Mexico is upside down. Everything that should have gone up -- employment, salaries, competitiveness -- has gone down. And what should have gone down -- insecurity, taxes, oil prices and electricity rates -- has gone up. |
Mid-cap and large-cap growth funds tend to have a lot of technology stocks and biotech stocks, and biotech stocks have really gotten pummeled too. It seems like there's been a flight from anything perceived to be risky. |
Mike and I have been talking about it for quite a long time. He did suggest it once and I turned him down. I didn't think it was the right time. Mike will be involved as one of the trusted people in the hockey business. |
Miss Garland's figure resembles the giant-economy-size tube of toothpaste in girls' bathrooms: Squeezed intemperately at all points, it acquires a shape that defies definition by the most resourceful solid geometrician. |
Modestly weaker-then-expected capital goods orders data suggest a slight shift in growth toward Q4 away from Q1 but the simple fact is that the data clearly suggests that factories are going to be humming throughout Q1. |
Momentum comes and goes. We have a pretty young team and it's the first time a lot of these guys have been in this situation. I wouldn't say they were nervous, but they were certainly tentative in the first two periods. |
Morale building will be a main part of my job, ... It's hard to judge morale from the outside . . . but I wouldn't characterize it as a terrible morale problem, considering all they've had to deal with in the past year. |
More critically, the statements that we make can get picked up internationally (and) then feed to the kind of perceptions that South Africa and Africa are incapable of hosting an important international event like this. |
More than 3 million square miles of territory to protect, 10 thousand miles of border to guard and a fence to build 10, 11 or 12 miles high. It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. |
Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. |
Most of Iraq's leaders recognize that if the US were to pull out precipitously, things could get much worse. All the talk about the US getting out, an exit strategy and so forth, has them worried. It's having an impact. |
Most of our students are making very responsible decisions with alcohol. We certainly do have students who are making high-risk choices. . . . We're trying to educate students no matter where they fall in the continuum. |
Most of the bands that have regrouped or reformed didn't ring true for me. It smacks of cashing in. We wanted to become a band again and make a new record, ... It's unfair to fans and musicians to just release reissues. |
Most of the proceeds from last year's breakfast went to The Clinic. We like the mission of The Clinic. We've helped out other area organizations like The Colonial Theatre and Phoenixville Area Community Services (PACS). |
Most of the time it's going to take the whole team to do what you want to do, to see this team succeed and go to the playoffs, ... Yeah, pitching is a big part of it, but we haven't been able to put everything together. |