George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
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We have not be notified of an imminent bankruptcy filing. I would hope they would notify us if something was going to be filed. As far as those reports, I certainly think the company is trying to get plan B put together just in case.
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We haven't firmed up precisely how and when we're going to do that.
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The one thing you get to do when you're famous is shine a light on something. But if you want to shine a light on something that isn't so palatable, you should expect to catch ... (criticism) for it and take it.
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The press have, of course, an obligation to investigate corruption but this was a blatant attempt to create it and is completely unacceptable.
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The quarter is progressing essentially in line with what we had anticipated earlier and therefore we are reiterating the guidance originally provided in January.
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The putts break toward the diamond lane on the freeway here. I had a putt break toward a call box, so I know it depends on what lane. I missed a two-footer because a guy was changing his tire in my line.
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We agree with the consensus out there about the interest rate environment, and we are taking steps to react to that by working harder on the deposit side,
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Usually these capital prosecutions are reserved for bad, bad murders and bad, bad murderers.
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Usually, there is no equivalent of air traffic control at sea. Some busy areas operate 'traffic separation schemes,' but mostly, ships are treated like cars on roads where there are rules and codes of behavior, and successful, accident-free outcomes depend on everyone respecting them. As on roads, this doesn't always work.
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We're still trying to figure out what they're doing. The jury is still out on whether Kmart is even going to survive.
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With the way I worked, a client can give me everything they know about something, and then I go away and come back with advertising that knocks them out of their chair. They finally understand what kind of a company they are.
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With the tournament sold out, great weather and a great field, it's not surprising that were experiencing some delay.
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We've done a better job at getting more complete representation.
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We're really testing the patience of investors who have lost substantial sums of money. We're also testing technical levels, with stocks expanding or retracting as we get near key lows.