" Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can and take the winding paths. Experience the exhilaration of the view from the edge. Because the moments spent there, that take your breath away, are what make you feel truly alive." --- Copyright © 2000 Stacey Charter |
(Cannon) had 15 rebounds. Twelve of those were offensive. I feel she was getting beat up in there and not getting the calls. She didn't give up. There are going to be games where they don't call those fouls inside and that was one of them. She kept going after it. She didn't get discouraged and that says a lot for a freshman. |
[? Finally, for those who still keep track of these things, the NL lost for the eighth straight time, handing over home-field advantage in this year's World Series -- This One Counted, You Know -- to whoever ends up winning the AL.] I guarantee you, ... that we won't have one thought about not having the home-field advantage. |
[Brawley blames poor access to health care and lower standards of care for black women.] While we have evidence that equal treatment yields equal outcomes, we also have evidence that in breast cancer there is not equal treatment, ... A lot of black women do not get nearly as good treatment for breast cancer as do white women. |
[Clark credited the goalkeeping efforts of Chris Cahill, who had his second shutout of the weekend and was named to his second straight all-tournament team.] You really can't start off much better that that, ... We were playing without starting defender Dale Relias who was out with an injury so our defenders played very well. |
[Cloned monkeys also would also facilitate an important of test the old argument of whether nature or nurture plays a bigger role in development of offspring.] We could learn what the environmental effect is, separate from genetics, ... There are theories that maternal environment can result in an IQ drop of around 10 points. |
[Dr. Fred Pescatore says it's time to eat like a caveman: you know, more veggies and grains, less meat and real fruit rather than juice, because] overall fruit juice is only slightly healthier for you than soda and often has more calories. ... Get out on the track and put your foot to the floor and your heart into your mouth. |
[Giving away software isn't your typical path for a venture-capital-backed startup. But Roberts & Co., are smack in the middle of the next frontier of the open-source movement: business applications.] No one had funded an open-source application company at that point -- it was all infrastructure, ... We broke a glass ceiling. |
[He announced last week that he is leaving in three weeks to take a private-sector job in New York for an employer whose identity he said he cannot yet reveal.] I've always been a dedicated public servant, ... This was something different for me. It wasn't just a question of money. It was a number of things I couldn't refuse. |
[In a letter to Buyer, the chairman and the ranking Democrat on the House ethics committee said they had] gathered additional information concerning the alleged conduct ... did not forward or otherwise provide officially obtained identifying information on military absentee voters to anyone for political or campaign purposes. |
[In the interview, Specter said his November promise in no way constrains him from questioning Roberts closely and running the hearing as he sees fit.] The president and I have discussed this directly, what he views as the chairman's role, ... it'd be grossly inappropriate to make a commitment on votes under any circumstance. |
[Long will deliver that message more often this week than Cliff Clavan delivered mail to Cheers.] I can tell my players, ... Yes, we can go in there and win. Let’s not just get our guarantee and go to the house. That’s why they just didn’t take the win and send us a check. There is a chance we can win the football game. |
[Loomis said that Petty was a big reason behind his move:] When you have someone that has influenced your life when you're growing up, they do a lot of things for you and help you in a lot of ways, ... Richard helped learn to deal with people and life a lot more than just what's here in the garage, and that means a lot to me. |
Jann Wenner (1946-) |
[Only in the morning did he discover that there were also four armed German paratroopers in the bunker complex. But they left him alone, and later surrendered to Bob's company.] I often wonder about those wounded Germans, ... If any of them are still alive, do they remember the young soldier guarding them all those years ago. |