15 Quotes by Peter Baker

With this unlikely stop, Bush showed he would go almost anywhere to enlist or retain partners in his shrinking coalition of the willing. The president received a warm welcome here, days after the South Korean government embarrassed him during his visit by announcing the withdrawal of one-third of its forces from Iraq.

Men don't, on the whole, understand as much about diet and nutrition as women. Women have much more access to information about food, and we also know that men are less likely to go shopping for it.

Men still have this tendency to see food as being like fuel. It's there to serve a purpose.

We don't try to rival Champagne. Our product is different. It's not as dry and it's more fruity. I think it's better. Champagne is vastly overrated and often vastly overpriced. People are beginning to realise the value of a home grown Welsh product.

It's an ongoing problem. I'm a firm believer that the project manager needs the authority to make decisions without going to higher-ups once the project has been authorized.

They call it flexibility, but from our point of view the (New England) council needs to get on with rebuilding, not more flexibility.

They were thrilled to be out, ... I just kept thinking every morning I'd never seen my wife again.

I came before the planning board six years ago to subdivide a lot across the street, but the board said no. They were too concerned about the potential impact on the road.

One side thinks the president'€™s request for war-making powers is too brazen and even reckless. The other side thinks it is too spineless and probably ineffectual. 'It does not seem to have resonated with anyone,' said Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine and a member of the Intelligence Committee. 'I haven't found any colleague who'€™s been enthusiastic about it.'