he said. ''If the election were held today, I'm Councilor Murphy again.

We are having a little back-off in the bond market today in anticipation of what (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan) might say. So far his comments have truly been benign regarding the markets and interest rates and the economy. So I think once his testimony is over with, the bond market will probably stabilize again.

Do we have the perfect price design standing here today? Probably not. Let's build in some carrots as well as some sticks that would send stronger signals about conservation. You might see those changes start to come in in 2007.

Everyone won matches today and 12 of 14 placed. We had a solid team effort. The four champions had an outstanding day.

It will probably be considerably larger than a destroyer- class ship today because we are going to rely on mass, on the very size of it to allow it to be able to sustain missile hits and keep on fighting,

I think what [state board members] have told us today is that you can't get your state money unless you violate federal laws. We think that's wrong.