David Robinson
David Robinson
10-time All-Star and Hall of Fame San Antonio Spurs center known as "The Admiral." He won NBA Championships in 1999 and 2003 and was named NBA MVP in 1995.
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth6 August 1965
CityKey West, FL
compliment compliments considered great
I considered it a great compliment then and I still consider it a great compliment now.
accomplish beating came feels great high knew school time worked
It's my first time beating them in high school. It feels great to beat them here. We knew if we came out and worked hard, we could accomplish what we wanted to accomplish.
ride winter
This is all just a part of the roller-coaster ride of a winter we're having this year.
deal landmark
This is a landmark deal for the ports industry.
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The impact is presumably larger than the Asians' on global interest rates.
almost bad full picked spread wind
For a while it was just smoke, and then the wind picked up real bad and ? poof! ? it spread really fast. It went from almost out to full blown.
It was kind of a roller-coaster ride, which was what we thought it was going to be.
coming
The almonds are blooming early, and they are all coming at once.
advantage benefits issue jobs pay roughly skill union using wage wages
If these were really 'high wage jobs,' there wouldn't be any issue at all. They were using roughly 32 union members. They wanted to take advantage of their skill and expertise, but they didn't want to pay union wages and benefits in return.