[Leading the charge to prevent Moore from speaking at UVSC is archconservative Kay Anderson, a man with an unusual understanding of the First Amendment:] Free speech works because most of us have the good sense to know when to keep our mouths shut. ... He's certainly not a torturous dictator. |
[Members of Congress may not get in trouble with the law more than others, but when they do they come under a lot more scrutiny.] They can get away with less, but they don't recognize that truth, ... The cumulative effect on the public is to increase cynicism about government and politicians. |
[Mutual funds] don't last as long as you would expect; for example in the 1990s over 50 percent of all the mutual funds that have been in business during the decade are no longer here, ... If you invest in a firm you want to hold it long-term, but if the fund doesn't exist your option is nil. |
[New York: Isiah brought Marbury to New York to be the face of the franchise. Now there is talk of trading him. He has been traded three times already, spending at least 2½ years with each team. Marbury said last year that he was] the best point guard in the NBA. ... point guard won the game. |
[Not surprisingly, Mitchell has a counter.] There's about $100 million in it, ... Starcom was always on top and oops, they're now not. Prior to Nielsen's numbers, everyone used to lie, including us, I might say. But Mr Leeds seems to have most trouble adding up. It's not good for a media man. |
[On Monday, Clark informed Ito that the comments against his wife] could well be a conflict for this court in handling this matter. ... on the '85 tapes I think it is, and also in '87, Mark Fuhrman discusses Lt. York...and their run-ins at West L.A. [station] and he makes derogatory comments. |
[PANTHERS: S Mike Minter returned to practice and is confident his strained right calf won't prevent him from playing against the Dolphins.] There's no pain, that's a great sign, ... I went full speed and I was able to break on the ball and do things I normally do. So I feel like I will play. |
[She loved to travel, visiting places such as Alaska, Europe, Florida and California, with her daughter Carol Ann Marsh. Marsh was on the boat Sunday with Beamish but survived the accident.] She was a feisty woman, ... She was a clown. She made everyone laugh. Everyone loved to be around her. |
[So the Potters gave it a rest. Until last spring, that is, when they noticed that Ken Bacher was now spearheading the Dalai Lama's redux.] That's when I finally decided to take this issue public, ... As a result, we've been shunned by our friends. But this has been eating at me for 12 years. |
[Still], I think Houston will run into some teams that will play them tough. ... Anything can happen. That's why you can't get down if you lose a game. You just have to come out the next stay fired up and stay after it for 12 games. Play your [backside] off, and some good things might happen. |
[The governor didn't pitch political reform] with his fingers crossed behind his back, ... But political reality sets in. Circumstances change, and he's very changeable. In a certain sense, that's a good thing. ... But when you're flexible, you also have to contradict what you've said before. |
[The South Hockey Club board] had a meeting and decided to go another direction because I was coaching in Barrington. They wanted someone just committed to the [South] program. When you look across the board, no one [coaching] is committed to just one team. We all try to balance those things. |
[The underlying inflation trend is] at the upper end of the Fed's comfort range, but not high enough for the Fed to hit the panic button, ... The big question still is: when will the Fed stop raising rates? . . . The Fed will probably stop in November, when the Fed funds rate is at 4 percent. |
[Young passed for three touchdowns, ran for another and Jamaal Charles set a Texas freshman debut record Saturday night with 135 yards rushing for the Longhorns, who travels to No. 6 Ohio State next weekend.] It will be a fun game for college football, ... The buildup started in early spring. |
A 19th?century European in a comparable position would have needed extraordinary privilege ? such as royalty ? or extraordinary wealth. Europeans are fascinated with Lincoln because he didn't have either of those, and yet he had a genius for dealing with power and with the democratic process. |