Bob Ryan
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"Robert "Bob" P. Ryan" is an American sportswriter for The Boston Globe. He has been described as "the quintessential American sportswriter" and a basketball guru and is well known for his coverage of the sport including his famous stories covering the Boston Celtics in the 1970s. After graduating from Boston College, Ryan started as a sports intern for the Globe on the same day as Peter Gammons, and later worked with other Globe sports writing legends Will McDonough and Leigh Montville. Ryan announced in early 2012 his retirement from sports writing after 44 years once the 2012 Olympic Games concluded. His final column in The Boston Globe was published August 12, 2012.

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Connie is a beautiful woman, and we were just trying to keep her natural.

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What we do best is perishables. We expanded to make more space for those items - meat, produce, dairy and frozen foods - that was the impetus behind our expansion.

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They've done something wonderful with that house. But I don't think they have cash flow to make it long term. They'll have to sell at some point. The question is when to pull the plug.

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I'll pick up something that piques my interest and then I'll bring it back the next week.

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Richard has a perfect storm of a problem, ... If rates go up, his appraisal business could go down, the value of all his properties go down, and his mortgage payments go up.

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HOV lanes and public transportation is social engineering. You know it is. They want to get people out of their cars, ... Maybe that's a necessity in King County, but it's not a necessity in Pacific County.

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