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It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.


James Augustine

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JOE AUGUSTINE Our support was great this season. And we hope it continues next year when we raise our championship...
JOE AUGUSTINE I don't like to look too far ahead. We've got a big weekend coming up [against Penn State] before an...
JOE AUGUSTINE We're playing okay but we haven't put 60 minutes together. We're inconsistent and we're not putting ...
JOE AUGUSTINE Things have been great this season. We've had a lot of support and we hope to see more people here n...
JOE AUGUSTINE As a team, we saw January as a new slate. We've had a lot of injuries. Looking back to the beginning...
JOE AUGUSTINE It seems the storm is not going to be as strong as we feared and that was enough to take some of the...
JOHN AUGUSTINE Many market observers are coming out with the belief that the market will break upward after the ele...
JOHN AUGUSTINE Earnings are driving the testing of the top end for the S&P 500, but geopolitical issues are here to...
JOHN AUGUSTINE This may be one of those years in the stock market where you'll want to sell on Memorial Day and go ...
JOHN AUGUSTINE Energy is going to catch the attention of the market. It's probably a force that's not going to leav...
JOHN AUGUSTINE Big institutions are holding back their own capital. They're looking for an upside catalyst for stoc...
JOHN AUGUSTINE There are fears that any supply disruptions could disturb oil markets and such concerns are holding ...
JOHN AUGUSTINE Markets are now focused squarely on inflation. Will it follow the great growth we've seen and force ...
JOHN AUGUSTINE We could be into mid-July until we see the Dow break that record. It may take another round of earni...
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