[A number of NBA players were raised in the regions hit by Hurricane Katrina, and those who weren't still could relate to the people traumatized by the disaster and its aftermath.] It's almost kind of scary, ... One day there is a city and the next day it's gone underwater. ... That lets you know that some things are bigger than life. To see water actually kill people, it's like the Twilight Zone. |
Tony Blair (1953-) |
[Broadly speaking, the United States should have plenty of gasoline inventories to meet demand. At the end of last week, the country had about 194 million barrels of gasoline, and on an average day, Americans consume about 9.3 million barrels.] The key thing that I can't answer is will consumers act appropriately, ... If they decide to rush the system, it can't handle it even in the best of times. |
[But fans need not worry. His next album will have 17 songs and the layers come thick and fast.] The focus of the orchestration next time is brass. In the last year I took up trombone and a couple of other brass instruments, and I have been working on my drumming skills, ... So this time I'm drumming throughout the album. I'm also playing a lot more electric guitar, so it will be bit more rocking. |
[Committee chairman Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) set the easygoing tone early on.] I am sure Senator Cohen knows all the answers to the questions he will hear today; he has probably asked some of them in some hearings in the past, ... We may even get to hear excerpts of some of the speeches Senator Cohen made during his tenure in the Senate. I am sure he is looking forward to hearing those words again. |
[E-Trade, the virtual stock brokerage, makes no bones about the fact that it is targeting full-service, full-commission brokers. Customers who open an account at www.etrade.com are offered a free copy of E-Trade's guide to online investing titled] Boot Your Broker. ... All those branch offices you all have are going to become fast-food outlets, so you might want to think about your career choices. |
[It's a strange dichotomy. Teenage drug abuse overall, according to national and local surveys, is either plateauing or declining. Yet the abuse of prescription painkillers is rocketing off the charts.] We've really seen a very significant increase - much more than five years ago - in all age groups, ... When kids are having to find $50 to $70 a day to support [their] pill habit, that's a problem. |
[Many have been speculating on the future of New Orleans. Reading these stories has given me hope that it has one. New Orleans is an] intoxicating brew of rotting and generating, a feeling of death and life simultaneously occurring and inextricably linked, ... The city can drive a sober-minded person insane, but it feeds the dreamer. It feeds the dreamer stories, music and food. Really great food. |
[Mowbray is a great football thinker but he does ask a lot of his players to remain on his wavelength.] I sat and watched Sven-Göran Eriksson getting grilled about formations after the Northern Ireland game, ... I said to my team before kick-off that playing a lone striker at home against Dundee United could lead to criticism and if we didn't win I could be sitting on a sofa like Sven next week. |
[Mr. Armstrong pleased most of the audience; he has timing, charisma and plenty of eyeliner, and he's not afraid to sweat. The fans know their stadium cues as well as he does, and they yelled all they could. But what may have been a fond parody of rock excess started to turn into, well, a stadium concert, complete with a full-length version of Queen's] We Are the Champions, ... No time for losers. |
[Regardless, Ham says he is not surprised that such a large number of people believe in creationist views.] The creation movement has over the years put out a lot of information, ... I think a lot more people are becoming aware of the arguments and the information in books and DVDs and through websites like Answers In Genesis and so on -- and I believe a lot more people are educated on this issue. |
[Rick McCallum, who served as producer on the recent Star Wars films, revealed to Now Playing Magazine some of the details of the two upcoming TV series based on the franchise created by George Lucas.] The live-action television series is something we're planning for just at the beginning of 2007, ... We're just starting to interview writers and trying to really figure out which direction [to go]. |
[Since arriving in Oak Park in early summer, Collins has met one-on-one with each board member, principal, top administrator. She says she asked her staff members to assess their strengths and weaknesses, to set one personal professional goal for the year. A common request among principals was for training in] quick walk-throughs. ... They want to know what to look for. We can help them with that. |
[Still, Saturday's announcement was something of a surprise only because Nelson had said he was going to stay through next year.] I'm in my last years as a coach, ... I'm going to retire. I have this one and one more [year on my contract]. I expect to coach til the end. I want Avery to get some experience this year and get some more next year. I'm going to be a consultant for five years in Dallas. |
[Sunday, Sept. 11: Work begins at 5 a.m. at an outdoor clinic near the New Orleans Convention Center, teamed with other paramedic crews, three civilian doctors, a third-year medical student and two New York Fire Department firefighters.] I have been tasked to lead this group by the EOC, ... We are evaluating injuries to soldiers and police, giving injections and providing other services as needed. |