Word: pete
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Later, he strolls through half a century of great players. Hoad and Rod Laver, of course ... John McEnroe possessed an unrivaled finesse, but Cooper couldn't forgive him his antics. Pete Sampras was probably "the best grass-court player of all time." The clear favorite to win in Melbourne is Federer, whom Cooper can see eventually passing Sampras' record majors tally of 14: "If he maintains his motivation he could end up as the greatest player of all time . . . he hasn't got a weakness." With only two majors, Pat Rafter doesn't qualify as a great, but Cooper marvels...
...most part, the political leadership to a degree unprecedented in this Administration. According to Pentagon sources, the senior officers are demanding that the White House finally come up with a definable and achieveable military strategy for Iraq. "We would not surge without a purpose," Army Chief Gen. Pete Schoomaker said bluntly to reporters last week. "And that purpose should be measurable...
...biggest stage, romping over U.S.C. in the Rose Bowl to lead the Longhorns to their first national championship in 35 years. He ran for 200 yds., passed for 267 more and scored three touchdowns, including a fourth-down scoring scramble with 19 sec. left. Said U.S.C. coach Pete Carroll: "That's an extraordinary football player...
...well. Felons, you say. They're criminals, for Pete's sake. Of course they shouldn't have the right to vote. But why is that, exactly...
...mass destruction. The U.S. and its allies credit improved intelligence sharing and cooperation for successes like the October 2003 interdiction of the German-owned ship BBC China, which was intercepted carrying centrifuge components to Libya. But there are still huge gaps. The PSI relies on "actionable" intelligence, and Representative Pete Hoekstra, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, acknowledges that U.S. human-intelligence assets in "hard targets" like North Korea are sorely lacking. Says Derek Smith: "It really comes down to having the intelligence capability to be able to determine which modes of transferral are going to be used...