Carlos felt really strong at the foot of the decisive climb, so we put Calvente and Piil up front to read more

Carlos felt really strong at the foot of the decisive climb, so we put Calvente and Piil up front to set the pace. With about six kilometers to go Carlos hit a bad patch and instead of risking a total meltdown, he made the sensible choice to ride at his own pace and he did actually manage to limit his time loss quite well. The other day Carlos was a bit better than Mancebo and today it was the other way round. The time differences are still very small. The way it looks right now Heras and Menchov are the strongest. But there's almost two full weeks left and a lot can happen in that time.

I'm elated. We needed everything (that we won at state). We had our best tournament we had all year … read more

I'm elated. We needed everything (that we won at state). We had our best tournament we had all year … It was pretty powerful.

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

But the bottom line is every mayor wants to make their city safer,

But the bottom line is every mayor wants to make their city safer,

But we did get the general sense that they were either shutting down, facing a major downsizing in operations, or read more

But we did get the general sense that they were either shutting down, facing a major downsizing in operations, or being consolidated.

Bob's devotion to the craft of filmmaking and his wealth of head-and-heart knowledge about what we do and how we read more

Bob's devotion to the craft of filmmaking and his wealth of head-and-heart knowledge about what we do and how we do it was a special gift to his fellow directors,

I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?

I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?

That wasn't the end of it, either. This man and his lady friend, that I knew nothing about before this, read more

That wasn't the end of it, either. This man and his lady friend, that I knew nothing about before this, came to the shelter and offered me a way out.

[Winning his party's nomination in 2000 will be considerably easier for Gore if he can lock up the African-American vote, read more

[Winning his party's nomination in 2000 will be considerably easier for Gore if he can lock up the African-American vote, which accounts for as much as a quarter of the Democratic-primary total. So he is courting the party's most loyal voters at every opportunity. At a time when there is little federal money to spread around, Gore has championed the Administration's empowerment-zone program, which pours millions of dollars into depressed areas like inner Detroit. During the fall campaign, he visited black churches on Sundays with a rousing sermon that an aide described as] very un-Al Gore, ... The Vice President will not have any problem connecting with ethnic minorities.