In 38 brief chapters, this poetic, postmodern novel experiments with a variety of styles: haiku, song lyrics, question-and-answer dialogue and split-screen scenarios. With seeming yet deliberate randomness, Perkins writes an orderly, innovative and risk-taking book in which nothing happens and everything happens. |
In a way, we're trying to reinvent ourselves to become a better team .... On offense, we have a lot of exciting things happening. The fact that we've scored as many points as we have in the last two games speaks for itself. I like the fact that we continue to get to the foul line and are making a high percentage. |
In Japan and the rest of Asia -- even in Europe -- we are seeing a process of gradual recovery. That is bad news for the dollar and it has started the dollar down. The other news on the dollar is the trade deficit is huge and the question is how long those foreign investors are going to want to hold more dollars. |
In pitching, location is a key ingredient. So many young pitchers have velocity. But location and movement factor into that, too. You'd rather be optimum in location and movement than velocity. Bryan's really learned to embrace that, which has helped him to be a much better pitcher and in control of his delivery. |
In the best interests of the team, the sooner this decision was made, the better off, ... And I knew that. It gives Drew the opportunity to start working with the first team now. This is usually the preseason game where the first team goes for the first three quarters, and we need that. It's time to move forward. |
In the best-case scenario, an inventory correction would lead to the communications integrated-circuit sector just making consensus estimates, breaking with the precedent set over the past six quarters and not raising forward expectations. Even this, we believe, would negatively impact the stocks in this segment. |
In the frameworks of a peace agreement, a government under my leadership would agree to make real territorial concessions but will not compromise our security borders. We want there to be less friction. We want to remove outposts to help the Palestinian population. We will not reoccupy the Palestinian population. |
In the past, my slider's been really good -- that's my out pitch. Last year, it was average, at best, I thought. So I'm going to work on that this spring and get that going. ... [I want to] work on pounding the strike zone and going right after guys, make them put the ball in play instead of giving up free bases. |
In the short term, it's going to lead to reduction of the artists on contracts, as it moves to cut unprofitable relationships pretty aggressively, ... Some of that would have happened anyway, but this speeds it up -- you have an owner who just put a lot of cash into it and needs to get some of that cash back out. |
In the third watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the blind and ignorant person gathers poison. He is entangled in emotional attachment to his wife and sons, O my merchant friend, and deep within him, the waves of greed are rising up. The waves of greed are rising up within him, and he does not remember God. |
In three of our four games, we have faced defences that have done things that are a little bit out of the norm. Maybe a little bit more exotic then you would expect, and that was Philadelphia and Buffalo and yesterday against Minnesota. They are not your typical line-up-in-four, get-in-the-shade and play defence. |
Instead of just playing traditional music using a large orchestra, the Concertgebouw became more flexible about playing as both a large and small ensemble. A smaller and more flexible group was a benefit both for Baroque music and contemporary Dutch music, which often had no use for a large traditional orchestra. |
It (the slider) just rolls off of your index finger and begins it's spin which will take it down and across the plate (hopefully). Just remember not to twist your elbow or wrist. It should be thrown, with the wrist and grip set, just like your fastball , slightly off center - with the same velocity and intensity. |
It ain't a coincidence that the players who've been in Tampa for years -- Key, [John] Lynch , [Warren] Sapp -- leave unhappy, ... Sometimes, where there's smoke, there's fire. They're unhappy for a reason. At some point you just want to play football, away from Tampa. You want to get out. That's where I'm at now. |
It also came at a time that the networks weren't liberal about what they showed, and the network panicked when they realized they'd bought a show with a beautiful half-naked woman who moves in with a bachelor and says, 'What can I do for you?' I got a 22-page memo, with specific guidelines of what we couldn't do. |