J. M. Roberts
J. M. Roberts
John Morris "J. M." Roberts CBEwas a British historian, with significant published works. From 1979 to 1985 he was vice chancellor of the University of Southampton, and from 1985 to 1994, Warden of Merton College, Oxford. He was also well known as the author and presenter of the BBC TV series The Triumph of the West...
crowd embrace experience gets great high kids player school type versus
Traditionally, Batavia versus Sycamore has been a dogfight out here, and tonight, it was no different. We had a great crowd here, they had a great crowd here, and I told the kids to embrace it. Not every high school player gets to experience that. This was a state-tournament type of atmosphere.
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Brittany is a very good defensive player with a strong arm. She is very athletic and one of those kids I could play in the outfield.
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There's such a dark cloud over this, it's disappointing. As a kid, you wondered who'd be the next guy to pass Ruth or maybe Aaron. We're talking about a great, great player in Barry Bonds, but there's that black cloud, and I just think we all wish it could go away.
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This is a really great, old-style golf course. Anybody in the field that's got their game going has a real chance. It doesn't single any particular player out.
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Hopefully it can help me to make good offers to keep some of the players here as well.
ball game movement player
I thought as the game went on, our ball movement and player movement got better.
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I knew she could be really good. If she stayed healthy and motivated she could be one of the best players here.
ball defending early good half job led plays second staying turned
I thought we did a good job in the first half of staying with them, making plays when we had to make plays and defending pretty well. I thought in the second half we turned the ball over too much early and that led to baskets.
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I think we will open a portion of the Alaskan wildlife refuge (the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) to drilling, ... And we absolutely must address the need for additional refining capacity.
fortunate win
I think we were fortunate to get the win tonight.
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I think what distinguishes this fair is the fact that everybody is involved -- city fathers, township trustees and the city workers even.
monitor next weeks
I think it's something we are going to have to monitor over the next two weeks to two months.
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I think this is uncharted territory. They've never had to practice during spring break, but they're happy they're going and ready to play.
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It is a very laborious process, but we feel accuracy is more important than expediency. I'm not going to apologize for taking our time and making sure we get it right.