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... We've got guys on our teams whose homes are gone, and everything they've got is gone, ... Most went at least 24 hours before they could even find out if their people were OK. To do what they did this week shows that we've got some great young people on this football team. I have so much respect for them. I don't know if I could have done it. |
(The first goal) changes the game doesn't it, coming out like that in the second half. I thought that the first half was pretty even, they had the one chance where (Ricardo) Clark got through, and we had two or three opportunities that were close. We just need one of them to go to give you a lift and a boost, but that just didn't happen tonight. |
[An Associated Press story proclaimed,] Hurricane Katrina's devastation has decimated the progress Louisiana's generous tax incentives were making in luring filmmakers to the state. ... Louisiana had been on a roll, but they literally came to a crashing halt. New Orleans is not going to be a good location for filming, probably for several years. |
[Analysts say,] South Africa is a heavyweight among developing countries, ... All I would say to that, really, is that people must look at what we are doing in South Africa, not their perception of what they think we are doing, but we are doing actually. And I don't think on the basis of facts, an accusation like that can be sustained. Can't be. |
[As far as the second season of the] Contender ... I thought we received enough critical praise from the mainstream press to warrant another year on NBC. The ratings weren't huge, but the ratings weren't huge for ' Seinfeld ' or ' Cheers ' in their first years and those shows turned out pretty well when they were given time to build an audience. |
[Ask doctors about the time they spend with patients, and most go immediately on the defensive.] For some people, a periodic health exam is a metaphoric concept rather than a real one, ... Not all counseling and preventive services have to be done within that clinical visit; a doctor can get the ball rolling with additional visits for follow-up. |
[At the announcement, Rahman came to the podium wearing a chef's hat and holding a tray of food.] I just had some chicken Kiev prepared for him, because I am so happy he's not chicken anymore, ... We're finally getting in the ring. I'm glad he's all healed up. I just hope and pray he doesn't stub his toe or prick his finger before November 12th. |
[Brian Walsh, Foxtel's director of television, was there from day one. His fondest memory is the day he rolled up his sleeves and carried boxes of one-inch broadcast video tapes of Dallas (the first program to arrive from Foxtel's program suppliers) from the dock to the tape library.] It was extraordinary, ... It was a wonderful, wonderful time. |
[But some of the Wizards players were very well aware of what was going on elsewhere in the conference.] I felt like I was on the leader board of some golf tournament, ... I came out at halftime and every team in our [conference] was getting the result they needed to get. That certainly set the tone for what we had to provide in the second half. |
[Coe, a knighted exemplar of measured eloquence, does not giggle and break into giddy trot lightly. It isn't properly British. But then the British capital hadn't won the Olympics since 1948 before it defeated a loaded field of major world cities Wednesday: Paris, Madrid, New York and Moscow.] Sorry, ... Have to catch my mates and have some fun. |
[Finally, CPAs can only audit what is presented to them.] Under-the-table deals, sham transactions and the like can be easily concealed, ... Holding CPAs to a standard that requires them to detect all material fraud puts them in a no-win situation and they know it. Still, auditors can certainly do a much better job than they've done in the past. |
[French said his players have to disregard Montgomery's winless record and take care of business.] They're run into some tough breaks, but they've played people pretty well. They're struggling over there a bit, but that's typical when you come in with a new staff, ... They look solid on offense and defense, they just have tendency to lose focus. |
[I wrestled with what to do for hours and actually even slept on it. When I woke up and looked in the mirror, I was surprised to see two miniature figures on each shoulder. On one side was Bibby, who was chanting:] It's not their fault! It's mine! Vote for them! They deserve it! ... When in doubt, I always say try to be as obnoxious as possible. |
[Jeff Perry, one of the store's managers, estimated that 2,500 pizzas were prepared and sold on Thursday.] At one time, we had 300 customers inside and 1,000 outside. The parking lot was filled with RVs. Inside, it was like an ant bed had been stirred up and outside, it was like one big old party, ... But we managed to get pizzas to most people. |