...Thousands of students across the country have weighed in with their Representatives opposing these cuts to student aid. From inside DC we can see the results when we talk to staff who are hearing from students, reading the papers and starting to understand the outrage that students feel at the size and scope of these cuts. In short I believe students can have a significant impact. |
[_The Eagles' 23-point loss to the Cowboys on Sunday seems to have bolstered the confidence of the rest of the NFC East, which doesn't view the Birds as unbeatable anymore.] They way Dallas played the other day against them, people might be closing ground on the Eagles, ... Philly has been running the same offense for the last five years and people are starting to make plays on them. |
[3:25 p.m. Was Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson really putting messages on his official Web site urging people to contribute to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts? A Web surfer e-mailed a challenge: If Wilson called and proved it was really him, the fan would gladly donate $100.] So I called him up! ... I was surprised that he said he didn't think I was involved because I really was. |
[And Jack Curry of the New York Times said:] The trendy fall color in baseball is white, not red, ... And the painful year looming over the proud organization is 1917, not 1918. But, while the magical squad is the Chicago White Sox instead of the Boston Red Sox, and the drought without a championship is 88 years, not 86, the mission has not changed: win a World Series title. Finally. |
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[But the various Fed governors seem to be calculating them using numbers, which suggest inflation. Bert Dohmen brought this quote from Fed Governor Richard Fisher of Dallas to my attention,] We cannot let the equivalent of sclerosis block the arteries and disrupt the workings ... Nor can we let the inflation virus infect the blood supply and poison the system. |
[Chertoff flashed impatience when a reporter tried to ask Brown if he would resign and if he would respond to a Time magazine report that he inflated his résumé.] Here are the ground rules: I'm going to answer the questions, ... I've explained what we're doing. I thought I was about as clear as I possibly could be in English as to what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Next question. |
[Harvick is under contract to the team through the end of next season, but his long-term future there has been in doubt in recent weeks. Harvick has spoken publicly about waiting to see where the team is headed before he would consider signing an extension.] Everyone wants to perform, ... It's just that there are a lot of things going on that are not going to happen overnight at RCR. |
[Howard Dean, who just one day earlier urged Californians to oppose the recall, said the anti-incumbent mood that targeted Davis will find its way to Bush next year.] Tonight the voters in California directed their frustration with the country's direction on their incumbent governor, ... Come next November, that anger might be directed at a different incumbent ... in the White House. |
[In the end, despite grabbing the fourth set 6-3 and coming close to a break in the fifth set, he was unable to keep Federer from advancing. After, the talk focused on how much longer Agassi would play.] Contrary to what you hear, I've never had the intention not to play, ... As long as I'm forcing the best players to play good tennis to beat me, I owe it to the game to stick around. |
[Keanu was just one of the guys, according to Mills, staying in a crappy condo in suburban Oregon like everyone else during the shoot.] He never said in any way, 'I'm special' or 'I'm different,' ... Working with Keanu is a lot like working with one of my electricians or a grip. It's just someone who wants to come to work. The worst thing you can do is pay too much attention to him. |
[Others say the deal could also raise flags over the combined AOL Time Warner's ability to limit access to Internet content.] From the consumer point of view, there may be questions about whether you'll have to be an AOL subscriber to get Time magazine, ... That combination of media with the access is one through which you may be able to block access to your competitors' subscribers. |
[That quest started when they tried to leave New Orleans Sunday afternoon. Hurricane refugee Angela Edwards says,] By the time night came, the storm was pretty much slapping us on the back of the head, the rain was coming, the wind. ... We tried from Lake Charles to Beaumont and we couldn't find a thing. We slept in a park with our children and my 75-year-old dad and all our animals. |
[The problem I'm having with Harrington is he should be beyond some of the mistakes he continues to make in his fourth season. He has thrown 1,564 passes, but if the light bulb has gone on, it isn't burning brightly.] I thought I really liked him coming out, ... I saw an upside. But I don't see the growth you like to see in a young quarterback, decision-making wise and throwing wise. |
[Washington guard Gilbert Arenas spent nearly $20,000 on clothes and toiletries, then delivered them to the D.C. Armory for about 400 former New Orleans residents who are due to arrive by bus seeking shelter from the Hurricane Katrina aftermath.] I'm just trying to do my part and help out as much as I can, ... While everyone's watching on TV, they need to be helping at the same time. |