But on the other side, it doesn't make our industry look good.
"The industry was looking for an agreement that made sense."
Now, the industry is looking to Washington for help.
Before that happens, the industry is looking past the holiday season with hope for a decent start to 2004.
Government experts and the industry could also look hard for ways to resume production quickly should supplies run short.
The industry is looking to government because more than 90 percent of the financing for home care comes from the city, state and federal governments.
The industry can look harder, he said, but in the long run, "We're not going to get any more of it."
A. I think that what the industry should be looking at, first of all, are voluntary differences between individuals.
And the Atlantic shore is where the industry now looks as if it has come to die.
The industry is looking to the military to fill some of those jobs.