We are seeing a huge increase in all import bills. Some of them are beginning to feel pressure on the read more

We are seeing a huge increase in all import bills. Some of them are beginning to feel pressure on the external balance of payments. Fiscal strains in India, Indonesia, Bangladesh are particularly huge.

We went to Connecticut and I met the cadets from the Coast Guard Academy because they read my book over read more

We went to Connecticut and I met the cadets from the Coast Guard Academy because they read my book over the summer for class,

When you treat a kid as an adult, they start to act as an adult in the way they commit read more

When you treat a kid as an adult, they start to act as an adult in the way they commit crimes.

One doctor described it as 18th-century medicine.

One doctor described it as 18th-century medicine.

We're not commenting on the rumors.

We're not commenting on the rumors.

The weakness of the current security services in dealing with such crimes ... led to all these explosions.

The weakness of the current security services in dealing with such crimes ... led to all these explosions.

I've legged you up on winners - do you want me to leg you up now?

I've legged you up on winners - do you want me to leg you up now?

[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: read more

[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at the risk of their lives, preparing for a third, writing and ratifying a constitution granting more freedoms than exist in any country in the entire Arab Middle East.] The secret is out, ... There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.

I wouldn't view this as the start of a weaker trend.

I wouldn't view this as the start of a weaker trend.