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I've talked to him a couple of times about some type of possibly expanded role. But we don't have anything specific to report right now.

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We thought we'd try something a little bit different. But also, in deference to our fans that do drive quite a ways, it gives them a chance to get here and get home an hour earlier.

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Don't forget he's almost 79 years old. Part of his restricted schedule is not because he's doing feverish things behind closed doors. He's resting. There was speculation in 2002 and 2003 that his health wasn't very good. There is a basis for believing that there may be some fatigue and delicacy of constitution there.

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I am very proud of the players, fans and front-office employees, who donated their time and money toward the hurricane relief efforts.

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For Opening Day last year, almost 22,000 fans arrived at the ballpark within an hour of the first pitch. We advise they arrive a lot earlier on Monday. The later the fans wait to arrive, the more difficult it will be to get to and enter the ballpark.

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Some in the Vatican like Zen very much for his willingness to stand up to the Chinese on religious freedom issues, others worry that he will disrupt Vatican diplomatic efforts to establish formal relations with Beijing.

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With the discrimination like it was, I was looking for somebody to break the color barrier.

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I had talked to several other guys, but (Jones) was, in my opinion, a better candidate.

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We are going to have to wait and see what their expectations are. As far as I can see, this is as good a sale of what the employees could have hoped for. We hate to see a sale, but this could turn out to be the best thing for the employees.

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Seeing this and what I saw yesterday, there are no words to describe it. I didn't realize it was as bad as it was until yesterday when we were driving around.

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The charisma, the celebrity, around John Paul was so strong that, in a way, the religious significance of the event sort of fades from view. Benedict is obviously determined that is not going to happen. He's trying very hard to make sure the focus is on the ritual, not the person.

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Racing is a 2 billion-a-year industry. Half the people who invest in our fund have never invested before. They don't know a stock from a bond. They like stock car racing.

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Anyone who has followed Benedict knows he can be a bulldog when it comes to matters of faith and morality. But what is surprising is in other areas, the pope is proving to be softer and more willing to listen.

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That was our plan all along, was to go on hiatus and it'll be back, bigger and better. The fans really miss it. We got a lot of calls and complaints about not having it the last couple years.

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It's better to try, no matter how awkward you feel, than not to try it at all. Would you rather deal with the consequences or the prevention

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Where this could hurt the company is in its reputation of not being a great place to work. If left unchecked, it could have an impact on Wal-Mart's image.

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Given that, and given the challenges there are in our core business over the half year, the performance and the result are very encouraging.

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Firemen and police have a big Celtic background, from way back when New York police and firemen were mostly of Irish and Scottish descent.

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Frank is definitely not a keeping-the-seat-warm kind of figure. I've known Frank fairly well for six years. I wouldn't use the term 'rising star,' but in the world of the Vatican he is very highly thought of ... he's someone who could be an archbishop someday.

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It's a reflection of the trends that are going on not only in Winston-Salem but across the country.

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He is very concerned about how his art was misinterpreted. He's a great kid and it's obviously a mistake.

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Ultimately mutual funds are consumer products, and they have to appeal to people to get bought.

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They're kind of groping their way forward to understand how they can make the pope as available as possible to his followers while at the same time protecting his health.

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This doesn't mark any change in policy.

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Am I surprised by how slow he's moving My basic answer is, yes. I knew he was not going to turn the Earth on its head overnight. But given the vastness of his ambitions ... I would have expected in the first eight months he would be doing lots of things of consequence more significant personnel moves, more significant documents, more serious public engagements, etc., etc.

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