Ever since they lost the coin flip and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the Milwaukee Bucks in 1969 and settled for the second choice, Neal Walk, the Phoenix Suns have been looking for a center who could turn the franchise around.
"My husband looked at the listing in January and sent me an e-mail saying, 'You better get on this because there are only a couple of weeks available,' " said Mrs. Heaton, who had to quickly settle for a second choice of vacation dates in August because the competition was so stiff.
If she cannot get her umbrella pine, she is willing to settle for her second choice.
When Krzyzewski rejected the Lakers' offer, the team settled for its second choice, Rudy Tomjanovich, the former Houston coach, who is almost certain to install an offense built to showcase Bryant.
As happens in opera, the Met had to settle for second choice instead of the vehicular diva it really wanted.
Unsurprisingly, many candidates opt for the second choice.
As I recall in the year 2000, USC struck out on hiring coaches Dennis Erickson, Mike Belotti and Mike Riley and had to settle for its fourth choice, for Pete Carroll.
Immediately, he brushed off any suggestion that Notre Dame settled for its second choice by hiring him.
Brock settled for his second choice, a writing job at Insight, a weekly "news magazine" published under the auspices of the Washington Times, the jewel in the crown of the media satrapy owned by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, the Korean messiah, and his Unification Church.
Did Barack Obama settle for the safe choice with Elena Kagan?
By Samantha Henig May 12 , 2010Did Barack Obama settle for the safe choice with Elena Kagan?
