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of three things. The first was th... PLUTARCH He was still a huge question mark. It wasn't until he started (with WVBC) that he had the time and t... BUD OGDEN Vladimir stood next to one of the beams on the back porch of our new home, leaning on his back. He r... NINA JEAN SLACK The first one I was real close. You've got to give Henry a lot of credit. He fought it all the way d... KEENAN MCCARDELL [His opponents have recognized his potential from first-hand experience.] He was pretty impressive, ... BOB SCHAEFER Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ... SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota... FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv... SUI HE I like to find old things and I picked up that arrowhead in tears, that broken point ... LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more... FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ... FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa... HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re... HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin... HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act. HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods. HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ... HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today. HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties. HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university. HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have... HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w... HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined. HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required. HE CHANGCHUI Captain Harcourt-Bruce was not only dashing, handsome, and brave, he was also rather romantic. The r... SUSANNA CLARKE I know for me sometimes I may get a hand on him, but by him being shorter I may lose him because I'v... KEN LUCAS He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His... BEN E. KING He was on his back. I don't think he ever saw where the puck was. He just made a swat at it. That's ... PAUL MARA He came to play every day. He was like Larry Bird in basketball. He was one of the first guys at pra... JACK MCMAHON The first time I saw him, I had gone to scout a real good linebacker that University had. I asked th... BOBBY BURTON It was unintentional, Andre headbutted me right in the head, ... He always liked me and he was reall... LANNY POFFO What was his surprise and his joy when, on looking himself over, he saw that he was no longer a Mari... CARLO COLLODI For most of the race (Murphy) was fourth or fifth. He broke out the last half-mile and passed three ... JOSE SOSA He was just so keen he wanted to run off. I think a lot of it is maturity. We're just glad he's a fa... BOB BAFFERT He had a big tournament. Chad, he probably got half his points on hustle plays. And he was always th... BRET WALTER We knew coming in that he was one of their top three players. With him being out, it put a lot of pr... TRAVIS PIETRYKOWSKI When we went around in the alley, (Robinson) was heading eastbound in the alley. So we kind of flipp... RON ADAMS They both have that competitive fire in their bellies. Mark was one of a kind. He had that knack for... GREG CANNELLA That kind of track, as he put it, beat him up a little. It's so small, it's hard to find a rhythm. M... BRYAN DUNN In his day, he was one of the top three cameramen in Indo-China. He was more of a journalist than ot... DEREK WILLIAMS He was sagging. No one said they saw the gun in his pocket. He couldn't stick a gun in his pants. KEVIN O'CONNOR [Maine] had three pitches he was throwing that he looked like he had confidence to throw in any coun... JOHN OLERUD Isaac Singer always wrote in Yiddish. He was so unsure of his English at the beginning that he was e... ROBERT GIROUX T.O. was the first read, but he was covered, so I looked to Greg Lewis and he was covered. I stepped... DONOVAN MCNABB He was an energetic player. In the year we practiced, I never saw anybody steal the ball from him. H... BYRON LARKIN I had a hand in his face and he was just making it over me. RANSOM ANTOINE When it was over I felt he could have come to me. When I saw film, he had pressure in his face. He h... JUSTIN PEELLE It was a gutsy performance for John to take the mound. He really battled even though he had the cut ... SCOTT BENEDICT The Boy and the Filberts
A boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as many as ... AESOP He was a star before a lot of those guys were stars. We saw a tape of his eighth-grade team with Tys... BRANDON ROY He’d have more time for philosophical thoughts if he wasn’t being pursued by a herd of satyrs. T... CAILEE FRANCIS He was extremely educated. I wish I had half of his vocabulary. KEN MACHA I would say he was as strong as he was fast. He had a really good double-leg. DAVE PISARCIK He got his hands on me and I tripped. BRETT ROSS One time he was running out and I heard him yelling at me, and it was happening too fast, ... He sai... JASON HANSON I saw a guy faint at the W. M. Keck Observatory, he stepped out from the tour group and said to me "... STEVEN MAGEE After three weeks in a cast he was back running stairs and after 10 weeks he was back in a cast, ROY HALLADAY It was amazing how those guys lit up when he came in the room. One guy couldn't believe it was the s... MARK BERRY Oof!" Adam caught me all right, with the side of his head. I could tell by the feel of his skull on ... JENNIFER ECHOLS We were aware of his every whereabouts. He likes to make his moves in transition. We had three or fo... ANTHONY JOHNSON On defense, he never let anyone around his side. He was a headache for opponents. No one ever wanted... DICK SCHAFRATH
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