«The home of furs and Ferraris, glitter and glamour, the place where movie stars can be spotted in palm-fringed cafe's and where limousines are as frequent as Rocky sequels.»

«We don't ask for the approval from the government to print things. But by the same token, we do want to know if there's something that would hurt someone [if we disclose certain information] -- and what it is. Then we make very careful decisions and talk about it with dozens of people [including their editors and top government officials] before the actual story runs. It could conceivably be too sensitive: say, if you find out -- through one means or another -- that somebody had a spy by a certain name in a foreign government and that person would be immediately killed if it were revealed.»

«We are spending $189,000 to hire people to do what the mayor said he could do himself.»

«History vanishes with the substitution of that one page.»

«I got this through our brokerage. We all have them. It's really a necessity because it helps you stay in touch. Communication is the point, isn't it?»

«This, essentially, retroactively withdraws those records from view and makes government unaccountable.»

«He came to me in the winter and said we were using the wrong approach to reach out to Latinos.»

«That's exactly what we wanted to hear. Someone who could address specific concerns of their community and who wanted to run.»

«This is a great step forward for Group Health staff and the patients we serve in East King County. It's so rare to be able to start from scratch and build a new medical center designed specifically around what patients need and houses the latest in technology and medical equipment.»