The growth reflects how easy it has become to sell used books and to create inventory in this business.

The growth reflects how easy it has become to sell used books and to create inventory in this business.

It is a really classic Northwest way to ring in the New Year, that's for sure. If the weather is read more

It is a really classic Northwest way to ring in the New Year, that's for sure. If the weather is good, it's going to be great.

The Southern Baptist Convention today would be part of the religious right and 20 years ago it would have been read more

The Southern Baptist Convention today would be part of the religious right and 20 years ago it would have been more mainstream. I think it would also be fair to say the conservatives have developed pretty strong ties to the Republican Party.

Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do read more

Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.

They kept telling me, 'You are a liar,'

They kept telling me, 'You are a liar,'

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.

We have a strong confectionery business there at the moment, so this acquisition would represent a good strategic fit for read more

We have a strong confectionery business there at the moment, so this acquisition would represent a good strategic fit for us,

We believed (similar) fights had been wrongly marketed, to some extent. Urban audiences, African-American audiences weren't getting the attention they read more

We believed (similar) fights had been wrongly marketed, to some extent. Urban audiences, African-American audiences weren't getting the attention they deserved.

The first half was almost like a boxing match, trying to see what the other guy was going to do. read more

The first half was almost like a boxing match, trying to see what the other guy was going to do. In the second half, our conditioning allowed us to keep our intensity up and play at a pace that helped us extend the lead.