Nowadays, the commercial interests behind the competing mobile phone standards are much more intermingled. GSM is the world standard in second-generation networks. But its success was a one-time event. I don't think any standard will ever achieve the same level of dominance. |
David Diaz (1976-) |
Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So it is with people who sometimes cover up the entire disc of eternity with a dollar, and so quench transcendent glories with a little shining dust. |
Obviously we've got to keep monitoring him and his playing time and how we are going to use him. I think this will be better for him because most of the time we are going to use him as the DH. In the National League he had to play first base and that is tougher for his body. |
Obviously, it's an exciting day for Michael and his family. And it's an exciting day for our organization. Michael has established himself as an All-Star and one of the premiere players in the league, and we feel that he's going to accomplish much more in the upcoming years. |
Obviously, off the court, he's had some issues. He would be the first to say, 'Why? Why did I do that?' But one, his players graduate; two, they learn how to be men; and three, they learn how to contribute in life. Look at all those Indiana graduates contributing to society. |
Obviously, we're not a million miles apart ? [we both have] guitars, drums, bass and keyboards. But within those instruments, we're different. Unfortunately, people have been saying I resemble Chris Martin. I just don't need to have that. That winds me up more than anything. |
Of course recent history plays a part in the human polls. I think one of the reasons the computers are part of the process is the recognition that the human polls have an element of self-fulfilling prophecy, which is fine if you start at the top and not so fine if you don't. |
Offense on the outside, defense on the inside. The defense has to move and find somebody to block out, and you're not just blocking out your own man, you've got to find somebody. We've been doing it all season long, and getting better and better in that category of the game. |
Old dogs are the wise ones. There?s a depth, a feeling, like aged wine, you don?t get the same depth and experience with younger dogs. It might take a couple of weeks before they get used to the house, but you can see when they realize they are home - the tension melts away. |
On different nights, different guys step up for them. Their players complement each other very well. They get themselves easy baskets by running the floor and off offensive rebounds. They don't take a lot of difficult shots, and when they do, they balance it with easy shots. |
On the one hand, you're empowering people in a huge way, but on the other hand you're placing a burden on U.S. investors to understand a foreign market. When you're investing in a foreign company, very often you have legal, governmental and political issues coming into play. |
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Once you become linked with any government, you become a target of the government that follows it. They go after your factories, your house, your family. You can't have stability if people are running around burning things down every two or three years. It's just impossible. |
One great [last-minute problem] is when the borrower applies for mortgage and changes job in the middle of the application ? and they don't tell us. We have to get a letter of employment or contract or pay stub to prove he's working at new job, and that can delay processing. |