In a round of interviews which conveniently if coincidentally preceded news about his multiple meetings with News International, the chancellor hailed the grim growth data as "positive".
In the entry that preceded news that more tumors had been found in her father's brain, Bloemers described his joy at this year's first practice for his team.
Have you noticed how in its bottom-screen updates, it precedes news with acronyms like MLB, NBA, NHL, ATP and, in the middle of it all, ESPN? "The ESPY Awards" are part of that ego-driven mind-set.
Correction: January 31 , 2004 Saturday An article yesterday about proposed guidelines for science classes in Georgia that delete the word "evolution" misstated the sequence of events preceding a news conference on the proposal by the state schools superintendent.
If that made him sound like he was taking a needed dose of medicine -- a metaphor Mr. McCain jokingly used when endorsing Mr. Bush in May -- his comments at an event in Salinas preceding the news conference were a bit more resounding.
Timelines feature an introduction followed by dated "cards" that summarize and explain events preceding the news.
Work up to the moment; use a good attitude in the few days preceding the news.
During a news conference Tuesday in Newark that preceded the news of the voided contract, a smiling Kovalchuk said he would be "only 44" when the contract expired.
At a rally in Sumter this morning that preceded the news conference, Mr. Bush appealed directly to veterans, who represent a disproportionately large percentage of the population in South Carolina.
Given the throb of bad news preceding the festival ("Economic Woes at Cannes" read a typical headline), you might even think that Pixar's latest, a 3-D charmer directed by Pete Docter ("Monsters, Inc")., about an old man who takes literal and emotional flight with the help of a child, had been chosen for its title alone, as a way to buoy the down attendees.
