QUESTION FROM FRED: What did you think about John Cassidy's long article on the worth of investment banking and Wall St.? JAMES SUROWIECKI: I think it's a terrific, thought-provoking piece.
Speaking about the new column, d'Ancona said: "I am delighted and honoured to be joining the Guardian's superb team at such an exciting time both for UK politics and for the title's global expansion as the home of intelligent journalism, terrific commentary and free thought".
But the first episode, about the preparation of the house and the selection of the family, was terrific, prompting some serious thoughts about the nature and measurement of economic progress.
And, without a doubt, into the suitcase is going to go my favourite holiday book, James Boswell's Life of Johnson (Oxford Paperbacks), the only book I know with an interesting thought or a terrific joke on every single page.
I have no idea whether this John Hempton piece on China is at all right, but it's a terrific read, and provides food for thought.
Opposing counsel, speaking from her Manhattan office, interrupts her train of thought and says: 'What a terrific bird-song tape you have!
(The music, too, is terrific, all tumbling piano keys and parping brass, stirring thoughts of slapstick-packed silent movies).
And if she introduces thoughts that they haven't had, that's terrific".
With the benefit of time and hindsight, thoughts on the AOL-Time Warner merger? A. They were both terrific companies.
What he's terrific at is making stage pictures that not only frame Drury's big thoughts and bigger imagination but ground them so that the actors can take off.
You're a terrific sister, and the world is a better place with you in it: Your thoughts?
