(A race you win) is one less race for things to go wrong, ... You can look at it from many different directions, and for us, we wanted to capitalize on the first eight races and after Atlanta we were forced into making sure we didn't have anything go wrong after that. We wanted to attack for as many races as we could, and then you have to play it cool, because you can only go for so long. |
[But Republican Arlen Specter (Pa.), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also expressed irritation when Roberts refused to answer questions about several Supreme Court decisions striking down laws passed by Congress to help the disabled and victims of domestic violence.] Why not? ... Judge Roberts, I'm not talking about an issue. I'm talking about the essence of jurisprudence. |
[But this is a city whose appeal, as a place to visit and to live, has always had more to do with an extensive, tightly woven fabric of residential neighborhoods than with architectural icons. Tennessee Williams noted precisely that quality in the stage directions for] A Streetcar Named Desire ... is poor but, unlike corresponding sections of other American cities, it has a raffish charm. |
[Congressional leaders conducting their own investigations said the latest revelations underscore the need for far-reaching changes in the way the world body does business.] This report demonstrates the United Nations lacks the institutional red lights and alarms necessary to warn of misconduct, ... This absence of basic oversight has allowed individual corruption to flourish system-wide. |
[Don't break out the Dynasty wine yet. The negotiators didn't actually sign the agreement, because, so far, there is nothing to sign. The real negotiations, which the U.S. hopes will focus on dismantling the North's nuclear programs, are set to resume in November.] I can't imagine they'll be harder, ... I just cannot imagine it, but you know, sometimes we have to imagine the unimaginable. |
[Gibson said the county does not know how many evacuees are in the area. He identified about 50 in Washington County and another 500 in Siloam Springs. There is no census of persons staying with relatives and friends, he said.] We’re here to do whatever these folks need to have done, ... If they come up here with a problem, we’re going to try to solve it. Period. No matter what it is. |
[He says he takes great pleasure in helping other hurricane victims out. He is so comfortable in his new surroundings, he said, that he's looking for other friends and family to come to Buffalo.] Come north, it's the best way to go, ... I said, man, the folks is good to you, you have a chance to make a living. They're gonna help you get on your feet. It's up to you what you do from there. |
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[It's a good idea to discuss toilet teaching with your child's doctor at the 9- month checkup and begin talking about the concept with your child by the time she reaches 18 months so that she's familiar with it.] It's certainly too early to train, ... but by making the potty visible and acknowledging it, you make toileting a natural part of what the child will be doing when he gets older. |
[Jeanne Shaheen, governor 1997-2003, noted,] Anyone who has spent time in New Hampshire has an emotional tie to the state ... but what I appreciated when I was governor was the people, and I believe they are what made a difference in getting the peace treaty negotiations done. ... It's been the people — their independence, self-reliance and imagination. It's all possible in New Hampshire. |
[Kerry won a key newspaper endorsement yesterday in Missouri, just two days after the St. Louis debate.] Based on his record, President George W. Bush has not earned re-election, ... He has mishandled the war on terrorism, shut his eyes to disagreeable facts, left the next generation in hock and presided over a sharp loss in jobs, health insurance and prosperity for millions of Americans. |
[Lott made the comment at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce luncheon in response to a question about delays in the confirmation process for Ashcroft, a conservative Republican defeated for re-election to the Senate.] If there is a cesspool anywhere in this city, ... it is the Justice Department. And I'd like for John to try and clean it up and enforce the laws that really do need to be enforced. |
[Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr. (D) also announced yesterday he would conduct an inquiry into rising gas prices with his counterparts across the country.] Like my fellow Marylanders, I am wondering why gasoline that was already bought and paid for by stations here has suddenly skyrocketed in price, ... This a national problem, and this is going to be a multi-state inquiry. |
[Mora, after seven years as a 49ers assistant, returned to San Francisco for his first NFL game.] When the schedule came out and I saw that, I laughed, ... I knew everyone would try to make that game about me, which was silly. Hey, I've played my dad four times. Now that's something. It's an awful day, win or lose. Someone in the Mora family is guaranteed to lose, and that's an awful day. |
[Once Weir began describing his free skate, though, the energy in his voice rose sharply. Instead of performing to the romantic music he usually favors, the two-time U.S. champion will show off a modern twist in tonight's Campbell's International Figure Skating Classic.] It's a little edgier program, and the music is piano with a techno background, ... It's special because it's different. |