He also had ready access to stars like Bon Jovi and Billy Joel, both of whom Mr. Sykes called early on.
Though some called early on for NATO intervention, others said they wanted support and arms from Washington — not an attack by the American military.
Firefighters were called early on Sunday morning to a fire at a pub in Cambridge.
Police were called early on Saturday to reports that a woman had been assaulted.
And perhaps Lippi was too stubborn and loyal to call earlier on a reserve like Fabio Quagliarella, who played inspired in the second half Thursday but was unable to lift his team fully from its torpor.
They moved on to the second overtime, where there were more close calls early on.
Only in one other race, for mayor of Yekaterinburg, did an opposition candidate mount a significant challenge to the Kremlin's candidate; that race remained too close to call early on Monday.
Mr. Owens, who grew up in South Carolina, felt his calling early on, staging animal burials as a child, and he speaks with authority about the history of his trade as it existed in the days of segregation.
The Rams went to a play that Martz had called earlier in the game, on the opposite sideline.
That success could work against Mr. Simitis, since he called early elections on the grounds that Greece needed a stable, experienced government to lead it to the euro.
