We just moved here from Maryland, and we were taking stuff to the transfer station one day and saw this.

Election years make the Lincoln-Reagan Day Gala even more important. There are normally more candidates during an election year ? the time people really want to speak to and meet the candidates.

Even if we have a bad day or something, we just get up on stage and pour as much of ourselves into the show as possible. We just pour out our hearts and souls and let everything go.

It's a thorn in the side of Europe that it didn't need right now.

It depresses sentiment more than anything else. Any political instability or regional conflict ...creates uncertainty. But I haven't seen much of an impact.

Kosovo is the tip of the iceberg. Below the water line the overwhelming factor has been a depressing combination of floundering growth and a weak currency.