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...like hitting the jackpot on the slot machine in Las Vegas, and then returning to your hotel room to find Kim Basinger." Although this 80's lingo might be better translated now as winning a million on Regis's show and finding Carmen Electra, the impressiveness of his feat remains evident...
...while Wednesday's legislation represents more of a compromise than an unqualified victory for the flag's foes - the bill ensures the flag's presence on Capitol grounds and would forbid the removal of, or changes to, any Confederate monument across the state - it does accomplish one major feat: At last, state legislators have a chance to close the door on this lengthy and painful debate and finally focus on the business of governing...
...that bolting the two plates together would fix the problem or at least buy a little time. But given the forces involved, holding the San Francisco Bay Area together for even a brief period of time would require bolts the size of the World Trade Center towers--an engineering feat that not even a modern-day Pharaoh could afford...
...money goes, don't forget that endorsement offers these days are just as valuable as actual basketball contracts. Cleaves has undoubtedly set himself for life with his performance Monday night. A clutch national championship effort is certainly a more marketable feat than anything ever accomplished at a Clippers game...
Fifty years ago, when baseball was king, Tatis' feat would have been news, 36-point headline news. About similar baseball feats, songs have been written (Joltin' Joe DiMaggio), legends born (the shot heard 'round the world), adjectives coined (Ruthian). Ballplayers once had candy bars named after them. Today evening newscasts don't even bother to give the scores...