[Brookfield will also begin its second year of peer mediation.] Students are trained to help mediate problems between other students, and this, too, has been successful, ... We're so excited to get these kids back in here, ready to learn. There's a sense of energy. |
[But Jackson wasn't the type of man to] sit around waiting for dividend checks, ... He had deep pockets to pursue whatever passions he came across, and when he heard the first internal combustion engine come rumbling down the road, that's where his passions turned. |
[But other critics blame the FCC.] Hire some people at the FCC who are not lawyers, ... If they got somebody in there who was not Al Gore's next-door neighbor in prep school but who actually knows something about this stuff, then this kind of thing wouldn't happen. |
[Cage is frank about why he was drawn to the film.] I was going through a divorce ... and was feeling adrift and vulnerable. I heard about the movie, and I thought it might be a way for me to work through those feelings -- and as corny as it might sound, it helped. |
[Concertgoers, the two say, can expect both contemporary and old-fashioned Judd grooves.] I think the production, technology-wise, is with the times, ... yet we have the family values. ... It's sort of like, it's OK to be hip and spiritual, and it's OK to be weird. |
[Currently pedestrians cannot cross between South and North streets at the Main street intersection due to tunnel work.] We've been covering the equipment with black tarps [when construction work is not underway] to lessen the impact, ... Out of sight, out of mind. |
[Equally frustrating were the missed opportunities to score touchdowns. The Cardinals drove to the St. Louis 1 twice, the 30 and the 8 before settling for Neil Rackers field goals.] We have to get the ball in the end zone, ... It's tough to win kicking field goals. |
[Floodwaters were still rising as much as 3 inches, or 7.6 centimeters, an hour in parts of New Orleans late Tuesday. In other areas, they were beginning to subside.] I don't want to alarm anyone that New Orleans is filling up like a bowl, ... That isn't happening. |
[Gambero Rosso (Via Naumachia 11; 011 39 0942 24863).] I especially like the fried fish and spaghetti with ricci di mare ... It's a little restaurant, not trendy, but very good. Il Delfino, near the Hotel Sant'Andrea, serves mainly seafood and is also worth trying. |
[Georgia Tech is] much better than their record shows. They're getting better and better as they're moving along. Then, of course, Florida State at home on Sunday -- same situation. These are very good teams that I think are better than their record shows they are. |
[Iraqi officials had said earlier that they weren't expecting the U.N. weapons inspectors to say they had found anything new because there is nothing new to report.] There's nothing that they don't know about Iraq's program, ... There is nothing they can pin on us. |
[It was a masterclass from a player determined to leave the game with nothing but good memories.] It's on my horse and into the sunset for me, ... The club deserves to be back in Super League and that was my aim at the start of the season to help them get there. |
[Mr. Milite had the assurance that Ms. Shamaris's clients include George Clooney, Daryl Hannah and Katie Ford.] A lot of her pieces combine an Asian feeling with a clean modern look, ... They have a warm ethnic or indigenous feeling, but they're not hippie looking. |
[Of the roughly $400 million in research sponsored annually at UT by the federal government and other sources,] a significant piece of that takes place at Pickle, ... I don't have exact figures, but I would say close to a third, so in excess of $100 million a year. |
[Practitioners in the personnel field say other indicators are more important.] It would be nice if everybody had a nice firm handshake, without a vice grip, without a limp wrist, but I don't think the handshake is that important, ... I've learned to get over that. |