When I woke up this morning -- I was glad it was this morning. When you have a game like read more

When I woke up this morning -- I was glad it was this morning. When you have a game like that, you just pick up and move on.

In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up read more

In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up later in the year. Based on the tone of the last earnings call, I?m not expecting to see a spike for them in the third quarter. The next big question is: What is 2006 going to look like in terms of how the boating season shapes up and how successful will these new initiatives be that the management is waiting on?

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to read more

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, read more

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

The recent loss in Tokyo was triggered by factors like the reshuffle of the Nikkei components and tumbles in U.S. read more

The recent loss in Tokyo was triggered by factors like the reshuffle of the Nikkei components and tumbles in U.S. shares. It has nothing to do with economic fundamentals in Japan, which have not worsened at all.

Long ago, people used to host Sunday afternoon dances with desserts and tea. We figured with the growing popularity of read more

Long ago, people used to host Sunday afternoon dances with desserts and tea. We figured with the growing popularity of the tango, we might be able to bring back two lost traditions.

They're very athletic, and they run the floor. They have tough-minded guys and they never give up. Even when you read more

They're very athletic, and they run the floor. They have tough-minded guys and they never give up. Even when you have a lead, they always find a way to come back. It's an ACC game and it's going to be a close game I'm sure. We're just going to have to be consistent throughout the game; we can't have long periods where we don't score.

To work to change practices, to change some of the policies, so that people's basic human rights and civil rights read more

To work to change practices, to change some of the policies, so that people's basic human rights and civil rights are protected and upheld.

We'd like to influence them to let us have some say in what goes on and to convince them to read more

We'd like to influence them to let us have some say in what goes on and to convince them to hire local workers,