(Ronnie) wants to do well and he is working hard to do well and you can't always evaluate every situation based on results, in terms of how many yards he is getting a carry and things like that. Some of it is his responsibility, but I think it is a team thing that we all need to improve on, so everybody has a chance to be more successful, including Ronnie Brown. |
(Seven) is still quite a few, and maybe that's about average. We didn't get everyone we went after, I'll tell you that. We recruited a lot of Colorado kids. Unfortunately, some went to Colorado. Unfortunately, some went to Colorado State. We recruited just as many (as usual), but unfortunately, more stayed in their home state than they have in a long, long time. |
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[Brown's return is crucial if Detroit hopes to defend its NBA title. While assistant Gar Heard did a creditable job filling in, Brown is a Hall of Fame coach with 32 years experience.] He makes a big difference, especially in the last five minutes of a game, ... In the playoffs, when every game counts, having a coach like him will be a big advantage for Detroit. |
[Doyle's second selection is Fidelity National Corp.] Basically when anyone buys a home they need to get title insurance. And this company is the dominant player in that business, ... And it is kind of what I consider printing money. It trades at about seven or eight times earnings. I think a lot of people doing refinancing and a lot of business being generated. |
[England head coach Andy Robinson is due to name his 30-man squad next Tuesday for November Tests against Australia, New Zealand and Samoa.] I've had frequent updates on Andy's injury and the England and Saracens medical teams have been in regular contact, ... Like everyone connected with his club and England, I would like to wish him a full and speedy recovery. |
[Even the people who know what they're doing when mounting a pommel horse or balance beam, such as the 33 competitors gathered at the Arrowhead Pond over the weekend, get seriously injured all the time.] Most of the people at this level have had several serious injuries that they have had to overcome, ... You can't really get this far without injuring something. |
[Gibson demonstrated the site last week to the Pasadena IBM Users Group.] What was truly amazing--unrehearsed and a surprise to everyone--happened when Gibson connected to the Internet to show off his site, ... Within a minute, BlackICE, his personal firewall, alerted him to a hacker scanning for an open port. Every pocket protector in the room started flapping. |
[In other words, they observed Dilbert and Dogbert, The Boss and Catbert, all moving around in the memo-maze of comic-strip cubicles that make up his beige and barren world.] In the end, ... when you see the final product, the solution is very specific to the problems we saw. We wanted to know how to make the cube more homey, more lie what those characters want. |
[Not everyone shares Prince's enthusiasm for the synergistic potential between peer-to-peer file sharing and distributed computing.] Quite a few companies are trying to sell [distributed computing] under the p-to-p banner, ... While I think it is a nice idea, it is nothing new, and I think [United Devices] might have trouble finding people willing to pay for it. |
[Novell] knew that marketing needed a lot more emphasis and they put the investment behind it in terms of really sharp people and the actual messages and how they're reaching the target customers. They're definitely proactive now, taking the lead and not just being reactive to Microsoft; they want to keep the gorilla in the mist and keep Novell out in the clear. |
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[Philadelphia: How much did Keith Primeau miss hockey? Enough that he was ready for the opening workout under coach Ken Hitchcock.] I was actually looking forward to one of his practices, so you know that it's been a long time, ... You forget how difficult the practices are, but it was a great feeling to be back out there. I'm just really excited about the year. |
[Some television producers, deal makers and even on-air personalities are starting to see the Internet emerge as an inviting place to find audiences and advertisers.] What I love about this so much is it hasn't shown its potential, ... It's more exciting to me to be at a place where I can at least attempt to break some ground than to basically follow a set path. |