The initial reaction was, 'Wow, that's a pretty strict penalty,' ... But it's irrelevant, because a clean player knows he does not have anything to worry about. If [a 50-game suspension] doesn't eliminate steroids, I don't know what will. No one wants to sit out 50 games. |
The Internet changed how the viruses were distributed, but the driver for why it is more financial now is that [the computer] is so integrated in our daily lives. Fraud has been out their for years. Now, instead of bad checks, criminals acquire credit-card numbers online. |
The issue is the insensitivity to the victims. We're not taking a stand pro or con on capital punishment, but we felt these ads were inappropriate; they open a lot of old wounds. Sears firmly felt that this kind of a campaign was not consistent with what Sears stands for. |
The IT industry is causing a lot of environmental problems. The WEEE directive will force manufacturers to take back products at the end of their lifecycle. We want to help create a more sustainable world, but we also want to lift our brand. We are hoping to profit by it. |
The key for us is to play consistent. We're kind of a team that plays in spurts. We seem to be able to overcome some of those spurts at home. When we get out on the road, we need to be more consistent. When you go on the road, you have to get a group of guys playing well. |
The key is, when the infantrymen are deployed into combat, they can be separate from the forward support company, which would stay in base camp for certain periods of time. But they have to be fed, equipment maintained, and there comes the problem. |
The key to playing a team like them is to keep them at your tempo and not let them get into their tempo and get into their game. We should be able to play the way we usually do, but we have to take care of the basketball. You can't have turnovers against a team like that. |
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The Kings would like to thank Andy Murray for his loyalty and dedication to our franchise over the last seven years. Ultimately, I have not been happy with the direction our hockey team has been going, and without making a change now, I didn't see that direction changing. |
The labor market is starting to look more and more like the one we experienced in the late 1990s. Companies are undoubtedly reluctant to increase their costs, but it has become necessary to boost salaries and special benefits in order to attract and retain the top talent. |
The lack of improvement in labor market conditions continues to dampen consumers' spirits, ... Despite September's retreat, consumers remain cautiously optimistic about the outlook for the next six months. Consumer spending is likely to continue at or near current levels. |
The last couple of years, he actually pitched pretty good for no spring training, but it caught up with him after a few starts. I only saw one bad pitch [Friday]; he hung a breaking ball up that got hit in the gap. This gives him a chance to start the season off in shape. |
The last thing you want to do is press them. But when we got down 10 or 12 points we had to because we came up here to win. If you press them and you're not successful you're going to get blown out. They started getting easy buckets and things started getting out of hand. |
The last time the U.S. went to war with Iraq, the S&P dropped by 10 percent, the Dow by 10 percent. This issue is an artificial injection into the economic scenario that is hopefully a one-time affair. But it creates a lot of turbulence and sends people running for cover. |
The lawsuits that result from faulty products in this field can bring a company down. Any way you go in this, the only thing you'll wind up with is happy trial lawyers, because this thing is about to explode. It simply doesn't lend itself to a kiss and make up resolution. |