No one person saved the shipyard. Thousands of people worked very hard at different levels to achieve what seemed unachievable, ... None of it would have mattered if our work force wasn't the best at what it could do.

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We were hoping for six (votes), we were really hoping for five, and seven, seven, that tells (the Department of Defense) and Navy a big story: they were wrong.

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It wasn't until that happened that people actually believed that this was real, no matter how much we tried to tell them.

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He certainly spoke his piece. Even when that conflicted with other people in the mix.

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New York is New York, and there's no competing with it. But what you can get in Chicago that you cannot get in New York is continuous, high quality of life.

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The event was a who's who of biotech, ... The mayor's focus is on venture capital and the need to bring venture capital to the fore for biotechnology.

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Seven to one. That blows me away. Today is a great day for our community, our state and our nation . . . it tells the Department of Defense a big story. They were wrong.

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But you cannot transfer the culture.

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President Bush said he was going accept the list. Even if he doesn't, he can't itemize what he wants changed. The fact that the commissioners voted 7-1 (to keep Portsmouth open), I can't for the life of me see any conditions (where) one, Bush would go back on his word, and two, overturn such a lop-sided vote.

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