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Business and the state have a common interest; not an adversarial interest.

That's what former education secretary and drug czar Bill Bennett did last Wednesday on his radio show . When a caller suggested that legal abortions had depleted the tax base for Social Security, Bennett counseled against such utilitarian arguments. I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you couldif that were your sole purposeyou could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down, ... That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. So these far-out, these far-reaching, extensive extrapolations are, I think, tricky.

(Open source) will just be part of how you do business.

We didn't mail notices just to businesses inside the city limits because there are others that may be affected by the tax if they currently lease in the city or possibly will in the future,

We have this potential, this opportunity to grow (at) twice the industry average growth.

We continue to work our way through the amount of business we have, and where we have it.

Our outlook for the housing industry continues to be that mortgage rates will remain affordable for the rest of the year at least, keeping the industry alive and well into the foreseeable future.

He gives us tremendous insurance at first if Dunn can't play or there is a trade made or somebody gets injured. The thing that we've got right now - we've got quite a few veteran guys for our bench, which has a lot of plusses.

I take everything like that with a pinch of salt. I've been in the business too long. I truly don't know. I know Prince had a party last night (after the Golden Globes) and I believe Paula might have been there.

The big drug companies are under duress on almost every front. There are challenges everywhere from generics, from the FDA, from managed care and from self-appointed public watchdogs criticizing the industry, and with attacks on direct-to-consumer advertising,

They just made a personal decision to no longer frequent his business.

The investment by Craftsmen into their new facility is a testament to their dedication to their trailer customers' needs. This expansion is a strong statement of their ongoing commitment to providing high quality products and services to the trucking industry. It is also a demonstration of the ongoing commitment on behalf of our dealers to anticipate the growing needs of Utility customers.

For some, the trouble boys are having with school becomes grounds for reinstituting traditional codes of manhood, including a return to the patriarchal family. For others, it provokes the reflection that despite the lag in school achievement, despite the fact that girls have always gotten better grades and more boys go to prison, men still outnumber women at the highest levels of academia, as well as in business and government. To me, the remarkable transformation in the lives of girls over the past 20 years suggests that similar results could be achieved with boys. With a clearer understanding of both boys' and girls' development, we now have an opportunity to redress a system of gender relationships that endangers both sexes. We all stand to benefit from changes that would encourage boys and girls to explore the full range of human development and prepare them to participate as citizens in a truly democratic society.

But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm producing something that I wouldn't normally be approaching the way I'm doing it.

The beauty of the airline business is that it is self-regulating. If you charge too much, people don't fly.

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories for the purpose of experimentation.

We are delighted Nortel will bring its networking expertise to TNC and plans to support the open specification in its products. Nortel joining the efforts of TNC helps to further accelerate the adoption of the open security specification in the industry and benefits customers by providing interoperable products across multiple product lines.

The Japanese Central Bank intervenes in currency markets to keep the yen cheap and to create an advantage for its industry. Why doesn't our government do the same for us.

When I came to Congress, I came to bring what I thought was a real-world business perspective to government because, in the business world, I spent over 20 years in the high-tech industry, but it certainly was not unique.

One of the icons of the civil aviation industry is returning. It's the shot in the arm that the industry needs.

They're referred to in the industry as patent trolls.

I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.

At Starbucks, we have a history of being innovative in all aspects of our business. Our goal is to surprise and delight customers. This is just one more way we can create a more exciting Starbucks experience.

I don't know who came up with this rivalry business. I have enough sense to know a rivalry is when you can't determine the outcome.

Lehman has been working to work away from fixed-income and build up the equity business. We're seeing a payoff.

Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business.

We've only been in business for a year and a half, so (the fund-raiser) helps for people to know we're here.

You know how it is. It's the business. It's the other team. They've got a different-colored jersey now.

A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is never entirely possessed by them he either quits or resumes them at his will and in the use he makes of them he rather finds a relaxation than a dangerous charm that might corrupt him.

The port business is capacity. You've got to be able to serve your customer base today and future customers.

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.

A lot of industry groups have said they support a federal law. They don't want to have to deal with 50 different state laws.

What we're most concerned with is that we don't want to have hundreds and hundreds of people trying to get in and out of this campus at the same time as some of these other businesses.

Virtual proofing continues to be a swiftly changing technology and we're committed to providing our customers with the latest technologies and tools. Remote Director 3.2, along with the JDF enabled automation, answers the needs of today's graphic arts community, as we continue to listen and work with our partners in developing additional enhancements that will give them an edge in their business.

If it's the case that certain kinds of trade are not done with Cuba right now because they're in U.S. dollars, then that's fine -- changing to the euro might help that, ... If it's a case where using euros to conduct more liberal trade with Europe, then that's certainly of benefit, as well.

It's time for the church to act on host of issues and that's what was addressed at the prayer breakfast through the keynote speaker, Bono, (the lead singer of the Irish rock band U-2). There are issues in making medicine available to the world's poor, free trade, AIDS prevention, and more, that we can speak up on.

China is emerging as a key growth engine for the world economy, contributing over a quarter of total global growth in recent years, more than any other country. The downside for U.S. consumers and businesses is that this is forcing global commodity prices higher.

While the specific product revenues of the Consumer Healthcare business are largely unknown, we note that the PCH Pfizer Consumer Health business operates at generally lower margins than the company's pharmaceuticals business.

Ray has never really been an outsider. Even when he was developing (Lotus) Notes, he was helping us improve Windows. Moreover, Ray is super well-respected inside Microsoft, just as he is throughout the industry.

We have been investing steadily in the industry and expect to invest 20 billion a year over the next five years.

Whether it's one week or three months, this is the time you need to start relaxation techniques, to understand the industry, to understand the airplane, ... That in itself will drop the anxiety before you actually board the airplane.

The average Buick buyer is 69, the oldest demographic in the industry, and there aren't many new buyers coming in to replace them.

From a business standpoint, the more people the merrier. They've got to do something with the land. As long as they can keep the roads up with the growth, it's great.

We put everything from college educations right on down on the charge card because we get a frequent flyer mile every time for every dollar that we spend. Hopefully the airline won't go out of business and we will be able to use them, I don't know.

It's not about any one individual, it's about ensuring fairness and accountability in the way the state goes about its business.

The Braves were very good to me, and I hoped to stay. But it's business. I hoped the Braves would match the offers.

The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. Nations cannot stay in the E.U. if they do not respect these guarantees.

There have been less corporate tax returns this year. I don't know if that's because they have gone out of business or for some other reason.

Winning this recognition from ALG highlights what has become a very exciting time for Land Rover. We understand the importance of residual value in the business and are happy to be acknowledged with this award.

My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business.