Word: tonight
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...initiative also drew praise. Misty Velasquez, director of development for the Humane Society, said a pet-friendly shelter opened this year, sparing many animals the fate of those left behind following Katrina. In addition to the usual assortment of dogs and cats among the 44 animals being sheltered tonight, there are also rabbits, a parrot and a Gray-Banded King snake...
...must tell you that this is the mother of all storms. This storm is so powerful, I'm not sure we've ever seen anything like it," he said. "I'm normally trying to give our residents assurances. Take that hat off tonight. You need to be scared. You need to be concerned and you need to get your butts out of New Orleans...
Barack Obama's acceptance speech tonight wasn't what people have come to expect from a Barack Obama speech. It wasn't filled with lofty rhetoric or grand cadences. It did not induce tears or euphoria. It didn't have the forced, kitschy call and response tropes - "and that's the change we need!" - that defaced nearly every other major speech at this convention. At 43 minutes, nailing his dismount at 10:53 pm, it wasn't even very long. It was lean, efficient, practical and very very tough...
...give him a closer look when the debates roll around. He stood there not as an orator, but as a plausible chief executive. His message was as tight as a power-point presentation, but far more elegant. And tough - above all, tough: not an egghead, not Adlai Stevenson. No, tonight Barack Obama was a politician from the south side of Chicago, ready for the brawl of his life...
Forecast for tonight: Clear, calm and cool...