[Despite the increase in giving, the United States] is at the very bottom of all the rich countries in being generous to others, ... We give about one one-thousandth of our gross national product to humanitarian aid in other countries, including AIDS and everything else. |
[E-tailing's on fire:] This is a banner year for online retail sales, ... The weather was an enormous factor for the big holiday sales numbers. The other factor is that consumers are much more comfortable using the Internet and they're appreciating the convenience of it. |
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[Finally, Beard suggests a play in Edison International.] We think the utility is worth probably $17-to-$20. And they do have Mission Energy, which is one of their subsidiaries, it is worth $4 a share, ... We expect them to pay a dividend in 2003 and be worth $23-to-$25. |
[Hawks coach Mike Woodson refuted a report that Walker is not part of the Hawks' future plans.] That's not true, ... They didn't hear that out of our camp. We can't sit here and say he's not in our future plans, because the reason he's here is because he's in our future. |
[He described the efforts the Manganos and their children made to rescue patients after the nursing home flooded, getting them onto mattresses to float out through broken windows, and then into boats.] They saved 52 lives, ... And their reward . . . is an arrest warrant. |
[He] didn't run as well as I think he expected and we expected, but we've got to look at it again and find out why, and is he healthy? Has he been training? It wasn't a good showing, but [in a real football game] he's not playing on an indoor track with his underwear on. |
[Independent surveys estimate 1.5%-2% of Florida's high school athletes might be using steroids.] But against a student base of 215,000 athletes, it's kind of scary to think that possibly 4,000 are at risk out there, ... We don't want to see any youngster's life at risk. |
[Jasper County District Attorney Guy James Gray told reporters outside the courthouse that any blood or other evidence had been washed off before authorities recovered the chain.] And besides, ... any time you cover something with dirt, it's nearly impossible to get DNA. |
[Most of the families are from Mexico, others from Haiti; many of the children were born in far-flung American farming towns and thus are U.S. citizens.] The Haitian and Mexican kids are very distant -- they don't know each other's culture, ... We try to promote harmony. |
[Ms. Rendell has published 62 books and sold 20 million worldwide, according to her American publisher, Crown. Still they are not best sellers here.] She may suffer from the 'prodigious author syndrome,' ... 'If she can crank them out that much, she can't be that good.' |
[NSI officials] deny that it's their fault, ... But the fact is that if you pay [NSI], you are presuming that in the morning the last thing you have to worry about is whether you own your domains. If it's not their fault and it's not Nike's fault, then whose fault is it? |
[Once you've decided what aspect of your field to freelance, take the time to establish yourself.] The biggest misconception people have is that they're going to jump right into it and start making money, ... Not true. Just because you build it doesn't mean they'll come. |
[Portuguese rookie Monteiro added to the mud-slinging by suggesting Montoya had only himself to blame.] Montoya overtakes me two laps from the end and as soon as he overtakes me he crosses and comes back in front of me, ... I couldn't avoid hitting him. It was so stupid. |
[Sheckler spit out frontside feebles and back smiths on the flat rail, big kickflips both ways, and, of course, his patented] Sheck-lair ... You look up to everybody. All these guys are my heros, and then here I am skating right there next to them all the time. It's rad. |