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...Reno who set the deadlines for a deal--first 2 a.m., then 3 a.m. and finally an hour later--and it was Reno who kept letting them slip. At 4 a.m. Reno told Podhurst, "We're out of time." But when he came back 20 minutes later begging for time, she gave him five more minutes to work something out. When the five-minute deadline came and went, Reno told Podhurst his time was up, but she remained on the phone, not talking but on hold while Podhurst tried to get the family lawyers to wake up Lazaro and change...
...Sedgwick '03, the composers showed an understandable lack of stylistic maturity but a good deal of promise. While the team created several numbers which sounded like a blend of sit-com themes and video games from the mid-1980's, they did manage to slip a few nice duets and ensemble pieces into the mix, most notably Act Two's "Learning How to Tell You." Unfortunately, when the composers did hit upon a pleasant tune, the cast often seemed to choose their own, making it up as they went along. Variable vocal strength tended to muddle the lyrics in larger...
Well, it is probably more appropriate to say that it was actually Jordan that led and coached the Bulls, but the fact remained that Jackson was a clutch playoff coach. There was no way that the Zenmaster would let Shaq and his teammates slip and face possible elimination so early...
...Schmidt and Weisskopf make plain, Starr bears blame as well. His rigidity and self-righteousness compounded his native ineptitude in public relations. He was unable to resolve quickly the intra-office battles among the factions that split his staff. Inherently overcautious, he and his team let prosecutorial opportunities slip by at key moments, most notably in their failure to gain Lewinsky's cooperation as the scandal broke...
...Basically, I get all dressed up in my bathrobe, my soap on a rope and my sandals, and I make my way down to said shower to take a shower. If it’s a girls’ shower, I knock, make sure no one is in there, slip quietly in, clean myself and slip quietly out. If it’s a guys’ shower, I’m not quite as cautious for obvious reasons.” The extremist proceeds to return to his domicile, outside of which hangs a chart with the ratings...