O. Henry
O. Henry
William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 September 1862
CityGreensboro, NC
CountryUnited States of America
silly flying pieces
Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.
life men sides
Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat - seamy on both sides.
carried crew five good practice second starting week
We can't play the starting five 37 or 38 minutes. The second crew didn't have a very good practice this week and it carried over to the game.
bad chance good hitting piece sitting swing threw waiting walked
When I threw it, I thought I walked in a run. I didn't think there was a chance he'd swing at it, but he was sitting there waiting on it, I guess. It was a good piece of hitting and a bad piece of pitching.
dodge
When it launched, it really got out of Dodge in a hurry.
continue continued cost due earnings energy environment expect flat higher housing last markets materials net outlook pressure raw record relative result sales structure underlying
We expect housing and construction markets to continue to stabilize in the remainder of the year, but be down relative to last year's record levels, ... As a result of this environment and continued pressure on our cost structure due to higher raw materials and energy costs, Johns Manville's outlook for 2000 is for net sales and underlying earnings to be essentially flat with last year's record levels.
football great rivalry sides tries win
We feel we were the better side; we constructed the tries to win the football game. But this great rivalry between the two sides is there again, which is great.
resume
We have started, but very briefly. I don't know when we will resume negotiations. We're at the first stage. I am here, I'm waiting.
gaining succeeded
We have succeeded in gaining a lot of flexibility going forward. That bodes well for the future. It is something we haven't had a lot of.
adept almost building capability circumstance critical job less lesson local others realize tend understand
We realize that almost in all circumstances others will be able to do the job less expensively than we can because we tend to have a very cost-intensive force. But many times they'll be able to do it more effectively too because they'll understand the local language, the local customs. They'll be culturally adept and be able to get things accomplished that we can't do. So building a partnership capability is a critical lesson learned.
costs fuel
We're all right now, but if fuel costs keep going up, we'll have a problem.
chill finally
We finally getting some kind of relief. We get to come up here and chill and relax.
caught feeling flat girls good hurt time walked
We got caught flat one time and it hurt us. But the girls walked away feeling good about how they played.
desire good playing saw surely talking team time
We're a good team with good togetherness and you surely saw where my desire is. The way I was playing is the most important thing, not all the time talking about my contract.