We're proposing some stakes increases and more significant increases than the prior year. If the TOC agrees to those, that will take up some of that money. I think we will take a more aggressive approach to our overnights.
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Related Every year, I would assume, and I really mean that word, that we would think about fare increases. O... GARY KELLY Springtime in Maryland is always an exciting time. We believe that it will be even more appealing th... LOU RAFFETTO The increases were just higher than we thought. As we did last year when we asked for budget increas... BECKY COFFEY Things have changed, and improved. We are much more viable as a party with a Republican governor tha... BETH GAINES Oil is being propped up by all the concerns that supplies will be interrupted. As long as the market... JOSEPH ALLMAN The expectation is that, over time, interest checking and money market rates will continue to increa... RANDY ROSEN [If both Oklahoma and Washington reject tax increases, it sends a message to lawmakers that] we do n... GROVER NORQUIST To take that $187 million, more than triple our five-year average, is very significant, GARY FULLER We don't think too highly of it, but we do hope that they will take the opportunity of a little bit ... JUSTIN HAYES The way to avoid this is to simply take a percentage off the overall budget and that will be enough ... JANE PITFIELD Some evidence has emerged that inflation is starting to pick up, and there's concern that the Fed's ... DOUG PORTER I think the Suncoast will have minimal impact on the locals market. The market grows fast enough to ... DAVID ANDERS If we get the donations, I think we're going to raise a significant amount of money; some will b... MONTEL WILLIAMS In some ways, this makes our objectives more difficult. It will take more time, it will take more cr... JAMES MCLEOD This was the first year that we started to see more increases overall and they were consistent throu... ANDREA KONCZ I think the president has raised the stakes for himself. He has raised the stakes for his presidency... DAVID GERGEN This will force women out of the state and would cost more money and more time and a lot of women ma... CHARON ASETOYER If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000. PAUL EHRLICH Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensat... MICKY ARISON Next year and the year after and the year after that, we're going to have significant increases, as ... JACK HARRIS It will take more than a year to get our air permit from the state Department of Environmental Prote... DANIEL DONOVAN There will be significant tuition increases behind this. There is no way to avoid that. GEORGE PRUITT Our anticipated results for our second quarter and the remainder of fiscal 2006 reflect smaller year... ARA HOVNANIAN We will only agree to other tax increases in the talks if people with higher incomes are taxed more ... FRANZ MUENTEFERING With respect to the current increases, I can certainly indicate that operators need to take a deep b... ED BYRNE At least some in the purchaser community, who have been paying 20 percent and 25 percent increases i... MARC P. VOLAVKA I am proposing a balanced budget and at this point, I am proposing no rate increases. I am proposing... KEVIN EVANS They only used six guys against Southside the other day. We use more than that, and I think those ex... JOE BELYEU I'm proposing increases that amount to a nickel on a can of pop or beer - and you all know that I lo... GARY LOCKE We are executing better in key areas of our business, and we are also encouraged by the fact that in... BRUCE ROHDE We are executing better in key areas of our business, and we are also encouraged by the fact that in... BRUCE ROHDE I think we can have some tax reform, but that doesn't mean tax increases. We ought to make the, ... JOHN KASICH If we go out there and do our level best in every game, then I will take my chances that the results... STUART PEARCE I don't think speed is something that has gone away. It will take some time; it will take some study... BRUCE DUNGAN We've seen some gyrations in expectations due to the whipsaw that we've seen in the economic data. W... GLENN HABERBUSH There have been 2 to 4 percent price increases among the larger toy manufactures in the U.S. this ye... ANTHONY GIKAS This helps, but we obviously can't make significant money of revenue through increases. FRANK COLEMAN We definitely feel the price increases that went on. We've had to kind of back up from what we were ... MIKE BURKE When demand exceeds supply, prices go up. Until supply increases to the point where it more than sat... LEIGH MORRIS His number one objective will be to stress continuity. Continuity means more interest rate increases... DEREK HALPENNY When things and money cease to be more important than people, things and money will take care of peo... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explo... ANNE ROIPHE I expect stocks to fall. Fears of more rate hikes will take hold and some of the confidence we've se... KNUT HOCHWALD I continue to vote against such spending increases, but sometimes I think some of my Republican coll... JEFF MILLER We're satisfied that what they're proposing to do will take care of the problem. RAE TYSON One of the major things we are concerned about is it could put constraints on economic development i... ERIK HOLMSTROM If we can put the ball in play, good things will happen. We did that today, and we were able to take... BOO RIGSBEE This will be more of a regional approach rather than the individual approach we had up north. ELISSA MARSDEN The increases come through quite often, when previously you might get something once a year, The con... CRAIG KEMMERER Some of it was depth. We had some injuries to key people. I think we have a little more balance this... DONNA MARTIN I think there are some actions the company will have to take and some expenses the company will have... JAN WALD We're seeing more and more very shocking price increases, and that is somewhat of a disturbing trend... ERIC MELLOUL As pressure grows to ease the financial burden on social security, pressure will also grow to elimin... CAL THOMAS We still face a longer-range deficit problem and that will be exacerbated by increases in Medicare a... LYLE GRAMLEY Knowing we only have eight players, we have to take it up a couple of notches. But I think that will... AMBER BACON I'd like to be more aggressive with the timetable, but I like to think three years. That will give u... GREG CRONIN I think this is a gamble by opening up to more research. Some will be good, and some will be bad. DAVID NEUMARK On a net, net, net basis, if you look at all the increases this year and look at after the sale, ...... BOB HARRELL We would take a little bit of money out of a huge increase in ballistic missile defense and put it i... JOHN SPRATT [If your goal is to find companies to grow with, interest rates may not come into play as strongly.]... DAVID KASLOW Our field-force solution will enable our customers to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of th... DAVID AIELLO They're aggressive. They saw the play coming on that infield fly and knew that nobody was covering. ... ROB SPIDLE We are very pleased with our results for the year. We achieved important financial goals for the yea... HECTOR MEDINA Employers are significantly more optimistic about hiring than they were a year ago, when 33 percent ... JOSEPH TUERFF Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him tha... BERNARD M. BARUCH It could have been 5-5 or 6-6. We have got to take some of those chances. I would be more concerned ... BILLY DAVIES As we move toward the summer and voters start to tune in more, you will see some more significant mo... DAVID KOCHMAN I cannot accept these fee increases. This fee-increase program is nothing more than a financing mech... JOE CAMPBELL Last year, builders were running out of product and land. Some couldn't even take more contracts. BAMBI SPAHR The business has a much greater likelihood of survival if you take an approach that emphasizes survi... GIL MCBRIDE They definitely take more abuse than any golfer ever will. Golfers are making a lot more money than ... ANDY MACDONALD No effort should be made to destroy those habits or qualities that we may not desire. Whatever we th... CHRISTIAN D. LARSON People will always be looking to follow the path of least resistance. Some are just more aggressive ... ROY LAMOTTE Expectations next year will be higher. We have some good freshmen coming in and we will be working h... HANNA ZAVECZ The venue will continue to evolve and get more shows. You've got a market that was not a concert mar... BILL BARR Florida can expect that research institutions will gladly take them up on their offer to take some s... JOSEPH CORTRIGHT We anticipate our sales in future quarters returning to predominately regular-priced shipments. Ther... ERNIE JOHNSON Very likely. I would have to say, more than likely there will be some mill levy increase to take car... COMMISSIONER DAVE UNRUH We're a veteran team and we were able to pick up some athletic kids due to soccer moving to the fall... CATHY SCHETTER Every year that we wait, the risk increases. I would hope that the administration would decide to do... NEWT GINGRICH Our product has to be better, and I say that without hesitation. We have to get to a point where we'... DAVE HART If our well-being depends upon the interaction between events in our brains and events in the world,... SAM HARRIS I think it's a great move. I think they will take it more seriously than CBS did. There has never re... LEILA COBO Over the next five years we could see capacity increases that are larger than we've seen in some tim... JOANNE SHORE As pressure grows to ease the financial burden on social security, pressure will also grow to elimin... CAL THOMAS It had a huge impact on NASCAR safety. It made the drivers and the teams take a more aggressive appr... MARK MARTIN Given the prospect of an end to the U.S. interest-rate increases next year, stocks globally will be ... ISAHO NAKASHO They will have to take down some of those structures. LYNN GOLDMAN We fully understand that these increases are substantial and that all of our Virginia customers will... GARY STOCKBRIDGE The draft will take care of itself. I'm just trying to go out there and win another state title and ... KASEY KIKER Wall Street fell Friday and prompted some investors to take profits. Sentiment was also weighed down... PETER LAI Some information has changed, and we will take some more time to investigate. East does not play unt... BERT BORGMANN Our approach to the game was good, and we did a good job of executing our offense at times, so there... BOBBY CARTER If the kids take some ownership, some responsibility, that way they will respond better. AMY TSARK I believe we are well prepared for this competition. We are excited that we will get to take some of... BOO DUNCAN Homeowners up and down the Eastern Coast are seeing significant increases. CAROLYN GORMAN We need a permanent fix and that will take some time. It's going to take a commitment at the communi... LARRY MATHEIS It can mean thousands of dollars in additional costs to American families. And those with higher deb... MARK BRENNER If inflation were to slow down some more, that would put off the date of any further tightening. But... HENRY WILLMORE As the relative wealth of a nation grows, the percentage of manufactured foods increases . . . becau... CHRIS NELSON
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