Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith
Republican politician who was a US Senator from Oregon from 1997 to 2009. After retiring from politics he became the President of the National Association of Broadcasters.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 May 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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History shows that pay-TV subscribers flee in droves to alternative providers when there is even a rare service disruption - demonstrating a quantifiable value for 'must-have' broadcast programming.
I have concluded that the U.N. can do a few things well.
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He just took it hard to the basket. He used his ability to maneuver inside.
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Bottom line, in your judgment, and in Brown & Williamson's judgment, does smoking cause lung cancer?
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As time goes by, and people see their industry or company is not so stable, they're sensing a downward track. They're more likely to take offers today than 10 years ago because they're not so certain the jobs will still be there.
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Provided there are no further power outages and we are able to start up by Thursday this week, production should be back to normal by this time next week.
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Provided there are no further power outages and we are able to begin the start-up process by Thursday this week, production should be back to normal by this time next week.
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Due to the changing nature and increasing complexity of both the payment and travel industries, we have decided to name two senior leaders who will manage, in tandem, the two sides of the business for the global customer segment.
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I've never seen an elected group of people so unresponsive to what people are asking for.
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They've been turning off dams, tearing them out, shutting down nuclear reactors, preventing new utilities from being sited, ... We as their neighbors should not have to pick up their tab. It's just really a question of fairness.
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This is the right thing to do. It's the right time to do it.
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This is a public relations problem that you have.
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The predicate for this entire budget ... is the tobacco settlement. There isn't a bigger question mark in this Congress right now than whether that will ever occur.
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In my day, the players used to work their socks off. It's all-change now, obviously.