Word: robbing
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...other returning Harvard players were drafted in the final rounds. Sophomore defenseman Ryan Lannon was taken in the eighth round by the Pittsburgh Penguins, seven picks after Hafner, and sophomore winger Rob Flynn was selected by the New York Rangers with the first pick of the ninth round...
...watchers tries. Scott Cohen (Gilmore Girls' cuddly Mr. Medina) shows some edge as a controlling parole officer, and guest star Red Buttons shines as a mobster in a who's-controlling-whom relationship with Cohen. But the writing is flat--like the clumsily topical terrorism subplot--and co-star Rob Morrow, as an ex-drug dealer trying to avoid the thug life, makes the least convincing felon since Gene Wilder in Stir Crazy. Give Street Time probation, but not yet approbation. --By James Poniewozik
...would normally have rebelled at the spectacle of a Republican President creating a huge new government department. Before the announcement, White House officials who knew about the plan delicately tested the idea on conservative opinion makers; after the President's speech, officials and allies such as Ohio Congressman Rob Portman blitzed conservative radio stations. But privately few are buying Bush's reassurances that the new operation will "enhance operational efficiencies" without consuming an additional dime of the federal budget. Says a senior House Republican aide: "I don't know how they can say it with a straight face...
...downgrades of Japan's credit rating by Moody's, Fitch and Standard & Poor's. Goldman Sachs said Japan is not a default risk and deserves an Aaa rating instead of A2, which places it below Botswana. BOTTOM LINES "A hedgehog could have crossed any major road in relative safety." Rob Maynard, Royal Automobile Club spokesman, on the absence of a rush hour during England's early-morning Nigeria match "The problem I have is not firepower, it is a shortage of targets." Nani Beccalli, GE Europe CEO, on the company's desire to buy European companies "You're worse than...
...Rob watched the show alongside Dunn. When it was finished, he turned to his father and said, “You oversold that...