Bob Thomas
Bob Thomas
American journalist who began writing for the Associated Press in 1944. He also wrote several notable biographies of Hollywood figures, including Abbott and Costello.
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth26 January 1922
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It's been a rough six months. But I believe the stock will mirror the performance of the company. I am optimistic the company will continue to perform very well and investors will recognize that over time.
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It's just like baseball is ... it will depend on the pitching. The kids realize it, too. We won't shut teams down. But if we don't walk too many and if we field like I think we will, we should do OK.
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It's a good pool, a good facility, and I'm looking to see some great times.
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We want them to swim fast, and this is the best way to do it, in short races.
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We have no place to go. We tried the housing authority, we tried every place to get a house, but everybody says they can't do it.
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We are progressing well with this project, and we feel we can meet our goal of starting construction in July.
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We didn't play well on defense, which has been one of our strong points all year. Normally, when you score eight runs, you're going to win most of the time. That wasn't the case today.
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There is no way we can be ready to present this case in July.
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Kline threw the ball over the plate (54 strikes out of 78 pitches) and made them hit it. He kept it down.
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Kline pitched well. He threw the ball over the plate and only walked two batters. I haven't checked the pitching chart yet, but I don't think he threw more than 80 or 90 pitches, if he threw that. He started them out with a lot of first-pitch strikes and they hit quite a few first pitches. When he throws from the same arm slot, he gets the ball over.
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I think this is probably the first time I've ever had three walk-off home runs in the same year. But as long as it keeps going, we'll take it.
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He's had two real good games now. He sprays it around and every once in a while he'll pull one like he did today. The biggest problem is getting him to swing, which he's starting to do part of the time now.
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The message, pure and simple, from the sheriff is: We're not going to tolerate gang-related crimes. We're going to seek these rodents out, we're going to arrest them, we're going to prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. It's that simple.
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They kicked him, they beat him around the head and shoulder (areas, and) one tried to stab him with a knife. He was robbed of currency (and) had some personal jewelry torn from him.