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Michael On
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When one does all these things to increase the attractiveness of the place, does that not drive us toward a place where only the rich are able to take advantage of it? That was a concern of ours from the very beginning. The cause is what might be called non-price sensitive demand, people that can pay virtually anything. We were thinking ahead enough to realize it would get worse very quickly. We started thinking about this in '75. It may be the most aggressive affordable housing in the country. It wasn't enough.
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When one adds art, one can reduce the overall risk to a portfolio by 10 percent to 20 percent.
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When new specifications are introduced, the market factors in the worst-case scenario, but as the new rules come into the place the market finds its own balance and prices adjust accordingly.
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When my main character in 'Heat' climbs the tower, the highest diving platform, hoping to resume competitive diving after an injury, I am there with her, sensing the cold grit under her instep. The details are what matter - they are the experience.
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When my editors and I at 'Rolling Stone' came up with the idea to do a profile of General McChrystal, I simply just e-mailed General McChrystal's press staff, said we wanted to do a profile, and said if you could give us any time to hang out with the general, that would be great.
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When Mr. Fisher joined Eastman Kodak, I was a shareholder with great anticipation that he would take a technological problem and make it into a technological opportunity, ... Lou Gerstner did that at IBM. I thought there was a possibility, actually a probability, that we'd get that out of George Fisher. Unfortunately it hasn't happened yet.
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When most members of a community are vaccinated, they protect those who are not by eliminating the viral reservoirs in the population. The effect is known as 'herd immunity.'
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We will go to the courts if necessary to fight it.
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We will go ahead with the five areas.
face fiscal line next revenue tough
We will face some pretty tough comparisons on the revenue line in the next fiscal year.
ensure major push
We will ensure a major recruitment push in engineering talents.
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We will cooperate with them in any way we can. We still have partnerships. We look forward to working with them.
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We will continue to renew and redefine Sony Pictures.
continue past talks
We will continue the talks that we've had in the past two days.