J. M. Roberts
J. M. Roberts
John Morris "J. M." Roberts CBEwas a British historian, with significant published works. From 1979 to 1985 he was vice chancellor of the University of Southampton, and from 1985 to 1994, Warden of Merton College, Oxford. He was also well known as the author and presenter of the BBC TV series The Triumph of the West...
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We have to do a better job of taking care of the basketball, but their pressure had a lot to do with it.
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We are taking a look at the use of intelligence, and we're taking a look at the role the Defense Department played, and we're looking at prewar Iraq ... in a careful and deliberate way, because we want to get it right.
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I don't care if they take it (the computer) because there's nothing illegal on it,
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NBA people want to see versatility, ... That was one of the things I talked about with coach, just stepping out toward the perimeter more. Rebounding is a great skill, and not too many people realize how hard it is to pull down 10-plus per game for your career -- so that can't go away. The main thing for me is stepping out more, while still taking advantage of my rebounding ability.
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She took care of the family and that made him able to do his job.
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When I was with Houston at the end of my career, Bob Gibson walked up to me one day when I was running in the outfield. He asked me why I didn't quit and said what a shame it was that I was ruining a great career and just trying to hang on. Years later, I saw Gibson trying to do the same thing.
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The bigger concern for me was defensively. I knew the offense was going to come. The defense was an issue for us. You won't do well down the stretch if you don't take care of business defensively.
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They were always good about taking care of other people.
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If we study the lives of great men and women carefully and unemotionally we find that, invariably, greatness was developed, tested and revealed through the darker periods of their lives. One of the largest tributaries of the RIVER OF GREATNESS is always the STREAM OF ADVERSITY.
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Through the years we had a bunch of large range fires that would start in the county. This was about the only one that actually came into town.
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We were patient. We took good shots. We took shots within rhythm. We did things that we normally practice every day and that is why we were successful.
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We wish Cedric the best. He is a young man who put in a tremendous amount of hard work and effort in representing St. John's basketball.
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We felt that the plan that the city eventually developed was workable. Controlling dust is a very difficult thing at best, particularly here in the Southwest during dry times of the year.
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I've tried to get them to understand that on the road you have to take the game. You have to win it. It's not going to be handed to you no matter what the situation is, and teams are not going to fold at home. You must take the game.