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JO DAVIS Are you dying?"
Cato lit his cigarette. "It's not acute, perhaps, but we're all dying, Harry.
JO NESBø But perhaps that's why we take snaps...to provide false evidence to underpin the false claim that we...
JO NESBø Telephone conversations are so inadequate, so lacking in expression and gesture and everything.
JO WALTON We are grateful to Tony Riley for his dedication and hard work and look forward to his continuing co...
JO MAJOR As we exit our corporate restructuring, we are pleased to introduce a series of innovative new produ...
JO MAJOR Gross margins improved for the fourth consecutive quarter and are up 13 percentage points from the s...
JO MAJOR We now run a parallel orientation for parents. They get to meet (Principal) Juan Rodriguez, and the ...
JO LEWIS They can establish relationships right from the start.
JO LEWIS This presents an opportunity to explore the building, find their way around. It helps them make the ...
JO LEWIS I think it ran really smoothly.
JO LAMARCHE A lot of people are just waiting to see how this works with Burlington.
JO LAMARCHE As soon as somebody gets to 50 percent, it stops.
JO LAMARCHE I'm never going to leave the stage. I love the instant, immediate reaction. It's my home.
JO KOY That's one thing I pride myself on, that I'm Asian. All I really know is my Asian heritage.
JO KOY That's my man right there. He really took my comedy to the next level. I think it was a sense of urg...
JO KOY This is my 11th year (doing comedy). That's the whole thing -- if you wait 10 years, pay your dues a...
JO KOY Man, I don't know how it was for other comics, but that one appearance has changed my life. Everyone...
JO KOY Tech stocks are boasting high multiples, Sony Shares are trading at 44 times its projected fiscal 20...
JO KAWAKAMI I love modelling, it's a dream come true!
JO HICKS