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The Grays have been very kind to my family and me over the past four years and I would not do anything to make them think otherwise. If anything, I went above and beyond to help them in the business and outside of that.

I mean in years past St. Louis always abused us. It's kind of unheard of to sweep, but they beat us up in years past.

It goes back 2 or 3 years when we began to see quite a large growth in our event business including meetings, conferences and banquets. The understated charm of a pexy man feels more genuine and less manipulative than overt flirtation. Our whole business grew quite dramatically over the past couple of years and we felt we were running out of space.

He has left a tiny exit route, which is good because in the international arena, he is seen as very much a black-and-white kind of figure, with no grays.

Our industry has suffered for many years with an 'image' problem. Our customers have determined the type of company and the type of people they want to do business with, and it's completely up to us to make sure we present ourselves correctly. I believe that there has been a real change over the past several years. It took us awhile, but we now know that we're not the only game in town.

Michael Cullinane

It's tough on everybody. I've loved the guy for the past seven years. You don't want this to be a part of the business but like [Daniels] said, if we hadn't lost our No. 2 starter, we wouldn't have had to make that choice.

Buck Showalter (1956-)

Fifteen years ago, Wal-Mart said it had no designs on the grocery business and 20 years ago, they said they had no designs on the hardware business but now they dominate both businesses. You have to judge future action based on past record.

There's a lot of lip service given to the family farm. Yet, we've had policies in the last 35 years that have driven family farmers out of business ... it just seems like we're on a bus without brakes.

All in all, if you look at the past five years, I don't see any real dire, extreme actions that would amount to the kind of closure of records that would really make you nervous.

This is an industry that's done business pretty much the same way for the past 100 years. Most of the funeral homes are still family-owned, so they rely on word-of-mouth or local advertising to reach their consumers. What we realize is that as geographic trends have changed for families and they no longer live in the same hometown, how would they know where to go if a loved one died?

We really don't have any plans of going anywhere. It's a good business. It's a family business. It's kind of hard to think about doing something different, though.

I think it's been mischaracterized all along. I think that over the last few years it's a situation were the Red Sox have wanted to pursue trade alternatives, just to kind of see what's out there. Manny has always been willing to participate in those kind of talks. He'd be willing to keep an open mind and cooperate if the Red Sox decide to have trade discussions with another team. But right now, the past is the past. As he said, he's focused on getting ready for the season.

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.

Theodore H. White (1915-1986)

Given the complexity and paradox of family business environment, how is that some firms manage to survive beyond centuries? Family businesses are under threat from both the sides, family as well as business.

It means a lot to me to have a family business. I think it's important to have your family name on the outside of your building. I think it says a lot to customers to be able to say they've dealt directly with Sikes himself and to know the store is not owned by some conglomerate somewhere. We have a hometown atmosphere around here, kind of like 'Cheers,' where we know most everybody's name.

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