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...start in his place. The rotation would set up so that Tim Wakefield, the 10-year vet-longest tenure on the team-would pitch the home opener at the Fens, on the mid-April day when the Sox would receive their rings. This pleased me no end. I feel proud like a parent (and fearful like a parent) whenever Wakefield toes the rubber and prepares to lob that flutterball of his. He's my favorite on the team, and has been for some time. More on Tim shortly...
...Proud bearer of a degree in English from Yale, Duchovny is clearly quite well-read, but his erudition cannot make this story seem real. All of the characters are ill-conceived and uneven; they bounce back and forth between their opposing roles as classical references and representations of actual people, ultimately giving the impression that, while writing, Duchovny couldn’t decide whether he was writing a movie or an extremely garbled academic essay...
Armstrong also enjoys having fun with his passengers. Proud of his good memory, he will often surprise riders by calling out their names, and he is quick to offer a word of encouragement...
...African American woman on the California Supreme Court: "We turned down the worst of the worst. You're talking about Janice Rogers Brown, she says the most derogatory things about our system of government that you can imagine. We turned down the worst of the worst. I'm not proud of the fact we approved 204 of them. We turned down the worst of the worst. If the American people saw their resumes, they would be turned down 99 to 1 and the 1 would be someone who couldn't read...
...this issue because you reported the immigrants' failures as well as their triumphs. Henry Grunwald's touching Essay told everything that I have felt and experienced since my family and I arrived here 15 years ago: the fear, the uncertainty, the pain and the joy. You made me feel proud of being an immigrant and an American. Paquita A. Chinga New York City...