Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
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We're continuing to sharpen our focus on core categories that enable us to benefit from our scale and maintain sustainable competitive advantage. Milk-Bone is a great brand, but has very different retail channel dynamics than other Kraft brands. With the sale of Milk-Bone, we're better able to focus our time and resources on opportunities that provide us with greater potential for long-term growth.
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This decision is consistent with Kraft's strategy to shift our portfolio toward businesses in which we have sustainable competitive advantage. Selling this business enables us to better focus our time and resources on opportunities that provide Kraft with the greatest potential for long-term growth.
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I think it validates what we're trying to do. We've been so close for so long that they understand that we can play these teams as long as we scrap and fight like we did tonight.
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I think it's Rachel starting to show what Rachel can do. Rachel's a very quiet kid who I think has always been very unselfish. We want her to be more assertive and now she's starting to be more assertive.
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It has always been a dream to go to that next level. Getting paid to play basketball is a great feeling.
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We played pretty well in the scrimmage for having 10 new kids. We're moving very, very slow with everything. But we're working hard. That's half the battle.
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We have a good mix with the kids we have coming back and our new kids.
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Over the last few years, Elliott has developed a deep understanding of the legal imperatives facing the music industry in the digital age. In addition, he has played a significant part in several of our corporate transactions, including the acquisition of Word Entertainment and the sale of Warner Bros. Publications and our interest in The Columbia House Company.
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Our feeling here at AT&T is that we won't close the book on Y2K until February 29. First of all, we need all our billing systems to run a full cycle and then we want to take a close look at the leap year.
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I was in a lot of trouble as a kid.
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There are a lot of things that were lost that were irreplaceable.
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We thought how are we gonna do that in a six period day without more staff, without more cash.
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You don't realize it until after accidentally a skater takes you out from behind. Then all of a sudden, you become aware that (you) should probably have been taking some precautions here.
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We are grateful to our employees for their commitment and dedication to the Milk-Bone brand, and wish them continued success in the future.