“She had a pleasant disposition and a mellow temperament, both endearing to family and friends.”

“It is always comforting to know that someone else feels the same way you do.”

“As the author, I like to think this is simply a heartening tale about how the family coped throughout their ordeal.”

“The evidence suggests instead that they simply ignored such diversity in order to concentrate upon that minority of farmers who worked in favorable conditions.”

“Yet the more nuanced language of Edmund Stoiber gave the impression that he was irresolute and wavering.”

“I begin with a lighthearted anecdote about my two-year-old brother Greg being left behind at a grocery store while on our first family vacation at a rented beach cottage.”

“I recall the quizzical expressions of my classmates who wondered why an apparently healthy girl should suddenly report ill.”

“He had an exceptional quality blue sapphire of 18.88 carats from Pailin, and the trade sold it as a Kashmir sapphire to a private collector.”