Last year was a terrible year for both price and availability of construction materials. This year is more in line with historical norms, ... If there's a bright spot, that's it.
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Related A lot of power plants are under construction, both in New England and nationwide, and these should b... STEPHEN ALLEN This year seems to be more business as usual for online retailers. Last year people went online beca... LISA STRAND We won't surprise anybody this year. Last year was fun. This year, there's a little more pressure, b... FRANK SPURCHISE Defense was a huge sore spot last year. DJORN BUCHHOLZ Most of the rise in 2005 was in the final quarter of last year, where the gold price hit 17-year hig... GREG CANAVAN He's a more rested quarterback this year. He admitted it; he was tired last year. PHIL SIMMS A new year is another vantage opportunity to re-strategize the venture called life. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) There was a little doubt last year. He's just more mature and more confident this year. DARREN TESTA I think 1997 will be a year of value for the consumer, ... For instance, the average price of a 31-i... GARY SHAPIRO A lot of [what happened last year] wasn't on the offensive line. It happened for different reasons. ... REX GROSSMAN Last year was really chaotic, but this year is a little more fun. There's a different level of excit... CHARTESE BURNETT Last year ? at the beginning of the year, he was a little hesitant. But last year, he became a lot m... JAKE LONG Last year is over and done with. Both teams are over .500. The fans can expect a good game, but don'... BRYAN WELLS He's always been a good wrestler, but I think he matured a lot more as a wrestler this year. A lot o... KYLE GRAICHEN He was a consistent 20 points for us every night. Last year he had 45 in a game. This year was more ... SHANE TUCKER I think I learned a lot throughout the year. I felt more comfortable at the plate and with big leagu... MARK TEAHEN We can't move forward if we keep on looking in the past. Last year was last year, and it was a great... ABDUL HODGE There was a different kind of pressure last year. We lost a game to Kitchener and people were saying... DYLAN HUNTER It was a down year for the team last year. But Mitch and Luis should be a good one-two punch this ye... DANIEL GONZALEZ Last year was a year of pride and glory for us in China. KAREN GUO Last year opening day was quite an experience. This year I was a lot more relaxed. BRANDON MCARTHUR Last year was the bounce-back year and this year is the consolidation year. DOUGLAS MCWILLIAMS Last year we made the playoffs, but this year thats not enough. We want to at least get to the secon... COLLEEN KENNEDY Hopefully, we have more depth and we'll be more athletic than last year. Last year, this team was a ... DALE OSBOURNE One of the big differences between our team this year and last year is that we are hitting a lot bet... BEAU JARRELL He was just on a standard one year deal this year and obviously he is line for a much better contrac... PAUL ARMSTRONG While our cost performance remains in line with the projections we announced in April; our significa... JAMES GOODWIN Last year and the year prior, it was so uptight. This year, we need to do something different. This ... BRANDON INGE Construction was booming last year. The market came back strong. MICHAEL ROTH Last year was pretty rough after having such a strong start. This year, we put even more time into i... CLAYTON SMITH I've matured a lot since last year, both physically and mentally. Everything has gotten to a level h... DENNIS NEVOLO Last year we were more of a running team. This year we're more versatile. ALAN BENNETT We're budgeted for this year. We did the budgeting for this year in the spring, so our year is set. ... JOE ASHER If we have an atmosphere here this year like it was last year ... wow. BILL STONEMAN Last year, it was almost a novelty. This year, it's almost expected. BERT SPERLING We have a lot more depth, a lot more experience. We'll be a lot more ready for the Big Ten this year... ROBBY WINE It's was awkward last year. This year it's more down to business. CHRIS HERNANDEZ [Williams has rejuvenated a rushing attack that ranked No. 29 in the NFL last year.] Last year we di... BRIAN GRIESE This year, we're a lot lower to the ground. Our technique is great this year, ten times better than ... RAY MCDONALD Last year, it was a huge problem. This year, it's not a huge problem. BECKY MCLESTER A very successful day trader who owed $50,000 on their 1999 taxes, for example, now needs to make es... BEANNA WHITLOCK The opportunity for AMD with Dell was a year ago. Last year Intel was a disaster. This year it's not... HANS MOSESMANN She was in Division II last year and they moved down this year. I guess that's a pretty good day. It... CAITLIN THOMAS It went more smoothly than it did last year. We had a year to learn the routines of the building, th... BILL SIMMONS If things go right with fund-raising, all of this will be under construction this year. FRED HAHN This is a lifelong dream. We have high expectations at Grandview and he set his goal this year. We w... ANDY DISABATO Our mayor, who was very busy last year learning how to be a mayor, this year actually took a wonderf... BRYAN ANDERSON Although this represents a significant decline, the sales pace in January is still ahead of last yea... LEONARD ZUMPANO Last year, as great as it was, it was like a fairy tale season. I think we appreciate this a heck of... KYLE WHITTINGHAM Last year, Robert was still more of a pass catcher. He's got a little more pop to him this year. He'... MARCUS WASHINGTON We're clicking (offensively) better this year than last year at this point. ( Tyler ) Bruce is findi... MATT ALEXANDER Last year was the end of an era and this year is the beginning of a new era. This is just the way it... FRED HARTSFIELD Being down here for the fourth year really helped me... the experience of going though it before. I ... CAITLIN SEED We went to the regional finals last year and we had a lead with about two minutes left in the game. ... BRENDAN HIGGINS Pacific halibut is the real bright spot this year. The quota is about twice what we had 10 years ago... BRANDON FORD He's more comfortable than last year. Last year he was thrown into the fire. This year he understand... ERIC BARBER We have experience this year. After getting it together last year, it was definitely easier this yea... JACKIE BROUSSARD No one anticipated the national championship last year. We're more of a target this year. BEV KEARNEY We'll just do our best to win this Saturday night, ... Hopefully we can pull a Jeremy Mayfield on al... RYAN NEWMAN Last year he had a really strong first serve -- if it went in. This year he is much more consistent ... JEFF SCHULTE selling more purifiers this year than last year. RICHARD THALHEIMER The El Paso hotel market did very good. El Paso hotels in general made money last year. I think we'r... HENRY KING Whereas it took the last official runners 30 minutes to cross the starting line last year, this year... DAVE MCGILLIVRAY There is some prospect of fundamentals easing modestly this year. There could be more spare capacity... DAVID FYFE If this all tracks the way it should, we'll go into construction a year from this spring. BARBARA LAMPHERE Last year, the first race of the season, a fantastic memory. This year it was totally different. GIANCARLO FISICHELLA Last year it was open. This year, it is wide open. You can be a great team and still finish sixth. DAN CARTER I think if you use last year as a guidepost, the governor was successful in overcoming issues and wo... CARLA BLANTON If you are the same place this year as you were last year,
You have lived a year in vain. /USER/JAMAAL+ROLLE/MY_QUOTES/1 After losing last year, ... it was a great sign to come back and beat them this year. GLENN WHITE This is our second consecutive victory at this meet. Last year we won with 80 points. This year we s... DAVE HIRSHBRUNNER After having a great first year, and a terrible second year, a sketchy start to this year, I was sta... WADE DUBIELEWICZ We're in a much-improved spot from a year ago. At this point last season, we were 0-4. BILL TRUMBO Last year, food price inflation was 38 percent and this year it's only 1.6 percent, so that's the on... HONG LIANG The race for that final playoff spot is extremely close this year. If we get some good points this w... BUZZ LAGOS In the first quarter of this year, sales rose 35 per cent compared with the same period last year. A... LI XIANG We ended last year with a major victory and begin this year with a major setback. CLINT BOLICK In general, it's just a better way to start a year. Everyone is real positive and excited. Last year... DONNA CAPPELLANO I'm surprised it was this good, quite honestly. And more importantly the guidance for next year on t... DAN NILES It feels like our season is a little bit short, particularly with how long we went into our year las... BEV SMITH We look for in-line fourth-quarter financial results and more upbeat guidance for 2006 than Amgen pr... MARK AUGUSTINE It was a terrible year. We lost money. DAVE ECKBERG I think the league is going to be a lot more competitive this year than it was last year. Maybe not ... GARETH SOUTHGATE There's a little more margin for error this year. Last year, it felt like we had to win every game. ... LANCE BERKMAN Last year was the first year we did this. We started talking about it four years ago, ... Last year,... LEE MILLER The AOL business has been in terrible shape the last year and a half, YOUSSEF SQUALI It was aggravating last year because I wanted to help more. But we knew a post game was needed this ... MARKIE WORKMAN A profit like this in a year like last year is a superb result. DANE DOUETIL Things are going well. The offensive line is better than it was last year. BRANDON WEST Last year, it was a learning experience. This year, now that I'm comfortable with the plays and play... JAVON RINGER Maybe last year was the year of injuries and things. Maybe from now on, nothing will happen. That's ... CARLOS BELTRAN It's been such a relief this year going through the budget, Last year it was slash and burn. JIM CARUTHERS I want it all this year. I was one match short last year and I want to win it all this year. DEVIN HENNESSEY The total last year was about 15 inches, and that puts it down as the 15th driest year on record. So... JOSE GARCIA This year was harder because everyone was getting ready for us, spending much more time for our game... GRETA LUKSYTE It was what it was last year. You kind of expected things to happen the way they did. This year's a ... AMANI TOOMER There was some good competition in camp this year, ... In some cases it went right down to the wire ... BOB FERGUSON She averaged six goals a game last year. But I don't think she's had more than one a game this year.... JACKIE SPACK Some of it was depth. We had some injuries to key people. I think we have a little more balance this... DONNA MARTIN This is really good for everyone. With the double-digit price increase we had last year, at some poi... GENE COLLINS
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