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We were quite surprised and confused by it. It didn't fit our model of what Mars is like,
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We were pushing it a little, see how far we could go. We have some individuals who I think could go a long way this year.
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We were pretty relaxed. We just tried to take the (movement off) the wicket out of it and just concentrate on playing the ball. I was trying to tell them to keep backing themselves and if the ball was in their area to go hard at it.
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We were prepared for one catastrophe. The second catastrophe, frankly, added a level of challenge that no one has seen before.
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We were prepared for one catastrophe, ... The second catastrophe, frankly, added a level of challenge that no one has seen before.
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We were prepared but overwhelmed is the best way I can put it. We knew what to do. We knew how to do it. But because we're stretched thin, because we still had these logistical problems, it quickly overwhelmed us.
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We were picked to win the title at the beginning of the season, but it is another thing to go out and do it. I'm extremely happy for our three seniors.
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We were like a bouncing ball. We didn't really have any direction or management. We were trying to be organized from within. We didn't have anyone saying 'keep going with this' or anyone that was out promoting us with any effect. We were doing it ourselves and we were not getting anywhere. Trying to make our own little singles and what else can you do? We didn't have any kind of patrons.
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What the guys have learned is that whether you're preaching to one or 10,000, it really doesn't matter. That one person you touch may change the nation - could be the Billy Graham of Ethiopia.
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What the casino proponents purport to do is put us in a box - Hood River or Cascade Locks - and we reject that. Why should the gorge be held hostage?
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What that caused over time was the perception that the U.S. was not a welcoming place. It's taken several years for that perception to turn around.
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When all was said and done, the market showed its resilience once again, ... The market performed well despite today's extremely weak consumer sentiment number. Investors seem to be looking over a softer economy for the next few months towards a stronger economy to start 2006.
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When all is said and done, it looks like the Palestinians have been massively robbed and abused, and are engaged in a desperate struggle for survival and liberation. Israel, on the other hand, would appear to be conducting an imperialistic campaign of oppression supported and substantially armed by the most powerful nation on earth.
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When a guy goes on injured reserve, he does not count against the cap. So if a guy is making $700 a week and he's out for two weeks, and then you bring in a guy to replace him for $400 a week, you're actually saving $300 a week on the cap. You still pay (the first guy) his full salary; it just doesn't affect the cap.