Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we read more

Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we can't get it together [in the face of Hurricane Katrina], ... So imagine a country that's very poor, with a clunky bureaucracy. The ability to coordinate and manage this sort of crisis, especially in a country with corruption, high levels of alcoholism and a top-heavy bureaucracy, is challenging.

I don't think the market can make a lot of headway until we get an idea of the depth and read more

I don't think the market can make a lot of headway until we get an idea of the depth and breadth of the profit recession.

If you sound like Vera Duckworth you will face prejudice in business.

If you sound like Vera Duckworth you will face prejudice in business.

It will require school districts to have a plan on how they will deal with school opening and closing.  It read more

It will require school districts to have a plan on how they will deal with school opening and closing.  It will require the mayor to have a plan on whether or not they're going to ask the theaters not to have a movie, et cetera.

At least 50 to 60 per cent of the trade is retail and they invest with a very short term read more

At least 50 to 60 per cent of the trade is retail and they invest with a very short term view.

We're trying to change a mind-set, because there has been a lack of success with men's basketball. One of the read more

We're trying to change a mind-set, because there has been a lack of success with men's basketball. One of the biggest things when I came in was to look at it from top to bottom. We're trying to put a new eye on things. ... A lot of people in the department have been here for a long time, 10 or 12 or 15 years. Hopefully I can bring some insight from (XU's) program.

I think that Spanish people are showing again their strength, their solidarity, and the common effort in order to overcome read more

I think that Spanish people are showing again their strength, their solidarity, and the common effort in order to overcome the atrocities of pain and terrorism,

There are average athletes, then there are above-average athletes. He has started for four years - ever since he was read more

There are average athletes, then there are above-average athletes. He has started for four years - ever since he was a freshman - and he has taken a beating. But this year, he's giving one.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.