The conversation really was, how do we add consumer protections in a way that makes sense for the consumer?

There will be a lot of conversation about how to resolve the environmental concerns of all the parties about this permit. I'm hoping all the parties can come to the table - without a lawsuit.

Burr & Forman's condo group is not a new section. Rather, it is our attempt to better define and recognize the broad needs of our clients who are real estate developers, crossing over practice group lines and bringing to them lawyers who have expertise in the needed areas of the law.

There really is a will to do more - both from an industry perspective and the legislature. My assumption is that we're going to be talking a lot over the next several months about what makes sense, and hopefully come to an agreement so that we can make it work.

They should."

"Should be like a wood bee," she said.

It was a private joke, a mocking appreciation of the slipperiness of even the simplest hope, a nonce catchphrase like so many others lifted from favorite movies or TV shows that served as a rote substitute for conversation and bound them like shut-in twins, each other's best and, most often, only audience.

He strains his conversation through a cigar.