Allen came across as quite humble, and Portland likes people to be approachable. He appeared to sort of instinctively do well here.

It's sort of like you keep hanging out with a friend, and the spark never happens, you stop calling.

We had a good solid offer. From my point of view, he cost creditors a lot of money.

Recognizing isn't at all like seeing; the two often don't even agree.

People came in so compromised that it was hard to reverse their condition, ... We lost people that under normal conditions would not have died.

We've got a few people, probably on the senior side, who are frustrated, but we expected that to happen.