S. Hughes Year Quotations

She works at it year around. She is a dedicated softball player, she lives and breathes it. Plus she has had tremendous support from her parents (Mike and Joanne).

Even though Talon graduated a year and a half ago, he was still well known. It's a school staff's worst nightmare.

It's similar to a situation last year (against Mill River). They hit us and we didn't react well.

We are pleased with the results for the fourth quarter. We achieved record revenue and finished the year by signing an important patent licensing agreement with AMD for which payments will begin in 2006.

We raised about $1,100 with the closest-to-pin last year. This year we should double that.

We have seen total deregulation in Victoria, they haven't looked back; and total deregulation this year in NSW for barley, canola and sorghum. That has occurred without a hitch.

It's really neat to look at the top-six times and see how fast the women are. It shows we have a lot of depth. Every year we just keep getting better and better. We wanted to go out in the first races of the year and show that our preparations are going well for the Olympics.

Part of this day really is a celebration of all of the work the motorcyclists have done. They've worked all year long - they don't let anyone off the hook.

That is just a horrific number, regardless of what it was last year or the long-term average. There are way too many people dying on our roads.

Optimism remains, and the conditions supporting stock gains through the end of the year are still good. The economy continues to recover and the interest rate environment is still good, but I have to think that March could be a challenging month.

We are working really hard this week to get ready for this game. They have our number from last year and we want to take the bragging rights away.

This is more cases than have occurred in the three previous years, ... We are concerned about what the remainder of the year holds in store for us.

We don't see rates declining much further or a significant firming in the near future, partly because ample capital is flowing into the market after the 2005 hurricane season. At the same time, we are encouraged by the ongoing development of our internal sales culture and by our ability to complete and integrate acquisitions. We anticipate further improvement in both areas in 2006. We also anticipate that contingent commissions could decline this year due to loss experience for insurers in 2005.