... There's little hiding the fact that over-aggressive growth, unrelenting competition, deteriorating operational integrity, earnings disappointments and - longer term - shareholder value destruction are among common trademarks of mature, hub-and-spoke multi-fleet operators. |
...He knows what he's doing. I think we'll just see a very good team being formed here that will carry on with what Debbie Hopkins started. We have a 'buy' on it. We feel that it was a good move to get this over with quickly. We've always had the utmost regard for Mike Sears. |
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(The losing this season) was not what I anticipated, nor expected, and certainly not what I accept. But we're anticipating we're going to be successful next year. We played four freshmen at times this year and had some injuries to seniors. And we have a great class coming in. |
(Torres) played a great game. He probably played the best game he's played. He hit some shots from outside. He got on a little bit of a run at the beginning of the second half. He had six points to retake the lead for them. He was very definitely a big difference in the game. |
[After falling on hard times,] the Democrats have resorted to fabricating their fundraising record and relying on a lifeline from Howard Dean. What misleading claim will they make next? ... The Democrats have become the 'Party of No': no solutions, no money and no candidates. |
[An Atlantic Records executive sent Ben-Ari to Wyclef after he spotted her playing at an open mic night in New York.] I had my own steady gigs and I was writing my own compositions. They where very R&B, ... And I was very serious about jazz. Wynton Marsalis was on my last CD. |
[And right now, the Giants do not have a good defense. ] I think it's fair to say that we didn't do anything right, ... Yes, we had a short week and we had to fly to the Coast, but so what? Lots of teams have to do that. We have a lot of work to do and not much time to do it. |
[Anti-discrimination] laws have been used in a number of places to prevent groups like the Boy Scouts from using public property. This is a provision clearly designed to circumvent that and override policies enacted by local government and replace them with a federal mandate. |
[Bolton says the concert will also honor martial arts expert Norris who teaches self-defense techniques to at-risk youth in Texas through his program,] Kick Start. Tens of thousands of kids come through his organization, ... and he is a great hero for doing that kind of work. |
[But it's not all plain sailing. Provenco recently settled an insider trading case taken by the Securities Commission.] We felt we had a very strong defence but we decided to settle, ... For the amount of time and management distraction involved it just wasn't worth fighting. |
[But on Saturday, Russia's foreign minister, Igor Ivanov , assured British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook] that Russia had no intention of becoming involved in any confrontation in the Balkans and no wish to see any escalation, ... The foreign secretary welcomed that assurance. |
[But Siegelman tells a different story:] Sometime after midnight, after the poll watchers were sent home, a small group there decided to recount the votes a third time, ... No watchers legally entitled to be present were notified -- and then a different total was established. |
[But that's not how things are done in Chico. An organization made up mainly of volunteers puts on two or three exhibits a year at Chico Museum.] There have been more than 90 exhibits since we opened in 1986, ... In all that time, we've had only one or two paid staff members. |
[By 4 a.m., after no word came that they had missed the flight, school superintendent David Black chartered two buses to take relatives and friends on the four and a half hour trip to New York's Kennedy Airport.] They were booked on that flight, ... It's a monumental tragedy. |