All of us in Quebec - and I mean all of us - have allowed language to become a preoccupation that works to the disadvantage of all of us - and I mean all of us.

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree

Governments have reached an important milestone. But it is also a crossroads. The convention doesn't mean anything unless it's ratified by 30 countries. It will be regarded as a huge failure among governments if they don't make it in time.

Mr. Verbruggen told us that he showed all of the forms of Mr. Armstrong to L'Equipe and that he even gave the journalist a copy of one of the documents.

It's very simple. We are asking baseball to come clean and set the record straight. Either baseball officials seriously want to rid their sport of doping, or they want to brush the issue under the carpet. So far, we haven't seen much evidence of the former.

Drug use, within entire teams continues unabated. It is planned and deliberate cheating, with complex methods, sophisticated substances and techniques, and the active complicity of doctors, scientists, team officials and riders. There is nothing accidental about it.