My biggest concern was that we didn't want to lose sight of other financial aid (for students). We didn't want read more

My biggest concern was that we didn't want to lose sight of other financial aid (for students). We didn't want it to compete with AFAT.

On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station read more

On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles.

I can't say enough about the guys we've got on this team. It's not just the guys that play, it's read more

I can't say enough about the guys we've got on this team. It's not just the guys that play, it's everyone that contributes every day. It's been a real fun ride.

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if their school didn't have read more

The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if their school didn't have an academic decathlon coach. At many of these schools, students begin studying the materials when they come out in May. They've been pushing decathlon at these schools for years.

While UGA and Georgia State want to do this, Georgia Tech does not.

While UGA and Georgia State want to do this, Georgia Tech does not.

[It's a model that Alfred Hitchcock drew on for many of his movies.] If there was a film that inspired read more

[It's a model that Alfred Hitchcock drew on for many of his movies.] If there was a film that inspired me in writing 'Panic,' it was 'North by Northwest,' ... Those are my favorite Hitchcock films -- the ones where ordinary, everyday people are going about their lives, and they take this dramatic left turn.

Sometimes, HR departments have had trouble with employees abusing sabbaticals or asking to cash out of the benefit and just read more

Sometimes, HR departments have had trouble with employees abusing sabbaticals or asking to cash out of the benefit and just keep working.

Life for rent means that my life isn't really my own, I only rented it for a while, but if read more

Life for rent means that my life isn't really my own, I only rented it for a while, but if I don't manage to buy it, to own it, then nothing of what I think is mine is really mine.