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Monday, Nov. 2 Opening Statement: I am really impressed with this East Carolina football team. It all starts with the quarterback Pinkney. He is a dynamic player. The running backs are really coming along, and this wide receiver Harris is a special player too. [Number] 81 on the other side is getting it rolling now…
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Monday, Nov. 2 COACH GROH: Good morning. What have we got here today? What would we like to get? QUESTION: Pretty remarkable come-back for Miami against Wake Forest? COACH GROH: Actually, watching it reminded me of the game we had last year with them. It reminded me quite a bit of the game we had…
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This just in to the AFP newsroom – Bob McDonnell can now be projected the winner in the 2009 Virginia governor’s race. OK, most people still have yet to vote, but the writing is on the wall, clearly, with the Republican leading Democrat Creigh Deeds by at least 10 points in the pre-election polls. The…
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A Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters released on Monday has Republican Bob McDonnell with a 56 percent-to-42 percent lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds on the eve of the 2009 Virginia governor’s election. Downticket, GOP running mates Bill Bolling and Ken Cuccinelli also appear to be on their way to resounding victories at the…
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Last week, a new version of health-care reform legislation was unveiled in the U.S. House. I was pleased to see major changes in the bill that move us in the right direction. Though I was unsatisfied with the original bill, I’ve been working hard for reforms that I can support, because doing nothing would mean…
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Monday, Nov. 2 MR. GIBBS: Take us away, Ben. Q Thanks, Robert. A few questions about Afghanistan. Can you tell us, first generally speaking, what’s the President’s reaction to the end of this election? And is he in any way relieved that this sort of messy process is over? MR. GIBBS: Well, look, I think…
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Friday, Oct. 30 MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. We’ll try to do this quickly so we can get to afternoon meetings with the Joint Chiefs. But let me start out with giving you guys a quick rundown of the week ahead. On Saturday, tomorrow, the First Family will welcome more than 2,000 local area children from…
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E-mail is so ubiquitous that we forget that it isn’t talking on the phone or having a conversation in person. Subtlety, facial expressions, or tonality are all lost in an e-mail message. I have found this has gotten me in trouble when I think I’m being funny, subtle, or sarcastic in an e-mail. And, the…
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Greetings, boys and ghouls, on this howl of the ‘ween, 2009. Don’t want to employ scare tactics, but it’s only fair to warn you that we’re about to embark on another frightful foray through the haunted House of Seven Gables with Nathaniel HAW-thorne. Sorry if this jolts you. Would it help if I offered the…
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What do you do with, say, that bottle of cough syrup from 1989 that obviously isn’t something you can use, shouldn’t even have in the house, honestly, and is much more a danger than it is anything else? You can admit it. You throw it away, or dump the contents of the bottle into the…
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