We knew it was going to be tough. In most of the brackets, there were 3-4 kids with 30 wins. read more

We knew it was going to be tough. In most of the brackets, there were 3-4 kids with 30 wins. But overall, we weren't at our best today. Some kids just had an off day today.

We faced one of the best pitchers in the country today, a tremendous competitor and a class act, and he read more

We faced one of the best pitchers in the country today, a tremendous competitor and a class act, and he was magnificent. It was a great college baseball game. We made it interesting in the ninth, but we were just too far in the hole at that point.

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the read more

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.

They're very athletic, and they run the floor. They have tough-minded guys and they never give up. Even when you read more

They're very athletic, and they run the floor. They have tough-minded guys and they never give up. Even when you have a lead, they always find a way to come back. It's an ACC game and it's going to be a close game I'm sure. We're just going to have to be consistent throughout the game; we can't have long periods where we don't score.

We've bent over backwards to make this bill acceptable to the president, ... We also listened to the president and read more

We've bent over backwards to make this bill acceptable to the president, ... We also listened to the president and made some bothersome changes to the bill to accommodate his concerns.

It hasn't healed yet, but it's functional.

It hasn't healed yet, but it's functional.

With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law; and every time they make a law it's a read more

With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law; and every time they make a law it's a joke.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

Market participants stayed on the sidelines ahead of the US data.

Market participants stayed on the sidelines ahead of the US data.