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We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.


Gail Devers

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GAIL ANDERSEN We were all ready to play. Hopefully we'll schedule it for next week sometime.
GAIL ANDERSEN Obviously, their speed up front was something we weren't ready for.
GAIL ANDERSEN In spite of the young lineup, we will be competitive and have a quicker overall team. Last year was ...
GAIL ANDERSEN We will have a lot of new faces in the mix. We have good team chemistry, new guys are finding their ...
GAIL ANDERSEN We're a young team. We'll grow from this, and it will only help us in the future.
GAIL ANDERSEN We looked like a completely different team in the second half. We built momentum and started attacki...
GAIL ANDERSEN The team never quit, and three team members played an exceptional game, all over the field.
GAIL ANDERSEN It was one of those precision plays that unveil themselves about once a match. It all came together.
GAIL ANDERSEN For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to ge...
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GAIL SHEEHY Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripateti...
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GAIL SHEEHY The delights of self-discovery are always available.
GAIL SHEEHY You reduce illegal immigration by making it harder to get jobs here, or easier to get jobs south of ...
GAIL COLLINS You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper o...
GAIL GODWIN Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
GAIL GODWIN