There's a lot more focus on the individual sectors from the investors' standpoint. From a management standpoint, there's a change in priorities. If they're focusing on restructuring, they're not focusing on the core business. |
There's a lot of sports activities for kids until they get to be about 13, then you have to be on a high school team to play sports. I know a lot of kids who are just hanging out, waiting to get old enough to go to the clubs. |
There's a sense that people who telecommute are more flexible, ... They can combine their home and work life, and they will go the extra yard when needed because they've been given the opportunity to better manage their time. |
There's a week left, but it still feels like two or three more weeks, because there are so many questions. I wanted to be a [major league] baseball player since I saw my first game when I was 5. This is the closest I've been. |
There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them. |
There's been a lot of comment about the ways in which governments in France and Spain, both of which are subject to the European Convention on Human Rights, have been able to deal much more robustly with the terrorist threat. |
There's been this long-term trend at Comdex for the action to move off the floor, ... Originally a lot of the people who came were resellers, and serious business got done in the booths, and the booths weren't that expensive. |
There's going to be learning curve, because flowers have to look good, and they're very susceptible to all kinds of pests. But the organic foods movement took a while to leave the health food store, and now it's big business. |
There's less crude being run now through refineries than there is loss in production in the Gulf. We're estimating refinery runs are down about 2 million barrels a day while crude out of the Gulf is down a million and a half. |
There's no way in hell Merkel will send troops to Iraq. But what her visit will definitely do is set a tone--not necessarily set a policy. I wouldn't count on there being an announcement that Bush has just signed on to Kyoto. |
There's not enough natural gas to substitute for heating oil. So this will help support crude oil prices. What we need is not (crude) oil but heating oil and natural gas. Unfortunately, there's no strategic reserves for them. |
There's not much really to do in a hospital, but I worked a little bit, thought a lot about life and what priorities are truly important, spent quality time with Heather and Joshua, and, yes, taught him to play street hockey. |
There's nothing wrong with sending a quick note if you're busy or just want to flirt, but it's hard to have any real interaction over text. In the buffet of communication, text messaging should be a side dish, not the entree. |
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There's really not a lot of information here to work with, and I think the market's taking a rest. We're still a few weeks away from first-quarter earnings, so all you have to focus on is a slowing economy and interest rates. |