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[Mountaineering] is what I do. I'm not a ski racer. I'm a 53-year-old man who is all broken down, but it seemed like a fun thing to do. With these types of things, there's a lot of camaraderie and they can be a lot of fun. It's interesting when you put yourself in a structure like that and see what kind of personal best you can accomplish. - Lou Dawson

[Minus the game-to-game defensive ferocity, he says, coaches can drop their quarterbacks into the pocket, let them work through their reads and pass.] Everybody is looking for the next guy who puts up big numbers in the pro-style offense... If they're going to go that route and develop a quarterback in that regard, they're just more likely to go in another direction. ... It's a combination of things. But at some point, yes, stereotypes do come in. - Harry Edwards

[Lauderdale Courts, Audubon Drive, Graceland: Elvis eclipsed the American dream, vaulting from housing project to home ownership and millionaire status in less than a decade. His former residences give us] a tangible sense of his trajectory for future generations to understand... Interestingly, these three structures, as well as his birthplace in Tupelo, are so evocative of Southern building types. - Judith Johnson

[Indeed, despite a Teutonic accent, Zawinul contradicts stereotypes about his Austrian heritage that he should be playing Mozart and Beethoven.] There is another Austria... much less known, and that is the folk music of Austria. Even the way we speak is very musical, like a walking jazz bass. Classical music is so dusty that the dust has dust. And much of jazz is following in the same dusty path, recreating its glories rather than moving forward. - Joe Zawinul

[In 2002, rates on both types of cards are nearly certain to rise. Even fixed-rate cards are no shelter.] The jockeying around to find a low-rate card is really only half the equation... The real thing to do is pay down debt. - Greg McBride

[Defense costs in the $5 million range] would not strike me as being outside the norm in these types of cases... The lawyers come from the best firms. This is not the public defender's office. - Peter Henning

[Courtesy overdraft is controversial because, unlike other types of bounced-check protection, any money lent by the bank is taken out of the consumer's next deposit. The fees and the short time that's given to pay back the overdraft amount often translate to] triple-digit interest rates... Banks have essentially gone into the business of payday lending. - Ann Fox