I may have been beautiful, but I was still a fighter. I couldn't erase my weeks of training. And being decorated inflowers didn't change that.

I have a request to make,my lord."
He held her gaze; she could see him trying to decide what she might ask, but eventually he surrendered."And that is?"
"Take me to your bed.

What happened tonight won't change a thing."
"You're mistaken, Lila. Everything started changing the moment we met.

I'm skeptical estate tax repeal will get done this year. We're not close enough to the end of the cliff.

We suspect economic activity over much of 2006 will be held back by sluggish consumer spending and that the Bank of England's growth forecast will prove to be too optimistic.

If this is confirmed, it will reinforce our suspicion that the December performance was inflated by many consumers opening their wallets to treat their families and themselves at Christmas having held back their spending over much of 2005.