John Barrett
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We let them get belligerent and antagonistic. ... As closely as we can, we try to replicate what a real meeting is like.
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When this land was acquired by the city over 100 years ago, it was acquired as a water source, ... It was an excellent water supply until they told us our water wasn't safe.
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Smaller businesses can open, but they're not going to survive until other businesses remain that create foot traffic, ... To make this happen, property owners have to understand that they have to work with smaller business owners and not jack rents up when their businesses are doing well.
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Each nation has particular strengths and weaknesses in terms of technology adoption. Canada, for instance, is a very impressive market for home networking while Japan is the undisputed champion for mobile phones, with over one-half of all Japanese households using mobile phone features like e-mail or photo messaging every month. Of course long commute times in Japan encourage the use of mobile phone entertainment features.
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It is much worse if someone is working directly with the witnesses to shape their testimony.
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I think (adoption) is slowing down. Part of it is that it's hard to get cheaper on the dial-up side than where prices are already at.
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I think the impact on our local citizens is they're finding that their sons and daughters that they send off to college now have an opportunity to come back here and work,
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I think it's an excellent deal for the city of North Adams, ... It relieves the city of taxes, allows us to boost up our reserves, which have been beaten up over recent years, and allows us to retain our water rights. I'm very confident that the watershed, being in the hands of the Forest Service, will be protected indefinitely.
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We're starting to hit a wall as far as Internet penetration goes. We're getting down to the people who just don't want it.