(Cornish) and Clark Green complement each other very well, ... Jon has a natural lean to him and he keeps his pads low. He's got a very strong lower body and he's a very good athlete. ... Jon's been doing a great job, he's got to work on his pass protection and some other little things that will make him a complete back, but he's given us an added punch, that's for sure. |
(Inman and Stark) went to a house off Ford Street to check on a probationer that might have been wanted and on the way they ended up seeing a parolee that was wanted and arrested him. They saw two additional people that had warrants including a probationer, and this one young man ran from them, ... They chased him a few blocks over to Clara Street, where he was arrested. |
(The film) came with the idea that (my sister and I) would adapt the stories of Joyce Carol Oates. I had read three different short stories of hers. And so what I wanted to do was to find a way to link all of her stories together. It ended up definitely being an adaptation, but also our own sort of overall story. We were just trying to imagine the life of that character. |
[Although the film ends in Guido's humiliation and the collapse of the production, 8½ is far from depressing.] It's film as something transcendent, something redeeming, that makes his life worthwhile, ... It's a tremendously life-affirming film. And yet it's about not making a film. It's a wonderful paradox that you get a great film about someone failing to make a film. |
[Both Roddick and Rochus sweated and strained throughout match but in the end, but it was the American's year-long commitment to conditioning and a fair amount of patience on the day that brought him through.] I was not feeling too bad. Andy was in worse shape than me in the fifth, ... I think I was really unlucky not to break him. His serve all the time was still there. |
[Comedian Eddie Griffin plans to donate his fee from two Friday performances at the Delta Downs Race Track Casino & Hotel in Vinton, Louisiana, to relief efforts.] Performing so close to New Orleans (230 miles away), my first thought was, 'How could I not help these unfortunate people?' ... I ask everyone to reach into their pockets and do the same to help these people. |
[Despite not reaching the playoffs, Manuel may have answered critics who believe his hiring was influenced by the presence of Thome, a close friend from their days together in Cleveland.] I don't need anybody to help me get a job [in baseball], ... I've been in baseball 42 years. I don't need to brown-nose or kiss anybody's [behind]. I didn't get here by being a yes man. |
[He picked up the phone and began to make calls, aware that his firing would ripple far beyond his desk. Pottruck's assistant of 15 years, Colleen Bagan-McGill, was driving through San Francisco with her husband and kids at the start of a long-awaited vacation when her cell phone rang.] How are you doing, honey? ... I need to tell you something. I got fired this morning. |
Joan Didion (1934-) |
[Kenneth will emerge stronger. United will emerge stronger.] These are the games you want to play in, ... Players like Mark Wilson, Garry Kenneth and Mark Kerr, young lads with fantastic futures in the game, they are hurting just now. But they have to experience the lowest if they are to accept the highest, and hopefully they will come back bigger and stronger next year. |
[Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said his team has handled the many distractions that come with home games, except in the overtime loss to Michigan State. That one he blames on himself.] So far, the only distraction created was my fault, to be honest with you, ... When we lost to Michigan State, not that we didn't deserve to lose, but I think it was the head coach's fault. |
[On the main drag, painters and drawers will be found, but exotic wood sculptors will also pull in a crowd.] I take exotic woods and make funky furniture, ... One of my favorite pieces I'm showing this year is a ying-yang curio that's four-feet in diameter. The doors are in that (ying-yang) shape and there are two shelves that seem like they're floating and are the dots. |
[Richard Bloch , an arbitrator based in Washington who worked on cases of NHL salary arbitration for a decade, said,] It's a good sign that they are meeting; we're all hoping there is a way out of it. ... I'm very much in favor of having these things done with attention to each other rather than public posturing. A lot gets done when it is done quietly and in good faith. |
[RUSH: All right, well, we have three sound bites here. Let's go the first one. It is indeed on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, talking to Senator Dick] Turban ... There are 32 Iraqi battalions, 27,000 Iraqi soldiers, who are trained now to lead counterinsurgency with the support of US forces. What's the Democratic plan? What would you do now in Iraq, Senator Durbin? |
[Sources told CNN that Lott is looking at a two- to three-week trial, ending before President's Day on February 15, but the majority leader refused to put a time limit on the trial.] We will get it done, hopefully, in a relatively short period of time without limiting it to a day, or three days or three weeks for that matter, ... It could very well take longer than that. |