The effort of the guys has been great. They've been setting goals for our early meets and taking meet preparation seriously and that's great to see. Preparing correctly is important to performing at a high level. I think we're headed in the right direction, but we have a long way to go. |
The Emerge offering is very regionally specific for people in the Midwest who understand the cattle industry. The company will bring in other investors if it can prove to be a viable platform. Right now, it's more of a flash in the pan and derivative of the business-to-business concept. |
The end of the housing boom doesn't mean the end of house appreciation. Instead of going up 20 percent a year, values are more likely to increase by 3 percent to 5 percent, which is normal and healthy. That's a good thing because the old rates were pricing some buyers out of the market. |
The enthusiasm among fans in Puerto Rico to see this collection of players is perhaps the highest level of interest in baseball there in a long time. One of the reasons for having this tournament is to have that kind of impact globally. To build, grow or rejuvenate interest in baseball. |
The fact that Democrat leaders in Texas and nationally are attempting to use the criminal-justice system to achieve the political victories that they failed to win at the ballot box makes them no better than Third World despots who impose their political will by jailing their opponents. |
The Fed will deny that they even know there is an election going on. It is, and clearly has to be, a political organization. It is an enormously powerful public agency, and if you don't have a sense of the political structure you're operating in, you won't survive as a political agency. |
The first four minutes we got any shot we wanted. Then they turned it up. The thing about SIU... is you might think it's a good look and then all of a sudden there's a guy running at you and closing and playing it and with unbelievable effort. The ground that they cover is just amazing. |
The first S80 was the start of our new design language and new image. With the new S80, we're showing how far we have come in a few years in design and technology with a lot of new safety and comfort systems that will trickle down to other products as we develop new generations of them. |
The first thing we always look at is volume because there's always somebody out there who knows. In fact, if you look at every takeover in the 1990s, (in) 90 percent of them you would see an increase in volume. It's not just takeovers. All hot things on the street, it seems, are leaked. |
The first was the creation of an Iraqi security capability, which we have well underway -- a quarter of a million (Iraqi personnel) doing various things. And number two was a functioning unity government, or something that at least had all the major groups represented. We now have that. |
The game at Washington allows us the opportunity to bring (junior center) Jason Mgebroff back home, as well as graduate assistant Matt Logie ... We always try and get our student-athletes one trip back home during their career, and I know Jason will be very excited to play in that game. |
The GLFC has the goal of controlling lamprey with a new and better technique by 2010. This could be it. Also, lamprey are important to native peoples on the West Coast, who value it for food. This pheromone could help restore lamprey runs by attracting lamprey to suitable spawning beds. |
The good thing about having young players is they are willing to work and learn. As they get better, there's no question your team gets better. You go down the list of guys here and when you have that kind of group, if you're good at the beginning you should be even better as you go on. |
The guy that was [previously] the head of the U.S. consulate, he was much more forgiving with baseball players. So even though there were some things going on there, they tried to help expedite professional baseball players. So yes, those rules existed, but now they have to be stricter. |
The Hispanic population in 2003 is radically different than in 1992, and many of the factors that have changed for Spanish-language immigrants make learning English more difficult. They are arriving later, staying in the U.S. for a shorter period, and fewer are speaking English at home. |