Bill Smith
Bill Smith
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It's hard under the circumstances to see this disaster in that light. But if you were bound and determined to find a silver lining to this catastrophe, one could say that there is the potential here to rebuild a state-of-the-art network in every respect.
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Mr. Ross moves in different circles than coal miners. That's been evident since he formed ICG, and it remains evident today.
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Seasonal is the first thing. And then seasonal Southern. The backbone of it is traditional Southern cooking.
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The whole design is to get them back in school. It's really designed to help kids get back on track.
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When the city has a good budget, we can plant a lot of trees, but when times are tight, you don't plant anymore than you have to.
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We got it back, ... I compliment the quick work of everybody on this. ... The good news is it not only came back, it came back intact.
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We are making steady progress as we gain access. Most customers will be restored within 30 days. However, some communities may take longer to rebuild in certain cases depending on when residents and businesses are able to return to these most affected areas and the time it takes to rebuild needed local infrastructure. New Orleans is an atypical situation given the floodwaters and access issues, and because of this, we will track restoration activity in New Orleans separately.
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When costs are being driven into an equation, they have to be recovered somewhere. Why do fundamental business economics not apply to the Internet?
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We'll have a system that really works. We'll have a system that people enjoy using. There's a lot of votes down here in the three counties.
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We are really comparing apples to oranges when we do this. The state tests, they show how much a child learned based on instruction. ... The federal test focuses on a testing achievement using a norm scale.
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We're going to pay it one way or another. We think paying based on what the actual costs are over a 5 percent difference is a good way to do this. It's not that we're unconcerned; it's just the price of doing business.
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The smart guy will outsmart himself. The lucky guy will run out of luck. The money guy will never have the desire. But hard work will take you anywhere you want to go.
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Life's too short for a funeral.
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As far as I'm concerned, the sheriff's department has done an excellent job in Savoy. The department has responded to the needs of our citizens, so I don't want to mess with a system that is working well for us.