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...fighting began near our home in the middle of the night. There was a lot of gunfire and ‘mabombi’ —explosions [shelling]. Some people were caught in the middle of the fighting. I saw them die; and after seeing them I knew we had to run away or else we would also die with them.” And later, “Of everything though, the only thing I am asking for is peace...
Recognizing that Bears were now the only undefeated team in Ivy League play left and had completed the hardest part of their schedule, Obama knew that, by winning in Pennsylvania, Brown had put itself in prime position to win the big prize...
...have a favorite bull? A favorite one of mine was a bull named Hollywood. He was really big and mean and you never knew what he was going to do. So when you got on him, you knew that you better have everything in line or it wasn't going to be good for you. Then there was another bull named Mossy Oak Mud Slinger. Everybody wanted to draw him, but if you made one little mistake, you would buck...
...What goes through your mind when somebody hands you a $1 million check? You feel pretty happy. I always knew I was going to ride bulls for a living, or hoped that was what I was going to do. But I never had any idea that I would be able to make the living that I've been able to. I owe every bit of it to the guys who started the Professional Bull Riders. Without them, I'd be no different than all the really good bull riders before me that rodeoed all their lives and when they were...
John McCain's selection of Palin, a former Pentecostal Christian, as his running mate was supposed to help strengthen his appeal to religious voters. Republican strategists knew that undecided religious voters broke heavily for George W. Bush in the last weeks of the 2004 campaign, and they hoped Palin's candidacy would sway those voters to the GOP again this year. Instead, those late deciders - including white Evangelicals - appear to have split between Obama and McCain...