Word: phils
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...thinking we've got animals figured out, that we can invade their space whenever we feel like it just because we find them interesting. Occasionally we find out that's not okay with the animals. Consider, for instance, the experience of San Francisco Chronicle Editor (and Mr. Sharon Stone) Phil Bronstein, who entered the cage of a 10-foot Komodo dragon and had his foot promptly and severely chomped when said animal mistook his toes for delicious white mice...
...artist’s critical reception has been just as fraught with contradictions. Critic Phil Ramone said, “She sings like an angel,” while the New York Press raved that she “sings like a bastard.” She captures all the heartfelt bravado of a power ballad. And the audience, watching her take over the stage with unapologetic force, can only hang on tight and think, “This is going to be one hell of a ride...
...weighs about 60 pounds less, but that would be the only bright spot for the current Lakers. Worthy could double-team O’Neal often, without having to worry about his defensive assignment, Samaki Walker, being an offensive threat. Pat Riley could finally best his arch-nemesis Phil Jackson, as Magic & Co. would end up beating the present Lake Show in six games...
Thompson introduced Cuban to a Fox production specialist, Phil Garvin, who helped him solve the technical and financial obstacles to HDTV broadcasting. "With regular TV, you pull a truck up to a stadium, hook up to existing cables from every camera to the truck outside and transmit," he says. "But there were no cables for high def, and the setup was expensive." Sony had to create a new cable system for the five HD cameras needed for each game. By piggybacking on FoxSports' regular NHL broadcasts and using its graphics and audio, Garvin and Cuban got the network running...
...recognition as a tribe at a California G.O.P. meeting attended by Wayne Smith, the No. 2 man at the BIA. Amelia gave Smith her business card and said she would like to discuss Chinook issues with him. Two weeks later, she got a phone call from a man named Phil Bersinger. Identifying himself as a close friend and former business partner of Smith's, he said that for a fee he could influence decisions at the BIA. When Amelia asked how he had got her name, she says Bersinger replied, "You gave Wayne Smith your card, didn...