John Barnes
John Barnes
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The room was too warm, with the sort of cat-barf-beige carpet that has been standard for meeting rooms for a millennium because it hides coffee stains.
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A judge, a dentist, lawyers, two undertakers, a mayor, a township manager. All the trades, you name it.
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I was surprised they were so early in their development, and I think everyone else was, too. We realized that our input was going to be a lot more important than we had imagined.
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Trading for the first four months of the new year has continued to be good and well ahead of the same period last year.
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We want to keep hitting singles and doubles. We won't start swinging for home runs.
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We think the world of Sam and I would give him the shirt off my back any day. We were very shocked at his decision because we thought we still had a chance to match the offer. Nothing ever went beyond that point. But that's OK.
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Weather typically poses the greatest risk in the first quarter of the year, and the favorable weather early in 2006 helped both the barge operations and manufacturing businesses significantly.
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There are a lot of talented drivers who have expressed an interest in driving for Panther Racing. We will begin our search immediately to determine what direction Panther Racing will take for 2004.
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He's a very smart, very bright kid, so we knew he could quarterback the defense, ... We felt he could run pretty darn well, and if he would hit somebody, which we thought he would because we watched him block as a fullback, that he could pick it up pretty fast. And the rest is history.
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He wants to stay, so we're going to start talking in the middle of (next) month. We want to keep both of our guys.
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I believe problems like this build character and develop you for something better,
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I can remember back to 1982, and we were basically working 24/7 from July 4 to the end of the World Series, ... After the Series, I was totally spent. Someone asked me, 'Did you have any time to enjoy it?' And I said, 'Well, I'll enjoy the next one.'
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I'm not sure of the next steps, but we need to go back to the commission staff. We're down to a handful of issues.
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The company is making good progress and we remain excited about the future.