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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We are bringing through some outstanding youngsters and the character they showed to get us through to the League Cup semi-finals at Doncaster gave us a real lift for the Christmas matches and I think we took that into the matches against Charlton and Portsmouth.
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We feel we were the better side; we constructed the tries to win the football game. But this great rivalry between the two sides is there again, which is great.
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We expect housing and construction markets to continue to stabilize in the remainder of the year, but be down relative to last year's record levels, ... As a result of this environment and continued pressure on our cost structure due to higher raw materials and energy costs, Johns Manville's outlook for 2000 is for net sales and underlying earnings to be essentially flat with last year's record levels.
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We also had schools that only played a game or two. Then there were entire schools that were lost. But we limped through it. Now we just have to go on from here, but it won't be easy.
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W.R. Bell, the gentleman who had this house built, owned a business on the Square called Bell Jewelers.
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We're taking a lot of kids, but that's good because they all deserve to go. They've worked hard, and I hope that we can get down there, have some nice weather and get a good opener.
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The Recreation Department is very proud of its safety record with swimming pools. We want to educate people. We want everybody to have a great time at our pools.
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We had to concentrate on the beginning of the season, which was tricky because you don't know if you're going to lose your skipper.
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This was my birthday present. Winning the game was all I really wanted. It was a cutting fastball a little bit over the plate. It was a huge win after (Friday). We were real flat coming back from (playing) Dixie State. We needed a win to get us on a roll.
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This was pretty much about one person when I took over the program in '83. But it's not that way any more. We have so many people working so hard.
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This was an initial draft of an idea. There's nothing cast in stone. We expected them to refer it to their solicitors and come back with comments to it. I don't look at it as a rejection. This is the start of a dialogue.
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Doug has played some outstanding rugby for Auckland recently, while Rico has played virtually every Super 12 and Test match since mid-February.
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And with the morn those angel faces smile/ Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
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Another damned, thick, square book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble!