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George Lemieux: “We're like that old commercial. The other countries are Avis. They're number two, and they try harder. And we're Hertz.…”

On the recordJune 21, 2010
We're like that old commercial. The other countries are Avis. They're number two, and they try harder. And we're Hertz. We think we're number one, and we don't try harder.
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George Lemieux
Florida

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LeMieux compares U.S. innovation efforts to competitors.

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