John Thompson
John Thompson
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What he did was the right thing for him. Unfortunately, it has a negative influence on a lot of other people. Going into professional sports and making the money he's made does not close the option for him to still get a formal education. It does close the option for a kid that does not make it. If I'm some kid from the inner-city who has used athletics to motivate myself and I miss, I have no more options.
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What happens when you push the old guys out and put the young guys on the bench? These guys aren't getting a formal education or an informal education. The older guys are getting pushed out for the younger guys, but there's no one to teach them how to carry themselves.
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We are pleased to have completed our audit and filed our Form 10-K, ... We look forward to regaining full compliance with NASDAQ listing requirements by filing our first and second quarter Form 10-Qs.
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A nice well-equipped, state-of-the-art amusement centre of the type we have planned to develop will cost in excess of US$500,000 to get the minimum basic infrastructure to develop the park to its former glory... and we can't find the money, so we need help.
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We're going to watch him next year (in the NFL). He's a really good player and you can tell the difference in this league, you get a fifth-year senior at quarterback and your team really improves.
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I understand what they are doing. Microsoft is playing hardball,
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Except for a couple of possessions, we played well at West Virginia. It was a tough loss, but we don?t have the time to regroup. We have to just move on.
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At the end of the day, they have very good players. We would make a run at them and their players would make plays.
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(Commissioners) could work and take some dollars out of this budget if they choose to, and they have a couple months to work on that.
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We are very honored to have won the inaugural USA South Sportsmanship Award, ... Sportsmanship has been an important focus in the league for a number of years and we are proud of, and excited for, all of our student-athletes.
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We're already enjoying the benefits of the greater scope and scale that Vodafone gives us when we're purchasing so we're buying a lot of infrastructure, a lot of handsets.
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that you're only as good in business as your last response to an attack. You always have to be one step ahead of the bad guys.
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That's up to them and their taxpayers. Even though we know limits may be coming, I would hate to have to justify an increase like that. Generally this part of the state's a little more conservative than that. If many do raise taxes like that, it just adds to the Legislature's desire to place limits.