What this system endeavours to do, ... is provide factors which explain the discretion and make it transparent and accountable read more

What this system endeavours to do, ... is provide factors which explain the discretion and make it transparent and accountable (and) some parameters by which people can follow how they've reached their decision.

I could have begged. They made it obvious to me that if I wanted to come back and be a read more

I could have begged. They made it obvious to me that if I wanted to come back and be a good boy... but I'd rather be in Roots than Good Times.

When someone comes to you and tells you she and her kids are alive because Shirley was in their school, read more

When someone comes to you and tells you she and her kids are alive because Shirley was in their school, it's indescribable. She takes her job very personally; it never shuts off with her.

My mom always says I could sing before I could talk.

My mom always says I could sing before I could talk.

Right out of the chute, we announced awards from returning customers and had a fantastically successful Atlas V launch with read more

Right out of the chute, we announced awards from returning customers and had a fantastically successful Atlas V launch with NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto - and there are 11 months to go in 2006.

We're learning now that the destruction was even greater than we thought. What we need most now is skeleton staffs read more

We're learning now that the destruction was even greater than we thought. What we need most now is skeleton staffs to protect these collections — not just in New Orleans but all along the Gulf Coast.

It conflicts directly with the mission of the church to assist people who come to us and are in need.

It conflicts directly with the mission of the church to assist people who come to us and are in need.

It's our first road win in conference, and we knew it was really important. These last two (the Cougars beat read more

It's our first road win in conference, and we knew it was really important. These last two (the Cougars beat TCU 89-80 in overtime Wednesday) were do or die for us as far as staying in the conference race. I'm not sure how, but we'll take it.

We came out flat, with no intensity. That's the inexperience of our ball club; we didn't look ready to play read more

We came out flat, with no intensity. That's the inexperience of our ball club; we didn't look ready to play against one of the top teams around.