John Thomas
John Thomas
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People aren't seeing the cause and effect. These days, you see organizational statements and decisions being made by the program offices that are not necessarily consistent with a strong top-level technical design.
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(Women of Wal-Mart) was a real watershed moment for Playboy.com in terms of the number of people who actually paid money to get access to the pay-per-view part of the feature,
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At the time, seven feet didn't seem like a big deal because I was too wrapped up in competing to be able to look at what it meant. I had done it in practice indoors and out. Other people had done it outdoors in competition, too.
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People can identify with 16, even if you don't understand the significance of it at the time. You don't realize that's how people will remember you.
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How bad does it have to get before people stop arguing and backstabbing? Someday, these (public officials) are going to have to answer for high water bills. When people ask what they did, they will have to say 'nothing.
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How bad does it have to get before people stop arguing and backstabbing?
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How bad does it have to get before people stop arguing and backstabbing?
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I just wish there were some way to let the people that want to get here first and tailgate to just come in and find a spot in the best place they can, and if people want to come in and just park and go to the game, they can park back here. I didn't really hear any complaints about the old way of doing it.
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I think what's happening now is there's an undertow of feeling in town that you guys are not actively trying to hurt us, but you are not doing anything to help us.
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We knew that this would be a very provocative thing for us to do,
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Wal-Mart has a conservative corporate image, and we knew they wouldn't be thrilled. But we're hoping that the company will be pleased once they see how fun the pictures are and how empowered the women at Wal-Mart feel.
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The project had its challenges. Each of the retail stores remained open and operating as faade construction took place. This required significant pre-planning and constant communication.
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Those investigations and those charges generally relate to a perception by the regulators ... that the city of Venice had become a rogue utility. That, in fact, there were a cadre of employees within the utility who had taken it upon themselves to get rid of the reclaimed water anywhere they could.
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We don't have any illusions that we are more talented than Langley. We won't beat them without pitching or great defense like last time.