And, anyway, his words were belied by the celebrations down in the dressing room where players embraced, bounding around a table piled with food, shouting, clapping and cheering, before slumping elated but exhausted on to the benches by their lockers.
Two vendors at San Francisco's Gay Pride Parade were shot as the celebration wound down Sunday evening.
"Republicans historically have stood for lower spending, lower taxes, fiscal responsibility," Elizabeth N. Feld, the mayor of Larchmont, said as Mr. Astorino's victory celebration wound down.
Torre pointed to Pettitte, who was doing an interview as the celebration wound down, and beamed with the pride of a father.
Around 8 30 on Friday night, as the celebration died down in the home clubhouse at Yankee Stadium, an attendant slapped a white sheet of paper on the message board: "Saturday Report — 4 30".
Microsoft's Windows XP operating system is set for a big coming-out party in New York on Thursday, where Bill Gates and other leaders of the personal computer industry will gather for a celebration toned down only slightly in the aftermath of Sept. 11.
But once the celebration wound down, Paul M. Smith, a news helicopter pilot for WABC-TV, Channel 7, stepped out of Docks Oyster Bar in Midtown Sunday night only to be struck by an out-of-control yellow taxicab that jumped the curb, the police and witnesses said.
But eventually, the celebration dies down, and the community gathers for important health interventions.
With post-election celebrations piping down, what's next?
WHEN the Republicans' political celebrations die down, one sobering thought will emerge.
