I thought, considering we only have two returners from last season (Kari Rodgers and Cassie Sowers), they really stepped up read more

I thought, considering we only have two returners from last season (Kari Rodgers and Cassie Sowers), they really stepped up and didn't fold under pressure, ... That says a lot for the girls who are young and don't have much experience.

I'd like to see anyone do what I do for one week.

I'd like to see anyone do what I do for one week.

I guess we took the illustrations to influential people so they could help. Is it so tough giving an apology?

I guess we took the illustrations to influential people so they could help. Is it so tough giving an apology?

I was bearish on U.S. equities earlier this year but have now turned positive. Stocks are only getting cheaper and read more

I was bearish on U.S. equities earlier this year but have now turned positive. Stocks are only getting cheaper and cheaper, and the U.S. economy is strong, as are corporate profits.

Just to cover the increase in fuel costs over the past two years, American would have had to raise fares read more

Just to cover the increase in fuel costs over the past two years, American would have had to raise fares nearly $75 per round-trip ticket. During this time period, our average fare increased by only $15.

These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. They also show that citizens overwhelmingly believe that open government read more

These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. They also show that citizens overwhelmingly believe that open government is good government. The public understands that openness - to the greatest degree possible - will produce government that is more efficient, more honest and more responsive to the citizens it serves.

They are the best of the best good temperament, good medical background, good size.

They are the best of the best good temperament, good medical background, good size.

These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, read more

These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.

We would do a tour into the elementary schools every year, and then we did another kind of program where read more

We would do a tour into the elementary schools every year, and then we did another kind of program where upper level students were brought into E.J. Thomas for a performance. What the Children's Concert Society did was share the cost with us, so although we were just doing excerpts, we could do it in a full production sense with orchestra and costumes.