Examples of forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements we make
regarding the Company's plans, assumptions, expectations,
beliefs and objectives with respect to store openings and closings; product introductions; sales; sales growth; sales trends; store traffic; retail prices; gross margin; operating margin; expenses; interest and
other expenses, net; effective income tax rate; net earnings and net earnings per share; share count; inventories; capital expenditures; cash flow; liquidity; currency translation; growth opportunities; litigation outcomes and recovery related thereto; the collectability of amounts due under financing arrangements with diamond mining and exploration companies; and certain ongoing or planned product, marketing, retail, manufacturing, information
systems development, upgrades and replacement, and
other operational and strategic initiatives.
Other than someone who professes to be a evangelical really has no business flaunting there
regard or disregard of their own personal
belief system, and especially those of
others.
Some of the world's most powerful
belief systems are at odds, some of which openly seek the dissolution of the material world and all things in it, while
others hold the exact opposite view; some place a divine premium on achieving the overarching ambitions of the faithful to the extent of utterly disdaining truth or fact, while
others hold no
regard for the ambitions of any person or people so long as fact is held supreme.