We're happy to name our newest Airbus in honor of our very first Caribbean destination. San Juan is an ever-popular vacation getaway as well as home to many loyal Spirit customers so we know that this newly dedicated aircraft will receive a warm welcome when it arrives at any one of our 29 destinations. |
We're in a much more favorable demographic in this slowdown. We now have 21 percent of the population in its peak earning and spending years as opposed to 15 percent the last time. It tells me that we have a more established, wealthier, happier, more complacent consumer than we had at the last downturn. |
We're on the field for four hours anyway. Our games have gone 3:50, 3:40 and 3:30. You want to get my attention and my ire up, let's start talking about shortening the game. To me, this is not smart on our part. We could take some plays out that nobody would miss by running the clock in some situations. |
We're talking about some big global players here, so that's what driving the speculation behind the rest of the sector. Steel stocks have been gaining a small amount of momentum back after a poor run the past few months, and this is the kind of thing that could prompt some managers to have another look. |
We've been marketing the product for nearly five years now, and we've always been very clear with our clients on the Express IRA. As part of that, we've told them about the benefits of saving ... and we've also been very clear about the product's fees and charges and how to avoid those fees and charges. |
We've definitely tried to take the romance out of the game. You don't want to be thinking about playoffs and finals and the like. We want to do away with that, and put it down to your professionalism, ability and concentration all the things that we've done all season. Just try and make it another game. |
We've gone a long way in a very short period of time here, even since (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan's testimony or comments back in December about irrational exuberance, ... So we could see some continued volatility, some choppiness but I expect the economic data will probably be supportive. |
We've gone a long way in a very short period of time here, even since [Federal Reserve Chairman Alan] Greenspan's testimony or comments back in December about irrational exuberance, ... So we could see some continued volatility, some choppiness but I expect the economic data will probably be supportive. |
We've got to add it all up. Until he tells me he and the doctors have agreed he can play I'm not even going to worry about it. Whether we can spring enough money to get him into any games or not I don't know. I haven't even thought about it because we've been under the assumption he's not going to play. |
We've had five straight years of record earnings for the industry, we haven't seen a bank failure in six quarters. That is a historic strong financial performance for the industry that's taken place under a very benign set of economic conditions and that's not necessarily going to persist in the future. |
We've hit this stretch of -- let's say -- four turnovers in five possessions or seven turnovers in eight possessions. The game breaks open and they put points on the board quickly. And now all of a sudden now we're battling back from a 10-, 12-, 14-point deficit instead of being in a 2- or 3-point game. |
We've kind of gotten over whether they should have used it as a test year. This will evolve a little bit over the next two years. Between 2006 and 2007, we're all going to be adapting. But we're hoping what we can do is get to the 2007 world championships and everyone will be able to hone in on Beijing. |
We've played two really good football teams, and when you have to go against a Tom Brady or a Marc Bulger and an Isaac Bruce , the game changes and you have to be able to compete against those teams to be able to get to where you want to get to. But I did like the way we battled back in the second half. |
We've said this before, and we're happy to say it again: we believe this to be a highly important issue. Not in order that one company can be directly compared to another in a 'league table', but to improve understanding of the importance of factors such as 'non-disclosure' and 'meeting the definition'. |
We've talked about having a swagger. But when you play .350 baseball, or whatever we played, you can't tell yourself to have that swagger. You have to go out there and produce to have it. When you show you can come back and get big hits, then it shows that it's possible. I think it definitely snowballs. |