There is no question that there is going to be an economic impact from the expansion in the short term. We're unsure at this point as to how great the impact will be.

consumes significant amounts of management time and encourages a short term focus on what is a long term business.

These issues are not going to be resolved overnight. There is no short-term quick fix.

I made a few tough calls in 2005 that may have had a short-term impact on the stock.

Because there is no way to tell [in the short term] whether symptoms are from a TIA or an acute stroke, patients should assume that all stroke-like symptoms signal an emergency and should not wait to see if they go away,

Because there is no way to tell (in the short term) whether symptoms are from a TIA or an acute stroke, patients should assume that all stroke-like symptoms signal an emergency and should not wait to see if they go away,