We want to make sure that no bureaucratic obstacles stand in the way of these relief efforts. We are also working to ensure that regulations issued in the normal course of agency business do not...

I believe in the ISAT and teaching to that test, but my worry is that it will be changed drastically enough that teachers may not recognize it and our students will be at a disadvantage,...

Britney has captured the hearts of fans around the world with her musical and performance talents, and I’m sure she’ll capture the attention of NASCAR fans and competitors as part of the Pepsi 400 at...

The fans’ appreciation for having access to free parking has been . . . gratifying. We’ll continue to do it.

Americans are extraordinarily charitable,

Co-Alliance means cooperative partnership, basically. This name will allow us to grow in the future without changing our name.

Technology is completely useless unless you have a social network that it is supporting. We know that there’s going to be life in this product, and we know that there are going to be deals...

We are not sure how to get funding, and we encourage people to contact us by e-mail with fund-raising ideas. Our eventual goal of course is to perform.

The Administration generally respects the Jeffersonian view that states should be given leeway to shape regulatory policies in ways that respond to state needs and preferences. However, we also respect the Hamiltonian view that, in...

It just slows everything down.

Surely no one thought they were about to rob a bank?

Not all businesses with fewer than 500 employees are truly small. Some may in fact be dominant in their industry.

While there are still more optimists than pessimists, this is the least optimistic that CFOs have been in the last two years,

which is more demanding than the (current) 27.5 miles per gallon for passenger cars.

There is still some trepidation about Y2K, as 6 percent of CFOs expect their firm will be subject to lawsuits as a result of problems that occur when the calendar changes from 1999 to 2000....

Canada’s looked towards as an example. This really is a signal to the United States that this kind of attempt is not appropriate.

Doug would want us to tell some stories. And he would have loved to see so many officers together. He was a good guy and a great cop, and that’s why we’re all here.

The rain was on a grander scale than any of these systems were designed for. It challenged all their capacities.

Forever it seems like we’ve been waiting for the purse strings to open. They’re not opening that wide, but they’re moving in the right direction.

My son’s girlfriend (in Washington state) recently got a littering fine (cigarette wrapper out the car window, observed by state trooper) – $1,000.00! Probably couldn’t generate that much concern for the environment in our legislature.

We decided on the LLP business form to allow us to grow without the expense of merging memberships and establishing new identities in our home communities.

We have the right to petition Congress. We think that we shouldn’t have to do it just up on Capitol Hill.

Increased business optimism bodes well for the economy. After several quarters of falling expectations, CFOs now see fewer reasons to hold back spending.

This is a sign that we can expect the economy to pick up over the rest of the year.

We sold 6,000 (tickets to the Lopez concert) last year. We sold 6,000 the first day tickets went on sale this year. He’s the man.

John played the bagpipes at the bazaar and I was wearing my kilt, … It was a visual and audio cue that got a lot of people to come over and talk to us.

There were many in the media who didn’t think we’d even make it to Christmas. Yes, we mismanaged the beginning of the year with our late start in August and made a number of expansion...

With the wind chill, it’s forecast to be that way Monday, so we kind of got our fingers crossed.

Employment should be flat in Europe. This is actually an improvement from last quarter, when the European workforce was expected to shrink.

There are 25 people who are interested in Bulldog Pipes and Drums, but it’s tough because our club is literally being born right now.

They’ll have some, but that’s not going to take place until probably 2007 when the total thing is combined, … I don’t know if there was enough, but when they designed this the first time,...

It was very difficult to find a single affordable software solution that works well for everything we do.

He’s deserving because he’s so well-read. He has a hunger for learning.

We’ll have other chip players in this business in another 18 months.

He was a guy who would argue with you one minute and drive across the state of Iowa to back you up the next. He was a true friend to all law-enforcement officers.

The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefully feel for pressure points. If an impasse is...

He has a passion for history and literature.

Earlier this week, temperatures were very unseasonably mild down around the -15C (5F) mark.

Our agronomy and grain branch managers, bookkeepers and office staff were very involved in the final decision. Having the right software is critical to our business. If the field doesn’t like the software, they don’t...

In tandem with our hands-on approach to transforming a plantation of only pine into a hardwood forest, we’ve also witnessed the natural regeneration of native trees and shrubs … on an additional 400 acres.

He takes the initiative. He’s a leader, but [also] helps everybody around him do a better job.

They were dressed in waders, had gundogs and were almost a mile out from the shoreline, so heaven knows what they were suspected of doing,

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan recently stated that increases in unit labor costs would be one of his major concerns if productivity falls as he anticipates.

We’ve still got a feasibility study to complete. I would hope and anticipate a decision is going to be made in the next two or three months.

I know they have these problems in every municipality. I know they just have to deal with it, and after 40 days of rain I could see where they might be in a pinch.

This is the first arrival of the Airbus A380 in North America. And honestly this is a milestone in the airport’s history, a milestone for Canadian aviation.