Marichal thought it was closer than that; he would forever claim that the ball nicked his ear.
After all, Monocle is forever claiming Copenhagen or Helsinki is the best place in the world to live.
Mayor Bloomberg, who plays Robespierre to Sadik-Khan's Saint-Just, is forever claiming that, thanks to his enormously popular policies, bicycle usage has doubled, tripled, or quadrupled.
Their mayor will wish it so as he tries even harder to lure the Olympics to the metropolis that he nonetheless forever claims to have rendered safe.
Among some Indians, this quality, key to the stoic, sadly smiling faces so widespread in Bhuj after the quake, is itself partly to blame for the country's plight, since politicians and bureaucrats who fail in crisis are forever claiming, and being granted, second chances.
He's got old Macca on one side, fruitlessly trying to reverse the hallowed songwriting credits to make it clear, in case there were any doubt, that he wrote "Eleanor Rigby" and forever claiming (with some justification) that, of the two creative pillars of the Fab Four, he was the one who was really interested in the avant garde.
It said that in July, a video of a wedding in which the entire wedding party cavort into church to the tune of Chris Brown's "Forever" was claimed by Mr. Brown's label, Jive Records.
The sales pitch of one learning-style tester declares: "Knowing exactly how to speak to each individual will eliminate this problem forever!" Proponents claim that its application can work wonders, increasing efficiency, boosting morale and reducing turnover.
Was the idea of the beach paradise, as some commentators had claimed, forever tainted, fallen?
In love, you were created, In love, you were redeemed, In love, your life has been claimed forever.
