S. Walker
S. Walker
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We expected that our earnings from operations would be lower this quarter due to costs and expenses related to branding and operating on our own. Our current fiscal 2000 branding plan continues to call for spending of around the $140 million we mentioned in February. While we have more work to do in establishing our brand globally, we have made good progress.
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From an inflation perspective these are reassuring numbers: If manufacturers can't raise their prices when input cost inflation is running at an all-time high, when can they?
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We would have loved to move to the bigger arena, simply to accommodate hopefully more people so we don't have to turn anyone away at a high-profile game. The cost is just prohibitive. Based on the income that we've derived each year from ticket sales, it wouldn't be enough to cover the rent. It wouldn't even be close. . . . I thought (the estimate) might be somewhere where we could meet and negotiate, but it wasn't even in the ballpark.
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When we bought it, there was no recognizable standard in place for utilities, the runway and for many of the buildings. Anytime you go from old dilapidated and crummy to new, it's going to cost something. We've given tenants at the airport the opportunity to lease something new.
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This is the perfect time for consumers to do something about the high cost of gas, ... It's the battle of the titans -- the global Internet versus global gas prices. OPEC was a force to increase the cost of gas. Now, the Internet is the new counter-force to lower it.
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Pay issues can cost up to about $8 million a year and that would leave very little, if any, for incentive programs and educational programs. The mistake we made was on the benefits.
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People often feel like they're abusing the (health care) system by going when they're well, ... At this clinic, we've done a lot about cost as a barrier to care ... but we still need to get them here regularly to manage chronic diseases.
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We tried to keep the momentum on our side and control the tempo. We don't normally play a run and gun style, so I was surprised that when we sped up the game, it actually worked in our favor.
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We tried to get one inside on him. We thought we might have had a hole there but he made the adjustment.
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We just want the kids to attack. We'll count up the takedowns at the end of the year. We want them to be aggressive, to not shut down for six minutes. We want them going for major decisions instead of regular decisions, tech falls instead of majors, falls instead of tech falls. We want them getting team points, to buy into the team concept, and they're starting to believe in it.
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We just got keep adding bricks to the mansion.
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We were out there in the Southern Ocean, feeling very insignificant in a big part of the planet, ... At any minute, another storm would sweep in. We hatched a plan: Spike and I would climb up and jury-rig the fitting. As we started the climb, I told the crew that they must helm the yacht very carefully on the opposite tack, as the rigging was only holding up one side of the mast. If the helmsman made a mistake while we were up on the mast, we'd crash down over the side with the entire rig on top of us.
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We wish we could have started the second half better. We dug ourselves into a hole. But these last five, six weeks, we've played great.
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When I take my medication I refer to my list of people not to call. It's a long list.