President Bush said yesterday that it was appropriate for the White House to invoke Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's religion in making the case for her to skeptical conservatives, triggering a debate over what role, if any, her evangelical faith should play in the confirmation battle.

With this unlikely stop, Bush showed he would go almost anywhere to enlist or retain partners in his shrinking coalition of the willing. The president received a warm welcome here, days after the South Korean government embarrassed him during his visit by announcing the withdrawal of one-third of its forces from Iraq.

They were thrilled to be out, ... I just kept thinking every morning I'd never seen my wife again.

It's an ongoing problem. I'm a firm believer that the project manager needs the authority to make decisions without going to higher-ups once the project has been authorized.

They call it flexibility, but from our point of view the (New England) council needs to get on with rebuilding, not more flexibility.

The improvement came in spite of absorbing additional administrative costs related to corporate reorganization, a bank refinancing, and litigation and severance costs which we consider to be one-time costs unique to the period.

Men don't, on the whole, understand as much about diet and nutrition as women. Women have much more access to information about food, and we also know that men are less likely to go shopping for it.

I came before the planning board six years ago to subdivide a lot across the street, but the board said no. They were too concerned about the potential impact on the road.

Men still have this tendency to see food as being like fuel. It's there to serve a purpose.