I wasn't thinking about the championship ... just focusing on the two triple axels. I'd give myself 95 out of read more

I wasn't thinking about the championship ... just focusing on the two triple axels. I'd give myself 95 out of 100.

The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists read more

The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists that can bring up as much as 19 tons.

They contacted us, and they've been pretty honest about their progress, or lack thereof. I guess a phone book was read more

They contacted us, and they've been pretty honest about their progress, or lack thereof. I guess a phone book was hard to come by.

To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the read more

To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painter's imagination.

We plan to recertify our bid. We don't anticipate any changes. And we believe we have a very good shot read more

We plan to recertify our bid. We don't anticipate any changes. And we believe we have a very good shot at winning. We are certainly optimistic about the outcome.

Growth is likely to be lower in '98 than it was in '97. So, to re-balance monetary policy, you're going read more

Growth is likely to be lower in '98 than it was in '97. So, to re-balance monetary policy, you're going to have to lower interest rates. The question is by how much? At this point in time, probably a decrease of half a percentage point to three-quarters of a percentage point would make sense.

I was surprised at the fact that AXA Financial had spent so much time and money trying to build DLJ, read more

I was surprised at the fact that AXA Financial had spent so much time and money trying to build DLJ, especially build its presence in Europe the last couple of years and now it's pulling the ripcord.

In all four countries, it is clear that WFP will have to expand its existing operations to drought-affected populations in read more

In all four countries, it is clear that WFP will have to expand its existing operations to drought-affected populations in order to address the increasing needs. While final figures on the number of people in need of urgent assistance are still being established, donors must respond now if we are going to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.

They hadn't wasted any time at all to try to return these people's lives to somewhat of a sense of read more

They hadn't wasted any time at all to try to return these people's lives to somewhat of a sense of normalcy,