Robert Manne
Robert Manne
Robert Michael Manneis an Emeritus Professor of politics and Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He is a leading Australian public intellectual...
airline available capital contention domestic shortage
It kind of belies the contention that there is a shortage of domestic capital available for the airline industry.
bravado hasten last point rational understand
You can understand the frustration, but all it does is hasten the day of the last paycheck. It's more bravado at this point than it is rational thought.
challenges energy pricing questions target whether
I think they have substantial challenges -- energy costs, pricing power. And I think there are some questions as to whether they can be the instigator or the target of consolidation.
challenges energy pricing questions target whether
I think they have substantial challenges ù energy costs, pricing power. And I think there are some questions as to whether they can be the instigator or the target of consolidation.
challenges energy pricing questions target whether
I think they have substantial challenges energy costs, pricing power. And I think there are some questions as to whether they can be the instigator or the target of consolidation.
locked mystery
These are just unbelievable cases. A 60-year mystery locked in ice: It's just unbelievable.
confident successful together
I feel pretty confident it's all going to come together for a successful identification,
cost operating performed revenue
They performed pretty well on the operating line, ... It was on revenue growth, not on cost cutting.
against eventually seem shut soldier
Kind of against all odds, they soldier onward. Eventually it will come up to put up or shut up time, but they do seem to be making progress.
died injuries
The injuries are so substantial, he didn't feel anything. He died immediately.
absolutely airlines harder seats willing
It's absolutely harder to find seats that airlines are willing to let go for no incremental revenue.
great low news travelers
If Continental does expand, we'll see a me-too response. It's great news for travelers - more low prices.
missing tibet
We don't have to go to a glacier in Tibet to find a missing airman, ... We've got some of them in our own backyard.
lucky somebody stayed thousands walked
We're just lucky that somebody walked by there when there was a thaw and his body was exposed. If not, he could have stayed there for hundreds of thousands of years.