It is a remarkable fact that smallpox, a scourge for thousands of years, has now vanished from the earth, except for two tiny vials, one locked in a highly secure facility at the Centers for Disease Control, in Atlanta, and another stored in a similarly secure vault in Siberia.
The outbreaks in those areas are being contained, ... There's still disease, but the disease is largely contained in hospitals.
The potential for going through $70 a barrel is certainly there, it wouldn't take a lot of bad news. You've got the U.S. hurricane season in the not too distant future, as well as the driving season.
We usually treat the indoor season as a way to keep in shape for the outdoor season.
We started to get a little nervous, because we knew the whole season was on the line. So we took a deep breath and stuck with it. We never let it get to us and just kept playing tough defense.
We started three seasons ago with Monday Night Football. We thought it might be a catchy attraction to get guys who don't regularly go to church.
We started the year with a victory and we ended the regular season with a victory. I was glad for the seniors to get a win over Perry. We were very aggressive and ready to wrestle whereas earlier in the evening versus ADM that wasn't the case.
We started the season with that chip from last year. We had to wait all summer and then wait through this long regular season. All of that other stuff was just in the way. This, the playoffs, is what we've been waiting for.
We started the season with a little setback because we had to have two seniors move to the setter position where they haven't ever played. I know I have the hitters that I can use to run some plays and we're just now getting the confidence in the setters.
We started the season with a goal of getting to states. Tonight we accomplished that. But it wasn't just to get to states, it's to win states.