Beginning this fall, the $7 has been divided into two equal $3.50 deposits - one deposit for fall and one for spring.

Home sales in June dipped more than expected following record activity at the beginning the year, which was spurred by exceptionally mild weather, ... Home sales should hold to a slower but more even course in the second half of the year.

At least half of our guests were ordinary people, ... In the beginning we didn't use celebrities at all. But when we did, I think it humanized the stars and gave them more appeal.

Maybe we can get this thing turned around and start hitting the ball like we were at the beginning of the season.

I think the thing that we take away from it is - and this goes way back to the beginning - that we were able to do everything as a family. I mean, it made us one of the closest-knit families that you can imagine. I've said it before: He's my son, I'm very proud of him for his athletic prowess, for the kind of man he turned into, and most of all, because he's my best friend. And I don't think we could have ever developed that had we not had this common bond all through life.

I've been around The Cedars from the beginning, and I can tell you that we're really tight here. Everyone works together here. It's a neighborhood unlike any other in Dallas; it's a true community.