He's impressed. He continues to take steps forward in his development, and we're excited about the progress he's made.

He's impressed. He continues to take steps forward in his development, and we're excited about the progress he's made.

Carlos felt really strong at the foot of the decisive climb, so we put Calvente and Piil up front to read more

Carlos felt really strong at the foot of the decisive climb, so we put Calvente and Piil up front to set the pace. With about six kilometers to go Carlos hit a bad patch and instead of risking a total meltdown, he made the sensible choice to ride at his own pace and he did actually manage to limit his time loss quite well. The other day Carlos was a bit better than Mancebo and today it was the other way round. The time differences are still very small. The way it looks right now Heras and Menchov are the strongest. But there's almost two full weeks left and a lot can happen in that time.

I think the negative perception is the cost of doing business the way they're doing business, ... They're marketing hype. read more

I think the negative perception is the cost of doing business the way they're doing business, ... They're marketing hype. They're selling the belief that their drug is superior, but they're not marketing superior drugs. If they want to improve the public's perception of their work, then they better improve their work.

Parenthood is one long exercise in relinquishing control -- or the illusion that we ever had it. Postparenthood is about read more

Parenthood is one long exercise in relinquishing control -- or the illusion that we ever had it. Postparenthood is about acceptance.

That scared a lot of people and they sold their units cheaply.

That scared a lot of people and they sold their units cheaply.

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

We always thought it could be a dangerous hurricane, ... is the typical track for October.

We always thought it could be a dangerous hurricane, ... is the typical track for October.

I don't know how many people we're going to have participating, but if those people don't give 100 percent on read more

I don't know how many people we're going to have participating, but if those people don't give 100 percent on Friday, we will get embarrassed at home. If we don't come and run well, we'll be in a lot of trouble because there is a lot of talent coming.

Private sector credit from 1999 through the first half of 2001 was adding $1.2 trillion per year. It was the read more

Private sector credit from 1999 through the first half of 2001 was adding $1.2 trillion per year. It was the mother of all credit expansions.