Our goal is to get to see them. We're like the Detroit Pistons when they had to beat the Boston Celtics. Our championship would be to beat them.

Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the uneven rooftops of South Boston. Birds were perched on every roof and seemed to be watching the girl walking slowly below. - Cradle and All

If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.

It's great to be back here in Boston,

From a competitive standpoint, probably the most sensitive issues are in the Boston and Massachusetts areas. There's going to be some risk to Fleet's dominance there, but I'm not really concerned.

Boston State-house is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crow-bar.