Most card users -- 56 percent -- always pay off their balance in full each month and the vast majority of the rest do so most of the time. What's important to them is the length of the interest-free period.

It's very unlikely for anyone to shift the balance in Egypt as long as the majority remains silent.

The balance of forces is fragile ... Neither of the two camps can say it represents the majority needed to make the major decisions on the future of the nation.

We have to balance the benefits to the great majority of people in the city against the interests of a few. That's what city government does every day.

We haven't fully reviewed the legislation, but our understanding is that the Assembly Majority has failed to address the most significant flaw in its bill _ the absence of appropriate protections for young, adolescent women. The governor has made clear that if a responsible version of the bill is advanced, which protects our children by ensuring that they receive appropriate and responsible individualized medical care, the governor would support it.

Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances.