[Schwartz vowed to cooperate with congressional and Justice Department investigations.] And as far as the political contribution issue is concerned, this comes under the heading ... of no good deed goes unpunished, ... I don't think there is anything here for me to be concerned about. |
[Should Gore win November's election,] I have no idea how he is going to argue that he has the public behind him on the foreign policy he wants to enact, ... I think George Bush is going to have a bigger problem in that he is an internationalist, but is campaigning as an isolationist. |
[Some analysts think next year's Congressional elections already pushed reform to the 2003 agenda.] I don't actually think Sept. 11 will have any long-term impact on the Social Security debate, ... 2002 is an election year, so I always thought Congress would take up the issue in 2003. |
[The four million fans who filled Yankee Stadium this season made an awful lot of noise, but none of that will reach the Yankees in Boston.] It's not a deterrent, ... There's nothing like playing here, like having the last at-bat. But we feel good about ourselves, home or on the road. |
[The music services] have been anxious to [expand to Europe]. It's been the labels dragging their feet. The cloud cover is that there are a lot of different licensing authorities and things are fragmented over there. But when it gets to be important, the labels can get people in line. |
[The primary reason, he said, was that they had pushed the Times to erect a stunning new building that is already setting a new standard for office architecture in Manhattan.] We insisted that in order to do a deal, they would have to wow us, ... It would have to be something special. |
[The programs] started with Chuck Backus. When he came out here to be provost for this campus, he saw it as an ideal setting for Native students. Having said that, one of the biggest pitfalls for Native students coming to a major university is the cultural shock, the loss of identity. |
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[Tim Duncan joined Greg Popovich and Spurs general manager R.C. Buford at Saturday's meeting with Karl Malone . But he isn't ready to clear locker space for Malone just yet.] He's one heck of a talent and would be a great addition to our team, ... But, again, it's just talk right now. |
[Will it matter if the Doom film does well or not?] It won't make much difference to us, we see everything independently, ... But in the ranks of Hollywood, if they see the Doom movie as successful, it will raise the interest level and they would want other game movies and come to us. |
[WorldCom spokesman Brad Burns said Friday one of McLucas' charges is to determine something not yet clear: when the accounting discrepancies began.] We're looking at everything to make sure we get to the bottom of exactly what's happened, ... Everything is on the table on that front. |
A big benefit to software-as-service is that it lets companies get CRM in place quickly without the kind of budget hassles you see with buying applications, ... There's a feeling, especially among small and midsize businesses, that a hosted solution will help realize ROI more quickly. |
A continued strong sales performance, especially for the five key growth products, together with benefits arising from productivity initiatives across the entire company, has produced an outstanding result ... and is reflected in an increase in our financial targets for the full year. |
A female rabbit can get pregnant again within hours of giving birth. So it's important to get them spayed or neutered. Male rabbits tend to be a little calmer when they're neutered -- they don't spray, that sort of thing. All the animals adopted from us are already spayed or neutered. |
A few years ago, we launched a campaign that dovetailed with the latest Batman movie release. It was fun and cool, but it didn't drive real world relevance to our customers. The idea to use actual customer tapes came from our dealers and customers-they asked us to share their stories. |