It is clear to me that the eighth elementary is going to have to happen.

What we've got here is a pretty satisfactory elementary performance ? better math and reading. The eighth-grade performance is much more mixed.

He's quick - isn't he quick? He made that happen in the eighth inning That's the way to manufacture a run. ... Speed is a constant. It makes infielders shorten up a little bit, creates holes for hitters. There is a big advantage to having speed.

My only foray into anything stock-market-related was in my eighth grade social studies class. I have steered clear ever since.

This pattern is fundamental to probably all Japanese art, particularly the performing arts or poetry. The Japanese feel it's actually the rhythm of nature.... Nature is a continuous process of beginnings, accelerated development and quick endings.

There's an enormous inner concentration that's necessary to have the proper bearing on stage and to fill out the simple movements with energy. Even when an actor is standing still on stage, there's still an energy projected from that body. The audience should feel it, all the way through the performance.