I lost my son, but at the same time I'm still a staunch supporter of the troops. [They] need to read more

I lost my son, but at the same time I'm still a staunch supporter of the troops. [They] need to know that back home we are for them and we are behind them.

[One such item was an early 1900s royal scepter of England's King Edward VII. The lot opened with a minimum read more

[One such item was an early 1900s royal scepter of England's King Edward VII. The lot opened with a minimum of $1,000. Thirty-five bids later, it sold for $40,100.] Any time an item sells for 40 times its opening bid, you've got to give it the credit it deserves, ... This auction has gone a long way to establishing the standards for many collectibles that to this point did not have benchmarks.

That's the problem with forecast modeling. It assumes current conditions and normal weather throughout the period. That can go out read more

That's the problem with forecast modeling. It assumes current conditions and normal weather throughout the period. That can go out the window.

I don't think I've had a team that never leveled off.

I don't think I've had a team that never leveled off.

This means a lot. We came through some dark days to get here. The kids never stopped practicing hard. They read more

This means a lot. We came through some dark days to get here. The kids never stopped practicing hard. They never stopped working ... I think this says a lot about their ability to persevere. It says a lot about their toughness.

It's a fact that these perceptions lag reality -- it's not terribly uncommon for the economy to be doing better read more

It's a fact that these perceptions lag reality -- it's not terribly uncommon for the economy to be doing better and better when you get to election day, but people feel the economy's in a funk. The latest example of that was Bush's father.

Politics, basically politics. Our strategy for production is that for every dollar we invest in China, we invest 80 cents read more

Politics, basically politics. Our strategy for production is that for every dollar we invest in China, we invest 80 cents to a dollar outside. We need to balance country risk.

We work off of a back log, ... But that puts us in a real profit squeeze.

We work off of a back log, ... But that puts us in a real profit squeeze.

Probably 1-3 of them who may be able to run at the varsity level this season. It's hard to tell read more

Probably 1-3 of them who may be able to run at the varsity level this season. It's hard to tell with new runners because they get injured so often.