O. Henry
O. Henry
William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 September 1862
CityGreensboro, NC
CountryUnited States of America
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She's not going to brag about herself. I'll guarantee you that. She really is somebody special.
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Oh yeah, for sure. Just for our guys, really. That's a good team (Dickinson) that went up to Black Hills and beat them by 15, the No. 1 team in the conference, and we handled them in the second half. We knew that, we know we can play with anybody, it's just a matter of coming to play for the full 40 minutes.
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She really stepped it up and said enough of this.
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Mounting the instructions like this is an excellent idea. I have seen this used in a number of plants for internally generated changeover, operation and maintenance Standard Operating Procedures, but I don't recall having seen any builders putting it on the machinery.
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Medicare is projected to run out of money in 2001. That date of fiscal insolvency can be put off for several years by relatively incremental and modest changes, but when the baby boomers start retiring, ... At that point, costs go up very rapidly, and more extensive action will be necessary.
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One of Jones' defining characteristics was his knowledge of the political levers on campus and his ability to manipulate them to cause real actions to be taken.
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Of course I would have liked a little more carries. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way. Chris only got (19). We didn't run the ball that much. It was good to be back, for the camaraderie. It's a good thing.
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Of course I thought about leaving. I asked myself a lot of questions at Christmas time.
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None so deaf as those that will not hear.
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Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.
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More and more people are going without coverage or with less coverage, and that trend looks like it's going to continue.
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My great-grandfather used to sell peanuts in the park. He'd deliver ice - anything to make ends meet.
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No, I just thought I'd mention it to you people (the media).
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Baseball has to address the disincentives created by large-scale transfers of revenue from successful clubs to less successful clubs. At high enough tax levels, the incentive is to invest somewhere other than in baseball.