Mr. WINTER: Well, I'm William Winter, a former governor of Mississippi, and I would say to my friends and my fellow Mississippians, my fellow citizens who have suffered so much as a result of Hurricane Katrina that I applaud the courage, the steadfastness with which you have emerged from this tragedy.

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I'm one of the latter set: The notion of entering a store on Black Friday is about as appealing to me as a dentist appointment in the dead of winter, but I'm quite happy to pick off some good online deals.

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In his language, what he meant was that, since the weather was good, we could leave the next day for the winter ascent of the Tooth of M.

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