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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It took a little pressure off. It was huge.
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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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There was pressure, but I tried not to think about it. I just tried to go out and play hard. The pressure was there, but you try not to think about it.
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It's a good tandem because it takes the pressure off Travis,'' he said.
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It's a peer pressure kind of thing, because everyone's on it. Everyone wants to be on it. But, with all the dangers, I don't even know all the dangers, and that's why I'm here tonight.
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See, the thing is, when you do a press day, sometimes you're tired in the morning and you say things at the beginning of the day that you have to spend the rest of the day trying to correct.
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Despite the attempts of some to portray Theo's return as a win for someone and a loss for someone else, this is a win-win situation. As Theo said in his press conference on Nov. 2, and as we have all repeated, there never was a power struggle between Larry and Theo. It was simply mythology. I can assure you as we move forward that Larry's role has not changed at all, and no general manager in baseball could ask for more autonomy than Theo has. This has never been an issue for us - only in the media.
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That took a little pressure off. And I didn't expect that to be the winning goal because they're a dangerous team but it was a huge relief.
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He was our last hope tonight to score points. We had some who didn't come through in the semis, and that put a lot of pressure on Matt. Give him credit. He stepped up.
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Whether they do or not will be another story, we'll have to wait and see.
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What a great job by Brett. Sometimes Brett doesn't believe in Brett, but he did tonight. I'm so proud of him. In fact, I'm proud of all of them tonight, even the ones who lost wrestled hard.
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We believe we are in full compliance with the law, guidelines and contracts.
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Usually animals die within seven days after getting to that point.
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We're feeling good at the plate right now. A lot of guys are swinging it well and we've got a lot of guys that have a lot of confidence. We just started putting up a lot of runs. It's a lot of fun when you do that.