Jack Smith
Jack Smith
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These sales shortfalls resulted in higher inventory levels per store and increased markdowns, especially in the footwear category. In addition to the issues resulting from the decline in sales productivity, results in our Japanese operations continue to be negatively impacted by the Asian crisis.
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Toward the tail end of the third, we started getting back to our game. We usually run the floor pretty well, pass pretty well and play pretty good defense.
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We had a lot of shots and a lot of shots that we are going to make normally. We couldn't throw anything in the ocean tonight it seemed like. We've struggled against the zone all year. They just came out and played better than we did - way better.
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We continue to look at ways to further unleash value from our ownership of Hughes while preserving our strong credit ratings,
ball cuts good plays threw
We threw the ball around a little bit, especially on the in-bounds plays after a basket. We weren't making good cuts and we weren't getting good passes. Together, that doesn't look so good.
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Basically, it's strictly a school to learn about gardening, lawn work, understanding the chemistry and biology of plants ? things people are interested in around their home.
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We got a good lead on them and the kids played real hard. We had kind of a lull there in the second quarter, which is typical, and let them back in. But we worked hard in the third quarter and built it back up and kept it up.
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Those three areas will be where the definition of engagement is fleshed out.
life suspect threatened
The officer's life was threatened when the suspect lunged at him.
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It was fun to put them in and it's fun for them. They understand their roles. They know in a game like this they are going to get a little more playing time. In tight games I usually go with the top seven and that's it.
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I want to be a major league baseball player just like him.
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That hurt. In certain situations, shots like that take a lot of steam out of a team.
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It's a number of things - just personal things that I felt I needed to take care of and I couldn't put enough time into both.
animals permits rest
We did get permits to take some of those animals out and retrain the rest of them.