB unit delivered a strong beat, other units, particularly Global Wealth Management (with a small, approximately 1 percent miss on both assets under management and gross margin) slightly disappointed. – Baader Helvea	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It was just lying there, on its back, knees slightly bent like someone would lie on the sand at the beach. – Irena Ryjova	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Alcohol consumption is associated with a slightly lower risk of non-fatal heart attacks, but this must be balanced against the higher risk associated with other serious -- and potentially fatal -- cardiovascular diseases. – Angela Wood	Found on CNN 6 years ago
I’m not sure this will be a tipping point, but it’s my sense that the ground has moved. Maybe ever so slightly. But at least enough that politicians can’t run and hide on this. – Bob Casey	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I rubbed it slightly and I saw it was carved with a human image inside a frame. – Dekel Ben-Shitrit	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Google has always had a slightly different version of the security story than traditional security product and service companies, they've thought about a larger perspective for some time. This feels like it could be a big picture approach to an issue that everyone else is already trying to tackle. – Sean Pike	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We have never had Chinese support for sanctions like we’re getting now, russia’s a slightly different issue, but the Chinese have leaned in hard on the North Koreans. – Rex Tillerson	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
There is only one Simon Cowell… And he was 15 years ago, and he's doing a slightly different version of Simon Cowell on [‘America’s Got Talent’] at the moment, but we weren't looking, ‘Hey, let's get a Simon Cowell.’ …We took a long time to put this judging panel together, as you might have noticed, and that was because we wanted to get it right and we wanted judges with credibility, who knew what they were talking about, were huge successes in their own right, who were articulate and who generally cared about the contestants. And that's the difference. I think these guys really care about the contestants, and it wasn't so much about the judges. It's more about the contestants. – Executive Producer Trish Kinane	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store. And I am astonished to hear people suggest that we can solve our heroin crisis by legalizing marijuana – so people can trade one life-wrecking dependency for another that’s only slightly less awful, our nation needs to say clearly once again that using drugs will destroy your life. – Jeff Sessions	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store. And I am astonished to hear people suggest that we can solve our heroin crisis by legalizing marijuana – so people can trade one life-wrecking dependency for another that’s only slightly less awful. – Jeff Sessions	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Each one of these people and myself now have are spirits or our wills are slightly entangled. – Debra Tatetold PEOPLE	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
A few (not all) previous experiments have found that if you reduce how long people sleep, some people burn slightly fewer calories at rest. – Greg Potter	Found on FOX News 6 years ago

I was quite frequently asked if I would be staying in Akita, i felt their expectations. I also felt slightly pressured (to stay). That made me keenly realize that they want young people.

– Sakura Nakamura

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Tough one to talk about at the moment, amazing actor. Incredible actor. Mmm, slightly difficult time with Kevin Spacey, yeah. Kevin Spacey's Kevin Spacey.

– Guy Pearce

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Right now the expectation is we will start to moderate in the 11- to 15-day period, then continue to taper off to near or slightly below normal for the latter half of the month.

– David Streit

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

While there's plenty of confidence, it's slightly fragile because there are lots of reasons why you might think that the climate wasn't perfect, there are lots of wider geopolitical factors that could easily start to cause deals to pause, not least the fact that we're potentially looking at an international trade war.

– Andy Ryde

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

There is no urgency for China to maintain its favorable yield differential against the United States as capital outflow and currency stability is no longer the key concern for China at the moment, with U.S.-China trade war looming, a slightly weaker yuan may be in China's favor.

– Tommy Xie

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

There is no urgency for China to maintain its favourable yield differential against the United States as capital outflow and currency stability is no longer the key concern for China at the moment, with U.S.-China trade war looming, a slightly weaker yuan may be in China's favour.

– Tommy Xie

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Now capacity is growing at about the same or even edging slightly ahead, so load factors have stabilized. That is a warning sign to keep an eye on capacity.

– Andrew Herdman

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The industry is still under capacity constraints and suffers from not being able to hire as many workers as it would like, in the next two years, residential construction will also pull back slightly once the Fed finishes increasing short-term rates ... reducing the amount of credit going to real estate development.

– Andres Carbacho-Burgos

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

While growth remains strong across virtually every segment, the quality of the first quarter beat was somewhat lower, crypto delivered the majority of the upside, while datacenter was slightly below our estimate.

– Ross Seymore

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I think everyone wants it to work because Prince Harry is adored around the world, he’s the little boy who lost his mother at 12. He was a slightly off the rails teenager who became a war hero fighting on the frontlines… We want the fairy tale, which has had some tragic lows across the last 30-40 years. The overriding message of the documentary is 'fingers crossed.' Meghan Markle with Prince Harry after their engagement announcement. (Reuters) But those in the documentary warned that this world is not without its pitfalls, Bullen said. You marry into a world that’s diamonds and furs and castles and servants and literally knights in shining armor. But it all comes with a price. Are you ready to pay that price?

– Spun Gold

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The RBNZ surprised markets with a slight dovish shift. It kept the official cash rate (OCR) on hold, as was widely expected, but notably allowed for the OCR to move 'up or down', rather than simply on hold – a slightly dovish development in our view.

– Imre Speizer

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

George VI and Charlotte are very traditional, historic, English names, although this is slightly different in that their first child, Prince George VI, is likely to be the monarch, and this child will likely not. So they can be a little bit different with the name.

– Kate Williams

Found on CNN
6 years ago

While the IB unit delivered a strong beat, other units, particularly Global Wealth Management (with a small, approximately 1 percent miss on both assets under management and gross margin) slightly disappointed.

– Baader Helvea

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It was just lying there, on its back, knees slightly bent like someone would lie on the sand at the beach.

– Irena Ryjova

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Alcohol consumption is associated with a slightly lower risk of non-fatal heart attacks, but this must be balanced against the higher risk associated with other serious -- and potentially fatal -- cardiovascular diseases.

– Angela Wood

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I’m not sure this will be a tipping point, but it’s my sense that the ground has moved. Maybe ever so slightly. But at least enough that politicians can’t run and hide on this.

– Bob Casey

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I rubbed it slightly and I saw it was carved with a human image inside a frame.

– Dekel Ben-Shitrit

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Google has always had a slightly different version of the security story than traditional security product and service companies, they've thought about a larger perspective for some time. This feels like it could be a big picture approach to an issue that everyone else is already trying to tackle.

– Sean Pike

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We have never had Chinese support for sanctions like we’re getting now, russia’s a slightly different issue, but the Chinese have leaned in hard on the North Koreans.

– Rex Tillerson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There is only one Simon Cowell… And he was 15 years ago, and he's doing a slightly different version of Simon Cowell on [‘America’s Got Talent’] at the moment, but we weren't looking, ‘Hey, let's get a Simon Cowell.’ …We took a long time to put this judging panel together, as you might have noticed, and that was because we wanted to get it right and we wanted judges with credibility, who knew what they were talking about, were huge successes in their own right, who were articulate and who generally cared about the contestants. And that's the difference. I think these guys really care about the contestants, and it wasn't so much about the judges. It's more about the contestants.

– Executive Producer Trish Kinane

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store. And I am astonished to hear people suggest that we can solve our heroin crisis by legalizing marijuana – so people can trade one life-wrecking dependency for another that’s only slightly less awful, our nation needs to say clearly once again that using drugs will destroy your life.

– Jeff Sessions

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

– Jeff Sessions

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Each one of these people and myself now have are spirits or our wills are slightly entangled.

– Debra Tatetold PEOPLE

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

A few (not all) previous experiments have found that if you reduce how long people sleep, some people burn slightly fewer calories at rest.

– Greg Potter

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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