Who said?
"I just don't want to end up like Katie Couric. I want people to take me seriously."
1) Katie Couric
2) Dan Rather
3) Miss USA
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Rachel Smith, Miss USA, on her journalistic aspirations. Couric's spokesman said that if Smith "continues to offer such profound insight, she will not have to worry about anyone taking her seriously."
Monday, October 1, 2007
I'm very lucky that tears didn't come out.
Who said?
"I'm very lucky that tears didn't come out."
1) Rosie O'Donnell
2) Barbra Walters
3) Elizabeth Hasselbeck
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Elizabeth Hasselbeck recalling her heated on-air spat with Rosie O'Donnell on The View earlier this year
"I'm very lucky that tears didn't come out."
1) Rosie O'Donnell
2) Barbra Walters
3) Elizabeth Hasselbeck
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Elizabeth Hasselbeck recalling her heated on-air spat with Rosie O'Donnell on The View earlier this year
Unfortunately, there are too many mosques in this country.
Who said?
"Unfortunately, there are too many mosques in this country."
1) The pope
2) Peter King
3) Osama
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Rep. Peter King (R-NY)
an adviser to Rudy Giuliani, talking about the need to improve homeland security. After King disputed the quote, Politico.com posted the taped interview online
"Unfortunately, there are too many mosques in this country."
1) The pope
2) Peter King
3) Osama
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Rep. Peter King (R-NY)
an adviser to Rudy Giuliani, talking about the need to improve homeland security. After King disputed the quote, Politico.com posted the taped interview online
"It was probably bad for my career."
Who said?
"It was probably bad for my career."
1) A-rod after being pictured with a stripper
2) Ben Affleck about J-Lo
3) Katie Couric after taking the CBS job
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Actor Ben Affleck on his relationship with Jennifer Lopez from 2002 to 2004
"It was probably bad for my career."
1) A-rod after being pictured with a stripper
2) Ben Affleck about J-Lo
3) Katie Couric after taking the CBS job
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Actor Ben Affleck on his relationship with Jennifer Lopez from 2002 to 2004
"Clear the room, I've had enough of this."
Who said?
"Clear the room, I've had enough of this."
1) My wife after my third burrito.
2) Senator Robert Byrd
3) Notre Dame football coach afer fourth consecutive loss
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Senator Robert Byrd abruptly adjourning a hearing for the Senate Appropriations Committee after anti-war protesters began jeering Gen. Peter Pace for calling homosexuality "counter to God's law"
"Clear the room, I've had enough of this."
1) My wife after my third burrito.
2) Senator Robert Byrd
3) Notre Dame football coach afer fourth consecutive loss
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Senator Robert Byrd abruptly adjourning a hearing for the Senate Appropriations Committee after anti-war protesters began jeering Gen. Peter Pace for calling homosexuality "counter to God's law"
Friday, September 21, 2007
I enjoy being able to succeed, sure... But the extracurricular stuff and the things that come with it, that's not what I seek.
Who said?
“I enjoy being able to succeed, sure... But the extracurricular stuff and the things that come with it, that's not what I seek.”
a) Donald Trump
b) Terrell Owens
c) Khalil Greene
d) Randy Moss
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Greene, Blum, Hairston deliver late to spark critical comeback victory
By Tom Krasovic
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
September 15, 2007
Khalil Greene showed no emotion as he dropped the bat and trotted toward first base. The celebrating was left to his Padres teammates, who jumped and shouted last night once their poker-faced shortstop launched a 10th-inning fastball.
Even before the blond bomber's 22nd home run landed in the left-field seats at Petco Park, the Padres knew Greene had delivered an exhilarating, 5-4 victory over the last-place Giants to firm a playoff bid that had been flagging.
Greene's 406-foot drive off former Padres minor leaguer Dan Giese, one of three Giants relievers who faltered, kept the Padres 1½ games ahead of both the Phillies and Dodgers in the wild-card race. It also moved them three games behind first-place Arizona in the National League West, with 16 games to go.
“It's a great comeback win, no doubt,” manager Bud Black said.
Greene's tiebreaking connection off a first-pitch fastball from Giese, who was selling cars in San Diego earlier this summer, was one of several uplifting developments for the home team. Twice the Padres erased a deficit of two runs: in the fourth, on a two-run home run by sizzling Kevin Kouzmanoff off starter Barry Zito; and in the ninth, via Scott Hairston's leadoff home run – his fifth homer in 32 at-bats against the Giants this year – and Geoff Blum's RBI double with two out.
In the big scheme of things, more significant than those feats may have been the sharpest performance by pitcher Chris Young in the seven weeks since two torso strains diverted him.
Young, who had been 0-4 with a 6.23 ERA since an oblique strain sidelined him on July 24, finished seven innings for the first time since Aug. 19. He issued no walks.
“I think he's going to rise to the occasion here in the next couple of weeks,” said Black.
Young is so important that American League scouts were studying him last night, as part of the prevalent view among contenders that a healthy Young, when aligned with Jake Peavy and Greg Maddux, would make the Padres a potential National League champion. When Young strained his oblique, he was 9-3 with a 1.82 ERA.
“I feel like now I'm back to where I can let the ball go, know where it's going and make pitches,” Young said. “Being able to get my work in between starts is big. Stuffwise, I felt good. Physically, I had no limitations. I was able to let it go.”
Still, Young stood to take the defeat after rookie Eugenio Velez, all 160 pounds of him, tripled and scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the seventh, breaking a 2-2 tie. Raising the score to 4-2, Ryan Klesko singled with two outs off Heath Bell in the ninth.
Hairston reached the first row in the left-field seats when he muscled a fastball from closer Brad Hennessey. After Blum's laser past third base scored pinch-runner Brady Clark, victimizing Steve Kline, it appeared that Mike Cameron's 400-foot drive to right-center would score Blum to win the game. Then speedy Rajai Davis made like Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series; Davis ran far and gathered the ball with an over-the-shoulder basket catch.
“Petco Special,” Cameron said, shaking his head.
Greene knew his blast was sufficiently struck. Problem was, there were all those giddy teammates waiting to mob him as he circled the bases.
“I enjoy being able to succeed, sure,” Greene said. “But the extracurricular stuff and the things that come with it, that's not what I seek.”
“I enjoy being able to succeed, sure... But the extracurricular stuff and the things that come with it, that's not what I seek.”
a) Donald Trump
b) Terrell Owens
c) Khalil Greene
d) Randy Moss
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Greene, Blum, Hairston deliver late to spark critical comeback victory
By Tom Krasovic
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
September 15, 2007
Khalil Greene showed no emotion as he dropped the bat and trotted toward first base. The celebrating was left to his Padres teammates, who jumped and shouted last night once their poker-faced shortstop launched a 10th-inning fastball.
Even before the blond bomber's 22nd home run landed in the left-field seats at Petco Park, the Padres knew Greene had delivered an exhilarating, 5-4 victory over the last-place Giants to firm a playoff bid that had been flagging.
Greene's 406-foot drive off former Padres minor leaguer Dan Giese, one of three Giants relievers who faltered, kept the Padres 1½ games ahead of both the Phillies and Dodgers in the wild-card race. It also moved them three games behind first-place Arizona in the National League West, with 16 games to go.
“It's a great comeback win, no doubt,” manager Bud Black said.
Greene's tiebreaking connection off a first-pitch fastball from Giese, who was selling cars in San Diego earlier this summer, was one of several uplifting developments for the home team. Twice the Padres erased a deficit of two runs: in the fourth, on a two-run home run by sizzling Kevin Kouzmanoff off starter Barry Zito; and in the ninth, via Scott Hairston's leadoff home run – his fifth homer in 32 at-bats against the Giants this year – and Geoff Blum's RBI double with two out.
In the big scheme of things, more significant than those feats may have been the sharpest performance by pitcher Chris Young in the seven weeks since two torso strains diverted him.
Young, who had been 0-4 with a 6.23 ERA since an oblique strain sidelined him on July 24, finished seven innings for the first time since Aug. 19. He issued no walks.
“I think he's going to rise to the occasion here in the next couple of weeks,” said Black.
Young is so important that American League scouts were studying him last night, as part of the prevalent view among contenders that a healthy Young, when aligned with Jake Peavy and Greg Maddux, would make the Padres a potential National League champion. When Young strained his oblique, he was 9-3 with a 1.82 ERA.
“I feel like now I'm back to where I can let the ball go, know where it's going and make pitches,” Young said. “Being able to get my work in between starts is big. Stuffwise, I felt good. Physically, I had no limitations. I was able to let it go.”
Still, Young stood to take the defeat after rookie Eugenio Velez, all 160 pounds of him, tripled and scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the seventh, breaking a 2-2 tie. Raising the score to 4-2, Ryan Klesko singled with two outs off Heath Bell in the ninth.
Hairston reached the first row in the left-field seats when he muscled a fastball from closer Brad Hennessey. After Blum's laser past third base scored pinch-runner Brady Clark, victimizing Steve Kline, it appeared that Mike Cameron's 400-foot drive to right-center would score Blum to win the game. Then speedy Rajai Davis made like Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series; Davis ran far and gathered the ball with an over-the-shoulder basket catch.
“Petco Special,” Cameron said, shaking his head.
Greene knew his blast was sufficiently struck. Problem was, there were all those giddy teammates waiting to mob him as he circled the bases.
“I enjoy being able to succeed, sure,” Greene said. “But the extracurricular stuff and the things that come with it, that's not what I seek.”
Monday, September 17, 2007
Who knew you had to wait a whole year to Christmas?
"We have one chance to go out and go for the holiday season," he said to me. "If we don't take that chance, we wait a whole other year."
Who knew you had to wait a whole year to Christmas?
a) Santa Claus
b) Steve Jobs
c) Hallmark Cards
d) Your 5 year old
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How Apple's iPhone Ate the New iPods
STEVEN LEVY
After the show, Jobs insisted that the move didn't reflect lagging sales—total figures are creeping up toward a million. (Apple hopes to sell 10 million by the end of 2008.) Instead, he was making a timely gamble. A lot of people are going to be giving phones as holiday presents, and Apple's research, he says, shows that they want to choose an iPhone but believe it costs too much. Bringing the price down means making the sale. "We have one chance to go out and go for the holiday season," he said to me. "If we don't take that chance, we wait a whole other year. We're willing to make less money to get more iPhones out there." What about people who just bought one for $599? "I feel for them," he said. "But, you know, we're not harming anybody."
Plenty of aggrieved iPhone buyers felt differently. And Jobs's in box was so stuffed with their complaints that 24 hours later he decided he owed them more than sympathy. While emphasizing that lower prices just reflect "life in the technology lane," he apologized to disappointed customers and offered all previous iPhone buyers a $100 Apple credit. (I find it ironic that the same Apple fans who in June were lofting their newly acquired iPhones in the air like they'd won the Stanley Cup are now complaining that they paid too much.)
Who knew you had to wait a whole year to Christmas?
a) Santa Claus
b) Steve Jobs
c) Hallmark Cards
d) Your 5 year old
Scroll down for answer
How Apple's iPhone Ate the New iPods
STEVEN LEVY
After the show, Jobs insisted that the move didn't reflect lagging sales—total figures are creeping up toward a million. (Apple hopes to sell 10 million by the end of 2008.) Instead, he was making a timely gamble. A lot of people are going to be giving phones as holiday presents, and Apple's research, he says, shows that they want to choose an iPhone but believe it costs too much. Bringing the price down means making the sale. "We have one chance to go out and go for the holiday season," he said to me. "If we don't take that chance, we wait a whole other year. We're willing to make less money to get more iPhones out there." What about people who just bought one for $599? "I feel for them," he said. "But, you know, we're not harming anybody."
Plenty of aggrieved iPhone buyers felt differently. And Jobs's in box was so stuffed with their complaints that 24 hours later he decided he owed them more than sympathy. While emphasizing that lower prices just reflect "life in the technology lane," he apologized to disappointed customers and offered all previous iPhone buyers a $100 Apple credit. (I find it ironic that the same Apple fans who in June were lofting their newly acquired iPhones in the air like they'd won the Stanley Cup are now complaining that they paid too much.)
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