Our media strategy was twofold: target both the college & minor league baseball fan through strategic baseball partnerships with Rawlings, Easton etc; as well, we invested significantly behind online media to target the baseball gamer and baseball fan. |
Our membership has been very explicit. They don't want to go any further back in the rankings. They want to maintain what their colleagues in different school districts are making. They want to feel good about it. They want to feel like they're valued. |
Our number one goal is to always recruit Michigan first and we felt like we were able to get what we wanted from our home State. However, we were able to get into the Midwest a little more than in the past and bring in eight kids from bordering states. |
Our reform legacy by then had not produced a substantial rise in wages and job opportunities. People saw the hard side of reform but not the gains. Many ... traditional Labor supporters carried the brunt of the change and sheeted home the blame to him. |
Our state and local tax burden is one of the worst in the country ? nearly 10 percent above the national average. While today is tax day, our tax freedom day ? the day we stop working to pay taxes and start working for ourselves ? is still 11 days off. |
Our sugar prices are up 20 to 25 percent right now, but right after Katrina they were higher. There are still some problems with transportation. There are only so many trucks in Louisiana. Wholesalers in turn have had to ration. Demand is still higher. |
Over the past few years, romances have gotten sexier. And with the advent of 'Sex and the City' and more sex in movies and online, there's a sexual aspect to all forms of entertainment that women are feeling more entitled to than they have in the past. |
Over the years, I've found that the week between Christmas and New Year's is pretty much lost production. Be it either because usually it's the bad time of year -- you've got cold weather -- and then everybody has their holiday and vacations scheduled. |
Overall, as a group in general, it was a tremendous success. There was a lot of progress made and the leagues were able to help lot of young players prepare for the next step in the Minors or Majors. It was encouraging to see guys take off and do well. |
Overall, I thought we had good effort. We have quite a few coming back next year, and hopefully, they're not satisfied with this. We have to use this as motivation, and we'll begin getting ready for next year (today) because that's where it all starts. |
Overall, research shows that GE foods are safe and effective, though some people still harbor reservations about it. I suspect that the more people are exposed to the news, the more aware they are of biotechnology and, therefore, more supportive of it. |
Parents who smoke feel guilty about being role models for smoking; they feel hypocritical about trying to prevent their children from smoking. For these reasons, it's difficult to persuade parents who smoke to become anti-smoking advocates in the home. |
Parts of the state have been suffering for quite some time. In the southern third of Louisiana, the dry spell goes back to the beginnings of 2005, and even sections of northern Louisiana have been dealing with dry weather over the past 12 to 15 months. |
Pavel signed a contract with Omsk, ... and then another team, Moscow Dynamo, matched it. His agent has told me ... there's no out clause in the contract. Obviously, it's a matter now of Pavel negotiating ... to see if there's a way that he can get out. |
Pennsylvania has a rich cultural heritage and we continue to build on that foundation, ... This year's talented and visionary awardees represent the significant contributions made to our Commonwealth by the members of Pennsylvania's cultural community. |