[The hopeful mood on display at the White House on the war's opening night has vanished. A presidential adviser said aides were trying to concentrate on their work while glued to their televisions.] They're very, very somber, ... ahead of schedule. |
[The incident was] a clear attack on UNHCR as well as on the bus, ... And that's very demoralizing for us, having spent so much time with these peoples, the refugees we brought back, the work we've done in Kosovo, to have a frontal attack on UNHCR. |
[The rock trio leads the VMA field with eight nominations, including Video of the Year, for two songs from its most recent album, the Grammy-winning] American Idiot. ... we'll be at the Video Music Awards and we'll play and have a really good time. |
[There is no] specific, credible evidence of an attack that's imminent in the United States, ... We feel that, at least in the short term, we should raise the level here because, obviously, we're concerned about the possibility of a copycat attack. |
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[Ultimately, the Internet won't be H&R Block's salvation or its downfall, Sterling says.] Frankly, a lot of people still want to have their hands held while they do taxes, ... The real challenge is finding more products to push at that demographic. |
[Wakefield] was so good, and he had to be. I know that their guy and our guy is one extreme to the other, but he almost matched him pitch for pitch. That ball hooks a little bit down the right-field line and we might still be playing. He was great. |
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117 years ago the creation of De Beers was the wellspring of South Africa's own industrial revolution, ... The development we have unveiled today is no less auspicious and, I believe, just as ambitious in its goals and transformative in its effect. |
A billion dollars may sound like a lot of money, but compare it to the $1 trillion spent globally on weapons every year. The world is spending a lot more on destructive technology than it is trying to get people to talk peacefully among themselves. |
A bunch of them lived on State Street in a house we called the 'Munster House,' ... Pete used to tell this story: They were rehearsing one day and Sam stopped the band, waved his arms, and said, 'Gentlemen, could we please all dress as musicians!' |
A CIA employee assigned to provide daily intelligence briefs to the Vice President and Libby has handwritten notes indicating that Libby referred to 'Joe Wilson' and 'Valerie Wilson' by those names in conversation with the briefer on June 14, 2003. |
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A final blow to the dignity of these children is having their government claim they revere our children, and we protect our children, when we don't do that at all. Clearly, what we're doing is protecting our government workers and not the children. |