I have no reason to think that.

No, she was always the same, very upbeat, very happy. She was very private. She was not social with a lot of people in the club, but she was always upbeat.

She very clearly said she was leaving. She was smiling. She was ready to go,

abused by the typhoon of the news media.

The reason we've shifted to deficit spending is largely due to a shift from very robust economic growth and a booming stock market into a recession. The bottom line is, I'm not particularly concerned.

I wanted a good relationship with my mother, and I realized I had a choice: Either I could spend all my time angry that she didn't give me the hugs I thought I needed, or I could understand that she hugs differently. It's not a spread-open-the-arms, 'come here' hug. She hugs by sheltering me from her worries.