Knowing that our members want action in these areas, we have worked with Delegate Rudolph to help craft legislation that will offer a property tax credit for home modification, delay the payment of increases in property taxes, and shed light on the practices pharmaceutical companies use when marketing to doctors. |
Labor markets are deteriorating rapidly. Layoffs remain at a fast pace, while hiring has all but stopped. As economic activity continues to unravel, there are few prospects for a near-term turnaround. The national unemployment rate, now at 4.9 percent, should breach 6 percent before the economy begins to recover. |
Leo brings a very broad and deep level of experience to Kelley Blue Book that stretches across the automotive industry -- from optimizing dealership operations to maximizing the opportunities of the Internet and e-commerce. He's coming on board to lead an aggressive growth strategy across multiple business units. |
Lew didn't shirk from that (criticism). He was not the guy out in front of the pack identifying the next big thing. But he was exceptional at picking the best ideas out of a bunch. ... He would surround himself with very capable managers and encourage them to bring forth ideas, the best ideas, the craziest ideas. |
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Liu is a great athlete and I congratulate him to win, ... I know Liu is extremely popular in China and I am very excited about this new event and the fact that I raced against Liu in his hometown. This is my first visit to Shanghai and I love this place. I am very surprised with the reception we have been having. |
John McCain (1936-) |
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May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two. May the sun shine bright on your windowpane. May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you. And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you. |
Me and Mike (James) were talking the other day about it. This is very rare, to find a team that pulls together, all 12 guys. At some point, especially since we're having a rough season, you tend to have cliques that develop or people point fingers. And we don't have that on this team. That's very rare in the NBA. |
Mel was wonderful for our pitching staff. He worked very well with the veterans as well as the young guys, which was really big for us, especially with what we went through early. We could have been down in the dumps, but we could count on Mel and [manager] Joe [Torre] to keep us together. Things worked out well. |
Mentally, we know where we are at. We have two games left, and it looks like whoever can win those two games will make it. We need some help along the way, but we can't worry about those other teams. We just have to go out and play a good ball game against Baltimore. First things first, and we will go from there. |
Millions of live animals come into the country each year, and very few have really good surveillance. Fish and Wildlife checks cargoes to see if they have endangered species, but it's the U.S.D.A. that does health checks, and they don't go unless it's an agricultural product, so the pet trade tends to get a pass. |
Mississippi has worked hard to entice avid golf-and-gaming travelers to visit our great state, because we knew if we got them here once, they would come back. The sales increases demonstrate the rising trend of visitors to Mississippi and we hope increasingly more visitors will judge our offerings for themselves. |
Most of those surveyed recognized the building blocks of literacy, which means we are making progress, ... But what is bad is only 15 percent of those interviewed believed this should be done by age 1. Early development needs to begin from birth, and that is one of the things we need to make more people aware of. |