John Stevens
John Stevens
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If we can sign just one big deal to bring one more hi-tech firm here, it will be well worth it.
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I felt acutely nervous as the procession approached. I was constantly scanning faces in the crowd looking for signs of trouble, and thinking, I hope to God nothing comes from somewhere.
until
We'll just keep on working until we get them done.
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We have a fairly mixed group in our research group. Most of them are not native English speakers.
competing confuse loose work
To me, there are two things. You can work and you can compete. Don't ever confuse working with competing. Competing for me is working with the will to get it done. Somehow, someway you're going to come up with a loose puck.
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It was a major issue, because if we did not have proper communication with our officers in the tube, we were going to have problems. In a fast-moving situation, you have to inform the officers involved what is taking place. Equally importantly, they have to get back in touch with you as to what they're doing and why they're doing it. It is absolutely key that communications are working.
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to protect the public interest in free access to the products of inventive and artistic genius.
earned respect
We know him well and he has already earned our respect and admiration,
battle battles corners engage feeling figuring game gonna hockey hopefully love played stuff
We're still feeling this thing out. The thing I love about hockey is it's a man's game played like men, and you go out there and battle and play the game hard, and that's the way it should be. As long as they let us engage in the battles at the net, in the corners and the straight-up stuff -- the stuff around the waist, they're gonna call. We're all figuring this out right now, and hopefully it'll get better as things go along.
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The fact that state remedies exist, it doesn't mean discrimination is not taking place.
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We recognize the important role that public worship plays in many communities, as well as the sincere desire to include public prayer as a part of various occasions so as to mark those occasions' significance,
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a long and happy career in our common calling.
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always allowed local policy-makers wide latitude in determining how best to achieve legitimate public goals.
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As with all investigations, I shall go where the evidence leads. Our quest won't be distracted or diverted and if there's evidence of wrongdoing, it will be highlighted.