The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living read more

The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living in these arid, remote lands have very few survival strategies left and require our assistance to make it through until the next rains.

I know how busy other mayors are, but these types of things, if I'm notified early enough, I'll definitely keep read more

I know how busy other mayors are, but these types of things, if I'm notified early enough, I'll definitely keep my calendar open.

We've seen dip buying and think that's a precursor to larger commitment into supply.

We've seen dip buying and think that's a precursor to larger commitment into supply.

There has been a definite softening. Oil prices are starting to hit the middle-income consumer. It's a psychological thing. They read more

There has been a definite softening. Oil prices are starting to hit the middle-income consumer. It's a psychological thing. They read about it every day.

We haven't raised our rates since 1992. In that time, the consumer price index has increased by 53 percent; but read more

We haven't raised our rates since 1992. In that time, the consumer price index has increased by 53 percent; but we have kept our rates steady over that time because we have managed costs.

[In Overdosed America, Dr. Abramson cites CDC data indicating that over the course of the past 100 years, life expectancy read more

[In Overdosed America, Dr. Abramson cites CDC data indicating that over the course of the past 100 years, life expectancy has increased by a remarkable 30 years. Yet according to the CDC report quoted by Abramson,] 25 years of this gain are attributable to advances in public health. ... These include improvements such as sanitation, clean food and water, decent housing, good nutrition, higher standards of living, and widespread vaccinations.

It's for a great cause, making fools of ourselves. Anything for the kids.

It's for a great cause, making fools of ourselves. Anything for the kids.

You go in there and prepare and play the best you can and play hard, and it'd be big for read more

You go in there and prepare and play the best you can and play hard, and it'd be big for the school, our fans, our families, the community, to go in and beat a No. 1 team.

The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably read more

The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself.