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You were supposed to have hope, right? You were supposed to respect its power and hold on. And so I did. I held, and held, and let hope fill me. But as the days went on, it seemed I could be holding for a long, long time. Hope could be the most powerful thing or the most useless


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DEB VERCAUTEREN That puts a different chemistry of athletes in the national championships. You also have a couple of...
DEB VERCAUTEREN We remember that we were one point away last year and that's added fuel. This is a whole new season,...
DEB VERCAUTEREN We lost outdoor by a point last year, but scored more points than we were supposed to. The team perf...
DEB VERCAUTEREN But we need other people to step up. We need to be in the high 40s to be in contention.
DEB VERCAUTEREN This year was really special. Many times you can have a good team, but they can be difficult. But th...
DEB VERCAUTEREN We want to be a trophy team, which would be in the top four. And we'd like to be in contention for t...
DEB VERCAUTEREN I was hoping they would get a sense of what it's like to create their own show. I also wanted them t...
DEB TYTE They were aware that different environments gave it a different feeling.
DEB TYTE We started by talking about some of the local public-art projects that have taken place recently. Th...
DEB TYTE About 1,000 to 1,500 people pass through here. The community really gets behind us.
DEB TRINE Some people just come in for breakfast and leave or come in for lunch and leave.
DEB TRINE Three years ago this was still the same soup.
DEB TRINE The 'What's the point award' is the same concept.
DEB TRINE A lot of people who aren't parishioners or parents come out every year. It's a fun?filled day.
DEB TRINE It was a great effort to keep working hard and finish the game. We strung some hits together.
DEB THOMPSON To keep Sioux Falls the giving community it is, we need to start with the kids. They truly, truly kn...
DEB THOMPSON I love Old Town and it is just amazing to work and be on the cobblestone streets.
DEB THOMAS Nobody believes this is not going to move forward.
DEB THOMAS We were missing two key starters in the second overtime, but I'm proud of the girls.
DEB TAYLOR She's a very unselfish player for us. She's about getting the ball to her teammates. She handles the...
DEB TAYLOR Their zone press gave us some trouble in the second half. We were getting good looks at the basket o...
DEB TAYLOR It was what sealed our love for the cultures of my children's homelands. But remember to celebrate y...
DEB SUMIEC Very few countries operate at the frenetic pace America does.
DEB SUMIEC My closest relationships in life are with people I am not biologically related to.
DEB SUMIEC They would like to see people more sheltered at home to lower risk of transmission.
DEB STEFFEN We're so scattered all over the country--have a family plan of how you're going to notify each other...
DEB STEFFEN With 15-35 percent of the population becoming ill, we're not going to be able to be stocking our sto...
DEB STEFFEN If Northwest Iowa hospitals get bogged down with a number of flu cases, maybe central Iowa has more ...
DEB STEFFEN You don't want a bunch of people panicking and terrified that we're not going to be able to do anyth...
DEB STEFFEN We're in the middle of our migration season now where birds are flying. Are they going to bring it b...
DEB STEFFEN We never know when a pandemic is going to hit so it's part of our bio-emergency planning.
DEB STEFFEN Today, all Windows Mobile devices can already communicate directly with Exchange Server 2003. Direct...
DEB SOMMER We had a nice pitching performance from Katie.
DEB SMITH We were very flat [in Game Two]. We got behind early and we couldn't catch up. The fighting spirit w...
DEB SMITH She pitched well and showed a lot of control. She had great defense behind her and that gave us a lo...
DEB SMITH [Game One] was a good game for us. It was well pitched and we got some timely hitting.
DEB SMITH