It's a tough retailing environment.  The real question is have they been able to pull back a bit on the cost structure? ... Can we read enough into this quarter to gain enough confidence to expect they will break even in the fourth quarter?

It's a tough retailing environment.  The real question is have they been able to pull back a bit on the cost structure? ... Can we read enough into this quarter to gain enough confidence to expect they will break even in the fourth quarter?

My main priorities are to increase the student numbers, keep the school functioning well and maintain a superior academic environment for the students.

We are such spendthrifts with our lives, the trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least fuss you can muster. I’m not running for sainthood. I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer, who puts back into the soil what he takes out.

This makes it easier for management to respond more nimbly. It also makes it less likely for any spin-offs and will help them create a new structure when their cable contracts start to expire beginning in 2002,

I don't think they really need Windows XP distribution, ... They already have deals with the four largest PC manufacturers, and that will give them the means of getting onto the desktop anyway, without having to do a deal with Microsoft.