(Wilf) decided he wanted to sit down with me at some point later on and talk about some stuff. All he said is he was concerned about my physical health and he wanted to sit down and talk with me about it. He looked me in the eye and told me that and I believed him, which made me think also that I'm in the long-term plans here, the long-term thoughts, which is great, because I want to be. |
[Briefly: Derek Fisher (dislocated middle finger) will be a game-time decision for Saturday's game against Seattle. ... Wednesday's paid attendance of 17,323 represented the largest crowd for a preseason home game in Warriors history.] It didn't look like 17,000, but at times it sounded like it, ... That gives us a lot of energy. A lot of guys on this team thrive on that, so it was nice. |
[Chat moderator: What is the leading cause of death in women? Most women will say it's breast cancer. So it comes as a surprise to many people that heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in both women and men.] One out of two women are going to have, live with, and/or die from heart disease and stroke, ... It is amazing women are still not getting that message, and one has to ask why. |
[CNN debuted in an era when the received wisdom was to feed viewers small chunks of news at set times. Most believed that there was no demand for a dedicated channel.] When Ted Turner launched CNN, beaming pictures around the world 24 hours a day was revolutionary, ... Twenty-five years later it's the only way to be competitive in a world that boasts more than 70 24-hour news operations. |
[Except for a protest organized by the Texas Moratorium Network and more media at the scene tonight, TDCJ officials say they're expecting nothing out of the ordinary.] We recognize that this is a higher-profile execution than other ones we've had this year, and we do have a plan to up the security, ... We're expecting more protesters than usual and more media, but we don't know how much. |
[He is particularly proud of the inclusion in this scene of a petition signed by 70 scientists asking Truman not to bomb Japan. Leslie Groves, the crusty general who oversaw the Manhattan Project, made sure that the document never reached Truman.] What's beautiful, ... is to have documents that were quietly discarded in history now set for singers and orchestra for all the world to hear. |
[Incorporate meal replacement products into your daily or weekly menu. Meal replacements -- whether they're packaged foods such as Lean Cuisine, or shakes such as Slim Fast -- are very helpful for maintaining long-term weight loss.] Using just two meal replacements a week would be enough to keep off ten pounds in a year, ... That's a lot of weight for a minimal change in eating patterns. |
[India is to dispatch a planeload of 25 tons of food, tents, medicine and other supplies for possible delivery today after Pakistan broke a two-day silence to accept the relief aid.] When it is a question of tragedy of this magnitude it's not a question of one-upmanship, ... That is why the President of Pakistan has gone on record as having said that we aren't going to stand on ceremony. |
[Mike Tice and his staff got to work on that task this week at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., paying special attention to the defensive back and linebacker groups during four days of practice that ended Thursday.] It looked a little thin at the linebacker position, ... But secondary-wise and the defensive line, there was very good talent. The defensive line especially looked excellent. |
[On balance, though, according to the Dow Jones report, taxpayers would pay no more or no less than they do under the current system.] The bottom line, the amount of tax that is actually paid, will be distributed essentially the same way it is now, ... Taxpayers with very high incomes, middle and upper incomes, lower incomes will pay about the same burdens ... but with a lot less hassle. |
[TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto stocks were seen opening slightly higher on Wednesday with rising bank issues offsetting weakness in energy and gold-mining shares.] There could be a continued lifting in bank stocks and that's a flight to quality, ... I think you will continue to see people going to the higher-quality, dividend-paying stocks, where they can get the yield that satisfies them. |
[While most fingers pointed at Brown for what's widely viewed as FEMA's slow response to Hurricane Katrina ,] In all fairness, it's like a quarterback in football, ... When the team wins he generally gets too much credit, and when the team loses he gets too much blame. But that's life in the big city. If you're the leader of an organization that's stumbling, you'll probably get relieved. |
A fundamental principle of our economic system is that the benefits of economic growth will flow to those responsible for their creation. When how fast your income grows depends on your position in the income scale, this principle is violated. In that sense, today's unprecedented gap between the growth of the typical family's income and productivity is our most pressing economic problem. |
A lot of stuff we have done during training camp was done competitively. When you game plan, there are certain elements that you prepare for, certain things that you want to do. Certain plays will complement other plays. It's a pretty dramatic difference from that point. (But) we'll see. I'm not going to say that was the result of anything. You still have to go out and perform and do it. |
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