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Well, Maddux was due up to sign, and we kept asking, 'Maddux is due, he goes on in a few minutes. Where's Greg? Where's Greg.' And we turned around, and he's there. He had come up, his glasses on, and he walked right through the crowd and nobody saw that it was Greg Maddux. He didn't put on any airs. He was so natural. |
'Survivor' is that rare television breed -- a show with seemingly endless audience appeal. Part of that is testament to a concept with inherent drama that features different faces and places; the other part is the ability of Mark Burnett and his talented team to inject new ideas and new wrinkles to keep the format fresh. |
(Assistant coach) Kevin O'Neil came up with the idea of playing some zone. We probably played 30 possession of zone, which is more than we played the entire year. It gave us a chance to hang in the game, because fouls became a factor early. With zone, a little bit of it is pot-luck. You have to hope they miss some shots. |
[An Ortega victory in November would leave Latin America with a third U.S. antagonist in the region, along with Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. It would] raise the morale of Latin America, ... Other countries will say, 'Look, that small country got away with it. So can we!' We will spread the revolution. |
[And this past Christmas, a friend of Parks' tried to use one at a food establishment.] He presented the card and it was fully expired, ... Someone had obviously put out cash for the card. The (law's) intent is that if you put cash out for something, it should be worth an equal amount when it is presented for redemption. |
[But with Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton topping the ticket, Democrats won four Southern states in 1992 and again in 1996.] Bill Clinton learned the lesson that Democrats of the 1980s chose to ignore, ... If you're going to be competitive in the South . . . you cannot let Republicans brand 'liberal' on you and have it stick. |
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[Ferrer campaign aides denied that the party organization, if not its brightest lights, deserted the campaign, as some have asserted.] If that happened, we certainly didn't feel it, ... We felt a lot of energy. People make assumptions about party, but a mayor's race is different. It's above party. It's about personality. |
[For now, the brothers have even put their production team, the Dead Executives, on hold while they focus on their top priority.] The Dead Executives is [still] happening, but we're holding off until we finish [Good Charlotte's upcoming] album, ... After that, though, we're going to be working with everyone in the world. |
[Government watchdogs claim that the money has created an unseemly rush to stick taxpayers with unnecessary expenses.] There have been a number of contracts, including the one for the cruise ships, that seem hard to defend, ... It comes from not planning in advance, then doing these contracts without competitive bidding. |
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[However, what's most important, Swanson counters, is intent: Because the Redskins and their fans mean nothing racist by using the nickname, it isn't racist or offensive.] This has been the name of our organization for 70 years, ... We believe it has taken on a meaning independent of the word itself -- and it's positive. |
[In Baghdad Wednesday, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld seconded the desire expressed by Iraqi officials to see Iraqi forces take over more security responsibilities and allow US forces to begin leaving over the coming months. Mr. Rumsfeld said in a press conference that he] confirmed ... we desire speed in that regard. |