?'Will and Grace' and 'My Best Friend's Wedding' have softened us up with regards to the funny gay character. ?'Well, all right, he's gay, but they're so funny, those gays.' And I thought, that doesn't really cut it. We still haven't seen the heroic gay character that, when the chips are down, kicks down the door, shoots everybody and saves your butt. |
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) / I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. |
[Adamson feels that drug developers are unreasonably concerned about rare events.] The reality is children tolerate phase I therapy [new agents being tested to find the best dosage and possible side-effects] as well as or better than adults, ... Once the initial studies are done – that is, phase I trials in adults – study should begin in children. |
[Although there are no specific threats against the city,] Las Vegas has been certainly mentioned in the chatter from the intelligence that we receive from Homeland Security in Washington, D.C., and they've had a special team here visiting with us, ... We just want to make sure that we've done everything we can to promote safety, and have a good time. |
[Building her company from scratch, Stewart had long felt a need] to be perfect on some level as a role model for all these hundreds of people she was bringing along, ... she recognized that there was a big team of people here who had learned from her, who were very, very good at their jobs ? and would allow her now to be a freer person on television. |
[But she doesn't want to discuss the specifics of their relationship or any future offspring.] I liked the days when our stars had a mystery to them, ... You had this illusion. And when you watched the movies, they had so much more impact because you didn't know who these stars were dating, or if they were married or what was happening in their lives. |
[Conyers, speaking earlier Monday during a memorial service at historic Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington, recalled a 1990 visit to Detroit by Nelson Mandela. The former South African president led the crowd in a chant of Parks' name,] which made us realize that this is an international phenomenon that we celebrate, ... Rosa Parks is worldwide. |
[D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) said M.R. Beal initially got District business because it was minority-owned but has since performed as well as any of its bigger Wall Street competitors.] They are part of our minority contractors program, ... But they have also done a very good job for us in terms of getting us excellent rates on our bonds. |
[In 2003, there was a total of $139 million in public spending on just two classes of drugs, SSRI antidepressants and atypical antipsychotics.] A large portion of these dollars were spent to maintain children on these drugs, ... despite the fact that they have not been proven effective in children and the FDA has not approved them for use in children. |
[Ken Griffey was not that concerned about his latest injury. Griffey is day-to-day after suffering a sprained left foot going from first to third in the 12th inning Sunday.] It's just a little sore. We'll see how it feels tomorrow and go from there, ... They said I was going to get a day off in the next couple of days anyway, so I guess (today) is it. |
[Leading Democrats were on Schwarzenegger's side then. That collapsed this year. A series of proposals by the governor antagonized teachers, nurses, police officers and firefighters. Since March, they have run a barrage of TV spots that have shredded his popularity.] He made the mistake of taking on the first responders, ... That was just plain crazy. |
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[Stern's departure comes as stations are thinking of switching from music formats, which Stern's show complements, to talk programming, which has been a boon to AM radio.] It's ironic two things are going on at the same time, ... There's a real predisposition in FM radio to entertaining new talk formats, just as they're losing their major talk talent. |
[The changes in the game are also evident in the increasingly hulking physiques of the players. The average weight of an All-Star in 1991 was 199 pounds. Last year it was 211.] We're kidding ourselves if we say this problem is not happening, ... Look at the before and after shots, at the size of some of these players from the '90s to now. It's a joke. |
[The Democratic lawmaker also objected to the notion that health care costs would skyrocket.] Our bill will cause a slight rise in health care fees -- approximately 4.2 percent over 5 years. That's the equivalent of 1 Big Mac or 1 Happy Meal a month, ... That's a small price to pay to ensure that you have fundamental rights regarding your health care. |