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How about the Ritz?
Let's try the Ritz, no?
Anywhere, just not the Ritz.
Players bet on the numbers that will come up, and on whether the result will be big or small.
Bets were place on which number will come up and whether it will be a big or small result.
The betting game was fixed, as the result was always small.
Motor racing fans can watch the Grand Prix of Italy at Monza, near Milan, or at Imola, near Bologna.
There are two places racing fans can view the Grand Prix of Italy.
Anyone in Italy can have a first hand look at the Grand Prix of Italy from their windows.
The most spectacular temple of the western group is Kandariya-Mahadeva, with three domes culminating in the great 30-m- (98-ft-) high sikhara, composed of row upon row of 84 other, smaller sikharas.
The most breath taking temple is Kandariya Mahadeva containing three domes ending with the great high sikhara.
The Kandariya Mahadeva only has two domes and isn't very spectacular.
No student of the genre will be surprised to learn that she's established some kind of psychic link to a serial killer (Robert Downey Jr.).
Robert Downey Jr said it isn't surprising that she has a mental link with a serial killer.
Robert Downey Jr says that she has nothing to do with a serial killer.
The point is not that the question is unfair.
The point is not about the question being unfair.
The point is all about the question being unfair.
In actual fact, Tommy foresaw that it was extremely likely there would be no second taxi.
Tommy felt it was almost certain that another taxi would not come.
Tommy was told no taxi was coming.
(David Plotz foretold Brown's departure in a recent Slate Assessment.
During a recent post the man foreshadowed about the other leaving.
They had a heads up about them joining the team.
I went out into the corridor, but all the other carriages were full, so I had to go back and sit down.
"After I saw that all the other carriages were full, I went back and took a seat."
"I spotted an empty carriage, grabbed my luggage and took a seat."
is like gourmet i mean i just you know what i mean it's just fun it's convenient um uh the uh i don't know if you've ever heard of Pizzaria
It's gourmet, fun and convenient. Have you heard of Pizzaria?
It's cheap and okayish, I haven't heard of Pizzaria.
now i don't know how the dog has fared eating all that plastic and uh and stuffed animal stuffing but he's still here
The dog ate a lot of plastic and stuffing from soft toys.
The dog wasn't able to swallow any of the toys.
um-hum treatment before for dismissal type thing
Treatment before dismissal thing.
Treatment after dismissal.
yeah that was a bad a bad place to be especially right there on the water at night especially if it i mean if it were summer you're all right because it probably wasn't too cold but uh probably the worst one that ever happened to me was in when i lived in South Dakota
It's not too bad being in the water when it's summer.
Swimming in the winter is pretty great.
There are several reasons why such a relationship might be difficult.
Some relationships can be difficult.
Such relationships are free of difficulty.
Here you will find two of the most important galleries in the city, housed in classical buildings designed by Playfair.
Playfair designed the classical buildings that are home to important galleries.
The classical buildings were designed by Plato.
His blond hair was short and neat.
He had light hair.
He had long dark hair.
The first Polynesian settlers brought much of what they needed, however, from pigs and chickens to bananas and taro, the root crop that would sustain them.
Polynesian settlers planned ahead by bringing animals and crops that would feed them.
Early settlers foundered in starvation and disease because they neglected to bring animals and foodstuffs.
The fully cynical The joke is on us, because the building faithfully reflects Reagan's continuation of big government, despite his rhetoric.
The joke is on us since we didn't recognize the meaning behind the building.
We are not the butt of the joke since we realized the meaning of Reagan's rhetoric.
The New York Times list is the industry standard.
The NYT list is considered a standard in the industry.
The NYT is seen as a satire publication.
The appointment last week of William Henderson--a 26-year, second-generation USPS veteran who once served as head of employee relations--as postmaster general is seen as an indication of the importance of labor relations to the long-term health of the service.
Henderson has worked for the USPS for over 25 years.
Being a veteran of the United States Postal Service, Henderson suffers from PTSD as a result of his overseas deployment.
It's a fantasy about high school as a kind rather than a cruel place.
It's silly to say high school is a nice place.
High school is a happy, healthy place/
Warm decided to do something about it, to solve this issue just like he always had solved problems of the inorganic computer matter.
Warm had previously solved problems relating to inorganic computer matter.
Warm had never solved a problem in his life.
That's a matter of opinion. Topham was studying them both with interest.
Topham was interested in both.
Topham was uninterested in both.
"Hunt!" Drew was forced to halt as Johnny Shannon stood straight ahead of him in the stable entrance.
Drew had to stop because Johnny Shannon was blocking the stable entrance.
Drew kept going forward because the coast was clear.
The fortress was completed in 1540 to protect the town against the Ottoman threat.
The fort was built in 1540 to protect them against the Ottomans.
The wall was built to protect the Ottoman's from being conquered.
so that's real helpful so you don't you know have to do it during office hours run out on your lunch hour i don't know how many times i've done that to do something post office or the bank or any uh kind of errand
It's helpful to not have to use your lunch hour to do errands.
People can run all errands on a Sunday, no need to use lunch hours.
Made recently by a team of Portuguese and Brazilian craftsmen, it is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's tallest ceramic vase.
The world's tallest ceramic vase was made by Brazilian and Portugese craftsmen.
The world's tallest ceramic vase was made by a team of entirely Portugese craftsmen.
I had no quarrel with my dear wife.
I had no problem with my wife.
I was angry at my wife.
For another aspect of Leonardo da Vinci's talents, visit the Science Museum (Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica) housed in a former Benedictine monastery on the nearby Via San Vittore.
The Science Museum ((Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica) features works of Leonardo da Vinci.
Leonardo da Vinci's work is hardly displayed in museums.
Oh, yes, returned Mrs. Vandemeyer carelessly.
Mrs. Vandemeyer thoughtlessly acknowledged it.
Oh, no, said Mrs. Vandemeyer guardedly.
Contrary to press reports, it's possible that someone entered the house from outside.
The house was possible to be entered from the outside, contrary to reports.
The possibilities of how to house was entered are stated accurately in the press reports.
um-hum i have a girl and a boy and the boy's five he's in kindergarten and the girl is four she'll be in kindergarten next year
I have two children aged four and five.
I have two daughters aged six and eight.
But Tommy had become serious.
But Tommy was no longer fooling around.
But Tommy had become lighthearted and began laughing easily.
Don't be put off by the less-than-salubrious location.
The location isn't great.
The location couldn't be better.
But it's all O.K.
But it's all good.
But it's never going to be fine.
you oh no are you did you break something
Did you just break something?
Did you fix something?
i've uh changed wiper wiper blades or something but i have noticed since uh i got married that my husband he hates to do auto repairs but he would rather do them himself than than to pay someone else i guess he can't make himself pay someone to do the repairs when he knows he knows how to do it and to do it so he he hates the time that he takes but he has changed um the brakes and he has done all of the tune-ups and the things like that and recently he changed the steering mechanism in our car
My husband hates working on the car, but he'd rather do it himself than pay someone else to do it.
He doesn't know anything about cars.
and how how's you all's weather up there you cold
Is it cold where you are?
It's hot there, right?
The whole mountain was once blanketed in forest and designated as a royal hunting area.
The mountain used to be a designated hunting area.
The mountain is still blanketed in forest.
Many believe, and I am one of them, that the current
Lots of us believe that.
No one believes that.
it's going to it's going to go to the highest bidder
The highest bidder will get it.
They will give it away at random.
mainly i read the Bible these days
I mostly just read the Bible now.
I read a lot of things, but never the Bible.
What put her up to clearing out?
The speaker does not know why she cleared out.
The speaker definitely knows why she cleared out.
Although highly unlikely, it's possible, we suppose, that all these distinguished publications repeatedly misheard the same individual in the same way, although he has no speech impediment that we know of.
The man was not known to have trouble speaking.
It was hard to understand him because he stuttered.
Only this heart core was still alive in the dusk.
At dusk, the heart core was alive.
Everything was still alive at dusk.
okay the topic said to discuss the weather what is it like where you are and how's that different from normal and
The topic asked us to discuss our local weather and if it's not normal.
The topic does not cover weather related material.
which surprised me that that uh through the jury discussion they were able to convince him against his original opinion so maybe that speaks well for juries
Through jury discussion, they were able to convince him to abandon his original opinion; perhaps that speaks well of juries.
Jury discussions never change anyone's opinions.
What about W.'s telling Trudeau--making it, in fact, absolutely clear-that he didn't like it didn't like it at all?
What about W. telling Trudeau that he didn't like it?
W. didn't make his feelings clear to Tradeu at all.
It is not a reward for the criminal but a punishment for the prosecutor.
It's not a reward for the criminal; it is punishment for their prosecutor.
It's a massive reward for the criminal.
I watched over her.
The watching of her was done by me.
I didn't watch over her.
Philosophers and theologians try to answer these questions, but smart politicians rewrite them.
Philosophers try to answer questions.
Philosophers on't care about quesitons.
huh-uh i have find it hard to uh follow from one page to another it's just something i've never developed uh an interest in
I have tried reading about it before.
I am very interested in the subject.
Where aesthetic considerations are paramount and base motives are unknown.
The considerations of how things look are important.
The considerations of how things look are not important.
After this is all over, I'll hear you out and as for you, Red, I'll see that you're properly punished."
Red, after all this is over, you will be punished.
Red, you will get away with your actions and escape retribution.
(I would bet that every survey of teens taken since Cain and Abel found that they named parents as their favorite role models.)
I would bet that teens look up to their parents.
Teens do not think highly of their parents.
Lin's crackdown was indeed severe.
The crackdown of Lin was hard.
The crackdown of Lin was extremely soft and weak.
As a former Andersen partner who severed all ties with the firm in 1998, I believe that Andersen got caught up with a never-ending quest to grow the top line, grow the bottom line and grow the income of it partners.
Prior to 1998, Anderson focused too heavily on income growth.
Prior to 1998 Anderson was primarily focused on employee well being initiatives.
And it was Morris' ideas that kept Clinton on track even after his--Morris'--downfall.
Morris was able to keep Clinton on track even after Morris' downfall.
Morris' idea had no value and only further derailed Clinton.
yeah i've talked to some people from Attleboro uh Massachusetts
Attleboro, Massachusetts is where the people I talked to were from.
I've never talked to anyone from Massachusetts.
The palace grounds are a pleasant place for a walk, especially the English Garden behind the Petit Ceteau.
The English garden, located behind the Petit Ceteau, is a great place for a walk.
The palace grounds are closed off from the public, only the government officials are allowed to walk there.
another clue for you for college money go to work for UT
Another chance to raise money is if you work for UT.
There is nothing for you at UT if you're looking for college money.
There's a little trick that you can use called [a] continuing resolution that continues spending at least year's level.
A continuing resolution sets spending levels at last year's.
A continuing resolution makes spending skyrocket.
which probably didn't make much difference
It probably didn't change much.
It made a real big difference.
The choice of a discount rate, and its associated conceptual basis, is a topic of ongoing discussion within the federal government.
the government is still discussing the discount rate.
The government has been unaware of the discount rate.
so even though even though you don't think it's a deterrent which i have a tendency to agree agree i mean it's a deterrent it's it's the ones like carefully thinking it out and stuff they think about it but a lot of the street crime that goes on and stuff they don't really care and they don't really care what happens to them i can see where it's not a deterrent
I do not think that would deter them from some street crimes.
They were scared straight.
Gray smoke blew into the night air and the crack sent Ca'daan to the balls of his feet in a crouch.
Ca'daan crouched down.
Ca'daan stood tall.
(To read Krugman's defense of the World Trade Organization in
Krugman was in favor of the World Trade Organization.
Krugman is all in favor of ousting the World Trade Organization.
well no not really i need to it it looks so bad you can see where those spackling marks were i need to uh either paper back over it or do something
You can see where there were spackling marks and it looks really bad.
You can't see any marks and it looks great.
hundreds of millions of confidential taxpayer records
Many millions of secret taxpayer records.
Only a few thousand are in the taxpayer records.
Today, it's important to have access to timely and reliable financial and non-financial performance information.
Reliable financial data is important to have access to.
Non-financial information is updated in real-time.
'So either you're a hero or a monster.
You are one thing or another.
You're nothing.
It is agreed.
We have consensus.
We were unable to come to agreement.
yeah there's nobody there yeah yeah i that happens a lot i i just live ten minutes away and i don't work i don't work in the at the Dallas site i work at the Spring Creek site which is which is in Plano
I don't work at that site. That place is empty. People always think it's not.
The Dallas site that I work at is always packed!
Maybe he was learning to take it, here, but not to like it.
Perhaps he was learning to tolerate it, but not to love it.
He was growing to like the whole experience.
oh okay it's uh it's on that s ide it's on the east east side what's what's the nearest big city
What's the nearest large city to the east?
Which city is directly west?
Participants stressed the importance of independence, both in fact and appearance, as essential for the board to be able to fulfill its responsibilities.
When it comes to fulfilling responsibilities, independence is paramount.
The participants were useless in our efforts to better understand fulfilling responsibilities.
A generation ago, Abbott's book was hailed as a landmark, a visionary expose.
Abbot's book was hailed to a landmark, a visionary expose, a generation ago.
A generation ago, nobody wrote books.
Most exciting of its varied collections is a display of photographs showing island scenes from before the devastating 1956 earthquake.
The island scene pictures are very exciting, as they show the area before the earthquake.
The 1999 earthquake was devastating to the town, the various pictures show the island scenes before the bombings.
In recent years significant changes in work place habits and technological advances have affected the manner in which time and attendance (T&amp
There have been significant changes to workplace habits in recent years.
Workplace habits have remained pretty constant over the past twenty years.
The black orb of the demon moon crested below.
The black moon crested.
The moon is blindingly white.
yeah so i am we are sort of we are the Middle East peace talks at home um
Yes, we are kind of like the peace negotiations in the Middle East, but instead at home.
We don't even consider peace, we just fight.
auditor may recommend a greater role for users if they are not involved in approving alternatives or validating system requirements.
auditor may recommend a greater role for users if they are not involved in approving alternatives
auditor may recommend a greater role for users if they are involved in approving alternatives
The Kal sat back and covered himself behind his fallen horse.
Kal covered himself with his fallen horse.
Kal covered himself with his fallen donkey.
Egon The Leopold Collection, Vienna (Museum of Modern Art, New York City).
The Museum of Modern Art is in New York City.
The Museum of Modern Art is in Boston.
So I started up.
So I began
So I decided to hold off a while longer
By the time he had finished, Ca'daan had finished his story.
Ca'daan read the book.
Ca'daan had a long way to go on the story.
oh okay yeah golly i've got up up at work anyway i use uh WordPerfect and Lotus and
I use WordPerfect and Lotus at my job.
I don't use computers at my job.
and uh it it gets even worse when you think about trying to do things like buy a house
It gets even worse when you are trying to buy a house.
It gets better when you're trying to buy a house.
well not i didn't say New England but i could definitely tell your from the north
I didn't think you were from New England.
That's why I said New England.
Many of these elegant Renaissance houses now serve as museums and libraries.
These elegant Renaissance houses serve as museums and libraries.
None of these homes are used for museums or libraries.
uh no enjoyable very enjoyable conversation with you
I enjoy talking to you.
I don't enjoy talking to you.
Sather Karf says you may have ten days to fix the sky, she called.
Sather Karf mentioned that you perhaps have ten days to fix the sky.
Sather Karf says you have 15 days to fix the sky.
San Isidro has a massive dome, a single nave and, among many relics, the revered remains of the city's patron saint, San Isidro Labrador.
San Isidro is a domed cathedral that houses artifacts and is named after a saint.
San Isidro was destroyed during WWII and no longer exists.
The magnitude of the challenges that many agencies face in addressing their management weaknesses necessitates substantive planning be done to establish (1) clear goals and objectives for the improvement initiative,
A lot of planning has to be done to establish clear management goals.
There are never any weaknesses in an agency's management.
In addition to the above, there are a number of newer kinds of services that grantees reported as matters in 2001.
There are a number of newer services that grantees reported.
There are no newer services for grantees to report.
And it really makes you hungry.
It makes you want to eat.
It kills your appetite.
boy the cable TV they'll just show anything
Anything can be shown on cable TV.
Cable TV is heavily censored.
The shift in language may have been based on this.
This may have caused the shift in language.
There was no shift in language.
Most reporters covering the campaign are well schooled in the former and only minimally, if at all, knowledgeable about the latter.
The majority of reporters are knowledgeable in regards to the former.
the reporters are extremely knowledgeable about the latter.
It is fun to speculate about Tom DeLay's idea of better art.
Tom Delay is not known for his taste in art.
Tom Delay is an art expert.