Douglas Duncan
Douglas Duncan
Douglas M. "Doug" Duncanis an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. Duncan served as County Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland from 1994 to 2006. Duncan held the office longer than any other county executive in the county's history. In 2006, Duncan was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the Maryland gubernatorial election. He abruptly dropped out of the race on June 22, 2006, citing clinical depression, handing the nomination to Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley. Following his exit...
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We're forecasting that 2006 will be a trend growth year for the economy with an increase of about 3.5 percent in the GDP,
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We have seen a lot of pre-positioning. Boomers are buying that retirement home before they have sold their current residence.
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We're asking people, as best they can, go about your normal routine: Make sure you go to work, make sure you send your kids to school.
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Our forecast is for long-term rates to stay around 7.25 percent through the middle of the year.
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Locating villages is difficult for helicopter pilots. Adding an extra hour of flying time in the search for a landing zone is straining airframes.
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People need to make decisions for themselves, for their families, for the groups they're associated with,
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Some LTL companies wait until they have a full load before dispatching a truck. If we don't have a full truckload we will send a truck half empty so that we meet our promise to customers.
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I support the process and will await the ultimate resolution by the Maryland Court of Appeals. Right now, we need to focus our attention on passing a strong medical-decision making bill, and oppose Governor Ehrlich's efforts to weaken these protections.
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I would question any fee. Let them know you're comparison shopping among several lenders.
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Supply will grow less rapidly than demand and that will support housing prices.
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Through providing absolute on-time service and by raising the bar in this business we should be able to keep taking market share.
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Anecdotally we're hearing that lenders' pipelines (pending mortgages) are down 50 percent from their peaks, ... There is no question companies are seeing the pressures of competition.
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We are asking people to walk their children to school, and to get children together and to assist them as best they can, ... We're asking for parent volunteers to look as they're walking if there are other kids walking separately, to bring them into the group and assist them that way.
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We expect modest rises in delinquencies in the quarters ahead, particularly as related to Hurricane Katrina and its effect on the Gulf Coast.