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  From him I got my love for music, and for many years I was the classical music critic for magazines that have since folded, such as Musical America and High Fidelity. During the last year of his life, I would come to the studio, and he would arrange a corner for me with a canvas and paints. I don't think that I saw him paint. He didn't allow anyone to watch him. That was his own private affair.

 (Game 3) is very critical (for us). This team is pushing us to the edge every game. They still (seem) confident. If they win a game, their confidence can go through the roof. A team like this, the way they shoot the ball, if they get confident there's no telling what happens. They may start making shots from half court. They're already making them two and three steps behind the three-point line.

 [At about that time, the traditional creationists took up the phrase.] We are a Christian organization and use the term to refer to the Christian God, ... The modern intelligent design movement looks at Dr. Phillip Johnson as its founder. ... His book, 'Darwin on Trial,' kind of started it all in the early '90s. We were using intelligent design as an intuitive term: a watch implies a watchmaker.

 [But that was how it was in a workaday Britain generally addicted to merit, rather than one increasingly enslaved to notions of entitlement. In the deepest part of themselves, all classes now are devoted to leisure, as if proper and difficult occupation has become one of the enemies of modern selfhood.] The secret of being miserable, ... is to have leisure to bother whether you are happy or not.
  George Bernard Shaw

 [FEMA directed all of the flights to Lackland Air Force Base outside of San Antonio, Evans said. He said that 11 U.S. airlines and Air Canada had offered to help but that constraints at the air fields severely limited the number of flights.] It's a very fluid situation out there, and we're hoping to ramp up quickly, ... But New Orleans is not running like a normal metropolitan airport right now.

 [General manager Brian Sabean revealed Barry Bonds has taken light batting practice for the last couple of days in Los Angeles, the first time he officially has hit off a pitcher since spring training.] It's definitely a day-to-day situation, but the good thing is (Bonds) is building on what they're asking him to do, ... He's not standing still and he's not taking steps back. He's going forward.

 [Jimmie Johnson has finished 37th, 34th and 37th in the past three fall Talladega races, and he believes he's not alone in bringing a different mindset into this weekend. He starts ninth today.] When you're at a 1.5-mile or a `normal' track, most guys think they have a shot at winning, ... I really think everybody -- the drivers in the Chase especially -- wants to get out of there with a top-10.

 [Manufacturers and distributors should also understand that the mandates likely won't stop coming.] Companies have to realize there will always be another e-business initiative or incremental increase in the requirements of initiatives they participate in, and they need to respond to the changes quickly, ... An integrated approach provides the agility to take advantage of business opportunities.

 [Many of today's pimps have gang ties, and they've moved from murder and robbery to pimping.] There has been a trend of organized crime moving away from traditional commodities like drugs, tobacco, and arms, to kids, ... They are reusable, inexpensive, with a huge consumer market that is enormously profitable with next to no risk. Nobody cares. Nobody is looking for them. They are the forgotten.

 [Moreover,] the ability of ColdFusion MX 7 to easily generate business reports and print to the Web has cut our report development time in half, ... Our ColdFusion MX 7 Web-based project management application helps our 12 district offices, and more than 23,000 employees working on thousands of projects, provide fast and accurate project information and reduce the time needed to manage projects.

 [Now Republicans are joining in on the criticism. Presidential hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have been quoted critiquing the President and the federal response to the disaster. Gingrich wondered,] If we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack? ... an embarrassment.

 [Other Republicans echoed Specter's dismay.] I am disappointed that Gov. William Weld did not receive a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, ... The advice and consent procedure provided by our Constitution strongly suggests that many Senators will want to question a presidential nominee and that the nominee will have an opportunity to respond to public questions and criticism.

 [Play of the day: It was the most common play of the day, anyway - TE Ben Steele dropping a pass. It happened three times Sunday, and coach Mike Sherman grew angrier with each one. By the third, he let Steele have it.] We need to have more consistency there, ... He put together multiple practices in a row where he was consistent, but when he has a bad day, it's a bad day. He had a bad day today.

 [Research suggests these kids are only running with the curve. A June survey by the Pew Research Center found that while most respondents look favorably upon their local media, their perception of the press in general is more negative than ever.] The public is not rejecting the principles underlying traditional journalism, ... Rather it suspects journalists are not living up to those principles.

 [Salvation came on March 31, when Atlanta acquired him for infielder Nick Green.] Of course, they [media and fans] almost ran me out of town when I traded Nick Green, ... Nick did a great job for us at second last year. But when Marcus [Giles] was healthy again, Nick would be a utility infielder for us. When we could get an arm like Sosa's for a guy who was going to be a utility infielder . . .


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