This is politics, raw and urgent. What is happening across the pages of almost every newspaper is a ruthless attempt read more

This is politics, raw and urgent. What is happening across the pages of almost every newspaper is a ruthless attempt to destroy the young challenger among the Tory modernizers' camp and to keep the Conservatives firmly on the right of British politics.

The (penalty kill) has been doing a great job all year. It's something we want to improve down the stretch read more

The (penalty kill) has been doing a great job all year. It's something we want to improve down the stretch and it gives us confidence.

If that's true and the rate stays like that for another 40 years, there's a good probability that somebody who read more

If that's true and the rate stays like that for another 40 years, there's a good probability that somebody who is active in the credit economy for that period of time might be a victim. But that's not a given.

I was very comfortable taking a second role to him. There is no doubt about his ability to step up read more

I was very comfortable taking a second role to him. There is no doubt about his ability to step up in big games.

Our speculation of gas and oil prices made the prices go up before the hurricane hit. Students perceive there is read more

Our speculation of gas and oil prices made the prices go up before the hurricane hit. Students perceive there is more drinking going on than there really is, which increases bad behavior. Unfortunately, speculation can create a reality.

We want to get as far as we did (in 2004). I don't like being the only one upset after read more

We want to get as far as we did (in 2004). I don't like being the only one upset after a loss.

[Among the demands attributed to Lopez in the gossip pages: a dressing room fitted out with white orchids, white walls, read more

[Among the demands attributed to Lopez in the gossip pages: a dressing room fitted out with white orchids, white walls, a white sofa and an endless stock of Evian-room-temperature only, thank you. So when Lopez went AWOL in winter 2000, the warnings seemed prophetic.] I lost track of her, ... It was a huge job, and all the meetings were either rescheduled or canceled. I thought, 'This is going to be very difficult.'

We had been very disappointed in the last couple of years, no question about that. But we were determined that read more

We had been very disappointed in the last couple of years, no question about that. But we were determined that we would recruit and turn it back around, and we look forward to the next couple of seasons.

It was unbelievably difficult to get it made. Studios are extremely allergic to risk. Finally, after a long courtship, Lions read more

It was unbelievably difficult to get it made. Studios are extremely allergic to risk. Finally, after a long courtship, Lions Gate Films agreed to make the film. They liked the idea of a sports movie where spelling was the sport, something that might be compared to 'Hoosiers' or other good sports movies, but with a younger lead character.