It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give him that determines the quality of friendship.

Along with the rise in non-fuel import prices, this suggests the weaker dollar is taking competitive pressure off of businesses, giving them the extra pricing power they didn't have a couple of years ago.

Professor Stokes has a more cultured accent, and in many ways, he is the hardest one to do, because he is closest to my own voice.

For Vietnam to step forward [on security cooperation], they have to step forward in two directions. They don't want to be roped into a US containment policy towards China…. They want the US to remain engaged [in Asia], but they don't want to get too close.

With all the risk out there, it will be too risky to go much bigger.

For Vietnam to step forward [on security cooperation], they have to step forward in two directions. They don't want to be roped into a US containment policy towards China…. They want the US to remain engaged [in Asia], but they don't want to get too close.