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She made the sacrifice to stop teaching for a few years to stay home with our two youngest babies, and they are so much better off for it.

And when people see how much better off you've become, they'll follow suit.

But you're better off setting flags -- and nothing else -- in a signal handler, as opposed to trying to create sophisticated handlers.

"I probably would have been better off going to a state school, " he said.

We 're a lot better off today than we were a year ago . This week I 'll be giving thanks for that.

People might be better off going for a hybrid manager that does a little bit of everything.

If he had not, the League fight would have turned out differently, and the nation and the world would have been better off.

But the left, which might have expected to have benefited from a capitalist meltdown, is no better off.

I've got more than enough to do. So the sooner we can get out of that business, the better off we're going to be.

In my conversations with protesters here, I keep noting how much better off they are than those in Syria or Yemen.

Given all that, it would be a surprise if happier people weren't better off.

Bess grieved because she had no child, not having sense enough to know she was better off without them.

But regardless of what actually is afoot, from a number of angles, HSBC would be better off moving back to its historical roots in Asia.

Even so, that does not add up to a compelling case for regulation, since it is hard to see how consumers could be made better off.

I've never seen anyone yet who worked for him or was around him for any length of time who wasn't better off.

Marx belonged to a relatively well-to-do family. He had not faced hunger in his childhood. He was much better off than many fellow students.

The point is that, if all you know are recipes, you're no better off once you leave the tiny domain where the recipes work.

You keep telling me that I'm better off not knowing your story, but I don't think I can accept that any longer.

The Republic can now stay with the euro if it wishes despite my personal view that it would be better off going back to sterling.

Sometimes a business might be better off spending a quarter or a year not growing but simply consolidating existing business.

If you favor those milk chocolate bon-bons over the dark variety, you might be better off switching.

He said that the Christian populations in Iraq and Egypt were probably better off under previous regimes that have been overthrown.

BP would be (a bit) better off had it had more American directors to throw at America's media wolves.

EVEN if I granted all that I have been refuting, the friends of despotism would be no better off.

I'm leaning towards the theory that simplicity, at least for me, is going to make me happier, less stressed and better off.

Just imagine how much better off ALL council taxpayers would be if people like you didn't exist.

You're much better off with a system in which people can be free to imagine, invent, and connect with one another.

This is an experimentation problem: how much do you need to see of a man's behaviour before deciding you'd be better off without him?

This kind of thinking, along with a little attitude adjustment, helps you to convert foes to friends, and both of you are better off.

If possible, you're better off using one of the existing Linux security modules than trying to write your own.

'You must not think of that, ' said the old woman; 'we feel ourselves to be much happier and much better off than human beings. '

It sounds crazy, I know, but she was just raving about what warlike beings we are, about how the universe would be better off without us.

Tempting as it is to turn recent discussions into a more serious exchange about plans for the future, you're better off biding your time.

You'll be far better off with a documented baseline than trying to track down a failure after it has begun to happen.

Some people genuinely seem to think we would be better off staying at home and growing our own cabbage and baking our own bread.

Food, at least for the better-off, has long been far more than a means of keeping body and soul together.

It seemed to me that we would be better off focusing on a partial settlement.

In fact, we would be better off if governments were willing to run even larger deficits over the next year or two.

Fortysomethings are better off with a nicely cut pair of denim or cotton shorts that say Cool and in Control of My Sense of Self.

You know I love you and I love Lisa, but I think you're both better off.

We'd be better off without all that din from the children's room.

They tell us how much better off economically we all are in war than in peace.

Poverty may be miserable. But being able to feel a bit better-off than someone else makes it a bit more bearable.

I started to wonder if he would be better off living with someone after all, but I knew he could not leave the farm.

As in the rest of America, better-off whites were more likely to vote Republican, poorer ones to vote Democrat or not at all.

If I were better off, I should not stop for a moment to think whose he might be.

Since the better-off can afford to keep their children in higher education and the poor cannot, breaking out of the cycle is hard.

Even if over the long term you'd be better off if you were able to continue buying bargains.

Luckily, my son pulled me to safety with his trekking pole. Am I better off now than I was when I was sliding toward the abyss? Duh!

In the long run, there is no doubt that everybody would be much better-off if smoking were banned altogether.

Remember the slower the enemy the better off you are. So set your sights on the next fastest ship and repeat.

The country and its people would be better off cultivating a welcoming and transparent investment environment for the long term.

"You were better off out of the door and into a start-up, where you could get 50 cent, 70 cent or dollar stock options, " says Mr Siegel.

You might be better off trying to resolve the matter yourself.

b. Moneywise, of course, I'm much better off than I used to be.

But you know your legs are so far gone, Honey, you're better off without them.

How much better off would you be at that rate than you are now?

But, rather than leave so much of our fate to chance, we'd be better off doing what politicians always say they want to do: lessen the U.

In Russia the instability of the Yeltsin years convinced many that the country would be better off if it became more self-reliant.

You're much better off with a systemin which people can be free to imagine, invent, and connect with one another.

The classic case is the mother who plans to take her own life and believes that the children are better off in heaven with her.

Then again, if makers are the ones left behind, the world might be better off, and at least one smart man will stick around.

Pamela Barnes on Supernatural was a psychic whose eyesight and life would have been better off if she had avoided the Winchesters.

"The purpose of this book is to say you're always better off doing something, " says former President Bill Clinton.

Yasmeen Bibi, her mother, convicted of kidnapping, says Muskan is better off with her in jail.

To be sure, the better-educated might then move. But they, and Britain as a whole, would be much better off.

It's difficult to accept that your child would be better off never going to a birthday party, but it might be true.

[She thinks that] even if the husband remarried, they'd have a mean stepmother and so the children would be better off with her in heaven.

It may be that tax hikes, particularly for the better off, are politically necessary to ensure popular acceptance that pain is being shared.

They're better off doing something now that gives them the pieces that make it impossible for LeBron to leave.

Despite all the work you did, however, the application was no better off, largely because more single points of failure were introduced.

A good case can be made that the U. S. government, the first to develop nuclear weapons, would be much better off today without them.

You might be better off using those furlough days to look for a more stable full-time gig.

It had found some way to survive here, this cat; it was better off for being left on its own, so he released it again.

The British universities secretary has acknowledged that some young people would be better off not going to university.

The euro area, for instance, would be far better off with a clear set of rules governing sovereign crises within its borders.

However, in certain situations, resignation may not be best the route at all - you may be better off waiting to be sacked.

But no one can argue that the Iraqi people would be better off with the thugs and murderers back in the palaces.

Mr. Salwen and his wife, Joan, had always assumed that their kids would be better off in a bigger house.

Rather, it appears that up to a significant point, children are better off in intact families even when their families are not ideal.

If I could have sat still a little longer, I would have been better off.

While trying to solve one problem, we create an even bigger problem. We would have been better off if we had done nothing.

Imagine if Americans were fearful of these foreign troops, and overwhelmingly thought America would be better off without their presence.

But I decided I was better off with my toes sticking off the end (if I really stretch out) than sleeping in Jello.

Just as an ecosystem benefits from diversity, so the world is better off with a multitude of corporate forms.

It's been a bad week for him really. I felt with these circumstances that he's better off starting from the bench.

The rich are better off with a smaller percentage of a fast-growing economy than a larger share of an economy that's barely moving.

Nor did the poor get as much of a happiness boost from weekends as those who were better-off, according to the researchers.

Greece would be better off if it abandons the euro, devalues its new currency, and defaults on its debt.

For best performance, then, you're still better off using an XML database or some other sort of indexing model.

See? Was that hard? If you would only listen to me more often, you would be better off.

Mr. Alva acknowledges he could have built his factory faster if he had paid bribes, but doesn't think Skanray would be better off for it.

It was too close to a girls' hostel and a high school, he explained, and they would be better off on another tract outside of town.

They claim that people who order bigger sizes of food are trying to convince themselves or others that they are better off.

Here I am, a little better off than I was at Lympne, and that is all.

If he thinks cycling works like that, he's wrong and he would be better off going home.

However, you might be better off attempting one of the other techniques first.

You're better off trying to persuade customers that the price is low.

China is trying to seize every opportunity to make the most of the better-off life.

I think saying stuff like that I might be probably better off that I went out with you.

You know, if you're interested in plants, you'd be better off with Goshawk's Guide to Herbology.

Once upon a time, that job was generally agreed to be to make people better off.

He must have wondered if Goldman would have been better off from a public-relations point of view by incurring giant losses, like Citigroup.

Basically, what we're trying to do is give them an equal chance in the labor market with kids who come from better off households.

Research shows that the more veggies you consume daily, the better off you'll be, in terms of overall health and body weight.

They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose.

Rather than a China-only fund, most investors would be better off in a more diversified fund covering the Asian region, he added.

A good marriage is about sometimes sacrificing what you want for the good of the marriage; which makes everyone better off, including you.

But in any particular situation, we have to ask: are we really better off granting such license?

We absolutely do not need the Chinese government to keep buying US debt and would almost certainly be better off if it stopped tomorrow.

Critics also have complained that better-off families have been able to bribe officials into allowing them more children.

Some people may feel that they are better off than those more affected and that they, therefore, should not be so upset.

Mill argues that if society values the higher pleasures, and values justice, then society as a whole will be better off in the long run.

If it were my opinion, for instance, that my mother would be better off divorced, I might offer that opinion.

Neither the board nor angry shareholders can get rid of the Murdochs. But the company would be better off with less feudal management.

Mothers who married ended up much better off than mothers with the same disadvantages who did not.

State firms are little better off. After two record years of track-laying, the problems now facing the railway-building industry are severe.

Becker's analysis is impressive, but I hesitate to state with confidence that China would be better off to revalue its currency.

How will your customers, students, audience, or beneficiaries be better off for having interacted with you?

Though by no means rich, he was better off than at any other period in his life.

Why not? She's better off with her parents. She'll get as used to steel decks as most kids are to sidewalks.

Reforms must be reinforced to help the poor to better off rapidly.

Researcher's conclusion: Your kid is better off watching American Idol with you than watching Baby Einstein alone.

Since the company can change its rewards program at any time, we'd be much better off if we stockpiled miles from several airlines.

they buy Levi's. [The company] would be better off making completely new brands for growth.

According to his pupil Xenophon, Socrates felt that, at age 70, he would be better off dead than to linger in exile or confinement.

It is an undeniable fact that children would be much better off if they have access to abundant knowledge in a diverse range of field.

You'd be better off with the Strange Taste Horse-beans, and a Broiled Salmon Leg, or two.

He likes to sleep in his own bed with his own pillow. But at the moment he is probably better off anywhere other than Washington.

And if a man is not willing to make that effort, I'm better off with the company of a cat.

Taxation is associated with us all, who together contribute to a strong country and better-off people.

Do you think you would be better off if you watched TV more or less than you do now?

Others argue investors are better off with more information, even if abuse is possible.

By and large , the British working class is better off today than it was a generation ago .

Turkey is better off with a depoliticised army; but a weak army would do its regional ambitions no good at all.

The more attention that you pay to this perspective, the better off you will be in the long run.

Don't be silly. You'd be better off seeing one. I'll make an appointment for you. Only a fool is afraid of the dentist!

You would be better off just giving your money to the experienced traders, as it would save on your emotional wear and tear.

The University of Michigan finds that 24% of households expect to be better off financially within a year's time.

For the former, of course, you compare yourself to those you see as better off. The opposite is true for downward comparisons.

'We're better off than we used to be, ' Mr. Kean said in an interview Tuesday. 'But there are glaring gaps. '

However, it was clear that applications looking for a richer experience were better off using a richer client technology platform.

They sent him to another family that was better-off than ours, so that he would not have to suffer with us.

In the column, I wrote that I would have been better off dropping the dog food and using my hands to break my fall.

If the fee is substantial, you could be better off by putting your spare funds to another more cost-effective use.

When you meet a person who seems to be much better off than you, don't be fooled.

It has given birth to an even better off-road vehicle, the Discovery, and a luxury toy, the Range Rover.

Many countries, it adds, would be better off initially focusing on developing the best national universities possible.

Although serious inequalities and hardships are experienced, the long run results leave almost everyone better off.

Each taxpayer's individual situation will determine whether they would be financially better off in one country over the other.

The researchers believe their work could also help identify which women might be better off using donor eggs for IVF instead.

If conditions are wet, you can still get spin, but you would be better off drying the ball (and your boots).

He must have wondered whether Goldman would have been better off politically had it incurred giant losses, like Citigroup.

Living by the sea is far better off than living inland, you don't know how bad the air is in here!

But UBS's Pitz compares Google's position to an arms race, "The more paper you can stack in your safe, the better-off you are going to be. "

citizens of Zimbabwe and Syria might be better off if their countries' security forces weren't quite so good at repression.

Thou art much better off with him than with me.

But he said that the global economy will be better off "if we make policy in a cooperative framework. "

The United States and Europe were no better off a century or two ago than Africa is today.

A note of caution: if you are a lot better off financially than your drinking partner, be sensitive about this.

But in evaluating the relationship and the impact we've made, I think you have to ask are we better off today?

'If it's a rapid recovery, you'd be better off in technology, industrials or even consumer discretionary' stocks, he says.

It makes sense, some suggest, that people might be genetically better off if they were mixed race.

Despite this competition, your family would not be better off isolating itself from all other families.

I'm better off calling my own shots now. Get used to it.

Her friends and family suggested that for all her trouble, she would be better off switching to formula.

While French movers have tended to be better off, some of the Brits who moved to Spain are really suffering.

But the bad job market in the U. S. convinced the Singapore native she would be better off elsewhere.

But it is unlikely that, having wasted all that time digging and filling, either of you is better off.

conceivably, to understand an artist's life and humanity, you're better off going straight to his art.

to place their faith in mere sentiment are better off bailing out of the region's hottest markets before heading off on holiday.

Indeed, if the European Central Bank were similarly audacious, the euro-zone might be better off today.

But the company would be better off with less feudal management.

Height may be an advantage in men, but if everybody were three inches taller, nobody would be better off.

And the sooner Washington acknowledges that, and does something about it, the better off the rest of us will be.

China is better off than most low- and middle-income countries, he said.

It's hard to avoid concluding that I would be better off hiring younger and healthier workers.

In the meantime you're better off buying a used bicycle and substituting it for the car on some of those short errands.

Depending on where she lands in her next job, Bartz may be a lot better off without Yahoo.

In other words, as people generally become better off over time, the popular notion of what constitutes poverty keeps up.

Without a steady stream of applications, we were better off sticking with the classic operating system.

I believe that laughter is a great soul cleanser, and I pray that my audiences may somehow be better off for having seen my show.

If only all could be persuaded to spend then all would be better off, with demand and profits sustained and jobs preserved.

Poor kids seemingly are still less likely to get a diagnosis of autism, despite similar prevalence rates to children better off.

Albus Dumbledore: Exactly. He's far better off growing up away from all of that. Until he's ready.

Abrahim's response was always the same: "A man who has no patience here is better off in Hell. "

As for my Mum, she was paid insurance by the firm that owned the factory, so she's better off than she ever was.

The bottom line is that if you are not able to get along with them then you are most likely better off trying something else on for size.

People who trade on noise are willing to trade even though from an objective point of view they would be better off not trading.

If it's your carbon footprint you're worried about, though, you'd be better off cultivating an urban idyll.

Such beliefs fire the indignation of critics of capitalism and provide a guilty thrill for some of the better off.

I do not know. Would they be better off without me?

Both leaders and the overall economy would be better off if more delinquent mortgages were restructured rather than foreclosed.

You'd be better off putting down the book and doing something more enjoyable or productive than "mindless reading, " as researchers call it.

A new trader is better off learning to trade slower-moving stocks, but later on, futures definitely deserve a look.

The more we understand the disease, the better off we will be in terms of developing therapeutics or better supportive care.

Forget about him, sister. You're better off without him.

MAKE no mistake: virtually anybody who has invested in Bouygues SA over the past quarter of a century is better off for having done so.

Even though farmers would seem better off nominally, in real terms they would actually be as badly off as they were originally.

Women, by contrast, would be better off remembering landmarks and retracing the paths to the most productive patches of plants.

You might be better off using the internet to find out where and when are we going to meet to do this.

Typically you are better off using a medicated anti-bacteria shampoo on a regular basis to help keep the skin healthy.

Their efforts cut to the core of what economics is supposed to be about: What makes us better off?

It would be better off taking the train instead of driving.

Just five years earlier, Dr. Kern Alexander had said children would be better off in the schools of almost any state other than Arkansas.

Through exchange, both parties attempt to make themselves better off.

Google rationalized the deal by saying Chinese users were better off getting a limited version of Google than getting no Google at all.

According to my opinion, not doing enough preparations, this Pandora's box would be better off shut a little bit tighter.

It has enriched bankers and chief executives, but left the middle classes at once no better off today and more insecure about tomorrow.

If you know you have enough memory to handle your workload, you are better off delaying these two swap activities.

People who look little better off than him reach deep into their pockets for a few coins.

up for re-election next year, to convince Afghans that they are better off than they were before the Taliban were driven from power.

I'm meeting folks all over the country. We have to do that now, because it will actually make our businesses and our families better off.

Would you not be better off to think the thoughts you want to think, than those of others?

We would be better off with Jupiter's 12-year "year" , since it takes about that long to know how profitable strategies have been.

Most, if not all, Chinese are financially better off thanks to 28 years of reform and opening up. But are we any happier?

Refugees say they are better off at the camp than up in the mountains.

Actually if you need help you are better off if there is only one person around to help.

In Athens and across Europe there is speculation that everyone would be better off if Greece left the euro currency and the EU altogether.

Before the water glasses had even arrived, my lunch guest was suggesting that her children could have been better off not attending Yale.

They'd be better off at least targeting their poor tests at new areas of code.

In the long run, investors would often be better off without paying for the guarantee.

They would have been better off going straight into the work force and investing their money into gold and silver.

But, in general, you're better off with a salad of mixed greens and raw vegetables, coupled with a light, healthy dressing.

But we obviously would be better off with a smaller population.

children looked after by grandparents while their mothers are at work would be better off in nurseries, a study finds.

Dear, no matter what happens later, please promise me you must be happy, must be better off than I am happy!

Somehow, he felt a little superior to these two -- a little better off.

But does that mean that homeowners in the former bubble markets would have been better off if the housing boom never happened?

If climate change is a problem, the sooner we begin to respond, the better off we shall be.

Because cereal bars rarely have more than 2 grams of protein, kids might be better off adding a stick of Go-Gurt!

"You're better off eating real food, " he said.

inertia may keep them there, if only because clients can rarely be sure that they would be better off elsewhere.

Even though customers will hate it at first, the average smartphone user is better off at this point.

East is no better off if he discards a minor suit card (say a diamond).

Given that they're now trading at more than $142, and were recently even higher, I would have been better off simply holding the shares.

President Obama's Chief of Staff, Bill Daley, says the bigger the deal, the better off the nation will be.

People who had never so much as waded in the ocean became convinced that sharks were a menace, better off dead.

He believed customers would be better off if we let the community share honest information about each product on our side.

Sleeping Beauty may be better off waking up on her own watch.

If committees, and the rest of us, developed the habit of employing the right kind of oversight, we would all be better off.

It is what drives economic convergence, making large parts of the developing world better off year by year.

and few believe, as they once did, that they are guaranteed to be better off than their parents.

Without Scotland we would be better off, we give them far more then they give us. Im pretty sure they d be lost without us.

Screwdriver-does it make sense to be in this drawer? would it be better off in the toolbox or garage?

Expectation during this long history of time that children will be better off then their parents would have been atypical.

Allowing for the lower cost of living, southern blacks are better off materially.

And are we better off that doctors conduct that extra test, or is it a waste?

Thanks to GDP growth that has averaged almost 7% a year under Mr Putin, many Russians feel better off, even if a lot are still poor.

You'll be better off with a small but carefully structured sample rather than a large sloppy sample, " he says. "