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He is more mature and his understanding is the biggest thing. He had a good year last year. But he has grown up maturity-wise. He understands that he is going to have some bad days.

He has really grown as a leader. He is a very smart quarterback and he conducts the huddle very well.

He fully understands that one of our most significant assets is our people, and developing our talent is one of senior leadership's most important responsibilities, ... Len has both earned his way to this understanding and grown into it.

He don't look 16 to me. He looks like a grown man.

Having grown up on 'Star Trek,' I've had one great dream since childhood, and that is to see my life end somewhere other than here on Earth.

But Cisco has not grown through acquisitions. They've grown despite their acquisitions. The primary growth, as we saw in the quarter, was clearly from routers, which is Cisco's historical product.

But Cisco has not grown through acquisitions, ... They've grown despite their acquisitions. The primary growth, as we saw in the quarter, was clearly from routers, which is Cisco's historical product.

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been successful on our part. Over the last year we've had a little of this indigestion from a lot of mergers over a short period. We needed to take a little breather to refocus on organic revenue growth, and we think we're near that period of time where our internal operations are where we want, so we're looking at getting back into the (M&A) business.

Bates and Rich have only played a few times in practice together. Bates has a lot of experience coming off of last year and Rich has grown up a lot this summer, practicing every day for four to five hours. It was really good for him to go in there with Bates because he has so much experience.

Because they have grown through acquisition, many insurance companies run their various lines as independent businesses. Because there were systems in place that worked when businesses were acquired, there really was no immediate motivation to change.