Ed Smith
Ed Smith
Played county cricket for Kent from 1996 to 2004 and Middlesex from 2005 to 2008. He also wrote the book Playing Hard Ball.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth19 July 1977
CountryUnited States of America
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We were visited by whites, who always found coming into the black community to be interesting. Some even found it exotic. They knew that some of our restaurants were superior to their own. One of the interesting things is that whites discriminated against blacks. Blacks never discriminated against whites, and so they were always welcome.
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Many of the master chefs in the South, both the upper South as well as the deep South, were blacks and many of those people came here to Washington, D.C., and opened up establishments. Very, very few of them have survived. But they certainly were very prominent.
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Ellington never graduated from high school, so when you speak about his success as a musician, his success as a businessman, his success as an organizer, the city was his tutor.
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People reacted badly, largely because it didn't reflect where they are today. Maybe Mary was taking a concept that was lying around a while, or making a return to the roots of where she started out. Or maybe the market for the show isn't actually here, but on the mainland. So if you want to talk to a mainland audience, you give them a caricature they know.
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Vince Young is a hometown hero. He's an icon.
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We did a good job of executing on defense in the first half. But we missed scoring opportunities after turnovers.
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I was really happy our effort after a tough game yesterday against LaGrange. We came out with good energy and good intensity.
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It doesn't mean they will take it up then, but they could.
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We've done a much better job this year with our shooting. I felt like that was the biggest area of improvement we needed.
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We just didn't come out and played focused tonight. We won't win a state title if we play like this. But I'm confident that we will play better.
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