We appreciate the fact that they have accepted coach Callahan's explanation of this gesture. We also recognize that any kind of gesture is not in character either with coach Callahan or our program.

I really appreciate the kind gesture of the officials.

They're doing a terrific job. They have obviously high-profile positions with high expectations. We wanted to reward them.

New Yorkers have always shown that they really don't care about that kind of issue. In fact, they prefer it when their senators and governors are national figures.

The generally accepted explanation for the Miracle was that it had been just that: an act of divine intervention on a colossal scale ... An event had taken place in defiance of everything commonly accepted as natural law; it had fundamentally transformed a generous portion of the EarthÕs surface in a single night. It's only precedents were Biblical.

a full explanation of what happened, why it happened, how it happened and who were the president's accomplices. He did not do this alone and all those involved should be brought to the bar of justice.