Word: drafted
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...years, the 16th draft pick in the 1985 draft has caught 148 touchdown passes (an NFL career record), won three Super Bowls, made 877 career receptions--and all he really could think about was an incomplete pass in Sunday's loss. That is Jerry Rice at his finest...
There's one more thing that makes the Maddux-Belle confrontation enticing. Belle is still angry that the Braves passed him over in the 1987 draft because the team's general manager threatened to fire anyone who drafted him. The G.M. at the time was Cox, who eventually gave up his front-office duties to manage the Braves to World Series appearances--and losses--in '91 and '92. Says Cox: "Forget all that stuff about us being the Buffalo Bills of baseball. Forget all the Native American stuff. This Series is going to be about good old-fashioned hardball...
...always knew, would have to end with the voice of Nicole Brown's terrified voice on tape pleading for police help. Chris Darden stayed up until 4:30 in the morning writing his closing argument. What the jurors never heard was a line he considered in an early draft about Cochran and the role of racism in the trial: how the right of free speech does not include the right to shout "Fire!" in a crowded theater when there is no fire...
...give students a little extra push to give one last edit when they're writing their final draft," Harvey said...
After the ceremony, Washington's relief was palpable. "This was an immensely difficult negotiation," was the understated verdict of U.S. special Middle East coordinator Dennis Ross, the diplomatic midwife whose intensified ministrations during the past several months included a three-hour session by telephone hours before the draft agreement was initialed. "It will mean," he added, "that the Israelis are no longer going to be ruling Palestinians...