“to try to understand the magnitude of this tremendous challenge you have here in the southern part of the United States. We have seen things that are unbelievable, the devastation that has occurred. We are grateful for our connection with the Red Cross and the great work they are doing. We came for just a few moments to say we love you and extend our love and blessings to you.”

“This past year has been a challenging period ... as economic slowdowns in several key markets had a short-term impact, slowing volume growth and affecting our earnings, ... Even though the economic environment became more uncertain and volatile in the later part of 1998, we strongly believe that our fundamental opportunities for long-term growth have not changed.”

“We're young, no question about that. But we're lucky because we have some pretty good players. I wouldn't count us out. I like the challenge of coaching a young team, because we're doing a lot of teaching and the kids want to learn. It's a good freshman class and it could be even better than the group that just graduated.”

“Ralph is an exceptional and accomplished physician whose contributions have been instrumental to the transformation of our nation's academic health system. Ralph has a keen understanding of biotechnology and its ability to improve healthcare. His experiences range from basic biomedical research through the challenges of drug development to healthcare delivery, making him an ideal Venture Partner.”

“Our Global Procurement and Manufacturing groups partnered to select a provider of contingent labor that would create the most value. Maneuvering the challenges of demand and supply levers relating to contingent labor is not easy, and we selected Staff Management because of their ability to deliver a greater total value and lower total cost of ownership – two key factors in our decision.”

“We have some real deep holes this year, that's for sure. East had a great recruiting year; Cherry Hill West got stronger; Washington Township is stronger. We don't have the depth we have had (during the state championship runs). The challenge is to have everybody step up and do the best that they can do.”

“I think I bring a different perspective because I've been in their seats, I know exactly what they're going through. It was only five or six years ago I was experiencing the same exact things they're experiencing, certainly from a soccer perspective, but also the challenges of schoolwork and social life, and everything that goes into being at Penn.”

“This has been kind of a long journey. It's really challenging and very different from how advertising usually works. In mainstream advertising, we create a low volume of output - 30-second bands - with high production budgets. In this new year, we operate differently. What we're creating are high amounts of output with low budgets, low control.”

“The design of the new Civic is a big departure from the previous model, and its shape and features presented us with many manufacturing challenges. When you talk about the manufacturing of a vehicle like the new Civic, we want to meet the needs of the design team, while also improving production processes in terms of quality, safety, and effectiveness of the manufacturing process.”

“Of our 49 boys, 17 are freshmen, so we're still teaching some of the guys this isn't middle school anymore. Some of the freshmen are helping in relays and others are challenging in open events. Six or seven will make an immediate impact. We're talking about kids that maybe lost one meet in seventh and eighth grade, so they're good athletes.”