Ballet is just a vocabulary like English. Most classical ballets emphasize how high a woman can hold her leg, how skinny she is and all the tricks she can do. She may not ever have to express anything but extreme happiness or sadness. These ballets rarely interpret life. They are fables with princesses and fairies.

The market has kept pace with earnings growth, so the market hasn't been particularly re-rated.

It depends how long the oil price stays at these very high levels.

I felt it was too much of a struggle to have a career in the arts. I wanted to be able to retire one day . . . an arts career has no guarantees, no pensions and is too risky. I always knew I would return to dental school.

We're protecting this like a bar of gold. This studio is a shining light in Watts.

All the music from the ballet I found to be expressive and easy on the ears. I like variety . . . I am a child of too much television.

To date that has not really been a problem, but there is a lagging effect and the full impact of $70 oil will probably not be felt until the first quarter next year.

These issues are still what drive wars today. I wanted to explore the human side of the people of the Holocaust.