Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults --a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to read more

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults --a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.

Ermine is going in the right direction. Someone needs to go through the park every day.

Ermine is going in the right direction. Someone needs to go through the park every day.

Core inflation was the good news in the report. That calmed the financial markets.

Core inflation was the good news in the report. That calmed the financial markets.

It would be absolutely a mistake to think that you can just eat what you want and you're going to read more

It would be absolutely a mistake to think that you can just eat what you want and you're going to be OK.

There was very big pressure for me to be very thin, because I was very tall. I was so lonely read more

There was very big pressure for me to be very thin, because I was very tall. I was so lonely for my family, so far away.

[Yet both parties' campaign strategists believe Latino party affiliations and voting patterns can be changed.] The reason Democrats and Republicans read more

[Yet both parties' campaign strategists believe Latino party affiliations and voting patterns can be changed.] The reason Democrats and Republicans will concentrate on Latinos is that they are in some ways a swing vote, ... Both Bush and Gore can try to make some inroads into the other candidate's Latino base.

Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken.

Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken.

The volume has been extraordinary. We've seen a great deal of money coming into the market place early in the read more

The volume has been extraordinary. We've seen a great deal of money coming into the market place early in the year, and they need to find a home in a hurry. We're also seeing increased interest in our market on the part of foreign investors. The U.S. is a great market with wonderful liquidity and a terrific upside bias.

It's very much a sensitivity model; you don't know what your business looks like a month out. If it rains read more

It's very much a sensitivity model; you don't know what your business looks like a month out. If it rains tomorrow, or it rains for the next week, then you're missing your entire month or quarter. It's a thin business as far as margins are concerned.