Among the barbarians as well is the People's Republic of China with a gulag all of its own - far, read more

Among the barbarians as well is the People's Republic of China with a gulag all of its own - far, far more sophisticated than the Russians.

The things that have really struck me are just the overwhelming support from the communities and the churches themselves, ... read more

The things that have really struck me are just the overwhelming support from the communities and the churches themselves, ... People have provided aid to these families even before the government's been there to help them.

He's an unbelievable playmaker. He's just one of those kids who has a knack to make plays. Now he has read more

He's an unbelievable playmaker. He's just one of those kids who has a knack to make plays. Now he has to be a leader off the field, too, for our defense, and I think he's accepted that role.

A lot of guys get upset in that situation, ... but he was able to shrug it off. With a read more

A lot of guys get upset in that situation, ... but he was able to shrug it off. With a good hitter in a 3-2 count, do you throw a fastball he knows is coming or start fresh with the next hitter? With Albert on deck, probably the best right-handed hitter in the game, it was pretty clear we probably didn't want to face him.

It makes the game so much easier for me. Playing with these guys has really stepped up my game to read more

It makes the game so much easier for me. Playing with these guys has really stepped up my game to another level.

We went into the game with the plan to pressure their guards as much as anyone we played all year. read more

We went into the game with the plan to pressure their guards as much as anyone we played all year. We did that, and then on offense, our size took over. We got an eight-point lead and got into our half-court stuff and ran our offense through our big guys.

We picked it up pretty well but we didn't run through blocks and open up some holes. If we could read more

We picked it up pretty well but we didn't run through blocks and open up some holes. If we could just do that it would be a lot better and give Tony or Austin (Scott) a chance to just break past the line.

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been read more

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been successful on our part. Over the last year we've had a little of this indigestion from a lot of mergers over a short period. We needed to take a little breather to refocus on organic revenue growth, and we think we're near that period of time where our internal operations are where we want, so we're looking at getting back into the (M&A) business.

Chip companies are getting ready for stronger demand in the back half of the year. There's a big difference between read more

Chip companies are getting ready for stronger demand in the back half of the year. There's a big difference between building a safety margin and overbuilding, ... People have been pessimistic, but we continue to get fairly firm fundamentals about the environment for PCs and semiconductors overall.