We start out with basic things like 'milk,' 'more,' 'please' and 'eat' - things that are important to them and read more

We start out with basic things like 'milk,' 'more,' 'please' and 'eat' - things that are important to them and what they want. Then we just sign it as we say it to them and that allows them to put the word and the sign together. We've had really good success and we all get excited each time they do it.

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

The biggest problem for most people is affording the health care they need, even with Medicare, ... People are telling read more

The biggest problem for most people is affording the health care they need, even with Medicare, ... People are telling us they can't afford to get the care they need, because Medicare supplemental policies are too expensive, medications are too expensive, and they are having trouble with special needs if they are in HMOs.

This was a big game for us after that loss when we didn't play well. We had a talk before read more

This was a big game for us after that loss when we didn't play well. We had a talk before the game about executing our game plan and trying to put some pressure on them.

[One of Ms. Miller's lawyers, Floyd Abrams, wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer on Thursday in what he said read more

[One of Ms. Miller's lawyers, Floyd Abrams, wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer on Thursday in what he said was an effort] to set the record straight. ... coerced and had been required as a condition for Mr. Libby's continued employment at the White House.

That's the way it has been all season long. We get off to a good start but fall behind after read more

That's the way it has been all season long. We get off to a good start but fall behind after we are forced into several poor match-ups because of injuries.

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

I think it's more of a question of timing. The timing of his development, combined with the development of our read more

I think it's more of a question of timing. The timing of his development, combined with the development of our team, didn't align.

In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy read more

In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.