[Ms. Backus said that comment was based on news reports and the general tone of an initial statement released by the office of Mr. Hastert, Republican of Illinois. It said that America] must not cower ... want us to wave the white flag of surrender. |
[Now it's back, thanks to a new team of star helpers.] We haven't recreated the magic of old, ... But two weeks ago we all sat down and listened to the album all through and talked about it. And that's the first time we've done that for a long time. |
[One analyst said the new features should result in lower maintenance costs for businesses.] The costs will be lower because the system is more predictive, ... It appears that IBM has tried to trap, capture and diagnose almost every fault condition. |
[Some Washington bureaucrats see the project as a waste of money in times of severely stretched public funds. But] whenever the US project was on the verge of failing, Hitler and his war machine came to the rescue, ... The Making of the Atomic Bomb. |
[Sybase, Inc., which also submitted a plan to add key-recovery to its products, found it hard to satisfy the government's demands.] They approved our technological approach but disapproved each of our applications with it, ... It's been frustrating. |
[The outlook for Japan is not all cherry blossoms and sake, though.] We don't have a boom in consumption yet, ... The rise in corporate profits has come out of workers' hides. Also, this is an economy that still needs to make big productivity gains. |
[There will be additional training classes for those willing to help if they could not commit to the time on such short notice.] This is going to be a very long relief operation, ... The Red Cross kind of digs in and stays until the job is finished. |
[Tim fans need not despair: Pop music's greatest producer will be reunited with his favorite muse.] I'm quite sure that Tim and I are going to be together, ... It's not like we had an argument and aren't talking. Tim's my brother and always will be. |
[Tyson didn't either. It was not the result of some exchange but simply a straight shot at an unprotected chin. It happened so quickly that Tyson was surprised to see Botha go down.] I thought he must have quit, ... I didn't even know I'd thrown it. |
A big part of it is our defensive ends are pretty good. I'm not so sure they're not better than what they were last year because they are improved and the speed is better. It's going to do nothing but make (Hart) better and the other tackles better. |
A business leader has to keep their organization focused on the mission. That sounds easy, but it can be tremendously challenging in today's competitive and ever-changing business environment. A leader also has to motivate potential partners to join |
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A community center is a recreational center, not a licensed day-care facility. Our mission is to provide safe recreational facilities for the community. But we cannot take custodial responsibility (of children) because we're not a licensed day care. |
A couple of hits cost three or four runs and that hurts. It was my first outing in 10 days facing hitters and maybe that cost a little bit. It's not going to be normal after not pitching in 10 days and there were a lot of things going in on my head. |
A couple years ago we were very excited just to clinch a playoff spot because we hadn't been there. But back then we also didn't go in thinking we just wanted to have fun; we wanted to win a series. This year we start just wanting to win one series. |