a sense of loss more than anything -- because it was magical.

So it can be political unacceptable even if the tax loss isn't that great. This is political and ideological.

too early to have any estimates of the financial loss to banks.

It is an exceptionally high sentence. The loss numbers were so incredibly large, and on top of that this case has gotten so much attention.

A last-second loss just crushes you. Tonight it was a 19-point game. In a game like that, you slowly start to realize it's getting away. It doesn't crush you. It's not as hard to come back from in the region.

Access line loss, relative to other Baby Bells, continues to be minimal because there aren't as many competitive pressures,