Jim Thomas
Jim Thomas
bringing competition consumers open services
We want to open things up and have competition in bringing services to market. If you give consumers more choices, you end up having better rates.
determined opportunity
We determined that there was a lot of opportunity out there if we marketed it right.
expecting
I was expecting to get the ball; I expect it every game.
page site views
Our old site was getting more than 4,000 page views a day.
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People might be negotiating now but five years from today, should nanotechnology go into full swing, those deals will be rendered useless.
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My stuff's staying in the Delta. Both my sons are in college, but I've recruited some other kids to hunt. We've got ducks and I'm not tired of calling them yet.
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Pebble Beach was the ideal site for the Bing Crosby event and Augusta National is, of course, the perfect site for The Masters. Wynn Las Vegas is the perfect location for The Ultimate Game. We are honored Steve Wynn would select our event to be played on his course.
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Our kids did a good job after the first two innings, but we hung a couple of pitches to Kirsch and he really took advantage of them.
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It boils down to a handful of parents and teachers doing all the work ... a resource better used in the classroom than fundraising to go to Disneyland.
demeanor guys keeps knock rough
I think it's his rough demeanor that I like. He's one of those guys that just keeps going. You could knock him down, but he'd just get up and go after it again.
decisions
He makes his own decisions on everything. And he is the most strong-willed person I have ever known.
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We're starting to put together some pitching and defense with our hitting. We are improving every day, and have eight games in six days this week to work on all the things we'll need to be successful during districts.
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With nanotechnology, you can produce steel that's 100 times stronger but six times lighter.
We could never have too much of that.