M. Wolfe
M. Wolfe
defense held nine played points
We held them to nine points in the first half, so our defense played very well (in the first half).
faced looking situation
We're looking at a situation we've never really faced before.
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CSX's report shows steady improvement on the cost side and it continues to benefit from the strong yield environment that all the rails are seeing. However, the vast majority of the upside in the quarter was driven by gains on sales and we don't expect estimates to rise as fast for CSX as some of the other rails.
continued growth leverage margin reported strong ups upside volume yields
Once again, UPS reported stronger-than-expected volume growth but was not able to leverage that growth into strong upside margin improvement, as yields continued to decelerate.
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Clearly, further weakening in domestic express and international volumes is not a good sign for UPS as well.
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They say that, given the improvements in Charlotte's situation and given her continuing improvement, the doctors should not have in their back pockets an open consent from the court to let Charlotte die regardless of the circumstances at the time and regardless of the views of her parents.
dues fact factor life structure
It's a fact of life our dues structure doesn't factor all of our expenses.
signs
I still think we could be better, though. We showed signs in the first inning of being very good. We let up after that.
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You've got to the point where the guest expects to have in-room high-speed Internet access, and hotels better deliver.
approved mind start
I was going to give them a first, ... Obviously, I didn't start at a first, but I was going to give them a first. I had made my mind up and it had already been approved so we were going to go with that regardless.
cruel factors hard
It's a cruel position. It's a hard one to master. There are so many intangibles, so many factors that come to bear.
liberal
A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.
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They've already paid their debts to society, and then they're hit over the head again.
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Euro weakness could be more powerful than renewed dollar strength because sovereigns could refrain from divesting some of their U.S. dollar holdings.