Bill Dedman Quotes
Less than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, al-Qaida attacks were continuing: the firebombing of a synagogue in Tunisia in April, a bomb outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi in June.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
Many company policies restrict use of E-mail, limit access to offensive Web sites and prohibit disclosure of confidential information. Few policies, if any, directly address personal Web pages.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
Community groups contend that door-to-door loan sales are often followed by foreclosures.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
Companies are accustomed to dismissing employees for misuse of computers at work.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
Groups that work in black neighborhoods around the country have contended that much of subprime lending is 'predatory lending.'
Bill Dedman
American reporter
In 1900, the typical American was a boy, not yet a teenager, named John. He lived with his parents and his sisters, Mary and Helen, on a farm in New York or Pennsylvania.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
Fans love McGwire for his powerful physique, for his on-field hugs of his son, the part-time bat boy. He is Big Mac, or Paul Bunyan in Cardinals red with a white-ash bat instead of an ax.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
New flood maps in many states have raised the estimation of flood risks along rivers, streams and oceans, adding many properties to flood zones for the first time.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
Spring and summer in Pittsburgh mean outdoor festivals.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
The senior thesis of Hillary D. Rodham, Wellesley College class of 1969, has been speculated about, spun, analyzed, debated, criticized and defended. But rarely has it been read, because for the eight years of Bill Clinton's presidency it was locked away.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
'J'eet jet?' is still the standard way for a Pittsburgher to ask if you're ready for a meal, but the meal itself is no longer limited to chipped ham and an Iron City beer.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
Lie detectors sometimes work because people believe they work, deterring the wrong people from applying for jobs in the first place, or prompting admissions of guilt during interrogations.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
The main threads running through the lives of W. A. Clark and his daughter Huguette include the costs of ambition, the burdens of inherited wealth, the fragility of reputation, the folly of judging someone's life from the outside, and the tension between engaging with the world, with all its risks, and keeping a safe distance from danger.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
Relaxing at home in his 55th-floor condominium before a game, Sammy Sosa is the same as at the ball park: focused but funny, exuberant but reserved. He is in a strange country, conversing in two languages, but his every movement displays a combination of confidence and humility.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in design, so that a single failure in a load-bearing part can cause the entire bridge to collapse.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
Todd Palin's frequent presence in the governor's office led some in Juneau to call him the 'Shadow Governor.' But it had never been clear, at least to the public, what roles he played.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
If he is convicted, Dr. Kevorkian says he will die a martyr's death by going on a hunger strike.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
Forty states have sued tobacco companies over the costs of health care for residents on Medicaid and public assistance.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
The Iraq war fueled distrust of the press from both sides.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
For the first six years of his career, Sammy Sosa was one of the least patient players in the game. He could hit the long ball and steal a base, but he was undisciplined.
Bill Dedman
American reporter
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