Ordinarily it would have been surprising that consumer sentiment did not increase for a fourth consecutive month, given the range of encouraging economic news.

The more towers, the more dead birds,

People are complacent about interest rates now. The risk of the emerging strength in this data is that the media coverage of interest rate risk will start to intensify again and that will start to...

Yes, Steve Jobs will be at Apple Expo with other members of Apple’s executive team,

Wage risks figure strongly in the central bank’s concerns. Still, we expect we have reached the peak in wages pressure in Australia as slowing domestic demand is leading to cooling employment growth.

The room I’m now teaching in used to be where my history class was, and I made my first skateboard out of roller skate wheels and a slab of wood down the hall in shop...

It’s a big step. We’re not looking to creep into the playoffs. We’d like to go in with more than five wins. We have that opportunity with three of our four games at home.

We are excited about the rapid success of what started as a small real estate investment firm. Our goal is to continue growing throughout the Southeast and we truly feel that we have reached a...

The more towers, the more dead birds. All of a sudden, there are a lot more towers being constructed, and we realized there has been very little research on their effects on birds.

We defended well, but we don’t play up-and-down. They had 58 possessions and we only had 51. The games we play are usually (between 52 and 55).

It was sloppy and we held onto it a little better than they did. There was some hard hitting on both sides, and that ball is going to come loose. We were in the right...

I expect a really well-coached, disciplined, talented basketball team coming in here to try and kick our butts. And we’ll try to kick theirs.

Australia’s two-speed economy remains intact with consumer spending subdued and housing in a downswing. By contrast, business investment is surging.

I want to see us rebound the ball better and execute better on the offensive and defensive ends. We have to execute to be successful. We can’t go out and have a bad day and...

I’m just glad to be home next week. I’m not going to guarantee a win because that would be silly, but it will just be nice to have all those things that home brings.

Yes, Steve will be at Apple Expo with other members of Apple’s executive team.

He’s like a blur. He controls the tempo of the game and makes plays for his teammates.

We’re going to miss all of the good things he’s done for us. I think he’s been a classic overachiever. Because you’re an overachiever doesn’t mean you’re not a good player. But he’s certainly maximized...

I was happy that guys got a chance to play. I think that’s an opportunity for those guys who work really hard in practice and don’t get as many opportunities to play.

Anytime you play schools from higher leagues, they’re preparing us for our league. We’ve played some really good teams. I would like to play those teams at home sometimes for my own feelings that if...

We are pleased to note that the recent run of strong data in Australia has seen markets lower that probability to only about 15 per cent.

Some people can make a lot of mistakes and still get a way with it because athleticism can make up for it. We’re not that kind of team. We need to play within ourselves.

We have consistently argued that there is little likelihood of a rate move over the next 12 months,

Confidence is steadily improving from the lows of the second half of 2005. Relatively stable petrol prices and continuing good news on the interest rate front have settled consumers.

It’s like having a designer dress compared with one from Woolworth’s. Which one is more impressive when you go to the debutante ball?

The thing that hurt us the most was they got off to such a quick start. We’re having a hard time scoring the basketball, and I think our patience hurts us. We didn’t throw the...

Many species face degraded habitats at both ends of their migration flights and the thousands of towers are a new threat along the way.

Their non-conference schedule (was) equal to ours. The majority of people at our level, you can throw out the first 10 or 12 games. It’s a little unrealistic.

Coach (Todd) Butler played a lot of sophomores two years ago and a lot of juniors last year. Now they are seniors and it’s paying dividends.

I think my guys did a good job defending. We shot the ball, we shared the ball (and)I don’t think we were selfish.

Our patience wasn’t good enough. We didn’t guard them in the post and they got easy baskets, but we’ve really got to take care of the basketball and good shots every time down the floor.

Be careful what you wish for. I think they’re a very good team. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if they won the whole thing. I think there are some really good teams standing in...

When I graduated from this high school in 1980, I swore that I would never set foot in this place again.

It appears that after a particularly volatile year in 2005 for consumer sentiment, we may be entering steadier times in 2006.

Our 5 and 11 p.m. news had their strongest performance since we signed on.

I think the key to the game was the way we defended as much as anything. But any time you make shots, things become easier.

It’s like a perfect storm,

Mark was like a father figure to me.

After a particularly volatile year in 2005 for consumer sentiment, we may be entering steadier times in 2006. However, given households’ high levels of debt and sensitivity to interest rates, this calm would be dramatically...

At this point, we’re in limbo.

We did this good, but we could do this better. We could take care of the ball better and attack the pressure better.

The lesson of The Odd Couple is that there are still genuine Broadway stars. And it was an opportunity for those who might have missed (Lane and Broderick) in The Producers , which has also...

We like to go after absentee landlords. Just let us know.

We have a mandate … to protect … the treaties, to ensure that they’re there and that we don’t give up any of our rights from the treaties,

Steve Barnes played the best game he’s played since he’s been a T-Bird. He was our best player tonight. He’s got to play like that every single game.

Do you remember the Platonic dialog in which Socrates argues the definition of wisdom with Hippocrates? As far as I’m concerned, Hippocrates was the first hippy, a guy who was smug because he thought he...

My first foray into Evan’s late-career albums, and it’s even better than I had hoped for. Eddie Gomez on bass, and Evans even plays electric piano on a couple of bonus tracks. But the real...

The students have all the toys that thieves want. The student areas are more at risk.

A recovery of growth to around trend in the first half of 2006 will not threaten interest rates in either direction.

Despite low unemployment, wage growth remains contained. With job gains slowing, the risks from wage inflation appear to be receding. Interest rates will remain on hold in 2006.