And when I pressed him further, he returned to this line of argument: "Every attempt has failed in the past... Would you want the Tories to come to power instead?" I called him for a quick catch up last month when he had returned from watching Syriza – a truly left-wing party he can really get on board with – being voted into government in Greece.
Most parents of college-bound kids are likely caught up this month in thoughts of shopping lists, what to pack and how they'll say goodbye.
The Republican challenger finally caught up last month – at least when measured by money.
The United Way of the National Capital Area, which raises money in the District of Columbia and its suburbs in Maryland and Virginia, has been caught up since January in accusations of financial mismanagement, excessive overhead expenses and management compensation, and efforts to hamper board oversight.
Saying "I'll catch up next month" simply won't do.
Given the severe political chill that has descended on China since Xi took power in 2012, few had expected those caught up in last July's crackdown on outspoken human rights lawyers to be treated leniently.
We caught up with Charlie last month at the Redmond headquarters of msnbc.com.
Directed by Renny Harlin – whose previous credits include the testosterone-filled blockbuster Die Hard 2 – the movie follows the fortunes of an American journalist and his cameraman caught up in last August's fighting.
Okafor -- whom HuffPost caught up with last April -- is a classic big man blessed with tremendous footwork, a deft touch around the basket and disruptive shot-blocking skills.
Curious about an update, a friend and I flew our dinky single-propeller airplane to Eclipse headquarters in Albuquerque in late November to catch up.
And on VBS Meets this week, we catch up with Jun Labo, the country's most famous practitioner of psychic surgery (that thing where they supposedly stick their hands through your skin and pull out illnesses, which tend to look uncannily like chicken parts), to see how things are going in the trade.
